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 DATES & TIMES!

Nov 1: Entry Period (8a - 6p)
Nov 2: Judging Day (8a - 3p)
Nov 2: Entry Pickup! (3p - 7p)
Nov 3: Top Fifteen Announced - 48 Hour Probationary Period
Nov 5-10: Due Diligence Phone Verification
Nov 10: Top Ten Announced
Nov 20: Awards Ceremony!

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2008 ENTRY FORM

The entry form will be posted right here when it is ready. We are working to accept online entries this year.

The Prizes!

Grand Prize: $5,000
Second Place: $2,500
Third Place: $1,500
Fourth Place: $1,000
Fifth Place: $500
6th thru 10th: $250

About the Visual Arts Contest...

The annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Contest enables student artists to compete for more than $85,000 in cash prizes in six categories... drawing, painting, electronic media, mixed media, photography and sculpture. The contest takes place in the Fall, and is open to all High School Students in Harris, Waller, Liberty, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties.

Students receive a commemorative t-shirt with their entry fee of $20. Entry forms may be downloaded from the website and parents, students or teachers deliver and pickup the entries at the drop-off location.

Each year, the Culture Shapers Volunteer Staff receive about 1,500 entries! This year, jurying will take place on Sunday, November 2nd. The top ten finalists in each category will be personally invited to the exclusive Awards Night, where the winners will be finally announced!

About the Culture Shapers Jurying Process...

Culture Shapers jurors are a combination of educators and professionals, who come highly recommended to us by other notable organizations, such as the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE), as well as others. Many of our jurors have experience both in and out of the classroom, which gives them a unique and valuable perspective on evaluating student artwork. Click here to read more about the Culture Shapers jurying process.

2007 Entries: 1,377

Drawing: 351
Electronic Media: 163
Film: 55
Mixed Media: 259
Painting: 161
Photography: 276
Sculpture: 112

2006 Sculpture Winners

Sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, textiles or any mixed media entry with more than three (3) inches in depth.

Click here to review the rules for this year.
$5,000
Grand Prize


Dante's Hell? Or My Hell
Sheri Balsara
SR: The John Cooper School
Teacher: Bob Mosier
$2,500
2nd Place


The Onset of Personification
Daphne Dodd
JR: Clear Creek HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Terri Foltz-Fox
$1,500
3rd Place


Uovo D'Acciaio
Nick Carnrite
SR: The John Cooper School
Teacher: Bob Mosier
$1,000
4th Place


Fred
Elizabeth Karlsson
SR: The John Cooper School
Teacher: Bob Mosier
$500
5th Place


Tom & Jerry
SiSi Zhang
SR: Bellaire HS
Houston ISD
Teacher: Mary Rogers
$250
6th Place


Cthulhu
Christopher Rahlwes
Brazoswood HS
Brazosport ISD
Teacher: Patricia Huntress
$250
7th Place


The Circle
Matt Schneider
SR: The John Cooper School
Teacher: Bob Mosier
$250
8th Place


Unity
Annie Hsiao
S: The John Cooper School
Teacher: Bob Mosier
$250
9th Place


Glass with Class
Lauren Sternick
JR: The John Cooper School
Teacher: Bob Mosier
$250
10th Place


Summon
Wenjun Liu
SR: Cinco Ranch HS
Katy ISD
Teacher: Ronda Landers

Honorable Mention...


That Which is Hidden
Meredith Bunkers
SR: The John Cooper School
Teacher: Bob Mosier

Touching over Tea
Cecilia Cerana
SR: Stratford HS
Spring Branch ISD
Teacher: Lana Roland

Sinuous
Morgan Fox
SR: The John Cooper School
Teacher: Bob Mosier

Shell of Humanity
Christina Quineche
JR: Cy-Falls HS
Cypress Fairbanks ISD
Teacher: Marc Egger

She'll Love These
Caryn Wheeler
SR: Magnolia HS
Magnolia ISD
Teacher: Sheri Clotiaux


About the Jurors...

Richard Fielden has been an art director and/or illustrator for numerous corporations... including Tenneco corporate communications, Medical World News magazine, Foleys, Palais Royale; Dillards, Frost Brothers, Joseph Magnin. His public sculpture commissions include Anne Wilford Memorial Park Sculpture; The Gift, Memorial Herman Hospital Downtown; Baseball (With Broken Pavement and Water Spray) at Minute Maid Park; Colombe d’Or (The Golden Bird) at Colombe d’Or restaurant; Big Foot Wallace Boots on Post Oak Blvd.; and Tree of Life at Texas Children’s Hospital.

Bridgette Mongeon has worked in the creative industry for over 20 years. She is a painter (watercolor) but is known for her sculptures of entertainers such as BB King, Willie Nelson, and Bin Monroe, as well as her numerous commissions of children. Recent commissions include Nolan Ryan’s grandson and negotiating a Houston Music Hall of Fame. She has been featured both nationally and internationally for her work. Bridgette enjoys encouraging others to achieve their artistic goals and does so through her workshops, lectures and articles that she has written. She has been a contributing writer with several books and is presently working on her first solo book about creating posthumous sculpture entitled, Bringing to Life the Spirit of the deceased - A Sculptors Journey. www.creativesculpture.com

R. Michael Stovall - Born in 1949, Michael Stovall grew up in Hearne, Texas. Michael enrolled in what was then Southwest Texas State Teachers College. When commercial art didn’t seem to hold the expectations of the new graduate, Michael returned to SWTSU for a degree in All Level Art education. Michael has been teaching high school art in Bellville, TX for 24 years. He has been an active member of TAEA for 20 years, has served as digital photographer for three years, and has served on committees with Rob Parker for three years.


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