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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 11: Top Ten Announced
Nov 20: Awards Ceremony!

2008 Entries: 1,018

Drawing: 253
Electronic Media: 143
Mixed Media: 184
Painting: 111
Photography: 231
Sculpture: 96

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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 nearly $70,000 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 took place on Sunday, November 2nd. The top ten finalists in each category were invited to an elegant awards ceremony on November 20th, where the winners were finally announced before a live audience.

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.

2008 Sculpture Winners

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

Top 10...

Click here to review the rules for this year.

Grand Prize: $5,000
Protection
Katherine Morales
Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Elizabeth DeLyria
2nd Place: $2,500
Reaching Beyond the Wall
Gracie Nguyen
Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Elizabeth DeLyria
3rd Place: $1,500
Adolere, Orare, Adorare
Anda Brown
Clear Creek HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Terri Foltz-Fox
4th Place: $1,000
Mother Nature
Kelsey Brinson
Cy-Ridge HS
Cy-Fair ISD
Teacher: Claire Vining
5th Place: $500
Well of the Soul
Paola Hernandez
Hastings HS
Alief ISD
Teacher: Elizabeth DeLyria
6th Place: $250
Paper Explosion
Angelica Andrade
Carver HS
Aldine ISD
Teacher: Megan McEntire
7th Place: $250
Laputa
Alex Valderrama
The John Cooper School
Private
Teacher: Bob Mosier
8th Place: $250
Communion
Samar Taha
Clear Springs HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Richard Williams
9th Place: $250
Window with Vines
Olivia Wedekind
Clear Creek HS
Clear Creek ISD
Teacher: Terri Foltz-Fox
10th Place: $250
Ladder to Heaven
Jeff Carnrite
The John Cooper School
Private
Teacher: Bob Mosier

Honorable Mention...

The Artificial Family
(Alternate View)
Ashley Aleman
Pasadena Memorial HS
Pasadena ISD
Teacher: Victor Raygoza/Adam Malek
Encaged Bliss
Aaron Barajas
Pasadena Memorial
Pasadena ISD
Teacher: Victor Raygoza/Adam Malek
Abandoned Seed
Emma Bates
The John Cooper School
Private
Teacher: Emily Rensink
Distracted Direction
Diana Johnson
The John Cooper School
Private
Teacher: Bob Mosier
Tsunami
Judith Marquez
KIPP HS
KIPP
Teacher: Rebekah Tee


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

Clea B. Pastore is an artist based in Houston. She produces bronze sculptures and paints murals. Born in the South of France, Clea became a professional Ballerina until an injury and subsequent opportunity led her to Paris and show business. She appeared on French television and in films, and modeled throughout the 1980’s. After she relocated to Houston, she began to study art and has worked with and studied under local Houston artists such as Ben Woitana, Erik Caposta and David Cordero. Her latest endeavor, motherhood, has taken time away from her art, but she is looking forward to resuming that facet of her life.


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