Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Megan Emerick, a senior at The Woodlands High School, with her $5,000 Grand Prize winning photograph entitled, "Melinda on the Rocks", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Savannah Notgrass, a junior at Brazoswood High School, with her $1,000 4th Place Mixed Media entry entitled, "Trepidations of Revelations", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Ross Hudgins, a senior at Elsik High School, with his $1,000 4th Place Photography entry entitled, "LaBranch at Lamar", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Sergio Rangel, of Pasadena Memorial High School, recipient of the 2008 "Heart in Art" award, with his 9th Place Painting entitled, "Beautiful Deterioration", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Mariana Hernandez, of Nimitz High School, with her 10th Place Drawing entitled, "A Different Me", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Connie Laugen, of Klein Collins High School, with her $2,500 2nd Place Mixed Media entry entitled, "Hide and Seek", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Elizabeth Rhodes, of Clear Creek High School, with her $5,000 Grand Prize winning Mixed Media entry entitled, "Rosemary", with her mother at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Tiffany Wu, of The John Cooper School in The Woodlands, with her $250 6th Place Mixed Media entry entitled, "Crumbled Dreams", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Kole Lugar, of Cy-Woods High School, with his $2,500 2nd Place Painting entitled, "Domo Ari Gato, Mr. Roboto", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Ellen Marsh, of the Glassell School, with her $1,500 3rd Place Painting entitled, "Lacrymosa", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Chelsea Rundell, of The John Cooper School, with her $500 5th Place Mixed Media entry entitled, "Everybody Judges", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Rachel Reed, of Cinco Ranch High School, with her $250 8th Place Photography entry entitled, "Uncle Sam Watches the Game", at the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Gracie Nguyen, a senior at Hastings High School, is presented the Grand Prize of $5,000 in the Sculpture category by presenter and MC, Jesse Fernandez of Administaff, during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Rick Ghinelli, Director of Performing and Visual Arts in Spring ISD, accepts the 2008 Administrator of the Year award from Joey Doyle, Program Director for Visual Arts in Aldine ISD, during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Painting finalists await the presentation of the awards for their category during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
The top two Painting finalists anxiously wait as Rob Rucker, Performance Consultant at Administaff, prepares to announce the Grand Prize winner during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Alex Camposeco, a junior at DeKaney High School in Spring ISD is presented the $5,000 Grand Prize for the Painting category by Rob Rucker, Performance Consultant at Administaff, during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
John Josserand, Culture Shapers volunteer, shares "A Volunteer's Perspective" during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
The Top 10 finalists in the Mixed Media category await the presentation of their awards during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Elizabeth Rhodes, a senior at Clear Creek High School is presented the $5,000 Grand Prize for the Mixed Media category by Kelly Yeates, Director of Corporate Human Resources at Administaff, during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Lisa Canorro, art teacher at Kerr High School, accepts the 2008 "Teacher of the Year" award from Sara Chapman, Executive Director of the TAEA and Coordinator of Visual Arts in Alief ISD, during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Lisa Canorro, art teacher at Kerr High School, accepts the 2008 "Teacher of the Year" award during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
The Top 10 Electronic Media finalists anxiously await the presentation of the awards in their category during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
The top two Electronic Media finalists listen as Marty Scirratt, Senior Vice President of Sales at Administaff prepares to announce the Grand Prize winner during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Grace Gossen, a senior at Klein Oak High School, accepts the $5,000 Grand Prize in the Electronic Media category from Marty Scirratt, Senior Vice President of Sales at Administaff, during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Shawn and Kay Hesketh, co-founders of Culture Shapers, are recognized for a decade of service during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Bethany Trevino, a sophomore at Klein Collins High School and winner of the Young Voices of Houston vocal competition semifinal in October, entertains the crowd with a special performance during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
The Top 10 finalists in the Photography category await the presentation of the awards in their category during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Megan Emerick, a senior at The Woodlands High School, accepts the $5,000 Grand Prize in the Photography category from Larry Shaffer, Vice President of MidMarket Service Operations at Administaff, during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Lyn Fitzpatrick tells the audience the moving story of the 2008 Danny Wood "Heart in Art" award recipient during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
In one of the most emotional moments of the evening, Sergio Rangel, a senior at Pasadena Memorial High School, accepts the 2008 Danny Wood "Heart in Art" award from Lyn Fitzpatrick (seen at left), along with his teacher and legal guardians, Victor and Shannon Raygoza during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Sergio Rangel, a senior at Pasadena Memorial High School, accepts the 2008 Danny Wood "Heart in Art" award during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
The Top 10 finalists in the Drawing category await the presentation of their awards during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
The top two finalists in the Drawing category, Kendra Phillips, of Clements High School, and Justin Klein, of Cy-Woods High School, wait to learn who has won the Grand Prize during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
Justin Klein, a junior at Cy-Woods High School, is presented the $5,000 Grand Prize in the Drawing category by Greg Clouse, Senior Vice President of Service Operations at Administaff during the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
The 60 winners of the 9th Annual Culture Shapers Visual Arts Contest take the stage during the Awards Presentation, November 20th, 2008. Photo credit: ©2008 Vince Yokom
