{"id":58223,"date":"2016-05-10T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=58223"},"modified":"2016-05-10T12:09:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T19:09:06","slug":"vote-for-art-vote-now-in-the-vans-custom-culture-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/vote-for-art-vote-now-in-the-vans-custom-culture-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for Art: Vote Now in the Vans Custom Culture Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vans Invites Fans to Express their #RightToArt by Voting in the Vans Custom Culture Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vans has launched online voting for the seventh annual Vans\u00a0Custom Culture<\/a> competition, a national contest designed to give high school students a platform to embrace creative expression while joining a movement to support arts education and foster their school\u2019s #RightToArt.\u00a0In partnership with Americans for the Arts, Journeys, truth\u00ae, Laguna College of Art and Design, and Blick Art Materials, Vans is asking for the public to help select the top five high schools from the 50 semi-finalists, competing for $50,000 for their school\u2019s art programs, among other rewards. Vote today!<\/p>\n

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Through May 11<\/span>, students, teachers, parents, friends and community supporters can visit\u00a0Vans.com\/CustomCulture<\/a> to see all of the designs and vote for their favorite school. Supporters are invited to vote daily, as each fan is allowed one vote per region per day.<\/em> The top five finalists will head to Los Angeles in June for a final showcase event featuring celebrity judges, including YouTube personality Maddi Bragg<\/a> and top chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo behind Los Angeles restaurants Animal<\/a>, Jon & Vinny\u2019s<\/a> and Son of a Gun<\/a>\u00a0among others, as well as a special musical guest.<\/p>\n

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\"CovingtonHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

\"EasternHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

\"GreatBridgeHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

\"McEachernHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

\"MetcalfeCountyHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

\"MinorDanielsAcademy\"<\/p>\n

\"PaideiaSchoolHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

\"RomeHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

\"SouthernVanceHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

\"StationCampHighSchool\"<\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery year the team at Vans looks forward to seeing the creative and inspiring student submissions.\u00a0 While the task of selecting the top 50 finalists for Vans Custom Culture is never easy, we\u2019re so excited to showcase these designs to the public and have them take part in extending arts education nationally,\u201d said\u00a0 Fara Howard, vice president of global marketing at Vans. \u201cWe continue to be awed and inspired by the level of creativity and dedication the students put in to their submissions and we are so proud to help support arts programming and empower the next generation\u2019s Right to Art.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vans Custom Culture was created to inspire high school students to embrace their creativity, while raising awareness of diminishing arts education budgets. The design competition has grown rapidly since 325 schools participated in the inaugural competition in 2010. Since then, more than 10 percent of high schools nationally have participated in Vans Custom Culture and more than $600,000 has been contributed to support arts programs in schools.<\/p>\n

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As part of the competition, each participating school created four custom designs to represent the Vans \u201cOff The Wall\u201d lifestyle (Action Sports, Music, Art, Local Flavor) using blank Vans classic footwear as the canvas. From there, an internal Vans team including some of the brand\u2019s designers, as well as employees, narrowed down the selection to the top 50 schools for the public to vote on (listed by region below).<\/p>\n

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Top 50 Schools Competing for Spot in Final Five Event<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

California Region<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n