Results came out this past Monday, May 7th, and were released publicly at 3pm EST (12pm PST). I was waiting to hear from my kiddo any minute that afternoon.
As I was heading down the road to check out some local boutique stores with my step daughter and her mom, the call came. We all listened as Charlie told us that Hixson High made it into the top 5! What a great accomplishment! From 500 entries to 50 to the top 5. They will receive $10,000 for their art program. The grand prize winner is not announced. They will be surprised next week by the company. I'm still hopeful it could be us. We'll see. It will be exciting for any of these 5 schools. (You can see which ones they are on the picture below.)
I am so proud of those students and their art teacher, Katie Claiborne. Here is what Katie posted on Monday afternoon, May 7th on social media:
"A team of students from Hixson High School has earned a Top 5 finalist spot in the nationwide Vans™ Custom Culture competition and is still in the running to win the grand prize. This is a result of the wonderful designs they submitted to Vans™ and the massive community support they received in the public voting stage of the competition. At this stage of the competition, it is certain that they have won $10,000 for their art department. The winner of the grand prize will receive a surprise visit from the Vans™ Custom Culture Team next week. Vans™ will present the grand prize winning school with a check for $75,000 for their art department and throw a party for the whole school.
The entries they created are two pairs of Vans™ shoes. Vans™ sends out shoes to all the participants, requesting them to create designs fitting two separate prompts. This year’s themes are “Local Flavor” and “Off the Wall”.
For Local Flavor, the Hixson High students decided to highlight iconic sights and symbols of the Greater Chattanooga area. These shoes represent Ruby Falls, Rock City, the Incline Railway, the Choo Choo, Point Park, and cultural icons like the Delta Queen and the Cherokee water spider. The Tennessee River can also be seen coursing over both shoes, bringing them together.
In the Off the Wall design, students built platforms to create a cavern underneath. The cave is lit by fairy lights, making the cast resin crystals gleam. Mushrooms dot the subterranean landscape, and a monster defends his treasures. Moss encircles the trim of the shoes, providing a smooth transition from top to bottom. Living plants are placed inside the shoes, while artificial sprouts pop up near the toe.
Hixson High would like to thank everyone in the community for their support in sharing their story and voting over the past two weeks. Congratulations to the students who worked on the custom shoe designs: Charlie Dickerson, Alia Smith, Michaela Roberts, Logan Summers, Addison Flannigan, Luke Pfennig, Jade Sharp, Amy Gonzales, Sarah Bargerstock, Josh Green, Tori Gifford, Josalyn Salter, Suhani Patel, Amanda Lin, and Devin Goforth."
The entries they created are two pairs of Vans™ shoes. Vans™ sends out shoes to all the participants, requesting them to create designs fitting two separate prompts. This year’s themes are “Local Flavor” and “Off the Wall”.
For Local Flavor, the Hixson High students decided to highlight iconic sights and symbols of the Greater Chattanooga area. These shoes represent Ruby Falls, Rock City, the Incline Railway, the Choo Choo, Point Park, and cultural icons like the Delta Queen and the Cherokee water spider. The Tennessee River can also be seen coursing over both shoes, bringing them together.
In the Off the Wall design, students built platforms to create a cavern underneath. The cave is lit by fairy lights, making the cast resin crystals gleam. Mushrooms dot the subterranean landscape, and a monster defends his treasures. Moss encircles the trim of the shoes, providing a smooth transition from top to bottom. Living plants are placed inside the shoes, while artificial sprouts pop up near the toe.
Hixson High would like to thank everyone in the community for their support in sharing their story and voting over the past two weeks. Congratulations to the students who worked on the custom shoe designs: Charlie Dickerson, Alia Smith, Michaela Roberts, Logan Summers, Addison Flannigan, Luke Pfennig, Jade Sharp, Amy Gonzales, Sarah Bargerstock, Josh Green, Tori Gifford, Josalyn Salter, Suhani Patel, Amanda Lin, and Devin Goforth."
You can learn more about the competition by visiting the Vans culture competition website, but you aren't able to see the top 5 shoes at this point. That would be neat. Maybe that will be possible at some point.
To any and all who voted for the Hixson High shoes and helped make them reach the top 5, I want to say "THANK YOU!"
Hixson High Art has been really rocking it out this year with quite a few accomplishments and this competition is going to help them continue the great path they are on!
Go Wildcats!
Debra
P.S. If you didn't see my first post on the shoes or the pictures of the shoes, you can click here to read it and see the shoes: April 18, 2018-- Art Competition-- VOTING begins Monday, April 23rd
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