Vans is excited to announce this year’s top 50 semi-finalists for the Vans Custom Culture high school art competition. This year, 500 qualifying schools participated by designing two pairs of blank Vans shoes illustrating the themes of ‘Local Flavor’ and ‘Off The Wall.’ In conjunction with the shoe designs, participating high schools submitted an Impact Document reflecting how their school, class and community would be impacted by the winning prize.
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Vans, the original action sports brand and one of the largest youth culture brands in the world, named Parker High School from Parker, South Dakota as the grand prize winner of the eighth annual Vans Custom Culture art competition. Vans and program partners, Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD), Americans for the Arts, Blick Art Materials and Journeys, awarded $50,000 toward the school’s arts education program. The remaining finalists,