Vans, in partnership with celebrity judges, Emma Roberts, Whitney Port, Timo Weiland, Christian Jacobs, and Steve Caballero hosted a NYC event last night to celebrate the conclusion of their 2013 Custom Culture initiative.
In the final round of the Fourth Annual nationwide art contest, Vans Custom Culture brought the Top 5 Final High Schools and an all-star celebrity panel of judges together for an art showcase of the school’s custom Vans designs to media, students, celebrities and industry professionals. The celebrity panel selected the grand prize winning high school and awarded $50,000 to their arts program.
Guests in attendance included: celebrities Emma Roberts, Whitney Port, Timo Weiland, Christian Jacobs and Steve Caballero.
About Vans Custom Culture
The Vans Custom Culture competition inspires high school students across the U.S. to embrace their creativity. In light of decreased educational funding, Vans created this phenomenally-cool project to help ignite creativity and raise funds and awareness for the importance of ART in high schools all over the US. Since 2010, Vans has hosted a nationwide event called Custom Culture where high school students ‘design their own VANS’- the project has opened the doors to thousands of students across the US to compete and create masterpieces of art from a pair of traditional Vans shoes. The winner is awarded $50,000 toward their high school art program!