Vans Contest Shoe drawings due Wednesday March 1st. Turn them into Cari room #102. The top 10 artists win a free sweet hat from Vans!

Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing) There are 4 themes: Local Flavor Music Art Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing)

Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing) There are 4 themes: Local Flavor Music Art Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing)

Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing) There are 4 themes: Local Flavor Music Art Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing)

Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing) There are 4 themes: Local Flavor Music Art Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing)

Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing) There are 4 themes: Local Flavor Music Art Sports (Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing)

TIPS: Think out of the box or in this case the shoe. What will make your shoes stand out? Take risks, chances are if you've seen it before, so have the Vans folks.  Acrylic paint, Sculpey clay, and paper mache really worked for us. Fine details with the paint and a good fine brush was much easier to control for our students

Vans custom design shoe Winners: Finalist Prizes (5, 1 per high school per region). Trip to the Final Event scheduled for early June 2017 in Los Angeles/Orange County, California  Trip includes coach air travel from major commercial airport near high school (as selected by Vans in its sole discretion), hotel accommodations for four (4) days/three (3) nights, ground transportation; food/beverages during Vans sponsored events and where food/beverages are not catered or supplied by Vans during the Trip, a meal allowance of $15 for breakfast, $25 for lunch and $35 for dinner per person per day of Finalist trip (any unused amounts of meal allowances are forfeited and are not redeemable for cash or any other prize); and other select activities. Approximate Retail Value up to $20,000 each (i.e., per Finalist High School).  Grand Prize winner's design may be displayed, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, in certain Vans retail stores

There’s a new separate Van’s Contest offered this year. Vans Drawing Contest STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGED TO CREATE A DESIGN OR PRINT THAT BEST EXEMPLIFIES TECHNOLOGY IN DESIGN ON A SUPPLIED 11X14 SHEET OF PAPER.  THE WINNING CUSTOM DESIGN WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON OUR CUSTOMS PAGE (VANS.COM/CUSTOMS) ON FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017. Due March 1st Rules: DO NOT COPY (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) THE WORKS OF THIRD PARTIES (OR, IN THE CASE OF THE CUSTOM PRINT DESIGN, THE EXAMPLES OR ILLUSTRATIONS PROVIDED ON THE VANS CUSTOM CULTURE WEB SITE).  Photos/custom print design cannot include any content that violates or infringes upon the intellectual property or other rights of any third party (including but not limited to rights of publicity, privacy, patent, trademark, copyright, or libel, defamation or slander).  DO NOT USE IN THE PHOTOS OR CUSTOM PRINT DESIGNS THE NAMES OR LOGOS OF FAVORITE BANDS; THE NAMES OF CELEBRITIES/ATHLETES, REPRODUCTIONS OF WORKS OF ART, OR OTHER MATERIALS NOT CREATED BY THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. Entry must NOT promote a commercial/business enterprise, a charity, political, religious cause or any cause other than the applicable themes of the Contest. Winners: Technology In Design Prize (1). $5,000 donation by Vans to winning high school’s art program. Vans will produce up to twenty-five (25) limited edition sneakers based on the submission (custom print design) which won the Technology In Design Prize.