Munster High School has advanced into the top 50 of the Vans Custom Culture Competition to earn a chance to compete for a grand-prize of $75,000 for the school art program. As part of the contest the Vans corporation sent two white pairs of Vans shoes which students drew on and customized along two themes. The first theme is “Local Flavor” and the second is “Off the Wall.” The top 50 designs in each category are voted upon by the public from April 22nd - May 3rd with the top 5 schools receiving monetary prizes ranging from $10,000 - $75,000. Public voting can be done at https://customculture.vans.com.
Each school was asked to elaborate on an area within the art department that was in need of financial support or that could be expanded upon with the prize. Mrs. Elena Lopez, Specialist Department head and painting/drawing faculty, chose to ask for support developing a Digital Design suite within the school specifically geared to the needs of the art department.
If Munster were to field a winning entry then specialty shoes would be produced for the design team and a school wide-BBQ would be held with a mystery musical guest flown in to perform for students and staff. Munster High School would like to congratulate the Art department for their accomplishment thus far and we wish them good luck in the competition moving forward.