{"id":681355,"date":"2018-05-08T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=681355"},"modified":"2018-05-08T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:38:53","slug":"vans-custom-competition-top-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/vans-custom-competition-top-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Vans Custom Culture Competition Finalists Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After four months and with entries from over a plethora of different high schools across the United States, <strong>Vans<\/strong> revealed the top five entries for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/vans-custom-culture-competition-will-award-75k-high-school-art-programs\/\">ninth annual Custom Culture competition<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top five designs that are still in the running for the $75,00 grand prize:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fontainebleu High School (Mandeville, LA)<\/li>\n<li>Hixson High School (Hixson, TN)<\/li>\n<li>Larned High School (Larned, KS)<\/li>\n<li>Middle Township High School (Cape May Courhouse, NJ)<\/li>\n<li>Moanalua High School (Honolulu, HI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The top five finalists for this year&#8217;s competition truly captured the essence of what Vans is all about \u2013creative expression,&#8221; said\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Megan Klempa<\/span>, Custom Culture Program Manager in a release. &#8220;Thanks to communities across the countries, we&#8217;re able to give even more funding to these talented students and push their talents and capabilities even further.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vans will select the winner of the competition during the week of May 14. The winning school will receive the $75,000 grand prize, which is for arts education, as well as a lunch party courtesy of Vans. 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onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" class=\"wp-image-681356 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2018\/05\/Fontainebleau-High-School-382.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2512\" height=\"1555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2018\/05\/Fontainebleau-High-School-382.png 2512w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2018\/05\/Fontainebleau-High-School-382-325x201.png 325w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2018\/05\/Fontainebleau-High-School-382-750x464.png 750w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2018\/05\/Fontainebleau-High-School-382-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2018\/05\/Fontainebleau-High-School-382-1000x619.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2018\/05\/Fontainebleau-High-School-382-720x446.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2512px) 100vw, 2512px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-681356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontainebleu High 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