Fund the Arts with Custom Kicks

Yesterday, the skate shoe brand Vans released a list of finalists for their Custom Culture Contest. The contest asked high school art students to create original pieces of art on Vans shoes. The teenage virtuosos were given blank slates and unlimited design opportunities. The results are impressive, albeit sometimes not actually wearable. Vans narrowed the finalists by regions in the U.S.: California, northwest, southwest, northeast and southeast.