Thursday, May 27, 2021 Puro San Antonio shoe designs earn Edison High School $15,000 for its art program in Vans contest Posted By Nina Rangel on Thu, May 27, 2021 at 4:20 PM Facebook / Roger Zamarripa Jr. High school student Roger Zamarripa Jr. entered Vans Custom Culture competition with a puro SA design. An Edison High School team may not have seized the top prize in this year s Vans Custom Culture art contest, but they still earned a fat chunk of cash for their school s art program. The Golden Bears puro San Antonio designs were named as a runner-up in the shoe brand s annual competition, ranking among the top five student-created designs in the country and pulling in $15,000 for their program.
Two San Antonio high schools make it to final round of nationwide Vans competition
You have until Friday to show your support
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Edison High School student Roger Zamarripa Jr. used the Alamo City s iconic landmarks and signature colors to make the puro design.Courtesy of Roger Zamarripa Jr.
San Antonians who love shoes or have an immense amount of hometown pride (or both) have a chance to help students from two local high schools show off their creative kicks inspired by the Alamo City.
The round of this year’s Vans’ Custom Culture High School competition is underway, with the voting period to determine the top five entries ending on Friday, May 7. That means that locals have just a few days to cast their ballots for the teams representing Edison High School and East Central High School. The two local schools are among just 50 high schools selected nationwide.
Teams from 2 San Antonio high schools move on to finals of Vans nationwide custom shoe contest Posted By Nina Rangel on Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 2:40 PM click image Facebook / Roger Zamarripa Jr. High school student Roger Zamarripa Jr. has entered Vans Custom Culture competition with a puro SA design. We recently reported on Edison High School student Roger Zamarripa Jr. s puro San Antonio design that advanced in Vans’ Custom Culture shoe design competition. Turns out, Zamarripa will be joined by other San Antonio student-artists a three-person team, also from Edison, plus a team from East Central High School in the finals of the shoe company s annual contest.
Posted By San Antonio Current Staff on Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:36 AM click to enlarge Facebook / Roger Zamarripa Jr. Roger Zamarripa Jr. created a puro set of Vans shoes for the company s Custom Culture contest. With early voting for San Antonio s May 1 election now underway, locals are keying in on stories related to issues on the ballot particularly since a few high-profile political endorsements came out this week. San Antonians were also concerned about Texas Country artist Shane Smith s lap dog Gretchen, who was in Smith s truck when it was stolen from Pearl Brewery earlier this week. Fortunately, Gretchen was later found and reunited with the musician.