GRC visual arts students crafted design for award-winning contest
Published 3:00 pm Tuesday, November 11, 2025
The visual arts offer students an opportunity to explore their creativity.
At George Rogers Clark High School, not only are students given the same opportunities, but competitive environments are also available.
As a part of the second annual Crosley Custom Cruiser Contest, students of art teacher Brittani Fuller’s class have entered for a chance to win $2500.
“Last year, it was Kentucky only, or at least within this region, and it was twenty-five schools competing,” Fuller said. “This year, they decided to spread that across the United States.”
Crosley, which manufactures and sells record players, turntables, speakers, and other electronic equipment, created the contest to bring students together through music and more.
As confirmed in a press release, Crosley sent participating schools a Cruiser Record Player on which they could draw, paint, or more to create a unique design.
Each school—including GRC—gets to keep the record player, along with a custom vinyl.
This year’s theme, “Band Together”, encourages students to interpret unity, collaboration, culture, and more in their visual styles and designs.
“Nineteen students worked on this design. Their design choices were kind of split into grade levels,” Fuller mentioned. “The top design kind of explores different genres and how… no matter the genre, everybody enjoys getting to hear their favorite song with a bunch of people they don’t know, and it kind of creates this sense of community even though you might be standing next to five strangers. Each kind of music genre is represented on the stage.”
Fuller confirmed that students had a high level of input in the design.
“The background is actually a liquid light display, which is something that I do as a practicing artist. One of my students came up to me and [said’…’I really want to represent your light show, because I think it’s really cool,” Fuller added. “It’s kind of representing this collaboration between visual and musical arts.”
The design includes several additional features, such as a symbolic tree with branches representing different musical genres.
Furthermore, while 19 students may be helping to create the design, it encompasses much more than that.
“We’re part of the cohort program. There’s 67 students within the whole program [including] visual arts, music, drama, [and] dance,” Fuller added. “We actually wanted to try to incorporate them in this…so it’s a little bit about our design.”
Fuller notes that collaboration has been key to success and is a growth opportunity for students.
“As artists, I think we can really get into our own head and our own space and kind of focus on what we want to do,” she said. “It’s important to work with other artists [and] see how other artists think, because that’s going to help us grow.”
According to the press release, prizes include:
● Grand Prize: $2,500 for the school’s art program + up to 25 Cruiser Record Players for the participating students
● 2nd – 5th Place: $500 for the school’s art program
● Best Social Media Video: $500 for the school’s art program + up to 25 Cruiser Records.
The regional winner will be announced on Wednesday, November 12.
The grand prize winner will be announced on Thursday, November 20.
