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Dec 1, 2008: Fall childrens Art Show Draper City Hall 1020 East Pioneer Rd 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Aug 24: Fall sign-up's are now posted.

Mar 1: Watch for fall sign-up's in the future.

Mar 20: Visit the Scholarship page for information about the 2008 Scholarship submission process.

Reid Beck became principal of Draper Park Elementary and Junior High School in 1924. He valued the visual arts and wanted to encourage community involvement in building a collection for Draper.

Children participated by donating their pennies, nickels and dimes earned through farm chores and other work. Businessman Joseph Mickelsen of Draper Poultrymen, Inc. often donated extra dollars to make the acquisition of the artwork possible.

From 1926 until 1955, this wonderful collection grew until it contained 63 pieces of art, including an original Norman Rockwell painting, Ichabod Crane, which was purchased in 1951 from Springville Art Museum at a cost of $800.

All of those pieces are displayed at local elementary and city buildings.