The time has come! We are now accepting submissions for our 2026 Art Scholar Competition. This marks 100 years since Draper Elementary School started an impressive art collection called the Reid and Wilda Beck Collection. This collection led to the formation of the Draper Visual Arts Foundation — founded with a purpose to conserve, promote and celebrate art, beginning with that very collection. DVAF members and donors made it possible to restore many of those works of art.
When students participate in our competition, they join a community of artists and patrons who want to support their artistic journey.
This year also marks our 27th annual Art Scholar Competition. The first year, we offered one $1000 prize. Now we offer 10-15 various prizes, totalling $6,000 of scholarship money.
So without further ado, here is the form that you will need to fill out in order to participate:
2026 Art Scholar Registration Form
For more information, read this: Art Scholar Eligibility and Judging Criteria
We look forward to celebrating your accomplishments in art with you!
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Art Scholar Competition 2025
Grand Prize Winner
Tinsley Smith - Waiting for Tomorrow (2D Fine Art), acrylic, Alta High School
Category Winners
2D Fine Art
First place - Abigail Burton - Eden, acrylic, Corner Canyon
Second place - Olivia Berger - Expectations - Acrylic, Spray paint, Posters, on Canvas, Hillcrest
Third place - Lilly Hess - Summer, charcoal, Hillcrest
3D
First place - Lynslie Calacino - Prints of Greed,
Second place - Brock Sorenson - Daybreak
Third place - Benjamin Young - Japanese Lantern
Photography/Digital
First place - Joshua Graham - Earth Through Personification, photography, Alta High School
Second place - Ava Townsend - Sanctuary, digital, Hillcrest
Third place - Alisa Kovalova - Disconnected, digital, Alta High School
Honorable Mentions
Hannah Hassett - Trapped, photography, Alta High School
Aeris Lau - Sixty, oil on canvas, Hillcrest
Sophie Jacobs - Shattered Self, Mixed Media (Ceramic, Metal, Wax Clay), Corner Canyon
Jack Khachatryan - Fractured, Inkjet Transfer Print on Glass, The Waterford School
Max Adams - Bloodstream, 3D, Wood (spruce top, cocobolo back/sides, maple neck-cocobolo fretboard), mother-of-pearl inlay, metal frets, lacquer finish.”, Corner Canyon
Art Scholar Competition 2024
2 Dimensional Awards
3rd Place: To be Loved, by Marcela Lopes Jardim de Oliveira of Jordan High School. Medium: Charcoal Pastels
2nd Place: Nature by Annika Amundsen of Hillcrest High School. Medium: Oil
1st Place: Life On A Deadline by Elena Parker of Hillcrest High School. Medium: Mixed Media
Grand Prize Award: TLOU table and clicker bust, by Peyton Bryant of Alta High School. Medium: Wood, Resin, Clay.
3 dimensional awards
1st Place: Mind Winder by Gage Day of Corner Canyon High School.
2nd Place: Weathered World, by Evan Wolf of Corner Canyon High School.
3rd Place: Oceans Rise, by Breanne Kennard of Corner Canyon High School.
Photography / Digital
1st Place: Train by Emerson Menges of Hillcrest High School.
2nd Place: Lollipop, by Kate Duffin of Alta High School.
3rd Place: Embrace in Intervallo II, by Janneke Remick of Corner Canyon High School.
Honorable Mention Awards
quack. (2D) By Annie Ellsworth of Corner Canyon High School. Medium: Acrylic
EDEN 3 (2D) by Kale Davis of Corner Canyon High School. Medium: Oil on Canvas.
Game Night (2D) by Josilyn Stevens of Jordan High School. Medium: Colored Pencil.
Bloater, by Kaden Robert Huffman of Alta High School. Medium: Sculpture.
Where the children play by Eric de Morais of Hillcrest High School. Medium: AcrylicPhotography
Art Scholar Competition 2023
Grand Prize - Blaise Brady (Hillcrest) - 2D piece entitled Unpretentious
2D
1st Place - Ava Buxton (Jordan) - Kintsugi
2nd Place - Guandi Wang (Waterford) - My Self-portrait
3rd Place - Emma Ciecil (Hillcrest) - Cynefi
3D
1st Place - Lenny Beddoes (Hillcrest) - Archaeology
2nd Place - Imogen Valentine (Hillcrest) - Home Again
3rd Place - Alex Knorr (Hillcrest) - Indomitable
Photography/Digital
1st Place - Olivia Wood (Waterford) - Backstage
2nd Place - Kamryn Mend (Brighton) - Winter Flight
3rd Place - Jonathan Madill (Hillcrest) - Stairway
Honorable Mentions - Christina Wapner (Waterfor) - Photo Revealed Reflection, North Rust (Corner Canyon) - Photo/Digital - Infinite Warmth, Nicolette Harris (Corner Canyon) 3D Forget-me-not, Ricki Baker (Jordan) - 3D Golem
Art Scholar Competition 2022
Grand Prize - Lucza Brewer
1st Place - Grant Jackson, Braxton Collings, Micaela Madariaga
2nd Place - Grace Farnsworth, Abigail Berg, Cooper Jaques
3rd Place - Ethan McWillis, Talia Olson, Mia Jones
Honorable Mention - Aimee Watson, Isabella Nibley, Stephanie Marks
Grand Prize Winner - Lucza Brewer
“Winning this award means so much to me and I feel an immense amount of support from my community here in Draper. I have always felt that art has an unmatched power to communicate emotions in a way that words may not be able to. This is a crazy time for people everywhere in the world, especially youth, so for me to be able to share my voice with my photography is an honor. I am really grateful for the photography program at the Waterford School that has supported my growth as an artist through high school and I am beyond excited to continue my studies in the art department at UCLA!”
ART Scholar Competition 2021
Grand Prize - Katie Farnsworth
1st Place - Aspen Douglas
2nd Place - Hannah Zimmerman
3rd Place - Alany Gonzales
Honorable Mention - Anna Eaton, Brianna Gibson, Alex Zoumadakis, Paige Anderson
Art Scholar Competition 2019
Grand Prize - Alana Liu
1st Place - Elanor Larsen
2nd Place - Zach Gray
3rd Place - Tori Koch, Alisha Khan, Tate Larsen
Honorable Mention - Anna Herandez, Bethany Juvenal
ART Scholar competition 2018
Grand Prize - Spencer Johnson
1st Place - Kathryn Beck, Keaton Carter
2nd Place - Dorenda Blythe, Salma Perez
3rd Place - Gavin Sun
Honorable Mention - Nicole Brooks
ART Scholar Competition 2017
Grand Prize - Zachary Thomas
1st Place - Lisette Beaugez
2nd Place - Meg Warnock
3rd Place - Makayla Goslant
Art Scholar Competition 2016
Grand Prize - Alexus Brazil
1st Place - Chelsea Bradley, Sadie Chidester
2nd Place - Austin Simpkins
3rd Place - Matthew Brunken
Art Scholar Competition 2015
Grand Prize - Hannah Petersen
1st Place - Olivia Braiker, Pantera Coshow
2nd Place - Caroline Hollow
3rd Place - Elizabeth Harrison
Art Scholar Competition 2014
Grand Prize - Spencer Brady
1st Place - Jeffery Hampshire
2nd Place - Danielle Romney, Lauren Grothouse
Art Scholar Competition 2013
Grand Prize - Ashlynn Andrewsen
1st Place - Kayla Mogesen
2nd Place - Dominique Simon
Art Scholar Competition 2012
Grand Prize - Hailey Twede
1st Place - Kylie Smith
2nd Place - Dallin Orr
3rd Place - Kylie Smith
ART Scholar Competition winners from the past
Art Scholar Competition 2000
Grand Prize - Emily Kennard (Dunn)
