What is CAPA?

The Children’s Art Preservation Association (CAPA) exists to serve both our young artists and our community. Local educators and citizens who believed that children deserve recognition and encouragement for their creative work in the visual arts founded CAPA in the fall of 1993. To provide this recognition and to support the visual arts, CAPA as a not–for-profit organization, devotes its resources to preserving and displaying the art of Children in the Morrison Community, sponsors activities that promote and encourage participation in the visual arts, supports the work of local artists and partners with local schools to create programs/curriculum that expand instruction and appreciation of the visual arts in our schools. All of CAPA’s goals, events and programs are designed to add new artistic dimension and enrich the life of the community.

Art Appreciation

CAPA’s ongoing support includes preserving, framing and exhibiting our young artists work in local schools and public buildings. Currently, this collection contains some 200 pieces that span over 25 years of award winning, and notable student art. By exhibiting their art we hope to reward our children for their efforts, instill in them an appreciation for the expressive variety of the visual arts and illustrate the role the visual arts play in our lives. By making their work available to the community we provide the feedback needed to complete the artistic process: to be looked at, pondered and appreciated – all the more supportive and immediate when provided by the community in which they live.

CAPA Board Members

Barb Bees - President
Carol Woith
Sarah Thorndike
Ned J. Nesti Jr.
Jane-Ann Ardapple
Paul Beck
Gail Smith
Stuart Roddy

Morrison CAPA
PO Box 45
Morrison IL 61270