March 3, 2016 - Visitors to the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library in Center may have noticed a change in scenary, as Hamingway the pig has taken on a new decor.
Delbert Beckham, DB Metalart artist, assisted by home school students gave Hamingway his new look. Beckham prepared the pig's main design and after that the sculpture required additional coats of paint, and that's where the students enter the picture.
Saturday, February 20, 2016 Beckham and the students gathered in the morning on the lawn of the library to begin their task with Hamingway. Beckham provided the students with paint as well as brushes and instructed the students to go to work.
Students asked Beckham if he owned the pig and he explained he made the sculpture, but the art piece is owned by the library through a donation several years ago made by the Lakes Area Arts League, which has since disbanded.
Beckham occasionally redecorates the sculpture to help promote the library. The painting of the pig is an activity which he has continued to involve students in doing.
The Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library is located at 619 Tenaha St, Center, TX. The library can be reached by calling (936) 598-5522.
