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Aspiring artists follow the greats at Helen Haller Elementary

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, July 11, 2018

By Sequim Gazette staff

Mason Blake, 6, says his favorite piece follows Vincent Van Gogh’s style. Mason and about 20 other kindergarteners stayed after school with his teacher Stephanie Grotzke-Nash for five weeks making art in the style of different artists. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
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Mason Blake, 6, says his favorite piece follows Vincent Van Gogh’s style. Mason and about 20 other kindergarteners stayed after school with his teacher Stephanie Grotzke-Nash for five weeks making art in the style of different artists. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Mason Blake, 6, says his favorite piece follows Vincent Van Gogh’s style. Mason and about 20 other kindergarteners stayed after school with his teacher Stephanie Grotzke-Nash for five weeks making art in the style of different artists. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
Silas Sullivan, 6, holds up his sculpture following the style of Alexander Calder. Silas worked in Stephanie Grotzke-Nash’s art class to shape and place pipe cleaners in clay to make his art just right. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash
Erik Cisneros snaps pictures of his son Edgar Cisneros, 8, at the Helen Haller Elementary Art Show that included works he followed the style of artists like Henri Matisse. Edgar took art classes after school from Kaylee Kinsey and Renee Mullikin.
Taylor Thomas, 7, a second grader in Renee Mullikin and Kaylee Kinsey’s art class, holds his bowl he made for the art show. He said it was the most fun of all the projects to make.
Rockey Del snaps a picture of his son Yeshua Del, 8, at the Helen Haller Elementary Art Show on June 4. Yeshua, in Rachel Oden’s art class, said he enjoyed following Salvador Dali’s style because enjoys math and was able to use Roman numerals. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
Noah Andrzejeski, 9, from Rachel Oden’s third grade art class stands with his pieces following the style of Salvador Dali. Noah said he likes the colors and how the clocks melt and droop.

Four classrooms in three grades turned their classrooms into studio spaces for several weeks at Helen Haller Elementary culminating in an art show on June 4 in the school’s cafeteria.

See photos from the event here.

Students learned about and followed the styles of many artists, including Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Romero Britto, Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali and Vincent Van Gogh.

The classes were taught by Stephanie Grotzke-Nash, kindergarten; Kaylee Kinsey, second; Renee Mullikin, second; and Rachel Oden, third. They hosted students from their own classes and more from other classes in the same grade level.

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