Driftwood artists name Steed as scholarship winner

By Matthew Nash • July 9, 2025 1:30 am
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Some of the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors club members presented Sequim High graduate Kaylie Steed with a $1,500 scholarship July 2 to help her pursuit of a career in art.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Some of the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors club members presented Sequim High graduate Kaylie Steed with a $1,500 scholarship July 2 to help her pursuit of a career in art.

The Olympic Driftwood Sculptors presented their annual high school scholarship to Sequim High School graduating senior Kaylie Steed last week. She received $1,500 to help her attend Peninsula College in the fall and eventually pursue a career in art.

Pam Martin, the club’s scholarship chairperson, said the scholarship is funded partly from the club’s annual show in May, and club members’ contributions. She said they invite graduating seniors from across the North Olympic Peninsula pursuing the arts to apply each year.

Steed, a fine artist who uses mostly watercolors, said she hopes to transfer to an art school after finishing at Peninsula College.

She has participated in several local art shows, been a Student of the Month at the Blue Whole Gallery, and won first place for her age group in “Tidepools” magazine.

“I’ve always loved art,” Steed said, and she’s open to many avenues for a career, such as teaching, painting murals, and/or selling her art.

Along with the driftwood club, she received scholarships from the Shipley Center and Soroptimist International of Sequim.

Find Steed’s art on social media under @drawingdreamstm.

Members of the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors said they are lining up to appear as a club at the Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market this summer a few times with raffle tickets for sale to win a a large, group driftwood piece.

All ages and abilities are welcome at the club’s monthly meeting from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.

To sign up for upcoming classes, contact instructor Tuttie Peetz via email at trpeetz@gmail.com. Read more about the club at olympicdriftwoodsculptors.org.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Kaylie Steed speaks with Pam Martin, Olympic Driftwood Sculptors’ scholarship chairperson, during the club’s monthly meeting in July. Steed was chosen by club members to receive a scholarship to start her college studies and become an artist.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Kaylie Steed speaks with Pam Martin, Olympic Driftwood Sculptors’ scholarship chairperson, during the club’s monthly meeting in July. Steed was chosen by club members to receive a scholarship to start her college studies and become an artist.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Sequim’s Kaylie Steed said she’s always loved art and it really connected with her around age 12 in school. She’s planning to become an artist of some kind and hopes to find a career path while studying at Peninsula College.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Sequim’s Kaylie Steed said she’s always loved art and it really connected with her around age 12 in school. She’s planning to become an artist of some kind and hopes to find a career path while studying at Peninsula College.