Greywolf Elementary School art students shared their creations from the co-curricular class Meet the Masters on March 7.
The exhibition took place in the gymnasium, a room that hosted a busy swirl of happy children and proud parents with teacher Pamela Schrubb as a central figure. Family after family approached her to offer thanks for giving their fourth-and fifth-grade students the opportunity to expand their art history and skills.
Schrubb applied for and received a grant from the Sequim Educational Foundation, which she called very generous. She subsequently taught 32 children for eight weeks after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The children chose to take the class, many explaining that it was fun and broadened their understanding of art history and styles.
“[On Tuesdays] we talked about vocabulary and the artist’s history, and on Thursdays did art,” Schrubb said.
Each child studied and produced an art piece in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, Piet Mondrian, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Pablo Picasso, Henry Monet and M.C. Escher.
Schrubb said that she had used this program for 25 years while teaching in California.
“I realized we had a deficit of art instruction,” she said, so she wrote the grant application. She said she hopes to bring the program back next year.
Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen / Elena Carroll, 4th grade, shares her Monet inspired art piece with her mother, Jessie Carroll. “I love it,” she said, about the “Meet the Masters” class she attended for eight weeks after school. Her parents said the were happy to see the school put this program together, exposing her to some historic artists was a great benefit for a child who has always had an affinity for art.
Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen / Teacher Pamela Schrubb applied for and received a grant from the Sequim Educational Fund to teach a two day a week after-school, co-curricular class to 4th and 5th graders about some of the pivotal figures in art history. Schrubb said she taught the class for 25 years in California and hopes to be able to do it again at Greywolf Elementary.
Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen / Jayne Caulfield examines some of the artwork on display at Greywolf’s “Meet the Masters” art class exhibition on Tuesday. These pieces were made by 4th and 5th grade children after studying the impressionism and landscapes of Monet.
Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen / Charlie Reno, kindergarten, left, and Stephen Jude Reno, 3rd grade, smile in the arms of their father, 5th grade math teacher Aaron Reno. The boys attended the after school art class “Meet the Masters” while Reno helped other children with math, with beautiful results. “It’s been pretty good,” said Stephen. “I like it – it’s been a lot of fun.” Charlie agreed.
