What’s New on the SDP Website and Blog?
Banquet photos in the Gallery on the Blog – Select ‘View with PicLens’ to view as a slide show.
Conference Photos on the Blog – you have to see these!
Lovely new items in the Boutique Shopping Cart and some Special Value items.
In order to coordinate with a number of program deadlines as dictated by SDP’s bylaws, the mailing schedule for The Decorative Painter has changed. To help plan your advertising campaigns, I am making you aware of the new publishing schedule.
2010 schedule:
Issue #1 mails approximately the last week of February.
Issue #2 mails approximately the last [...]
Now Online in the Members Only section
In This Issue:
Issue #2 of the 2010 Decorative Painter, the decorative artist’s ultimate information and creative source, is arriving now in mailboxes around the world. SDP’s full-color magazine features 144 pages of tips, trends, educational material, and lots more, including such informative features as an interview with Sharon Hamilton [...]
Four SDP members have received their Teacher of Decorative Arts certification as announced today at SDP’s 38th Annual Conference and Expo in Wichita, Kan.
Congratulations to the Society’s newest TDAs:
Megumi Ikawa TDA
Chikako Katayama CDA, TDA
Naomi Kumagai TDA
Ginko Otaka MDA, TDA
For information on the Teacher Development Program, visit www.decorativepainters.org.
A couple of new provisions have been added to the 2011 Wichita Conference Teacher’s Kit. It now reads as follows:
All projects submitted must be new and never taught or published and must remain so until the Conference begins. Projects may not be taught prior to the conference, with the exception of one practice class of [...]
Pardon our Blooper!
If you attempted to take the Certification program survey by hitting reply in the email that came to you from the blog, you will need to go directly to the SDP blog site , scroll down the page to the The Certification Program heading and take the survey again to have the results [...]
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Did you know that you can call the Certification Chair and [...]
Photos from the recent seminar taught by Maureen Calvert McNaughton CDA, TDA in the classroom at the Wichita office. View them on the gallery page.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and a wonderful holiday season to everyone
We are so proud of the ornaments our members painted for the Grand Salon of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Each ornament was inspired by one of the paintings in the Renwick’s Permanent Collection, as [...]
Dear Painting Friend:
Looking for unique, last-minute gifts? Visit the SDP Painters Boutique at www.decorativepainters.org for fun ideas and terrific prices! Plus, each purchase you make helps support your organization: SDP!
Remember: to receive your items in time for Christmas gift-giving, you must place your order before midnight on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
For a favorite teacher, postal carrier, [...]
