For those who have registered for SDP’s May 18th-22nd Annual Conference, class confirmations were sent out via email this year.  If you did not receive an email giving you instructions about how to print your class confirmation schedule at the SDP website, please email Lisa Curry, Education Coordinator, at lisa@decorativepainters.org.  She can [...]

Are you looking for a roommate or do you know of someone looking to split the costs at Conference in Wichita?  If so, check out the roommate posts on the SDP website in the general information section for the 2010 Conference. We have been periodically posting information with a list of attendees needing a [...]

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 [...]

Join us for the class Master Keys
at the 2010 Wichita Conference.

What is Master Keys?

It is a three-hour class with three different Master Decorative Artists teaching on subjects of color theory and skills necessary to create a good painting.

Is this class only for those interested in the Certification program?

No, it is an educational class that [...]

Did you know that you can tour the Permanent Collection at SDP Headquarters while attending the 2010 Wichita Conference?  A display of about 150 works, in all painting media on a variety of surfaces, the SDP Permanent Collection represents the beauty and diversity of our beloved art form.  Visit Headquarters to tour the collection and [...]

Five more classes for the 2010 Wichita Conference have filled.  They are as follows:

0025-Floating-Basic to Advanced
0085-Simply Lace
0275-Kentucky Cabin
0290-Grapes
and 0465-Newberry Barn

We need your assistance!  We are looking for all types of volunteers to help in a number of areas at Conference.  Volunteers need not be members (unless they are election tellers), but we ask that they be adults.
We are looking for volunteers to assist:

as Classroom Helpers,
at Chapters Marketplace
with the Classroom Set-up Stations,
the Liquidate & [...]

Your opinion is important to us.
Please help us evaluate the Certification Program.

Have you thought of entering the Certification Program?

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Have you entered a board in the past?

Yes

No

Did you enter a board this year? (2010)

Yes

No

If not, was the cost a factor in your not submitting?

Yes

No

Did you like the designs?

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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.