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Enjoy an online version of Issues #5 and #6 of the 2006 Decorative Painter. If you love it as much as we know you will, become a member and receive four full-color issues by mail in 2008.

Added to the website:

Business & Teachers      Directory online

New Learn to Paint      project

Certification Reception       photos from Tampa, FL.

Summer 2008 Decorative      Painter magazine now      online - Members Only

2 Free Treasure Box       Patterns

SDP Logo painting     instructions

2008 Election results:

VP/Pres-Elect:  Nancy Genetti

Treasurer:  Kaye Singer

Board Member-At-Large:

  • Tammy L. Browning-Smith
  • Barbara Jenkins MDA
  • Tim Mulvey

Nominating Committee:

  • Jeanne Biever CDA
  • Ginger Edwards
  • Donna Frost

Service Awards Winners:

  • President's Commendation Award
    Sheila Rouse
  • Dedicated Service Award
    Jan Pierson MDA
  • Priscilla Hauser Award for Business & Industry
    Gus Dovellos
  • Outstanding Chapter Service Award
    Lyn Williams CDA
    Creative Artists of Central Florida
  • Silver Palette
    Ann Johnson

Scholarships:

Individual

  • Lynn Murray
  • Donna Sue Talerico
  • Delores Gatz

Chapter

  • Illinois Prairie Painters
  • Loaded Brush of Northwest Louisiana

New TDAs

  • Sharon White TDA
  • Sandy Neuling TDA
  • Christine Weyer TDA
  • Pat Hitchcox TDA

New CDA's and MDA's

Complete listing of New CDA's and MDA's

2008 Conference Artists

  • Laure Pallaux
  • Terry Brunner CDA
  • Marty Caldwell
  • Bobbie Takashima
  • Roxanne Jarvis

2008 Room Block Artists

  • Trudy Beard CDA
  • Bobbie Takashima

Ambassador of the Year

  • Keiko Taguchi, CDA

197 SDP Chapters recived the Chapter Acheivement Award in 2007-08

Decorative Arts Collection Awards:

Joan Johnson MDA Award of Excellence was presented to:
Miniko Mizuno for her piece, "My Favorite"

Honorable Mention:
Ana Bernabe for her Piece, "Bear Playing"

The following artists achieved the distinction of DACA artist:

  • Ana Bernabe DACA
  • Miyuki Nakano DACA
  • Hisako Sakomura, CDA, DACA
  • Norika Taki DACA
  • Akemi Uchida DACA

 


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Summer 2008 Issue now available in the Members Only section

New SDP Benefit

There is now another great reason to be a member of SDP. Members are eligible to save up to 20 percent off Hertz Business Travel rates at participating locations.
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It’s here: The 2008-09 Learn to Paint project! Do your friends wonder why you’re so crazy about painting? Share this simply project by Chris Thornton-Deason with them and they’ll love painting, too. Download the project here and while you’re at it, consider teaching it to a group of never-before painters.

Announcing SDP’s newest
Teachers of Decorative Art...

Christine Weyer, TDA

Pat Hitchcox, TDA

Sharron White, TDA

Read More about the new teachers and the
TDA program

Visit the SDP Painters Shop Online to JOIN or RENEW MEMBERSHIP now using a credit card. We accept Visa & MC for shopping online.

Download the Official Membership Application form here if you would like to mail a check or fax your order in.

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Did you know:

  • SDP members receive special discounts on decorative painting products and services! Want more details?
  • You can watch a movie on a free project taught by Prudy Vannier as seen on the PBS show “Hands On Crafts for Kids” with host Kathie Stull.


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