NATURE COAST DECORATIVE ARTISTS
NCDA is a chapter of the National Society of Decorative Painters

NCDA Meets 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., the first Saturday of the month, at the
Weeki Wachee Senior Citizens Clubhouse at 3357 Susan Dr. in Spring Hill Florida. In December we enjoy a Christmas party at a local restaurant. Most monthly meetings consist of the following:- business meeting - raffle - members project display - tips and demonstration- painting a class project

Members and their guests gather for the enjoyment of decorative painting. We hold a meeting and have a painting project. Coffee and snacks are provided; members bring their lunch. Whether you are a beginner, experienced artist or have never painted before, you are welcome. No experience is necessary.
 

Reimbursement form

Membership Form

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July 4 - Darlene Derr will teach a floor cloth in acrylics
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Please try to conduct business with the treasurer, seminar, ways and means, programs
and education folks before the meeting to allow them to be able to paint.

June  6	Vicki Alley taught glass etching and a floral design - photo to come
May 30	Pat Otto taught a still life in oils.
May 2 Hazel Dickson taught violets on a candle base.
April 24 & 25 Connie Parkinson gave a free seminar in acrylics.
April 4 Ruth Orwig taught on lunch bags supplied by NCDA
March 7 Anna Marshall taught a T-Shirt with a floral design
February 7	Program was postponed due to scheduling mix-up. Hazel will teach the violets in May.
January 31 Darla Willhite taught  an "experimental art" design featuring a geisha girl on watercolor paper.
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We hosted our 3rd Tables to Treasures last October at Pristine Place. Photos to come soon. See photos of our last T&T event on photo page.

Sunshine State Decorative Artists State Retreat Site Click on Happy Pierre to see the class book for SSDA 2009

PHILANTHROPIC

	PAINT-A-THON Saturday, November 19! Was a big success. Lots of boxes were painted for kids. We look forward to the next one. Want to help? Call Carol Hechler.
	You may bring in as many boxes as you want all year long. Give them to Gini Conn or Carol Hechler. Cute animals and children's themes are the best designs. Left: Ellen and Rosalie helped by painting and cleaning lots and lots of brushes
	Left: Pat Landry former NCDA President joins in. For the label to attach inside box cover, click here. It opens as an adobe acrobat file. At our meeting we had a representative from the Shriner's to accept some boxes. He explained the program and the work Shriner's does. A photo was taken for SDP Decorative painter.
	There was a photo display and boxes with packets of paint for those who would take and paint more boxes. They are so appreciated that there are more hospitals now embracing the program.

To see the SDP page go to SDP site, then painting programs, then treasure boxes. or click here
http://www.decorativepainters.org/downloads/treasurePR.pdf  See Below for Group Photo.



Philanthropic Project for 2007-2009
Gini Conn and Carol Hechler collected many wonderful treasure boxes for children at Shriner's Hospital in Tampa. Members are encourage to paint several boxes for this worth project.

Cookies, articles and knitted hats sent to troops. For knitted hat directions, see news page. The weather is warmer now. Chocolate bars or cookies with chocolate chips must be omitted, We are sending cooling neckerchiefs and lip balm as well as cookies. See news page for list.

Gene Chambers shows award given by servicemen. Gene tirelessly handled this project since our servicemen were deployed. In 2008 this project was taken over by Carol Kuszik & Caroline Hadler.

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WANT ART CLASSES 24/7?
For those who have high speed internet, you can watch art classes on your computer.

www.VisualArtsNetwork.TV 

There are classes going all the time. You can print out a schedule, so you don't miss anything.