2025 Conference Schedule

2025 Conference Schedule

Schedule subject to change: as of October 24, 2025

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

5:00pm – 9:00pm Registration Florida Ballroom Foyer

Thursday, October 30, 2025

7:00am – 5:00pm SAMA Office / Registration Florida Ballroom Foyer Coatroom
7:00am – 8:30am Networking Breakfast Florida Ballroom Foyer
8:00am – 5:00pm Mosaic Marathon Key Largo A
8:00am – 5:00pm Fun with Figures in Stained Glass with Shug Jones Key Largo D
8:00am – 5:00pm Miniature Landscapes with Darcel Deneau Key Largo C
8:00am – 5:00pm Air Dry Clay Tiles for Mosaic with Carol Shelkin Key Largo B
8:00am – 5:00pm Building a Landscape with Color and Texture with Laura Rendlen Pocket Lake
8:00am – 5:00pm Andamento Drawing & Expression in Mosaic with Ahmed Ibrahim Turkey Lake
8:00am – 5:00pm Small and Mighty Smalti Flowers with Karen Sasine Conway Lake
8:30am – 5:00 pm Tour One: Mosaic Mural Tour of Orlando Departs Hotel Entrance
7:00pm – 9:00pm MAI 2025 Artists Reception Albin Polasek Museum : busses depart at Hotel Entrance starting at 6:30pm

Friday, October 31, 2025

7:00am – 5:00pm SAMA Office / Registration Florida Ballroom Foyer Coatroom
7:00 – 8:30am Networking Breakfast Florida Ballroom Foyer
8:00am – 5:00pm Mosaic Marathon Key Largo A
8am – 12pm Mini Mosaic Make & Exchange Extravaganza with Barbara Dybala Florida 5
8am – 12pm Architectural Mosaics- Designing, Fabricating and Installing Permanent Installations with Jessica Gorlin Liddell Florida 6
8am – 5pm Fun with Figures in Stained Glass with Shug Jones Key Largo D
8am – 5pm Miniature Landscapes with Darcel Deneau Key Largo C
8am – 12pm Air Dry Clay Tiles for Mosaic with Carol Shelkin Key Largo B
8am – 5pm Mastering Gradations and Shading with Yulia Hanansen Florida 7
8am – 5pm Creating Unique Tessera for Stunning Mosaics with Maria Sarmiento Ruby Lake
8:30am – 4:30pm Tour Two: Cultural Tour of Greater Orlando Departs Hotel Entrance
12:00pm – 5:00pm Vendor Marketplace Key West Ballroom
3:00pm – 5:00pm Translucent Grout! Come Try A New, Non-toxic, Way to Grout Mosaics! with Jolynn Foreman Florida 5
6:00pm – 9:00pm Vendor Marketplace Mosaic Masquerade Key West Ballroom and Foyer

Saturday, November 1, 2025

7:00am – 3:00pm SAMA Office / Registration Florida Ballroom Foyer Coatroom
7:30am – 9:00am Mosaic Art Salon Art Drop off Key West ABC Ballroom
7:30am – 9:00am Networking Breakfast Florida Ballroom 5-7
8:00am – 5:00pm Mosaic Marathon Key Largo A
9:00am – 9:50am Pieces of History: Community Memory Mosaics with Lisa Scarbath Florida Ballroom 5-7
10:00am – 10:50am Transforming Spaces With Large-Scale Mosaics with Elena Townsend-Efimova Florida Ballroom 5-7
11:00am – 11:50am Create the Art Exhibition You Want to See with Ruth Tyszka Florida Ballroom 5-7
11:00am – 4:00pm Mosaic Art Salon OPEN Preview Key West Ballroom
12:00pm – 12:15pm Brown Bag Exchange Florida Ballroom Foyer Coatroom
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch Florida Ballroom 5-7
1:30pm – 2:00pm Member Meeting Florida Ballroom 5-7
2:30pm – 3:20pm Gateways from Perfection with Claire Brill Florida Ballroom 5-7
3:30pm – 4:20pm Inspiration and Visions with Laura Rendlen Florida Ballroom 5-7
4:30pm – 5:20pm From Miami Music to Mosaic Masterpiece: Crafting Your Art Business and Lifestyle with Ray Corral Florida Ballroom 5-7
5:30pm – 6:00pm Raffle and Awards Florida Ballroom 5-7
6:00pm – 7:00pm Break
7:00pm – 9:00pm Mosaic Art Salon Auction and 25th Anniversary Dinner and Party Key West ABC Ballroom/ Florida Ballroom 5-7 and Foyer

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