2025 Education Series
Optional Workshops & Seminars
Workshops are selected on the Eventbrite Registration form under Registration Tickets.
Increase the impact of your conference experience by adding workshops and professional seminars to your Conference Registration. The Education Series is designed to address two distinct areas of our members’ development as artists: technical mastery and artistic achievement. We believe artists of any chosen medium will find new opportunities for growth through these sessions.
Some workshops also involve a separate materials fee which is included in the course fee. You must ADD the session to your registration to register for a workshop or seminar.
Please pay close attention to the date(s) and time(s) of your workshop session(s). Workshops will be held at the Hilton Orlando. There is no limit to the number of workshops you can attend as long as the sessions are not scheduled at the same time.
PLEASE READ WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS FULLY
If you do not take the time to read the descriptions before registering, you run the risk of investing a great deal of time and money for a session that is not appropriate for your skill level or interests and goals.
2-Day Courses: Thursday, October 30 AND Friday, October 31, 2025
Miniature Landscapes with Darcel Deneau
2-Day Course! Thursday, October 30, 8:00am – 5:00pm AND Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Fun with Figures in Stained Glass with Shug Jones
2-Day Course! Thursday, October 30, 8:00am – 5:00pm AND Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 5:00pm
1.5-Day Courses: Thursday, October 30 AND Friday, October 31, 2025
Air Dry Clay Tiles for Mosaic with Carol Shelkin
1.5 Day Course! Thursday, October 30, 8:00am – 5:00pm AND Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 12:00pm
Wet Concrete Carving with Elder Jones
1.5 Day Course! Thursday, October 30, 1:00pm – 5:00pm AND Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Get Wired with Mosaics with David Jarvinen
A: Thursday, October 30, 8:00am – 12:00pm
B: Thursday, October 30, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
This Course Repeats – it is not in 2 parts
Building a Landscape with Color and Texture with Laura Rendlen
Thursday, October 30, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Andamento Drawing & Expression in Mosaic with Ahmed Ibrahim
Thursday, October 30, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Small and Mighty Smalti Flowers with Karen Sasine
SOLD OUT
Thursday, October 30, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Friday, October 31, 2025
Mini Mosaic Make & Exchange Extravaganza with Barbara Dybala
Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 12:00pm
Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 12:00pm
Mastering Gradations and Shading with Yulia Hanansen
Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Creating Unique Tessera for Stunning Mosaics with Maria Sarmiento
Friday, October 31, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Translucent Grout! Come Try A New, Non-toxic, Way to Grout Mosaics! with Jolynn Foreman
Friday, October 31, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Invisible Temporary Substrate with Sharon Plummer
Friday, October 31, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Workshop Waitlist Policy
Sold-Out workshops will accommodate waitlists through the Eventbrite registration system. As seats come available, attendees will be notified via email with a link to register for the open seat.
Please do not contact SAMA office regarding your placement position on the waitlist. Whether it is 1st in line or 12th in line for the next available seat, we have no way of anticipating the number of cancellations we will receive for the conference, or in which of the several potential sold-out workshops seats could appear.