The Art of Living - Modello Designs

The May apprenticeship program (fromleft), Row 1: Lory Strickland, LaurenGaines, Bernadette Forese, SuzanneSteele; Row 2: Amy Perou, Jennifer Bright-Blazek, Melanie Royals, Barb Skivington;Row 3: Diane O’Conner, Tammie Murphy,Sherry Funk, Michele Scherer, MoniqueLawrence and Diane Piacentino.offers so much more than just theopportunity to trowel or paint—itprovides people with more powerover their lives and futures.An ongoing goal for our projectsis to find ways to facilitate and encourageemerging decorative artists.The Art of Living is committed toimplementing future projects thatnurture creative lifestyles and livelihoodswhile benefiting the decorativecommunity at large.Plans are in the works for an extensivework/study series in SanDiego that will include a wide rangeof decorative projects covering allsurfaces and mediums at a new facilitybeing purchased in San Diegoto house the Royal Design Studioand Modello Designs offices/productionfacilities/showroom andstudio. Other whole house projectsare being considered as well as aprogram in conjunction with the interiordesign community/furnituremarket in High Point, N.C.The finished home in Brandywine,Pa., will be open for tours inOctober. The first tour coincideswith the 15th Annual Wine Festivalat the Dilworthtown Inn, with alltour proceeds benefiting The CancerCenter of Chester County.For more information on the Artof Living project, photos of theprocess and outcome, participant biographies,as well as up to date informationon tours times, dates anddirections, please visit the website atwww.artoflivingonline.com. TFFMelanie Royals is the creativeforce behind Royal DesignStudio, an industryleader in the art of stenciling.Melanie continues to pursuethe advancement of stencilingwith the decorative painting industry byoffering sophistication, inspiration and educationto decorative paint professionals. Formore information, call (800) 747-9767, orvisit online at www.royaldesignstudio.com.netADVANTAGEGo Shop BuyVisit these schools and suppliers on the web!3Mwww.mmm.comAdicolor Inc.www.adicolor.comAnything But Plainwww.anythingbutplain.comArt I Matrixwww.artimatrix.comAtovawww.paintandplasters.comDesigner Finisheswww.designerfinishes.comDundean Studioswww.dundean.comFaux Effects Internationalwww.fauxeffects.comFaux Martwww.fauxmart.comFaux Masters Studiowww.fauxmasters.comThe Faux Finisherwww.fauxfinishermagazine.comThe Faux Schoolwww.thefauxschool.comRalph Laurenwww.rlhome.polo.comModello Designswww.modellodesigns.comModern Masterswww.modernmasters.comMurals Pluswww.muralsplus.comRebecca Parsonswww.fauxisme.comPro Fauxwww.profaux.comSchool of Applied Artswww.schoolofappliedarts.orgSchool of Italian Plasterswww.italianplasters.comStar Scenic Suplywww.starscenic.comStoney Brookwww.stoneybrookpaper.comUnique Home/Ladder Valetwww.uniquehomeconcepts.comVahallan Paperswww.vahallan.comVidi i Sogniwww.vidisognidesign.comWood Icingwww.woodicing.comWoosterwww.wooster.com32 FALL2OO6 TheFAUXFinisher