Kudos to Co-Chairman of the Board Effney Gardea, SDSA President Kelsey Fowler, SDSA Executive Director Gene Cane, and Executive Office Assistant Michelle Bufano for sifting through 30 years of agendas, minutes, and financials and digitizing them. Thank you to Front Row Media SDSA Business Member, Mimi Clarke, for organizing the materials digitally and localizing them. Thank you to volunteers Dorit Hurst SDSA, Julie Drach SDSA, David Smith SDSA, Traci Spadorcia SDSA, and Jan Pascale SDSA, among others, for keeping us organized. Even Howard Worman, SDSA Associate, dropped in while working to encourage.
A special thanks to Neeka for some much-needed puppy love!
Please note, the mailing address for the SDSA will remain at RC Vintage.
Thank you, Willy!
INSIDE THE SET WITH SETDECOR WINS BIG AT THE
2026 TELLY AWARDS
Once again, INSIDE THE SET WITH SETDECOR is Telly Award- winning ,including two Silver Tellys for Best Online Series, an award for Entertainment, and one for Education & Discovery. The series won a Silver Telly award for the HAMNET episode in the Entertainment category and a Bronze for the FRANKENSTEIN episode in the Behind the Scenes category.
Inside the Set with Set Decor is a Silver Telly Winner in the Online - Entertainment Category: Official Listing
Inside the Set with Set Decor is a Silver Telly Winner in the Online - Education & Discovery Category: Official Listing
Inside the Set: Hamnet is a Silver Telly Winner in the Online Entertainment Category: Official Listing
Inside the Set: Frankenstein is a Bronze Telly Winner in Online - Behind the Scenes (BTS) Category: Official Listing
Inside the Set: Frankenstein is a Gold Telly Winner in the Online - Directing Category: Official Listing
A very special thanks to Delphine Figueras, Alex Beatty, Karen Burg, Chase Helzer SDSA Associate, Matt Kaminsky, Trina Rodgriguez, Yvonne Peterson, Emilia Mendieta Córdova, Rosemary Brandenburg SDSA, David SmithSDSA, Jan Pascale SDSA, Halina Siwolop SDSA, Beth Woke SDSA, Executive Director Gene Cane, JoAnn Vara SDSA, Laura Miculs, and the entire SDSA membership.
Congratulations!
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Thank you for being a treasured business member and for your support of the SDSA Awards.
AUGUST 9, 2026 - SDSA AWARDS - TELEVISION 2025-2026 WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
SDSA OFFICE HOURS
The first SDSA Office Hours was a hit!
Students and associates met top Set Decorators from LA, NY, and Atlanta for a two-hour session on breaking into the industry, essential skills, and career paths. Our experts shared tips on starting as a PA, union entry, mastering logistics, and more.
Don’t miss the next session—exclusive for members! Email sdsa@setdecorators.org for details.
Thank you to our panelists: Jan Pascale (MANK), Ellen Reede (PALM ROYALE), David Schlesinger (SEVERANCE), Claudette Didul (MAD MEN), and Mary Ellen Hendrick-Correa, Set Decoration Coordinator (WANDAVISION)— They shared candid advice, answered tough questions, and demystified the business of Set Decoration.
This is what your SDSA membership unlocks. Don't miss the next session!
SDSA Office Hours happen twice yearly—exclusively for Student and Associatemembers.For more information, contact: sdsa@setdecorators.org
SAVE THE DATE:
JUNE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
HOSTED BY
GREEN SET, COOPER LACE & CURINA
Join us on Thursday, June 18th, at Green Set, Inc., for a tropical-filled luau-themed meeting! SDSA members! Make sure to RSVP, and don't forget your Hawaiian shirts!
ASTEK WALLCOVERING & ON AIR DESIGNS HONORED AT THE NYCxDESIGN AWARDS FOR
BEST COMMERCIAL WALLCOVERING!
Aaron Scott Kirsh and his team, in collaboration with artist Jill Malek, have been named the 2026 NYCxDesign Awards winners in the Contract Wallcovering category. Fantastic work and well deserved! If you are in NYC, be sure to visit Astek & On Air Designs new location at 200 Lexington Avenue, Suite 116.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AT APC STUDIO PROPS IN ATLANTA
SDSA Business Member, APC Studio Props is hosting the next GMM on Saturday, June 6th 9 am-12 pm
Mix and mingle with colleagues and enjoy delicious coffee and donuts! Don't forget to take photos and #officialsdsa. Tag us too on Instagram @officialsdsa
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AT
ART FOR FILM IN NYC: RECAP
SDSA Business Member, Art for Film hosted the spring GMM on April 17th in New York, showcasing artists Joan Linder and Jonathan Podwill, who are also featured artists in Art for Film's vast inventory of stellar art. A heartfelt thank you to the amazing Art for Film founder, Jessica Heyman, and her wonderful team for creating a fun-filled event with great food, drinks, raffle prizes, and friends.
SETDECOR - TV & FILM DECOR
& INSIDE THE SET WITH SETDECOR
Hot off the presses! A new article in FILM Decor featuring Amy Wells, SDSA's stellar work on MICHAEL
A new episode of INSIDE THE SET with SETDECOR features THE TESTAMENTS with Patricia Cuccia, SDSA, and Production Designer Martha Sparrow, who go behind the scenes with David Smith SDSA to discuss the visual storytelling of the sequel to THE HANDMAID'S TALE.
SETDECOR features new interviews from current television shows & films out now!
LEANNE
DTF ST. LOUIS
THE NIGHT AGENT S 3
THE MADISON
FREAKIER FRIDAY
KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
WICKED: FOR GOOD
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
HAMNET
THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
THE LOWDOWN
FRANKENSTEIN
TRAIN DREAMS
HEDDA
Decorating Pages Podcast hosted by Set Decorator Kimberly Wannop SDSA.
Kim goes behind the scenes this month with Set Decorator Kim Leonard & Palm Springs Restoration. Streaming now on Decorating Pages Podcast
Check out the SDSA website for exciting original content & updates!
Stay in the loop with all the latest events by visiting the SDSA calendar regularly!
New Set Decorators JANE MADDEN
LINDA DAHLEM
TEDD KUCHERA
Associate Members BETHANY BARTON
RYAN SANSON
New Student Members BRETT KILHEFFER
HARPER WILKEN
New Business Member ATELIER BLOEM
TROVE PROPS
To see all of our Set Decorator, Associate, Student, and Business members,
Check out the Membership Directory on the SDSA website
Do you know someone interested in joining?
Membership information can be found here on the SDSA website
IN THEATRES, STREAMING & ON TELEVISION NOW
TELEVISION THE BOROUGHS S1
WILHELM PFAU SDSA
DEA JENSEN SDSA
SOPHIE PETER SDSA ASSOCIATE
SPIDER NOIR S1
HALINA SIWOLOP SDSA
LISA ALKOFER SDSA
FILMS THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
STEPHANIE Q. BOWEN SDSA
SANDRO PICCAROZZI SDSA STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU
AMANDA MOSS SERINO SDSA MORTAL KOMBAT II
EMMA RUDKIN SDSA FINDING EMILY
TONI CHILD SDSA THE BREADWINNER
JENNIFER GENTILE SDSA I LOVE BOOSTERS
LIZBETH AYALA SDSA IS GOD IS
KIMBERLY MURPHY SDSA THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE
ALLISON HARVEY SDSA
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