For over 100 years, the women of The Decorators Club have promoted professionalism, design education and collegiality in Interior Design
THE DECORATORS CLUB EDUCATION FUND (DCEF) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Decorators Club Education Fund, Inc. (DCEF) was established in 1960 to support interior design education. Historically, the Fund sponsored two different competition programs that award monetary grants to students in six New York area college interior design programs. These grants are made possible by the proceeds from fundraising events and our Jacqueline Beymer Lebenthal Lecture Series, established in 1991, and by the generosity of corporate, media and individual sponsors.
Beginning in 2022, the DCEF has sponsored students enrolled in high school and pre-college programs at the six NYC area design schools.
HERE IS NEWS FROM 2023
Decorators Club Elsie de Wolfe Luncheon
The Decorators Club held its inaugural Elsie de Wolfe Luncheon on October 19, presenting the Woman of Vision Award to fashion designer and style icon Tory Burch. The Club presented this award in celebration of Tory’s collaboration with Robert Kime and in recognition of Tory’s extraordinary contributions to women in business.
Proceeds from the sold-out event go to the Decorators Club Education Fund. Through this fund, the DC awards scholarships to high school students with demonstrated financial need, allowing them to enroll in pre-college courses at one of its five partner credited design schools: NYSID, FIT, Parsons, School of Visual Arts and Pratt.
SVA Pre-College Interior Design Spring 2023!
Students with their Pre-College Professor Jorge Gonzalez.
We are honored and thrilled to partner with @prattinstitute and to support five more high school students from under served communities. They are all set receive the Decorators Club Discover Design Scholarships for Pratt’s DICE program in 2023/24.
Design Initiative for Community Empowerment (DICE) is an after-school program that introduces students to the challenges of creative thinking and problem-solving through studio classes in design. Students investigate their communities through various design disciplines such as fashion design, fine art, architecture and urban design, and entrepreneurship.
The New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) is thrilled to be partnering with The Decorators Club Education Fund this year. Thanks to the generosity of the Decorators Club, five high school students from underserved communities will receive scholarships to participate in NYSID’s Pre-College program in 2023/24. We are pleased to name the scholarships The Decorators Cub Discover Scholarship in honor of this gift, and the recipients of the scholarship will be recognized as The Decorators Club Scholars.
For over twenty years, NYSID has been offering a summer immersion program in the fundamentals of interior design for high school students called the Pre-College Program. Participating students learn the basics of interior design and design thinking from professional designers who teach in NYSID’s undergraduate and graduate programs. The program, which provides hands-on experience and role models from the industry, consists of two 2-week sessions – Pre-College I and Pre-College II. Participating students design for a theoretical client, creating drawings, layouts, mood-boards and selecting furniture, fixtures and textiles. The introductory session (Pre-College I) challenges students to design a one-bedroom apartment. In the advanced session (Pre-College II), students design a hotel lobby. On-site and virtual visits to New York City design firms and showrooms are incorporated into the program, and students present their designs to a panel of design professionals at the conclusion of each session.
NYSID truly appreciates the opportunity to partner with the Decorator’s Club. This support will enable young people living in underserved communities to learn more about interior design as a career option, and supports the College’s goal of making a career in interior design accessible to a broader demographic.