• The Decorative Painter, the official publication of the Society of Decorative Painters, will come to you four times each year with more than fifteen projects per issue, along with artist interviews, product reviews, the Certification gallery, and news coverage on decorative painting artists and businesses worldwide.
• Stay up to date on industry news and continue to learn with Certification Happenings, Education Happenings, and Chapter Happenings, delivered to your inbox throughout the year. Connect with SDP daily through decorativepainters.org, the SDP blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
• Apply for the SDP Member Scholarship Program, which provides funding each year for art projects, trips, tools, and more to SDP members and chapters.
• Find and join local SDP chapters to paint and learn with through monthly paint-ins, seminars, community service events, and more—all the while developing new friendships with fellow painters in your area.
• Receive member-only discounts with more than thirty-five painting industry businesses, including Dick Blick, Jerry’s Artarma, Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts, and other specialty businesses that provide surfaces, supplies, and patterns for the decorative painter. Use these discounts to offset the cost of your SDP membership.
• For forty-one years SDP has held an annual Conference at a variety of locations around the United States. Now with more than one hundred classes, dozens of exhibitors, and hundreds of painters, this is an essential event for any lover of decorative painting. For 2013, we will be meeting in St. Charles, Ill., May 13-18.
• Discounted entry for the annual SDP Juried Art Exhibition, a competition that allows you the opportunity to win cash awards and have your work featured at the annual Conference, in The Decorative Painter, and online at decorativepainters.org.
• Access to the members’ page of decorativepainters.org, where you will find the digital version of The Decorative Painter, online-only projects, technique videos, your member discount list, and more.
• Eligibility for the SDP Platinum Visa Card. Along with the great benefits you’ll receive, every purchase goes to support SDP at no extra cost to you.
• Recognized worldwide Certification Program trains painters to develop their skills with the goal of earning the title of Certified or Master Decorative Artist in the tradition of many beloved artists and teachers from the history of SDP.
• Learn to teach, stay up to date with teaching news and techniques, and become SDP certified with the Teacher Development Program. Use your painting skills to develop a business and earn an income doing what you love.
• Free access to one of the premier collections of decorative art at the SDP Permanent Collection in Wichita, Kan.

Who should be a business member? The individual, company, designer, shop owner, crafter, teacher, manufacturer, publisher, chain store or similar entity seeking income from the decorative painting industry.

As a Business Member, you will receive all of the SDP Member benefits, plus:
• Discounted advertising rates in SDP publications including The Decorative Painter, The Conference Special, decorativepainters.org, SDP’s e-zines, and SDP’s social media allows you to communicate directly and affordably with fourteen thousand SDP painters.
• Listing in the industry-wide Business & Teacher Online Directory, available online to the painting public.
• Discounts on booth space and events at SDP’s Annual Conference & Expo.
• Stay informed and up to date on SDP and the decorative painting industry with the quarterly Business Happenings e-zine.
• Networking opportunities with other businesspeople from around the world.
• Access to the Business Members’ page at decorativepainters.org with talks from industry leaders, the Business Happenings Archive, and other assets to help you build your business in the decorative painting industry.
• Your support of SDP, an organization committed to promoting awareness of the decorative painting industry, always seeking new painters to bring across your threshold.