From the Decatur Arts Alliance website…

Saturday, Sept. 26 • Noon- 4 pm
Arts Event on the Square in Downtown Decatur

Returning for its third year, this wildly popular one-day arts event has been embraced by local students grades K-12 as a way to showcase their creativity and talent to the public. Shop at the juried outdoor artists market or enjoy live performances at the community bandstand!

Look for the big tent on the plaza packed with student artists showing off a bounty of jewelry, paintings, photography, drawings, culinary delights, and handcrafted goods, all for sale.

On the Community Bandstand is a nonstop line-up of high energy performances from wild-and-wooly rock combos to blues acts, singer-songwriters, soloists, and more.

“The quality of the applications for YEA! continues to amaze us. It’s exciting to see how much talent Decatur students possess,” says Angie Macon, executive director of the Decatur Arts Alliance. “We are so proud to provide a venue that connects our creative students with an arts loving public and get students to consider art as a career.”

The young artists gain practical experience in event organization, marketing, and sales of their art work. They are coached by the DAA staff, with participation by staffers from Decatur’s Children and Youth Services division, who have developed a successful summer entrepreneurs program.

This event is made possible by a generous grant from the Decatur Craft Beer Festival.

From Angie Macon at the Decatur Arts Alliance…

Arts Event on the Square in Downtown Decatur, Georgia

Saturday, September 26, 2015, Noon-4 p.m.

The Decatur Arts Alliance is celebrating YEA! (Young Emerging Artists) for the third year. This one-day artists market highlights the creative work of young local artists and musicians grades K-12. On Saturday, September 26^th, artists will have booths on the square in Downtown Decatur to showcase their creative works for sale while musicians perform on the bandstand. The young artists gain practical experience in event organization, marketing, and sales of their artwork. The festival will take place from noon-4p.m.

“YEA! has become an important event in Decatur because it focuses on young emerging talents in visual arts and music,” says Angie Macon, executive director of the Decatur Arts Alliance. “Our goal is for our young emerging artists to have an outstanding experience participating in a community event, interacting on the downtown square with art lovers, family and neighbors. We want them to feel welcome as ongoing participants in the Decatur arts scene.”

This event is made possible by the support of our sponsors Wells Fargo and the Allstate Foundation.

The application deadline for the YEA! Artist Market is August 25, 2015. Artists and musicians may apply as individuals or as groups. Applications for the artist market and the musical stage are available online at decaturartsalliance.org.

Yea! returns for a second year!  From the Decatur Arts Alliance’s Angie Macon…

The Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA) announces the return of YEA!, a popular new event designed to celebrate the talents of young artists and musicians in Decatur. On Saturday, Sept. 27th more than 60 young Decatur artists (grades K-12) set up an artists market on the square in downtown Decatur offering their creative works for sale, and musicians will perform. The festival hours are noon-4 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Here is the musical line up:

12:00 p.m. Waldorf Chamber Orchestra

12:20 p.m. Nelson Jones and Max Moore

12:45 p.m.  Kinder Fűnf

1:15 p.m.  Rings of Saturn

1:45 p.m.  The Stray Kittens

2:15 p.m.  Robin Tucker

2:45 p.m.  Emerson Barrett

3:20 p.m.  Scene of the Crime

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