In 2010, the City partnered with City Schools Decatur, Agnes Scott College, the Downtown Development Authority and the Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA), at the time a fledgling membership organization for city artists and arts organizations, to create a Cultural Arts Master Plan (CAMP).
Since that time, the DAA has taken ownership of "the arts" collaborating with a variety of partners to advocate and promote the arts. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Decatur Arts Festival, DAA and the city are "ramping up" the visibility of the arts with a number of new initiatives that fulfill priorities in the CAMP.
- Produced The Book as Art: 21st Century Meets Tradition with the Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur during the AJC Decatur Book Festival. This first-ever juried exhibition of artists’ books celebrates the printed word and introduces a new, exciting visual component to the largest independent book festival in the country.
- A new one-day festival providing youth entrepreneurs a place to make and sell art and perform on stage.
- Public art is displayed in an outdoor art gallery and is also for sale, benefiting artists while keeping public spaces lively.
- Our artists’ registry has grown and artists regularly tweet about the positive emphaSidewalk
Saturdays in Decatur. Georgia. Decatur launched its Cultural Arts Plan in 2010 and has not looked back. Photo courtesy Decatur Downtown Development Authority.
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- The Book Festival’s street fair has added Art/DBF where over 30 Metro-Atlanta arts organizations will engage imaginations with stories, ideas, performances, installations, films, music, artwork and photographs in the Atlanta PlanIt Pavilion and at the Exhibition Emporium, two spaces where local arts and cultural organizations can build audience support, promote upcoming events, and activate space in new and exciting ways.
Decatur is growing its emphasis on the arts organically. These initiatives are just a few of the results of the arts synergy we continue to nurture and create.
Sidewalk Saturdays in Decatur, Georgia. Decatur launched its Cultural Arts Plan in 2010 and has not looked back. Photo courtesy Decatur Downtown Development Authority.
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