The Decatur Area Arts Council is celebrating a successful fundraiser from late August.

Jerry Johnson is the Executive Director of the Decatur Area Arts Council and told Regional Radio News on the WHOW Morning Show they estimated around 700 attendees to the all-day event. His only complaint was it was a warm weekend in central Illinois.

Last year, in place of the outdoor event, the Macon County-area non-profit utilized local establishment to create a 'cups' tournament and Johnson says it was fun to bring that back to the fold in 2021 and incorporate it into the Devon on Tap event.

Johnson reminds fundraising is crucial to the mission of the Decatur Area Arts Council. He emphasizes they do not receive tax dollars and only a few grants, so they have to fundraise to support their mission of promoting local arts and artists.

One of the Decatur Area Arts Council's bigger fundraisers of the year, Arts in Central Park, takes place later this month. We'll have more on that in the weeks ahead on Regional Radio News.

You can learn more about the Decatur Area Arts Council by visiting decaturarts.org.