{"id":9525,"date":"2018-12-21T18:40:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T02:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9525"},"modified":"2018-12-21T15:44:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:44:30","slug":"yi-shop-youth-interactive-holiday-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9525","title":{"rendered":"YI Shop | Youth Interactive Holiday Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy YI Shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

Buy local and help support the nonprofit Youth Interactive<\/a> this weekend at their Makers Market on Saturday, December 22. This unique nonprofit creates youth led businesses to mentor students’ creativity, help ignite their imaginations and provide them with new opportunities to develop the life skills needed to succeed beyond school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

YI Shop<\/a> (located at 1219 State St. across from the Granada Theatre) is filled to the brim with local artists and craftsman working alongside students to celebrate the holiday season and create beautiful items for lucky holiday shoppers. <\/span><\/p>\n

For the perfect gift, unique, LOCAL, handmade and crafted with love, stop in the YI Shop for everything you will need to make the holiday season shine bright for everyone on your list.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy YI Shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

YI Shop is\u00a0 partnering with some of the Central Coast’s most creative artisans to support our youth.\u00a0 Among the gift items, you’ll find:<\/span><\/p>\n

Turquoise Succulents\u00a0by Ashley Rifkin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Barry Tryon\u00a0Ceramics<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy YI Shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kathy Burba\u00a0Ceramics<\/span><\/p>\n

Jess Conti\u00a0Leather Goods<\/span><\/p>\n

Dancing Flame Glass by\u00a0Lindsey Cossman<\/span><\/p>\n

Pedaling Paper by\u00a0Barbara Booth<\/span><\/p>\n

Karen Hazarian\u00a0Fine Jewelry<\/span><\/p>\n

Table Salt Screen Prints by\u00a0Earl Arnold<\/span><\/p>\n

Avi Hyman’s Green Eyed Art<\/span><\/p>\n

Wolf Hietzke – Ceramics<\/span><\/p>\n

Felicia Artisan Jewelry<\/span><\/p>\n

Unite to Light<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Elephant Project<\/span><\/p>\n

Founded in 2012, Youth Interactive Santa Barbara (YI) is a grassroots after school Entrepreneurial Arts Academy that bridges opportunity & social divisions by providing creative young adults from all walks of life with the keys to self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n

Past participants say, the YI approach has changed the pathway of their lives from a place of darkness & failure to success!\u00a0Click here<\/a> for more information.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Youth Interactive Holiday Market is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 22 at\u00a0<\/span>1219 State St. in Downtown Santa Barbara.\u00a0<\/span>www.youthinteractive.us<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Leslie Dinaberg<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons<\/em><\/a> on December 20, 2018.<\/p>\n

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