Mama Debbie’s Art Emporium sits inside a nearly 150-year-old building at 4290 Railroad Ave. in Tucker. Handmade merchandise from local makers fills the shelves at Mama Debbie’s Art Emporium in Tucker. Mama Debbie’s Art Emporium co-founders Clayton Morey, left, and Angelica Shearer-Bakhsh pose inside their Tucker shop, which showcases work from about 95 Georgia artists. TUCKER, Ga. — A new creative space in Tucker is giving local artists, makers and the community a place to create, sell and connect. Mama Debbie’s Art Emporium, founded by longtime friends Angelica Shearer-Bakhsh and Clayton Morey, combines an artists’ marketplace with a gallery, maker studios, classrooms and an event space inside a historic downtown building. The business represents about 95 Georgia artists, with roughly half of them based in DeKalb County. Shearer-Bakhsh said opening the business in Tucker had been a long-term goal. “I already had rented a booth in this building when it was an antique store, and I kind of daydreamed about what I would do with it if it was mine, not ever thinking it would happen,” Shearer-Bakhsh said. “Tucker doesn’t have a lot of things for the arts or places to go to for things like that. We have a couple pop-up markets, but other than that, there’s nowhere to buy a handmade gift in the volume that we are able to offer.” The partners originally searched for a much smaller venue before deciding to take on the roughly 8,000-square-foot building. “We immediately were just like…
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