HOME v.1: Gim­mie Shel­ter — Redefin­ing and Reimag­in­ing the Place We Call ​“Home”

First Annu­al HOME Exhi­bi­tion: Gim­mie Shel­ter — Redefin­ing and Reimag­in­ing the Place We Call ​‘Home’

Pre­sent­ed by the Decatur Arts Alliance, the Decatur Land Trust, and the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book
Decatur, Geor­gia
July 11 — August 16, 2025

Hous­ing is a fun­da­men­tal human right, the cor­ner­stone of sta­bil­i­ty and oppor­tu­ni­ty. It’s where fam­i­lies grow, dreams take root, and futures are built. But for many, the dream of a sta­ble home in Decatur is slip­ping away. A stark real­i­ty faces our com­mu­ni­ty: hous­ing costs are sky­rock­et­ing while wages strug­gle to keep pace.

The Decatur Arts Alliance and the Decatur Land Trust are part­ner­ing with the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book and the Decatur Library to present a pow­er­ful art show, ​“Gimme Shel­ter: Redefin­ing and Reimag­in­ing the Place we call ​‘Home.’” We invite pro­fes­sion­al and stu­dent artists of all medi­ums – painters, sculp­tors, pho­tog­ra­phers, mixed media artists, and more – to lend their cre­ative voic­es to this impor­tant cause.

What does ​“home” mean to you? Is it a shel­ter, or a sanc­tu­ary? Is it a place on a map, or an inter­nal­ized feel­ing of com­mu­ni­ty? Does it feel fur­ther away as times and land­scapes change, or is it sus­pend­ed in time the far­ther you travel?

We ask artists to look beyond brick and mor­tar, beyond place and com­mu­ni­ty, to let cre­ativ­i­ty illu­mi­nate the diverse ways we expe­ri­ence and define ​“Home.”

The HOME Exhi­bi­tion is a juried mul­ti­me­dia show­case. The exhi­bi­tion will be shown in the Fourth Floor Gallery of the Decatur Library. The show will run July 11 — August 16, 2025, with an open­ing recep­tion on Thurs­day, July 10 from 6:30 – 9 p.m.