HOME Exhibition

HOME v.2: Homeland

Sec­ond Annu­al HOME Exhi­bi­tion: Homeland

Pre­sent­ed by the Decatur Arts Alliance, the Decatur Land Trust, and the Geor­gia Cen­ter for the Book
Decatur, Geor­gia
May 29 — July 18, 2026

The Decatur Arts Alliance and the Decatur Land Trust are part­ner­ing with the Decatur Library to present the sec­ond edi­tion of pow­er­ful art show cel­e­brat­ing the mul­ti­fac­eted mean­ing of ​“Home.” We invite artists of all medi­ums to lend their cre­ative voic­es to this impor­tant cause.

A person’s or a people’s native land, we look to explore ​“home­land” as a geo­graph­i­cal point of ori­gin and a state of being. Works should express cul­tur­al and eth­nic ele­ments, and elu­ci­date the view of ​“home” from the immi­grant to the expa­tri­ate, the dis­placed to the indige­nous. How do we find ​“home” when we are away from the land of our fore­bears? What do new­ly arrived peo­ples do to pre­serve their cul­ture and her­itage? How do we hon­or and acknowl­edge the indige­nous inhab­i­tants of the lands upon which we all now live?

We encour­age artists to explore these themes and more in your art­work. Let your cre­ativ­i­ty illu­mi­nate the diverse ways we expe­ri­ence and define ​“home,” and your con­nec­tion with a ​“HOME­LAND.”

The HOME Exhi­bi­tion is a juried mul­ti­me­dia show­case. The exhi­bi­tion will be installed in the Fourth Floor Gallery of the Decatur Library. The show runs May 29 — July 18, 2026 and is open dur­ing gallery hours on Thurs­days, Fri­days, and Sat­ur­days. Learn more about the exhi­bi­tion in full here, and stay tuned for more infor­ma­tion about future shows.

Pre­vi­ous Years — 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 was installed in the Fourth Floor Gallery of the Decatur Library. The show ran July 11 — August 16, 2025. An open­ing recep­tion was held on Thurs­day, July 10 from 6:30 – 9 p.m. Learn more about the exhi­bi­tion in full here, and stay tuned for more infor­ma­tion about future shows.