Exhibition Details
Application Deadline: March 1, 2026
Exhibition Dates: Friday, March 27 – Sunday, May 3, 2026
Decatur Visitors Center
113 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030
The theme for the 2026 community exhibition invites artists to explore the space between logic and lunacy. “Absurdity” exposes the tension between truth and disbelief, clarity and confusion. Like a funhouse mirror, the distortion of reality can be at times silly and unsettling. This exhibition encourages artists to consider how absurdity can derail genuine intentions, inspire laughter in lightheartedness, and compel strangers to come together to cope, connect, and endure. Beneath its contradictions lies a levity, a reminder that even in chaos, there is room for solidarity, play, and shared understanding.
Submission Guidelines
- Theme: “Absurdity”. Works should explore the lighthearted and ridiculous, the maliciously distorted, the situations that keep getting worse until you can’t help but laugh.
- Medium: All visual art forms are welcome, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and mixed media.
- Eligibility: Open to all emerging and mid-level artists in the greater Atlanta area. (*Please note, all artwork must be delivered in person. Shipments not accepted for this exhibition.)
Exhibition Timeline
- Applications Open: Friday, January 16
- Application Deadline: Sunday, March 1
- Notification of Acceptance: Friday, March 6
- Artwork Delivery: Between Mon, March 9 – Sun, March 22 (Gallery open daily 10am-4pm)
- Exhibition Run: Friday, March 27 – Sunday, May 3
- Gallery Hours: Daily 10am-4pm
- Opening Reception: Friday, March 27 from 6:30-9pm
- Artwork Retrieval: Between Tue., May 5 – Tue, May 19 (excluding Mother’s Day: May 10)
Artist Application​
Applications for this exhibition have closed.
