Decatur Arts Alliance

Join us to experience the nearly 60 artworks comprising the HOME v.2: Homeland exhibition on view in the Fourth Floor Gallery of the Decatur Library. Presented in collaboration with the Decatur Land Trust.

Showcase of select artworks from the City of Decatur’s public art collection. Opening reception during the Summer Solstice Art Walk on Thursday, June 18th form 6-10pm.

A collective exhibition celebrating the inaugural group of Hyatt Cottage studio artists! In this unique opportunity to see their diverse bodies of artwork on display, this collective exhibition is entirely curated by the studio artists themselves.  Come by the Hyatt Cottage in Legacy Park on Friday, July 10 from 6:30-9pm for the final open studio event and the exhibition's opening reception. Enjoy light refreshments and good conversation with this talented group of artists!

The Decatur Arts Alliance presents the 6th annual Placita Latina exhibition in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. This juried exhibition aims to celebrate and showcase the rich and diverse heritage of Latinx and Hispanic culture. This year’s theme, "Puentes”, invites Hispanic and Latinx artists to submit up to three works that explore how art can serve as a bridge to empathy and understanding. Join us on Friday, October 23rd from 6-9 for a closing reception.

The Book As Art: Ghosted is the fourteenth edition of an art show celebrating books: objects that, in an increasingly digital world, stubbornly survive. In stories and folktales, ghosts are harbingers, haints, and often horror-inducing specters tied to places and sometimes people. In modern times, being “ghosted” refers to the sudden disappearance from social media or digital connections. Unlike the phantoms of old returning because they refuse to break connection to the physical world, people now retreat from contact, disappearing instantly, or fading away. The objects in this exhibition should interpret the concept of the book and invite the viewer to look beyond the printed page to where ideas, words, and symbols are transformed and transfigured. Artists are challenged to embrace the dualities and paradoxes of communication—to celebrate the macabre and the mysterious, the familiar and the fantastic, the clear and the cryptic. The Book As Art series seeks to showcase beautifully made volumes, sculptural and conceptual interpretations, mixed-media, and one-of-a-kind approaches to the book format.