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title: "The Book As Art v.14: Ghosted"
description: Juried international exhibition celebrating books as art, themed around ghosts and disappearance. Prizes up to $1,000. Decatur, GA, Sept–Oct 2026.
url: https://www.artsume.com/programs/35122aac-25b4-4574-88ee-f2f3b476ae21
type: program
status: closed
createdAt: "2026-05-28"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Exhibition
organization: Decatur Arts Alliance
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/decatur-arts-alliance
deadline: "2026-06-17"
entryFee: 30 USD
location: Decatur, GA, United States
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compensationRange: "First Place: $1,000; Second Place: $700; Third Place: $500; plus Dorothy Moye Memorial Award"
disciplines:
  - book arts
  - mixed media
  - sculpture
  - installation
  - digital art
  - printmaking
---

# The Book As Art v.14: Ghosted

**Hosted by:** Decatur Arts Alliance

**Type:** Exhibition | **Location:** Decatur, GA, United States | **Deadline:** June 17, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $30

## About This Program

> "Ghosted — ghosts, haunting, specters, and the modern digital erasure of connection; the book as a persisting physical form in a digital world"

There. A sudden movement, like vapor that disappears as quickly as it appears. Or a shadow, seen out of the corner of your eye. These faint shadows, these luminous apparitions - are they faint traces, remnants, memories that we conjure in a moment, when a door creaks, when lightning flashes, when the room goes cold, or are they supernatural entities unwilling to release their connection to a place or a person?

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 Book As Art: Ghosted is the fourteenth edition of an art show celebrating books: objects that, in an increasingly digital world, stubbornly survive.

The book is a medium of practical expression and also a vessel for creative interpretation. Artists are invited to explore the limitless possibilities of the form and its impact. What is physical and phantom? What line is walked between folklore and figment? How do we transform language to fit the digital age?

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. Artists are encouraged to submit wall-hung and digital interpretations of the book as well.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** book arts, mixed media, sculpture, installation, digital art, printmaking
- **Note:** Artists may enter original, limited edition original, or altered books completed within the last five years. Artwork previously showcased in this exhibition is ineligible. Collaborative projects are eligible with all participating artists named in the statement. Up to 3 artworks may be submitted per artist (one entry form each; $30 covers all three via coupon code).

### Additional Requirements

Contact information (mailing address, telephone, email, website). Title of work and year completed. Brief statement about the work (75 words max). Up to 5 images per entry (may include 1 video); if standard book format, must include closed and open images. Edition size information. Image list with photography credits, title, dimensions, and description for each work. Presentation/installation requirements including any special fixtures. Up to 3 artworks may be entered, each on a separate entry form.

## Compensation & Benefits

First Place: $1,000; Second Place: $700; Third Place: $500; plus Dorothy Moye Memorial Award

**Includes:** Prize

## Timeline

- **Opens:** May 28, 2026
- **Deadline:** June 17, 2026
- **Program Start:** September 11, 2026
- **Program End:** October 24, 2026

## Contact

**Email:** bookart@decaturartsalliance.org

**Phone:** 404-371-9583

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=17512