Black and White Exhibition

The Sequim Arts Commission is pleased to announce a call for entries for Black & White, an exhibition exploring the power, elegance, and emotion found in the absence of color.

Black and white—together with the full range of grays—have long been used to evoke drama, purity, and depth. For this exhibition, we invite artists to interpret this classic palette in any way: abstraction, realism, minimalism, or bold expression. Works may explore duality, balance, tension, or harmony using black, white, and shades of gray as dominant elements.

This show celebrates the timeless contrast of light and shadow, form and texture, simplicity and complexity. Black and white offer a powerful means to explore contrast, emotion, and form.

Artists are encouraged to submit works that interpret this theme in innovative, expressive, and thought-provoking ways. Suggested themes include:

Contrast & Duality – light vs. dark, simplicity vs. complexity
Form & Texture – where shape and surface become the focus
Symbolism & Emotion – stark, moody, bold, or minimalistic expressions

Works should predominantly feature black, white, and grayscale tones. Subtle accents of color will be considered only if they enhance the monochromatic concept.

This exhibition will be displayed in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery from November 7, 2025 through January 21, 2026. The deadline to submit artwork to this call will be September 17, at 4pm. Artwork will be juried by the Sequim Arts Commission on Monday, September 22, 2025 and notifications will go out to artists by end of September, 2025.

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Note: Each person is allowed to submit up to two pieces of art but each piece will need a separate entry form filled out.

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Criteria for Non-acceptance of Art Work

Artwork is not presented "ready to hang".
Gallery space contraints; we may reject artwork based on capacity limits in our gallery, as we strive to curate a broad array of mediums in our exhibitions.

Faults of design or workmanship pose a public health or life safety hazard or diminish the value of the work.

The artwork is fraudulent, inauthentic and/or appears to be of inferior quality relative to the quality of other works in the art collection.

The artwork is not the original. Please do not submit Giclee prints or photocopies of artworks.

Inappropriate and incompatible artwork is defined as political art, sexually suggestive art, religious art, violent art, nudity, and derogatory art against race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or other person or class of people protected under RCW 49.60.030.

This exhibition will be displayed in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery from November 7, 2025 through January 21, 2026. The deadline to submit artwork to this call will be September 17, at 4pm. Artwork will be juried by the Sequim Arts Commission on Monday, Septmeber 22, 2025 and notifications will go out to artists by late September. Artists will be contacted to make delivery arrangements.

Please contact City of Sequim Arts Coordinator, Sarah Hurt at 360-582-2477 or email shurt@sequimwa.gov, if you have any questions or concerns.

Exhibition Title: Black & White