Call to Artists: Monochrome

Constraint is the assignment for Art Center Sarasota’s Monochrome, a juried show open to local and regional artists in any medium, provided each piece stays within a single color or tonal range. The call asks entrants to test how reduction sharpens value, texture, form and composition. Simone Friend, co-founder of Friend & Johnson, a firm representing illustrators, photographers, directors and animators, judges and looks for originality, emotional depth and a clear point of view. Awards run from first place to honorable mention, gallery visitors add a People’s Choice prize, and the work hangs in the Atrium Gallery, all of it for sale.