Sometimes art is as simple as black and white.

The Students Organizing the Multiple Arts (SOMA) will show this simplicity in their Black and White art exhibit at 6 tonight in Dragon Chasers Emporium, 209 W. Calder Way.

SOMA President Danny Greene (sophomore-information science and technology) said that during the past week, SOMA has been collecting art submitted by Penn State artists at a table in the HUB-Robeson Center.

"It has to be black and white, but we've asked people to be creative as possible," Greene said. "I'm hoping to see some 3-D pieces; it's open to everybody. Anything people want to do under the black-and-white guise is OK with us."

Marisa Gjurgevich, head organizer for the event, said she was hopeful that those who submitted a piece of art would have it featured. "We try to incorporate as much art as possible," Gjurgevich (sophomore-art education) said. "We held an exhibit similar to this last November, and the response seemed to be positive. We're hoping this one is an even bigger success."

Gjurgevich said tonight's exhibit will feature photography, charcoal, pencil work and media prints.

SOMA Jazz Ensemble member George Malek (junior-physics) said tonight's show will also feature jazz music that spans all eras. "We'll be playing some straight jazz, old tunes, funk, bebop, and premiere one of my originals," Malek said. "The music is going to be great, I can promise you that. It'll be one of the premiere jazz spots in town."

Greene said a string quartet will add to the black-and-white theme.

"Classical and jazz are like black and white -- totally different from each other," Greene said. "I'm also asking people to dress in black and white so that the audience is as much an art piece as the work being shown."

Greene said last November's show was SOMA's first real event, and while he was very proud of the work group members did, he feels this show will be even better.

"Last time we had music, but it was more of a background thing," he said. "This time the music is working with the art; it makes it more cohesive I think."

Greene said he believes music and artwork go hand in hand. "I think when people go to an art exhibit, a lot of times, they just walk through," Greene said. "But if there's music, people tend to stay and enjoy. As far as the music perspective goes, this is a different atmosphere than the typical concert scene."

Greene said that although the club celebrated its first birthday at the start of the month, its mission to help people appreciate the arts has been very successful.

"It's a strong idea of our club; we've always enjoyed the concept of bringing different art together," he said. "It gets people to like music, and it gets people to like art."