Art Encounters: Ally is a Verb addresses allyship, solidarity, and community building from multiple perspectives; an interactive station encourages members of the campus and external communities to respond to the works on view by sharing their own stories, adding to a collective oral history archive that reflects diverse voices and experiences. This exhibition dialogues with Rollins College’s Common Read theme of allyship. Each piece individually, and the selection as a group, addresses allyship, solidarity, and community building from multiple perspectives.

Image: Nina Chanel Abney (American, b. 1982), Helen with the Drip, 2020, Acrylic and spray-paint on canvas, 48 x 36 in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond. 2020.1.25 © Nina Chanel Abney. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York