SE CLT Gallery is proud to present Collective Witness, a two person exhibition featuring internationally recognized artists Sheryl Oring and Sherrill Roland. In solidarity with the national Fall of Freedom initiative, this exhibition stands as a testament to the power of art to bear witness and to imagine an equitable future.

Through works that are both intimate and public, Oring and Roland transform lived experience and individual testimony into works that urge an engaged citizenry to imagine its way toward true freedom. 

In different ways, Oring and Roland make visible the marks that power leaves behind. Oring’s work arises from an ongoing dialogue with the public sphere. Roland’s emerges from the personal experience of confinement. What binds them is a shared insistence on presence, and the belief that to be seen, remembered, and recorded is itself an act of freedom.

VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION | FRIDAY, NOV. 21, 3 PM

Join us for a virtual panel discussion with artists Sheryl Oring and Sherrill Roland, moderated by SE CLT founder, Sonya Pfeiffer, on Zoom.

SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE | SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 3 - 5 PM

Sheryl Oring will conduct a performance piece, Spirit of Independence at the McColl Center, inviting the public to respond to the question, “What does independence mean to you?”  Visitors will share their thoughts while she types them verbatim on a vintage typewriter, creating carbon copies: one for the participant, one for the exhibition, and one for her archive.