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A collection of portraits & quotes.
Paintings by Robert Shetterly |
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Current News about the exhibit
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| 6/06/07 New Maine Veterans for Peace Calendar features 17 portraits Maine Veterans for Peace has produced a beautiful,informative 17 month calendar that begins with August 2007 and runs through December 2008. Each month has one of the AWTTT portraits and information about important historical social justice events. The calendars are avilable from MVP at http://vfpmaine.org/mainevfpcalendar.htm Top |
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| 5/20/07 Rob receives Distinguished Achievement award The University of Southern Maine, at its graduation cerimonies on May 12, 2007 in Portland awarded Rob its Distinguished Achievement Award in recognition of the portrait series. Top |
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| 5/20/07 New Card Order Feature: Customize Your Order on the Website! You can now create your own customized cards sets. Go to the Order Cards page and follow the directions. Top |
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| 5/20/07 Honorary Doctorate and Commencement Address At its graduation ceremonies on May 12, 2007 The University of New England awarded Rob an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, and Rob gave the graduation speech to the Class of 2007 in the Civic Center in Portland, Maine. The address can be found on the Artist's Journal on this website. Top |
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| 5/20/07 Paperback planned The sales of the book Americans Who Tell the Truth is in its third printing and sales continue at a rapid pace. Order yours from your local independent bookseller! In the Summer of 2008 Dutton will publish Americans Who Tell the Truth in paperback. Top |
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| 5/20/07 Truth Tellers Curriculum A Truth Tellers curriculum, written by the Louisville, Kentucky educator, Michelle Hemenway, is posted elsewhere on the website. This curriculum will offer teachers ideas and tools for bringing the subjects of the Americans Who Tell the Truth series into their classrooms. Top |
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| 5/20/07 Artist's Journal At the Artist's Journal you can keep track of Robert Shetterly's thoughts and experiences as he travels the country with the Portraits. Top |
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| 12/21/07 new portraits added Three new portaits have been added to page 8 of the portraits. They are all activists from West Virginia --- Judy Bonds, Larry Gibson, and Denise Giardina --- who are trying to stop the coal mining practice of Mountaintop Removal ( MTR). To understand more about what a devastating crime MTR is against people and the environment, please read my last two journal entries and visit some of the MTR websites: www.ilovemountains.org or www.crmw.org or www.ohvec.org The Appalachian mountains are another front in the resource wars. The mountains are losing. Top |
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| 12/17/07 New feature: Listen to Rob's interviews with some truth tellers For more than a year Rob has been doing occasional interviews on WERU community radio from Orland, Maine with some of the people whose portraits he has painted. Below are the links to the archived interviews at WERU. Hal Crowther: Mostly about corporate power http://shows.weru.org/archives/specials/special_crowther-20061031 Natasha Mayers: Rob and Natasha speaking at Natasha's art opening at the University of Southern Maine, Lewiston /Aubrun http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/voices-20061122 Ross Gelbspan: Conversation about Climate change. http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkendvoices-20070224 Pete Seeger: http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkendvoices-20070331 Tilly Woodward: Art that changes things http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/voices-20070505 Diane Wilson: Environmental activist. http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkendvoices-20070526 Terry Tempest Williams: Environment. Rwanda http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkv-20070630 Cindy Sheehan: Iraq http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkendvoices-20070721 Medea Benjamin: globalization, activism http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkendvoices-20070908 Ray McGovern: Former CIA officer about war & intelligence http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkendvoices-20070929 Robert Jensen: Activist, feminist, builder of community http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkendvoices-20071020 Judy Bonds: mountaintop removal in West Virginia http://shows.weru.org/archives/voices/wkendvoices-20071215 Top |
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| 12/11/07 Big show in San Francisco On February 1, 2008 a show of 92 portraits will open in San Francisco in two locations: The African American Art and Culture Complex at 762 Fulton St. and at the Administrative Offices of the Courts at 455 Golden Gate Ave. For more information call: 510-486-2340 Top |
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| 03/28/08 5 new portraits added The portraits of Pat Humphries, Rev. Jim Lewis, Carlos Munoz, Janice Mirikitani , and Cecill Williams have been added to page 8 of the Portraits Top |