Catching Up with Jonathan Kozol
I painted Jonathan Kozol, educator, writer and champion of inner-city schools, in 2004. At that time I had resolved to paint 50 people with whom
April 15, 2026
Rob's Blog
The Beauty Strip, the Long Arc, & Harriet’s Pistol
People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction. – James Baldwin Years ago, in the 1970s, when I was first living
April 13, 2026
Removal of Cesar Chavez’s Portrait
Just a few weeks ago we removed the portrait of Noam Chomsky from the AWTT gallery because of his association with the sexual predator Jeffrey
March 31, 2026
Attacking Iran & Some Thoughts on Murdering Children
All my pretty ones?Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?What, all my pretty chickens and their damAt one fell swoop? – Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV,
March 1, 2026
Tell Me It Ain’t So, Noam: Chomsky, Epstein, AWTT & Me
When I was a college student in the late 1960s in Boston, I went to a teach-in at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge to hear
February 23, 2026
Music is Back!
Connie Carter, AWTT Director of Education offers these thoughts. Believe your eyes, believe your eyes, and not the eyes of those who would deceive you
February 22, 2026
The Hairball as President
Recently I can’t shake the image of a cat heaving up a hairball. It’s a head-to-tail, coast-to-coast undertaking, the cat’s whole body rhythmically contracting with
February 16, 2026
Just to Watch him Die
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, “SonAlways be a good boy, don′t ever play with guns”But I shot a man in
January 26, 2026
Sports, Trump and Unruling the Game
Ever since discovering playground kickball in the second grade, I have loved sports. In high school I ran track (a mediocre 400 meters), played football (a
January 20, 2026