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
What's New
High School Students Explore Courageous Citizens
Students at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine recently engaged in a collaborative, station-based exploration of “Courageous Citizens” through student artwork and four Americans Who Tell
April 13, 2026
Student Change Makers: From Ordinary to Extraordinary
The Brooklin School – a small elementary school in rural Maine – hosted eight AWTT portraits in March 2026. The “truth teller” portraits ranged from
March 31, 2026
Lucy Meyer Unveiling a Success!
On March 25, 2026, Robert Shetterly unveiled his portrait of Lucy Meyer, an international advocate and spokesperson for young people with disabilities. The unveiling was
March 31, 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
Art in an Age of Democratic Upheaval
AWTT artist Robert Shetterly delivered this address to an in-house and online audience at the Center for Global Humanities, University of New England, on the
February 2, 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