Americans Who Tell the Truth

Needham Public Library Hosts AWTT Exhibit

The Needham Free Public Library will be displaying sixteen AWTT portraits from January 2 through February 15, 2025

Opening reception at Bates Mill portrait exhibit

The AWTT exhibit of all 275 portraits opened on November 15, 2024 at the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston, Maine. Artist Robert Shetterly was moved by the visual effect of all of his portraits on display in the beautifully renovated Bates Mill Complex atrium and credited Kevin Callahan for designing and hanging the show. In […]

Let’s Be Clear

Friends, Donald Trump has promised that his first official act as president will be as a dictator. My first act – waking up on November 6th to the news of his election – was to apologize to all living plants and creatures on this planet. Trump will not be their executioner, that process has been […]

Exploring the Bates Mill Exhibit: Scavenger Hunts!

Use AWTT’s Scavenger Hunt game while touring the portrait exhibit at Bates Mill in Lewiston.

Robert Shetterly on Maine Voices Live

Sun Journal Executive Editor Judith Meyer will interview AWWT artist Robert Shetterly during a Maine Voices Live event at the Bates Mill Atrium, 35 Canal St., Lewiston, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Reserve your spot at Tickets207.com This […]

News Flash! U.S. Loses World War II!

Here we are, nearly 80 years after the seeming end of WWII, the war Americans like to call the Good War, the war that left much of Europe in ruins, a war that killed over 50 million people – most of them civilians, a war that featured a horror show of atrocities – the Holocaust, the dropping […]

AWTT on the road to meet with educators

AWTT is looking forward to meeting with large gatherings of educators over the next two month. First, on November 7-8, 2024, AWTT artist Robert Shetterly, education director Connie Carter, and director of strategic engagement Kristie Gonzalez, will be attending the New Jersey Education Association Conference in Atlantic City. They will be presenting a workshop and two […]

Documentary film Truth Tellers in Lewiston

The inspiring documentary film Truth Tellers will be shown at The Public Theatre in Lewiston on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2014, at 7 p.m.

How a small town becomes toxic

Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right takeover of Small Town Americaby Sasha Abramsky, Bold Type Books 2024 I was talking recently with a leading educator from Washington County, the poorest county in Maine and home of some of its most conservative politics. He told me two disturbing things. One is that difficult emotional […]