Dreaming Justice with Robert Shetterly

A collection of twenty portraits of American truth tellers who have made a difference in the world will be on display in the Oregon Episcopal School Chapel from April 28-May 30, 2025.

Astonished by Water, by Cruelty, by Kindness

A friend asked me to write a little essay about being astonished. Astonished? . . . My first thought was a glass of cool water. Drinking it. The mysterious and momentary sublimity of that. Its sensuous, animal satisfaction, its poetic wonder. And then, water itself. A miracle. What is the direct line from the Big Bang to […]

Portrait Unveiling: Rivera Sun

Artist Robert Shetterly will unveil his most recent portrait: Rivera Sun on Sunday, May 4, at the Bay School in Blue Hill, Maine.

A Conversation with George Washington: Featuring Robert Shetterly

AWTT artist Robert Shetterly will be visiting the ongoing portrait exhibit at Syracuse University’s Maxwell Hall on Friday, April 4, 2025.

Artist Robert Shetterly’s post-election interview in Atlantic City

In November 2024 – just days after the national election – AWTT artist Robert Shetterly was interviewed by journalist Steve Adubato in Atlantic City at the New Jersey Education Association Convention. In this riveting discussion, Shetterly shares his perspectives on the present moment through the lens of some of his most inspiring portrait subjects, including […]

Enter MY HERO Project’s Student Portrait Contest

The MY HERO Project has opened its invitation to enter the 2025 Robert Shetterly Portrait Contest. Submissions are due by May 1, 2025. Students of all ages are invited to submit portraits representing “someone you admire who has done something significant – for you, for your community, or for our planet.” Each work of art […]

Why I Painted Joan Gussow: The Time Has Come For Local Agriculture

As we remember Joan Gussow, who died last Friday, March 7, we dusted off the statement that Robert Shetterly wrote when he unveiled his portrait of Gussow ten years ago, in January 2015. “Joan Dye Gussow will be eighty-seven this year. I visited her last August at her lovely home on the Hudson River north of […]

Troy Howard Middle School hosts School Partnership exhibit

Troy Howard Middle School announces that they will host nine AWTT portraits during the month of March 2025.

Teacher Caitlin Hutt and the Samantha Smith Challenge project receive AMLE award

The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) has announced Caitlin Hutt and the Samantha Smith Challenge project as the 2024 recipient of the Conrad Toepfer Award for the Civic Engagement of Middle School Students. “Since 2018, Caitlin has used the Samantha Smith Challenge to provide her students with a collaborative educational experience that builds bridges […]

First Church in Cambridge Lenten Series

The First Church in Cambridge is continuing its tradition of featuring AWTT portraits as part of its Lenten Formation Series.