Old Town School Hosts AWTT Exhibit

Margaret Chase Smith Awtt Portrait

AWWT is delighted to be showing eight portraits at the Old Town Elementary School in Old Town, Maine this spring. The exhibit – opening on April 28, 2015 and ending on May 23 – is sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank.  The school would also like to thank Old Town High School teacher Justin Lewin and […]

Monarch Students to visit Shetterly’s Studio

Dianna Cohen Awtt Portrait

Students and faculty from the Monarch Learning Academy in Orlando, Florida will visit with AWTT artist Robert Shetterly in his home town Brooksville, Maine on April 26, 2025. At 2 p.m., they will hold a public discussion at the nearby Reversing Falls Sanctuary about their school-based projects which are aimed at reducing the use of […]

Dreaming Justice with Robert Shetterly

Wendell Berry Awtt Portrait

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

Monarch Learning Academy AWTT visit

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

Rivera-Sun-photo

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

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

Howard Zinn Awtt Portrait

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

My Hero Project 2024

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 […]

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