Chester Children’s Chorus Reprise
Artist Robert Shetterly and the AWTT staff can’t stop talking about their visit to Swarthmore last weekend for the Chester Children’s Chorus concert and Shetterly’s unveiling of Music Director John Alston‘s portrait. The event was in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. After the unveiling Alston picked up the portrait, which had been placed on […]
Civil Rights Portraits at St. Joseph’s College
St. Joseph’s College of Maine hosts a civili rights themed AWTT portrait exhibit from January 15 to February 15, 2023.
White Privilege, Black Portraits, Whose Story?
Last September Connie Carter, AWTT’s education director, and I had the opportunity to visit the Maine State Prison and share the documentary Truth Tellers with a group of prisoners. Connie and I previously wrote about the revelations of that visit. But there was an aspect of the event which I thought deserved more serious attention because […]
Some 2023 Highlights
What’s been happening in the AWTT portrait gallery this past year?
Queer Stories Tell the Truth
The First Congregational Church (Camden, Maine) and Americans Who Tell the Truth will be hosting a multi-event celebration of queer story telling in Orono, Maine, January 14 – February 6.
MLK Day Concert with the Chester Children’s Chorus
The Chester Children’s Chorus, under the direction of John Alston, will be performing a concert at 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Swarthmore College’s Lang Music Building.
AWTT to be Honored by Maine Art Education Association
We are pleased to announce that Americans Who Tell the Truth has been named the 2024 Maine Art Education Association’s Art Advocate of the Year. MAEA announced the 2024 award in a letter this week from the Association’s president, Cory Bucknam, to artist Robert Shetterly and AWTT education director Connie Carter: “Your creative and dedicated […]
Getting Arrested and The Parable of the Ants
Artist Robert Shetterly learns a lesson from a policeman who is holding him in custody.
Noel Paul Stookey and AWTT at the Camden Opera House
Noel Paul Stookey in concert with bassist Michael Burd. Artist Robert Shetterly, of Americans Who Tell the Truth, will unveil his portrait of Stookey.
An Evening with Noel Paul Stookey
Noel Paul Stookey in concert, along with the unveiling of his Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait by artist Robert Shetterly. Thursday, December 14, 2023, 7 p.m., The Grand Auditorium, Elsworth, Maine.