When I was a kid, I loved cowboy movies. In a frequent motif, the handsome sheriff, wounded in a duel with a nasty desperado, whom he had killed, limped into the town’s saloon and wincingly asked the tipsy doctor, “How bad is it, Doc?” A pretty woman of sketchy repute, who worked in the saloon […]
On September 22, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET, AWTT artist Robert Shetterly will join Brandon Bauer, Rosie Davila, and Becky McIntyre to talk about art and non-violence. The program kicks off a series of online panel discussions sponsored by Pax Christie International’s Catholic Non-Violence Iniatitive. “How can visual arts be used as a tool for […]
AWWT will share educational resources with Washington County, Maine educators at the online Harvest of Ideas conference, October 14, 2025.
As Labor Day 2025 approaches, we are mindful of all of the labor advocates who have gone before us, improving the lives of working people. If you go to the AWTT portrait gallery and filter for “worker’s rights,” you’ll find forty such outstanding figures who have fought and sacrificed over the decades, to bring workers […]
We like balance, fairness in everything we do. A square deal. Our financial lives are based on the notion of equivalency—getting what we pay for. Equivalence is used as the basis for settling a score—He did it first! It’s the central tenet of physics—for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Ethical equivalencies, […]
Outdoor, large-scale image projections of AWTT portraits in Belfast, Maine on September 12, 2025.
Author’s note: I wrote this piece when I was painting John Brown’s portrait back in 2012. It was my attempt to sort out the complex aspects of his character and clarify my attraction to legacy, my admiration for his fierce courage and commitment despite his darker reputation. Once the portrait was completed, I set these […]
The justification for erasing America’s historic injustices, claiming that knowing them causes kids to feel guilt or shame, is a high priority for our current right wing government. Trump and his ilk make this sound like a noble cause—protecting kids from carrying the factual and emotional burdens of history. Think how much more uncomplicated and […]
“. . . an act of cruelty . . . was the ancient irresistible rejoicing of power over weakness.” – Tony Hoagland “You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test […]
Connie Carter, AWTT’s Director of Education, and Samantha Maheu, Troy Howard Middle School art teacher, will be presenting at the first annual Every Teacher a Leader Summit taking place from July 30 to August 1 at Colby College.