After the enormous victory for the Democrats in the midterm election, pundits and interest groups are itemizing the agenda for restoring democracy and rebuilding a just society. Here are some policies that should be pursued: But, what’s left out? The most important of all (numero uno): Caring for the Earth. Our most critical responsibility is to the […]
AWTT artist Robert Shetterly, executive director Kristie Gonzalez, and education director Connie Carter discuss AWTT’s recent show in Ellsworth, Maine, featuring portraits of Maine women; the history of AWTT; and their vision for the AWTT’s future. They were interviewed by Jay Sugarman, producer and host of “Museum Open House,” a regular feature of Newton Media […]
This is the tenth anniversary of the Word Festival in Blue Hill, three days of events celebrating literature and the creative arts with readings, workshops, book signings, and discussion held at the end of October every year in various venues around town. I was asked to hang four AWTT portraits in the Winings Gallery as part […]
In a democracy there is only one form of governance that is acceptable: . . . of, by, and for the people. Corrupt authoritarianism is not that. Another No Kings Day, on Saturday, October 17, 2026, is an opportunity for all of us to vote with our feet, vote with our chants, vote with our […]
Cynthia Winings Gallery in downtown Blue Hill, Maine, will host four Maine-related portraits during the annual Word Festival, October 22-25, 2026.
The John Brown Lives! organization presents an outdoor display of AWTT portrait reproductions at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid, NY, July 17- October 31, 2026.
Join us at the NJEA Convention in Atlantic City, November 5-6, 2026.
Join us for an outdoor gallery walk at the John Brown Farm, September 25-27, 2026.
AWTT portrait artist Robert Shetterly will be joined by other writers and editors, reading from their recently released collection of essays Ground Truth: Writing Towards Justice.
When I heard the news of Wendell Berry’s recent death at ninety-two years old, the image that came to mind was of American history as an enormous circus tent, the center pole of which had just collapsed. This battered tent, besieged by corruption, dishonesty, greed and cruelty—infested with clowns—had lost a mainstay of environmental sanity, decency, […]