Robert Shetterly's Americans Who Tell The Truth
portraits and narratives highlight citizens who courageously address issues of social, environmental, and economic fairness.
By combining art and other media, AWTT offers resources to inspire a new generation of engaged Americans who will act for the common good, our communities, and the Earth.
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The Samantha Smith Challenge
Open to middle school and high school students, this year's theme is Show US Who You Are! View 2020-2021 Guidelines.
Speaking Truth to Youth
We are excited to announce the launch of our short-video series Speaking Truth to Youth.
Support a doc on Rob Shetterly
Award-winning filmmaker, Richard Kane, is making a documentary about Robert Shetterly and Americans Who Tell the Truth. To learn more, go to: www.kanelewis.com.
Most Recent Portraits
Our full gallery now includes 250 portraits of American truth-tellers. You can browse the full gallery. Or just begin your exploration by linking to a few of the most recent additions to the series here.
Also, check out our newest collection of videos: Speaking Truth to Youth. Some of our inspiring living portrait subjects share their insights on activism.
EVENTS
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Truth Tellers to Premier at Camden International Film Festival
The Camden International Film Festival will premiere Truth Tellers, a documentary film featuring artist Robert Shetterly's work on September 19.
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AWTT Portraits on Exhibit in Peterborough, NH
Peterborough, NH -Hosted by Mariposa Museum & World Culture CenterThis exhibit of thirty-nine Americans Who Tell the Truth portraits and narratives honors citizens who have courageously worked for social, environmental, and economic fairness, moving America closer to its stated ideals.
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Maine Secretary of State Bellows to host students, artwork at office
Augusta, MaineMaine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows will host student artists from King Middle School in Portland and Sweetland School in Hope at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 26 to view their artwork and poetry currently displayed in the Secretary of State’s main office.
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AWTT Artist Robert Shetterly is Guest of Acadia Senior College
Hosted by Acadia Senior CollegeArtist Robert Shetterly offered this presentation and interview, hosted by Acadia Senior College, on May 23, 2021.
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Inter-generational climate conversation
Blue Hill, MEHosted by Climate Action NetWhen: March 20, 2021, 4 p.m. EDT; Where: Virtual
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Portraits of Racial Justice Launch!
Camden, MaineNew Village Press releases artist Robert Shetterly's book Portraits of Racial Justice on September 19, 2021.
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How female activists in the U.S. are rescuing Afghan women — or trying to
Read about how Oklahoman Allyson Reneau, Katherine Spillar of the Feminist Majority Foundation, and other advocates are trying to rescue women from Afghanistan.
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Letters from an American: The Social Security Act of 1935 and Frances Perkins
On this day in 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. ... The driving force behind the law was FDR’s Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins.
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Art as Protest: Maine Artists Discuss the Role of Artists Who Use Their Work for Activism
"There is a long history of fine artists using their work as a form of protest against injustice and war—think Picasso's Guernica or Diego Rivera's frescoes. Several contemporary Maine artists fit into this tradition. We discuss the role of art as activism, both historically and today.
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Winona LaDuke Feels That President Biden Has Betrayed Native Americans
"Right now in northern Minnesota, the Canadian oil-and-gas-transport company Enbridge is building an expansion of a pipeline, Line 3, to carry oil through fragile parts of the state’s watersheds as well as treaty-protected tribal lands.
