Portraits L-R: John Lewis, Kelsey Juliana, Michelle Alexander, Nicole & Jonas Maines, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, & Diane Wilson

A major exhibit of Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth portraits will open in Charlottesville, Virginia in mid-January 2020. As many as seven venues are expected to participate including the McIntire School of Commerce and the Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights Office at UVA, the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, Charlottesville High School, City Space on the Downtown Mall, and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Jan. 18 – Apr. 18, 2020

• A Place Fit for Women: The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center features 14 paintings of African American women and commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the 19^th amendment, Jan. 18 – Apr. 18, 2020.
  • ✴✴ Opening Reception at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center | FREE ✴✴
    Saturday, January 18, 2020 | 6:00pm
    Gallery Talk by Artist Robert Shetterly | 7:00pm
  • ✴✴ Panel Discussion at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center | FREE ✴✴
    Saturday, March 1, 2020 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm
    Featuring portrait subjects Sherri Mitchell, Bree Newsome, and Reverend Lennox Yearwood, as well as artist Robert Shetterly. Moderated by Professor Brian Balogh of BackStory.

Jan. 18 – Mar. 31, 2020

• Created Equal: Portraits of Civil Rights Heroes:  Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello celebrates the lives of 3 iconic civil rights figures, Jan. 18 – Mar. 31, 2020.
  • Robert H. and Clarice Smith Gallery at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center | FREE 

Feb. 3 – 27, 2020

• Youth Speaking Truth: Charlottesville High School and the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center feature 8 of Shetterly’s portraits alongside 120 Charlottesville High School Student paintings of their truth-tellers, Feb. 3 – 27, 2020.
  • ✴✴ Closing Reception at the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center | FREE ✴✴
    Wednesday, February 26, 2020 |  4:30pm – 6:30pm
    Gallery Talk by Artist Robert Shetterly | 6:00pm

Feb. 3 – 29, 2020

• The Truth to Climate Change: City Space on the Downtown Mall explores various ways that environmental activists have worked to protect our natural resources, Feb. 3 – 29, 2020.
  • ✴✴ First Fridays Opening at City Space | FREE ✴✴
    Friday, February 7, 2020 | 5:00pm – 7:00pm
  • ✴✴ Panel Discussion & Reception at City Space | FREE ✴✴
    Friday, February 28, 2020 |  5:30pm – 7:00pm
    Featuring local heroes John Hunter and David Swanson along with portrait subjects, Sherri Mitchell, Kelsey Juliana, and Diane Wilson. Moderated by artist Robert Shetterly.

Mar. 2 – Apr. 10, 2020

• Portraits of Change: The UVA McIntire School of Commerce highlights leadership in business and commerce, Mar. 2 – Apr. 10, 2020.
  • ✴✴ Reception at the UVA McIntire School of Commerce | FREE ✴✴
    Thursday, March 26, 2020 | 4:30pm – 6:30pm

• Americans Who Tell the Truth @ Charlottesville: UVA’s Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights Office, along with UVA’s Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, honor 8 eight civil rights activists with a portrait gallery at Washington Hall, Hotel B, Mar. 2 – Apr. 10, 2020 (related events pending).

More information about this and other events around the exhibit will be forthcoming.

People interested in supporting the Charlottesville exhibits can go to the AWTT Donate page. Americans Who Tell the Truth is a registered 501(c)3  organization and all contributions are tax-deductible.