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Robert Shetterly is a self-taught artist whose work is in collections around the world. A former editorial page illustrator for The Maine Times and well-known for his series of 70 painted etchings based on William Blake91自拍 鈥淧roverbs of Hell,鈥� and over the past 20 years he has produced a series of more than 260 historical and contemporary portraits of聽Americans Who Tell the Truth.

The entire collection will be on exhibit at the Bates Mill Atrium from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15. This is only the second time the entire collection of these portraits of American figures 鈥� including teachers, activists, attorneys, veterans, poets, environmentalists and others who have faced enormous challenges in seeking and confronting truth 鈥� will be seen in one place.

Each of Robert91自拍 portraits contains a quote from the subject of the painting, capturing the essence of that person91自拍 truth-telling, including the necessity of dissent in a democracy, the obligations of citizenship, and 鈥渉ow democracy cannot function if politicians don鈥檛 tell the truth, if the media don鈥檛 report it, and if the people don鈥檛 demand it.鈥�

In 2014, the U.S. Postal Service used Robert’s portrait of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American in Congress, on a Black Heritage Series postage stamp. His聽Americans Who Tell the Truth was named the 2024 Maine Art Education Association91自拍 Art Advocate of the Year. Learn more about these incredible truth-tellers and their role in American history: , , and .

AWTT honored Samantha Smith with the Samantha Smith Challenge (SSC) 鈥� a compelling project-based educational program for middle and high school students designed as a dynamic service-learning project that builds a bridge between the classroom and the world. Middle-school and high-school students share their AWTT Samantha Smith Challenge projects in this .

Robert lives with his partner Gail Page, a painter and children91自拍 book writer and illustrator, in Brooksville, Maine.

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