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Americans Who Tell the Truth

January 18- April 6, 2008

Opening reception February, 2008 at the African American Art and Culture Complex

Community Works in collaboration with African American Art and Culture Complex and Administrative Offices of the Courts presents:
Americans Who Tell The Truth
Acclaimed Maine artist Robert Shetterly’s traveling art exhibition
honoring American luminaries past and present along with visual and written art work by Bay Area youth responding to Shetterly’s work

The exhibition highlights over 50 important Americans whose dignity, courage, honesty, generosity, compassion, wisdom, tolerance, belief, and relentless quest for truth have shaped this country. Its inspiring portraits are intended to create a dialogue among citizens of this country about what we value most in democratic society and the importance of truth telling.
Unique to this exhibition of the exhibit will be the inclusion of five additional portraits of truthtellers in the Bay Area: Lateefah Simon, Van Jones, James Bell, Eva Patterson and Alice Waters. Shetterly invited Community Works to select the local luminaries. In Feb 2008, on a date to be arranged, there will be a special reception, a tribute to Bay Area social prophets featured in the exhibition.

More information to be annouced soon.

Visit Americans Who Tell the Truth website

Teachers: Contact us to schedule a tour of the exhibit for your class!

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