FARMINGTON — A portrait exhibit featuring the work of noted artist Robert Shetterly and photographer Ann Arbor will be displayed June 13-22 at the University of Maine at Farmington. 

Shetterly’s exhibit, “Americans Who Tell the Truth,” includes selected portraits from his traveling exhibit of the same name. 

Arbor’s installation, “Coming Together: Ambassadors of Light,” includes a dozen photographic portraits of Chinese artists.

Shetterly’s paintings are exhibited in the Emery Community Arts Center’s Flex-Space Gallery and Arbor’s photographs and items from her collection are on view throughout the building.

An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 13. 

Shetterly’s nonpartisan series of works seeks to remind people of the dignity, courage and importance of some of America’s truth tellers; and to create dialogue about which truths citizens value most in a democracy.

An artist, illustrator and activist, Shetterly moved to Maine in 1970, and became proficient in printmaking, painting and illustration. His work has been featured in Audubon Adventures, the National Audubon Society’s newspaper for children; the Maine Times; and more than 30 books.

The recipient of an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from UMF in 2011, Shetterly graduated in 1969 from Harvard College with a degree in English literature.

Arbor’s photographic portraits of Chinese artists include representatives of the two most famous peasant painting schools — Jinshan near Shanghai and Huxian near Xi’an. Matched with these portraits are examples of the peasant artists’ woodcuts and paintings from a collection gathered during the past decade and widely exhibited.

A teacher, poet and award-winning photographer, Arbor works and lives in Farmington with her husband, John Rosenwald. She received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from UMF in 2009.

The Emery Community Arts Center is on Academy Street between Merrill Hall and Alumni Theater. It is open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission to the show is free.