The Journal of Art and Reviews (JAR) is a blog which features creative content by young people participating in ArtsConnection Teen Programs. With content for teens by teens, we hope to create an online space that inspires, empowers, and enlightens youth by sharing information, highlighting artists, and creating an online community in the realm of arts and culture.

Scotland in Harlem?

Have you ever had a free summer night and no idea how to spend it? Think no further. The…

Real Life Pessimist

I’m not going to lie; I’m a real life pessimist. I mean the kind that whines about life, saying…

Soul Cycle

Listen, I know that you’ve never met her and I don’t want to get you nervous or anything, but…

Science Fair

Of all the performances we saw, I thought the last one, the play about science, was the one that…

Pariah

Pariah is an excellent, mostly well-made film. The film follows a teenage lesbian trying to develop sexually and emotionally…

Blood Lies

Please check out Daphne and Lilah’s Newhive at http://newhive.com/gr8witham8/blood-lies

Sorry – Monologue

We’re so high up if the window broke I bet I’d fall and die! I can see, like, the…

Whiplash

What are you willing to sacrifice for greatness? Whiplash, a film by Damien Chazelle, forces its viewers to confront…

Occupy George

The written law USC 333 states: “Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or…

Fractions – Monologue

There are plenty of ways to be reduced, Mr. Johnson. I know you’re asking me about a fraction, and…

Phantom of the Sciences

Check out Alice’s Newhive at https://www.newhive.com/honeybunches2008/-trac-2016-phantom-of-the-scienceee !

Mosquito y Mari

Homosexuality, or even being anything other than straight and cisgender, is often looked down upon in communities of color….