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.

Movement and Impact

In the small and intimate theater at LaGuardia College in Long Island City, the Amy Marshall Dance Company took…

Staff Picks: TYSON vs. ALI

The staff at ArtsConnection is taking its day job into evenings of theater! Check out Diane Exavier, Teen Reviewers…

A Husband, a Wife, a Dance

Last fall, Dance TRaC saw a number of spectacular performances, including the Houston Ballet at the Joyce Theater. Check…

Shadows: A Study

 During a semester of “things not being what they seem,” the first movie Film TRaC watched and critiqued was…

Girls and Cats

The Metropolitan Museum of Art displays a small collection of Balthus’s paintings of cats and pre-pubescent girls, closing on…