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.

This Great Interpretive Dance

Happy performs a dance sequence. Image from 600highwaymen.org. This Great Country, presented by 600 HIGHWAYMEN on the night of…

The Mariners Museum

While stuck in Virginia for the duration of a week, I slowly began to go insane. Instead of ending…

Hopper Takes Over the Whitney

The Whitney Museum holds an extensive show of Edward Hopper’s finished drawings, sketches and paintings. Hopper uses his talent…

Sleep No More

With a metallic click, the lights on the stage of the Ethel Barrymore Theatre flash on full blast, revealing…

Part of a Reinvented World

In 1989 Disney Films released an underwater adventure that captured the hearts of millions of Americans. The film was…

Punk 2.0

This summer’s special exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases a rude awakening of a culture that shocked…

Lucid Eyes and Raw Art

At the Bronx Museum of Art, the most evocative exhibition was that of Joan Semmel‘s A Lucid Eye. Upon walking…

The Foals: Holy Fire

Two tracks into the Foals‘ newest album one notices a distinct departure from the safety of indie electric guitar…