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.

A Way to Be a Powerful Person

The choreographer, dancer, performance artist, Miguel Gutierrez announces on his website, “I make performances that are about things and…

The Lucky One

All of you romance lovers out there I come to you today with advice: please take your 7-13 dollars…

I Made It Through J. Edgar

Say this for Leonardo DiCaprio: He doesn’t scare off easily from acting challenges. At 37, he’s already played billionaire…

The (Not-So) Amazing Spider-Man

Spider-Man is an atypical superhero. More like the snarky, wisecracking comicbook mercenary Deadpool than the stalwart, barrel-chested Last Son…

The Ungovernable Season

If you could travel through time, which direction do you prefer, the past or the future? In the second…

Hurt Village

From the moment the lights come up on Cookie (Joaquina Kalukango) rapping about the destruction of the projects she…

Teen Night at the Guggenheim

Museums are great in the daylight – all noble marble columns and elderly white-haired curators – but every little…