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 Visit from Tim Fite

I was determined to hate it. I was determined to put on my “huh…?” face and be totally turned…

Fairy Tales with a Twist

Let’s be honest: we could use some new fairy tales. After all, passive princesses hardly reflect the modern mores…

Meeting Eva Yaa Asantewaa

Meeting Eva Yaa Asantewaa was a big opportunity for our Dance Teen Reviewers and Critics class. She has been…

Bigger, Badder, Better

With the WWE’s greatest pay-per-view of the year, Wrestlemania already making its mark on the world for the 28th…

Weegee: Murder is My Business

The International Center of Photography‘s Weegee exhibition is by far the most spectacular and fascinating photography display I’ve observed.  Weegee,…

Adele: Reinventing Feminism

While I was rummaging through YouTube for a writing assignment in my Music Teen Reviewers and Critics workshop I came…

Flowers are Sleeping

Brought to the stage by renowned artist Eisa Davis was tremendous talent, beauty, and humor during her performance “Flowers…

Let Fury Have the Hour

Once again, lower Manhattan was host to the annual Tribeca Film Festival. One of the films that premiered at…

Falling in Reverse

Being punched in the face in a raging mosh pit was only one of the perks for being at…