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.

Memphis

Memphis is one of the most heartwarming down to earth musicals I saw in 2012. The story in Memphis…

Trying to Decipher Reggie Wilson

Reggie Wilson is a determined choreographer who has a keen interest in identity. In “theRevisitation,” Wilson shares his culture…

Merchant of Venice

Interpretation is the sincerest form of flattery. Any William Shakespeare work can attest to that. From the earliest performance…

Reggie Wilson’s theRevisitation

In simple black clothes (button-down shirts and loose-fitting pants), performers Rhetta Aleong, Lawrence Harding and Reggie Wilson step barefoot…

2012 Whitney Biennial

Like the New Museum’s “Ungovernables” triennial, the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2012 Whitney Biennial, comprising of work by 51…

This Side of Paradise

I have to admit, I felt mildly reluctant to shlepp myself all the way to the Bronx on Saturday….

Painting Churches

The lights go down and you are in the living room of an upscale Boston home. The walls glow…