Teen artists portrayed their lives - some adults didn't want to see the full picture [More inside] (www.npr.org)

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https://www.npr.org/2025/07/28/nx-s1-5463593/teen-art-smithsonian-folklife-festival

"What is it like to be a teen right now?" Young artists explored that question for two different exhibitions of their work this summer. But on the National Mall, their work was deemed too political.

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Falling by artist Betty Shanefelter is one of the works in The Teen Experience, a show at the American University Museum in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary American Teenagers in Washington, D.C., until Aug. 10.

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago

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I’m a 5th grade teacher and the themes of death, destruction, and lack of justice bleed into their writing, drawing, and conversations. They’re confused with adults not seeming to do anything. They don’t have a lot of trust in adults or in their future. It’s fucking heartbreaking.