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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[-] spectre@hexbear.net 18 points 5 days ago

Super important article! If you're reading this, click through and read it. I notice as I get older that the voices if the youth get quieter and quieter, I'm happy this article is covering them.