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Teen Girl Artists are Front and Center in “Teen Dream” Art Show at Brooklyn Wayfarers

Teens can face an uphill battle when asking to be taken seriously, especially teen girls, who so often come up short when seeking opportunities to be heard in open, insightful, meaningful public dialogue

Teen Girl Artists are Front and Center in “Teen Dream” Art Show at Brooklyn Wayfarers
Photograph by Leemer Morse. Image courtesy of Teen Dream.

Teen Girl Artists are Front and Center in “Teen Dream” Art Show at Brooklyn Wayfarers

Teens can face an uphill battle when asking to be taken seriously, especially teen girls, who so often come up short when seeking opportunities to be heard in open, insightful, meaningful public dialogue

Teen Girl Artists are Front and Center in “Teen Dream” Art Show at Brooklyn Wayfarers

Teens can face an uphill battle when asking to be taken seriously, especially teen girls, who so often come up short when seeking opportunities to be heard in open, insightful, meaningful public dialogue. With the art show Teen Dream, which is currently on display at Brooklyn Wayfarers, curator (and Bushwick Daily contributor) Brittany Natale seeks to combat the underrepresentation by showing art by female artists ages 13-21 and providing a platform for work which addresses topics ranging from identity to menstruation.

Natale says the idea for the show originated two years ago when her connections to boundary-crossing publications such as Zine Club Mag , Crybaby , and the tremendously successful, Tavi Gevinson-helmed Rookie…

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