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Crocheting with Kindness
By Nadia Barnard, 16 When I was in fourth grade, my teacher would teach my class how to crochet every Friday. We would do simple chains or make scarves and…
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You Tried to Kill God
By Maya Goldberg, 16 Congratulations, thank you for killing God. Bravo! The rationales have won. No more will we be subjected to the torment of illusion, you have provided us…
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Color Beyond the Abyss
By Jennifer Aburto, 17 I am an aspiring 17-year-old artist that uses art to show the colors I feel. Recently I experienced something that made my mind dark but fortunately…
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Katherine Dunham Mural Project – East St. Louis
By Andra Lang Jr., 22 I was asked to complete a commission project for the Katherine Dunham museum located in my home town of East Saint Louis. I’m a former…
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Art & Writing Contest!
Enter the Youth Be Heard Art and Poetry contest by September 15th to win up to a $100 prize and have your art featured and printed. Ages 13-21 allowed to…
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Graduate
Scottlynn Ballard, 18 Graduate. Grad—to step. -ation—the state or quality of Graduation—the state of stepping into a quantitative unknown. Dear senior, You mispronounce unprecedence You Phoenix from the ashes of…
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Body Image
Emilee Adams, 19 How we see ourselves has an immeasurable impact on our lives. I have found that my “body image” changes rapidly, even on a daily basis sometimes. One…
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Mammoth in the Monolith
Lena Diakite, 16 The vote of who if not all?Clones controlled by one hive.All the kin are skins.Separation of thought, not heard of.Those who have broken free, have done so…
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It’s Pride Month!: Remembering Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson
Charlotte Cheung, 17 In honor of pride month, I created this pink and purple colored pencil drawing of Marsha P. Johnson. I only first learned about her through someone’s post…
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Stuck Inside
Charlotte Cheung, 17 Medium: digital Here’s the first piece that I made during quarantine. It refers to the confinement in our homes that virtually everyone is experiencing right now. Because…
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Introductions
Hannah Sterkel, 17 Hello! My name is Hannah. I am seventeen years old and I live in St. Louis. My pronouns are she and her. I have a dog named…
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I AM BLACK EXCELLENCE
Tra’Lia Winters, 16 Even with the odds stacked against me I still persevered! I’m already labeled before I even enter a room! I AM BLACK EXCELLENCE! You are intimidated by…
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Black Lives Matter- Portrait of George Floyd
By Charlotte Cheung, 17 Medium: digital This piece was made in light of the most recent instance of an innocent black American being made a target of violence based on…
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Knowledge
People say that knowledge is power and if that is true then I wanted to be powerless again.
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A Silver Lining of Quarantine
By Nadia Barnard, 16 Recently for an online school assignment, I was asked to reflect on a silver lining of being quarantined. The whole point is to find ways to…
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Tarpon
This is my interpretation of a tarpon. I tried to just go for it while painting this piece.
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COVID-19 and College: Disrupted yet Hopeful
“Without suffering there would be no compassion.”
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COVID-19: A Weird New Life
"Weird is one of the best words I can think of to describe this experience" -Hannah Sterkel, 17
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Finding the Bright Side Amid COVID Darkness
Perhaps once the quarantine period is over, we will emerge more in-tune with ourselves and aware of the good in those around us.
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The Corona Diaries
Life in Quarantine: a diary of exerpts accounting our new realities caused by COVID-19
