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Fairytale or Mystery?

Audrey, TAG Member; Garrett, TAG Member; and Kristen, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, October 1, 2012

In the Meadow

We started our first Teen Advisory Group meeting of the 2012–13 school year with the question "If you were a book, would you rather be a fairytale or a mystery?" When we were asked to write a blog post introducing other teenagers to our favorite galleries at the Metropolitan Museum, that question stuck in our minds.

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Socialize and Meditate

Evelin, TAG Member; and Garrett, TAG Member

Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Socialize and Meditate

As Kristen and Ethan wrote last week, the Teen Advisory Group spent its last meeting of the summer wandering around the Museum with cameras. As we explored the building, we learned that the Met provides a space in which people can both socialize with others and meditate by themselves.

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A Majestic Undertaking

Garrett, TAG Member

Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Walk into the American Wing and step back in time to stand before the six-foot-three George Washington in Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware. Leutze's painting captures the spirit of this daring undertaking by George Washington, and illustrates America's capacity to overcome adversity at great odds.

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A Youth Who Is Remarkably Old

Garrett, TAG Member

Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012

Biagio d'Antonio (Italian, Florentine, active by 1472–died 1516) | Portrait of a Young Man | 32.100.68

Can you believe this painting is over five centuries old?

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This blog, written by the Metropolitan Museum's Teen Advisory Group (TAG) and occasional guest authors, is a place for teens to talk about art at the Museum and related topics.

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