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Innosanto Nagara

Book Reading and Q&A

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Dec 09, 2023 10:00 AM
Mershon Auditorium

This event is now sold out.

ASL will be provided for this event.
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as live captioning (CART) to participate in this event, please contact accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Participate in a kid-friendly artist talk with illustrator and author Innosanto Nagara.

As a part of his wide-ranging career as a graphic artist and activist, Nagara has written numerous books for kids, including A is for Activist, C is for Community, The Wedding Portrait, M is for Movement, and Oh, The Things We’re For! You’ll get to hear Nagara read from his book My Night at the Planetarium, then participate in a kid-friendly Q&A with the author. 

Pick up a free Nagara book and bring it to the book signing after the talk from 11 AM to noon. Additional Nagara books will be available for purchase in the Wexner Center Store. 
 
Parents, if you have any questions about Zoom activities and films or their content, please email Wexner Center Community, Youth, and Family Programs Manager Jean Pitman at jpitman@wexarts.org.

For your safety and enjoyment, please allow extra time for arrival to the Zoom: Family Film and Book Festival at Mershon Auditorium, located at 1871 North High Street. Doors open at 8 AM so come early to ensure you don’t miss any of the activities starting at 9 AM. Please note that re-entry is not permitted and all bags are subject to inspection.

See the complete Zoom 2023 lineup.

Smiling bald man with mustache and beard reading a book to children outdoors under the trees.

Innosanto Nagara, photo: Garna Raditya.

Smiling bald man with mustache and beard at a computer.

Innosanto Nagara.

Smiling bald man with greying mustache and beard sitting at a desk with his hands folded surrounded by books and posters of his design.

Innosanto Nagara, photo: Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group.

Smiling bald man with a mustache sits at a table and signs "A is for Activitist" books for a child and an adult.

Innosanto Nagara signing A is for Activist books.

More about the artist

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Innosanto Nagara’s books encourage children to grow up with confidence in themselves and to be proactive citizens who are passionate about causes from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and civil rights. Born and raised in Indonesia, Nagara moved to the US in 1988. After studying zoology and philosophy at the University of California Davis, Nagara moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. He worked as a graphic designer for a range of social-change organizations before founding the Design Action Collective, a worker-owned cooperative design studio. He lives in Oakland in a cohousing community with nine adults and eight kids.
 
Nagara’s first book, A is for Activist, started a movement in social justice book publishing for children. Since then, he has written and illustrated four more books: Counting on Community, My Night in the Planetarium, The Wedding Portrait, and most recently M is for Movement. Learn more on the artist's website.

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Zoom: Family Film and Book Festival is presented in partnership with Columbus City Schools Pathway Express.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
Huntington 
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Big Lots Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ingram-White Castle Foundation
The Ohio State University Office of Outreach & Engagement
Ohio Arts Council 
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection 
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

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Past Artist Talks

Innosanto Nagara

Dec 09, 2023 10:00 AM EST
Mershon Auditorium

This event is now sold out.

ASL will be provided for this event.
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as live captioning (CART) to participate in this event, please contact accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member