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Fri, Dec 13 | 7 PMStory & Pictures By$3 for all audiences
Sat, Dec 14 | 8:30 AMZoom 20th Birthday PartyFree for all audiences
Sat, Dec 14 | 9:00 AMLittle Kid Flicks 2024Free for all audiences with ticket
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Help us celebrate the 20th birthday of the Wex’s all-ages weekend of free films and activities for families.
This year’s weekend festival includes a Friday night screening of a documentary about three picture-book authors and a Saturday morning program of short cartoons from around the world. After the cartoons, enjoy free birthday cake and ice cream.
Express your creativity throughout the morning. Create your own version of the Nancy Holt: Pipeline installation using cardboard tubes. Introduce your little ones to their first gallery experience with family-friendly tours of Ming Smith: Wind Chime, on view in the galleries, and interact with the installation Color Block No. 2 by Outpost Office.
Check out the full program below.
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.
IMAGE CAPTIONFrom left to right: Pufferfish (Kugelfisch, Julia Ocker, 2022); My name is Edgar and I have a cow (Jmenuju se Edgar a mam kravu, Filip Diviak, 2023); Story & Pictures By, courtesy of the filmmaker; Hoofs on Skates (Kanopos ir pačiūžos, Ignas Meilūnas, 2024); Coquille (multiple directors, 2023). Images courtesy of New York International Children’s Film Festival unless noted otherwise.
Friday, December 13
Story & Pictures By(Joanna Rudnick, 2024)7 PM | Film/Video TheaterAll tickets cost $3Ages 10 and upSee three emerging picture-book authors who are changing the genre in this joyful documentary.
Saturday, December 14
Doors open: 8:30 AM
Heirloom Café will be open serving limited beverages and baked goods.
Community Studio: Nancy Holt: Pipeline8:30AM–noon | Heirloom CaféJoin us to build your own take-home, miniature three-dimensional systems of tubes. Influenced by Nancy Holt: Pipeline, the installation in the Wex’s upper lobby and café area, you can play, experiment, and build using silver-painted cardboard tubes, tape, and glue. Adult-supervised hot-glue and cardboard-cutting stations will be available. Maze and coloring pages will also be available.
Little Kid Flicks 20249–10 AM | Film/Video TheaterEnjoy a program of cartoons from around the world.
Birthday Cake and Ice Cream for Breakfast10 AM | Heirloom CaféHelp us celebrate the 20th birthday of Zoom Family Film and Book Festival with free cake and ice cream! Vegan and gluten-free options available, while supplies last.
Drop-in Gallery Tours with Wex Educators10 AM–noon | GalleriesBuild on your child's love of art with a family-friendly, guided walkthrough of artwork displayed in the Wexner Center.
Little Kid Flicks 2024 presented in partnership with New York International Children’s Film Festival.
Special thanks to Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams.
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 BYAmerican Electric Power FoundationCoverMyMedsHuntington
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BYIngram-White Castle FoundationOhio Arts CouncilThe Ohio State University Office of Outreach & EngagementMilton and Sally Avery Arts FoundationMartha Holden Jennings Foundation
SUPPORT FOR LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE RESIDENCIES PROVIDED BYMike and Paige Crane
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BYGreater Columbus Arts CouncilThe Wexner FamilyInstitute of Museum and Library ServicesMellon FoundationEvery Page FoundationOhio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the ArtsCampusParcNationwide FoundationLois S. and H. Roy Chope Fund of The Columbus FoundationOhio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery ThemeThe Columbus FoundationAxium Packaging
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BYOhio State Energy PartnersOhio History Fund/Ohio History ConnectionDavid Crane and Elizabeth DangMelissa Gilliam and William GrobmanRebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Ages 10 and up
Ages 5 and up
Past Education
Zoom: Family Film and Book Festival 2024
