Film/Video

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) 2025

Six images from animated films in this festival.
This year’s celebration of cartoon art features visiting animators and a lineup of Disney classics.
Sep 14, 2025 – Sep 21, 2025

The Wexner Center is proud to help kick off the 11th-annual edition of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC), a five-day festival celebrating the best of cartoon art and animation in all their forms.

This year’s edition features screenings and talks with animator and historian John Canemaker and prolific Disney director John Musker, as well as the Wex-organized selection of Disney films.

The five-day festival takes place at sites around the city including Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Metropolitan Library, and the Gateway Film Center.

Visit the CXC website for the full festival schedule.

IMAGE CAPTION
Clockwise from top left: Mary Blair concept art for the Walt Disney animated feature Alice in Wonderland, c. 1950, gouache on board; courtesy of the Hilbert Museum. Hercules, courtesy of Walt Disney Studios. Kommix, courtesy of Fantagraphic Books. I'm Hip, courtesy of Scribbly Pictures. Moana, Cinderella; courtesy of Walt Disney Studios.

Cinderella wears her sparkly ballgown and curtsies to a pair of birds who sit on the rim of a fountain.
past Film/Video

Cinderella (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske, 1950) Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Sun, Sep 14, 2025
A hand-drawn figure raises its arms to reveal burning flames where its hands should be.
past Film/Video

John Canemaker: Animated Shorts Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Tue, Sep 16, 2025
An illustration of Alice in Wonderland next to a headshot of John Canemaker.
Book Signing
past Film/Video

John Canemaker: The Art and Flair of Mary Blair Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Thu, Sep 18, 2025
An animated image of a Hercules and his lover Meg looking into each others’ eyes. They are dressed in ancient Greek clothing.
35MM Print
past Film/Video

Hercules (John Musker and Ron Clements, 1997) John Musker in person Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Thu, Sep 18, 2025
Two pages from Charles Burns’s comic book Kommix.
past Talks & More

CXC Visiting Cartoonist: Charles Burns Copresented by Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Reception follows

Fri, Sep 19, 2025
An animated orange cat sits in a coffee shop. It reads a book titled Allen Ginspurr’s Meow!
past Film/Video

John Musker: The Making of I’m Hip Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Fri, Sep 19, 2025
The purple-skinned sea witch Ursula tickles mermaid Ariel’s chin. Ariel has bright red hair.
past Film/Video

The Little Mermaid (John Musker and Ron Clements, 1989) Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Sat, Sep 20, 2025
An animated image of Tiana holding a frog and smiling at it. Tiana wears a tiara and gloves. The frog looks unamused.
past Film/Video

The Princess and the Frog (John Musker and Ron Clements, 2009) Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Sat, Sep 20, 2025
A colorful image of Alice from Alice in Wonderland having a tea party with the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and the Dormouse.
past Film/Video

Alice in Wonderland (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske, 1951) Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Sun, Sep 21, 2025
An animated image of a Moana and tall, muscular, tattooed man standing on a beach and holding large objects.
past Film/Video

Moana (John Musker and Ron Clements, 2016) Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Sun, Sep 21, 2025

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