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Ahn Jae-huun in Conversation

with Kyoung Lee Swearingen, Ohio State associate professor

Picture of a man wearing glasses, seated at in a chair at a desk. He is drawing on a notepad. In the background papers, books, art supplies and pictures.

Join us for a talk featuring Ahn Jae-huun, a master of hand-drawn 2D animation, as he discusses his craft and career in conjunction with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus.

Acclaimed Korean animator Ahn Jae-huun joins Kyoung Lee Swearingen, Ohio State associate professor of Design and Moving Image Production, for an informal conversation about Ahn’s remarkable body of work and his animation studio, Meditation with a Pencil. Samples of Ahn’s past and upcoming work will be shown, with ample time for audience questions. (60 mins.)

Join us for a reception at 6 PM in the Wexner Center lobby following the talk and before the screening of Ahn’s film Green Days at 7 PM. The day’s events are presented in conjunction with the annual, citywide Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival.

See the entire Meditation with a Pencil: The Animation of Ahn Jae-huun lineup.

See other 2024 Cartoons Crossroads Columbus events at the Wex.

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Ahn Jae-huun, courtesy of Meditation with a Pencil.

Ahn Jae-huun’s visit is cosponsored by Ohio State’s Office of Academic Affairs; Department of East Asian Languages and Literature; Department of Art; Department of Design; Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts; Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design; East Asian Studies Center; Institute for Korean Studies; and Wexner Center for the Arts.

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

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY 
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY 
Greater Columbus Arts Council
 
The Wexner Family 
Institute of Museum and Library Services
 
Mellon Foundation 
Every Page Foundation 
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts 
CampusParc 
Nationwide Foundation 
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme 
The Columbus Foundation 
Axium Packaging

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY 
Ohio State Energy Partners 
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection 
David Crane and Elizabeth Dang 
Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman 
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle

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