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Undergraduate Student Film Festival in South Gallery

The Undergraduate Student Film Festival returns to the Carlson Library South Gallery March 9 through May 1, 2026. This film festival features the work of students currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Video.

Film/video students at UToledo study narrative, experimental and mainstream live productions and cinema, creating their own body of work. Film/Video majors develop their skills in pre-visualization, production planning, shooting, editing and final delivery. 

Your Manga Your Way: A Campus Exhibition

Your Manga, Your Way: A Campus Exhibition, on display in the Carlson Library North Gallery from March 23 through May 1, 2026, celebrates student creativity through fan art inspired by manga, comics, books, anime, television, and film. Students also submitted original comic or manga-style artwork.

This exhibit features work by currently enrolled students at the University of Toledo. The exhibit features 2D and 3D work in both digital and physical media created by students across campus with majors in English, Art, Astrophysics, biology and more.

Your Manga, Your Way offers students an opportunity to share their artistic voice, celebrate fandom, and see their work displayed in a campus gallery setting.

Panel: Becoming the Narrative: Fan Art Community & Representation

Becoming the Narrative: Fan Art, Community and Representation will bring together artists and scholars to discuss how fandom fosters creativity, belonging, and representation. On Monday, April 13, 5:00 - 6:00 pm in the Carlson Library room 1005, panelists will explore the role of fan art in building community, how artists use familiar characters and visual styles to express their worldviews, and how fandom spaces allow fans to imagine stories where they see themselves reflected.

Anime and manga fandom has long been a space where fans do more than follow stories—they actively participate in shaping them. Through fan art and original artwork inspired by anime and manga, artists reinterpret beloved characters and worlds, creating new narratives that reflect their own identities, perspectives, and experiences. As a complement to the Your Manga, Your Way: A Campus Exhibition, this panel explores how fan communities transform appreciation for a medium into creative expression and shared cultural space.

Panelists include April Conway, English Lecturer at the University of Michigan; Barry Whittaker, Professor of Graphic and Interactive Design at The University of Toledo; Christopher Pickett, Professor of Art at The University of Toledo; and Alice Nyburg, graduate student majoring in English. Together, they will examine the cultural significance of fan creativity and the ways fan artists become storytellers in their own right.

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