We made our 2nd annual visit to Origins Game and Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio. The event is held downtown at the colossal convention center. It is jam-packed with board game geeks who come to play and to shop. Besides thousands of board games for sale there are booths selling clothing, knick-knacks, game add-ons, model cities, forts, ships, etc, and artists displaying original fantasy and SF art, as well as authors trying to sell their books. It is certainly fun to visit. The film festival is small. but they showed two of Deb's films (for the 2nd year in a row!). Acceptance gets her two entry badges for the entire 5-day festival, worth $70 each. Here are the three games we came home with this year.
Front of the boxes.
Back of Planetarium. This one also came with a free SF expansion pack! Scroll right...
Back Of Cthulu Tales
Back of Dr. Who box.
There were about half a dozen other games I could have bought. The Dr. Who Game was from last year, but the booth had sold out by the time we went back. This year we bought it sooner. The same game comes also as a box using only the newer Doctors, with an expansion added for the newest (Peter Capaldi) one.
Deb wanted to attend some of the film events on Friday afternoon. I made the mile long walk to the Columbus Museum of Art instead, meeting up at 6 pm with Deb at a nearby pub. The Museum of Art is a small one by Ohio big city standards, with much larger and more important collections found in Cleveland, Toledo, and Cincinnati. However, it's a decent spot to spend a few hours. A modern addition wraps around the old original building, with lots of space for temporary exhibits and local artists. Ten themed galleries surround Derby Court, and I spent a good deal of time browsing here. there is also a cafe, where I stopped for some refreshment, and an outdoor sculpture garden where I sat and read for a time.
Columbus Museum of Art
Entrance foyer, with Derby Court in background.
Entrance ceiling.
Derby Court, the centre of the old building. Ten themed galleries surround it.
Gallery hallway.
Gallery 1 had a quilt show, with a flower theme.
Gallery 1.
Half of a gallery was devoted to the folk art of Mr. Pierce, which was a highlight of my visit.
Migrating North, by Pierce.
Another great work by Elijah Pierce! Scroll right...
Another hallway, which served as additional gallery space.
The best of a small series they had by Matisse.
Sunflowers in a Wind Storm, by Emil Nolde.
Lhasa, by Charles Sheeler
They had 3 good works by Monet, including this unusual forest scene.
The central and largest of the older galleries is devoted to Old Masters. People are encouraged to write their thoughts on little cards, and pin them to a bulletin board.
Close up of above.
See below for tag...
Old building showing newer addition.
From within the cafe, looking out towards the sculpture garden.
Far corner of the sculpture garden, looking back towards the cafe. I sat out here and read for a time before joining Deb downtown.
Downtown Columbus is littered with about 20 skyscrapers, though none of the modern ones are architecturally interesting from the outside. This is the Chase Building, the 12th tallest in town and 357' high. Today, people were allowed to climb it with ropes! There are 3 climbers on their way down.
Columbus is the state capital, and this is the building.
From 1906, this is now the 28th tallest building in Columbus, at 180'. Detail of the ornate summit.
Internet photo of downtown Columbus, Ohio, skyline.
Internet photo of LeVeque Tower. It is the 2nd tallest in town at 555', and was built in the 1920s. It's worth a trip downtown to visit!
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