Mosaic Film Experience

10/16/2026

Let’s get funky! The Funkraiser returns November 6 at Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives, with AB is Adrian Butler bringing the beats. Join us as we celebrate our 15th anniversary and support opportunities for young people to explore storytelling, digital media, and creative careers. Bring your friends. Bring your moves. Be part of what comes next: https://www.facebook.com/share/1C7P8zm6Tg/

09/24/2026

K–12 educators: Gain practical tools and ideas for bringing podcasting, video, and digital storytelling into your classroom. No advanced multimedia experience is required. SCECHs available! Register today: https://www.wgvu.org/educreate/

09/21/2026

Nourishing Narratives winners Ada Grace O’Connor and Jane Mathis Alexander Fettus recently joined WUSA9 in Washington, D.C., to talk about their award-winning film, “Creating Better Food Futures,” and the important issue of . https://www.mosaicfilmexperience.com/news/wusa9-dc-students-win-nationwide-film-contest-on-food-insecurity

Ada Grace O’Connor and Jane Mathis Alexander Fettus’ film, “Creating Better Food Futures,” discussed important issues around food insecurity.

09/15/2026

We’re still celebrating the inspiring teen storytellers who made the 2026 Nourishing Narratives winner celebration so special! Nourishing Narratives provides a platform for youth across the country to amplify their voices, share stories that matter, and see where their creativity can take them. Congratulations again to our 2026 winners! Watch their short films here: https://www.nourishing-narratives.com/2026-winners

08/28/2026

🎬 Winning Nourishing Narratives student filmmakers Abigail Cooper and Avery Walker joined their Ravenna High School Agriscience Teacher Melanie Block and Mosaic Film Experience’s Elizabeth Merriman on The Shelley Irwin Show on WGVU.

🎙️ They shared the story behind Abigail and Avery’s winning film, their experience as part of , and how the program is giving young people a platform to use storytelling to explore and the issues that matter to them. ✨

🎧 Listen to the full interview here: https://www.wgvunews.org/the-shelley-irwin-show/2026-08-26/the-mosaic-film-experience-and-newmans-own-foundation-announce-the-winners-of-the-second-annual-nourishing-narratives

08/27/2026

Day two of our 2026 Nourishing Narratives winner celebration culminated at The Henry Ford, where this year’s winning filmmakers saw their stories come to life on the Giant Screen Experience. 🎥

Created entirely on mobile devices around the theme “Creating Better Food Futures,” the 10 winning films explored healthy food access, urban farming and community gardens, organizations feeding their communities, food education, and Indigenous food justice. 📱

Following the screening, students joined filmmakers and leaders for a conversation about the power of storytelling, food as culture and community, and how young people can use the tools already in their hands to create change. ⭐

The celebration also gave the winners an opportunity to explore some of the region’s most iconic destinations. At Eastern Market Partnership, students experienced one of the country’s largest historic public markets and saw firsthand how food, local businesses and community come together. At Greenfield Village, they explored stories of American innovation, agriculture and everyday life, connecting the weekend’s focus on food and storytelling with history in a hands-on setting. 🥕

Read the full Saturday recap: https://www.nourishing-narratives.com/in-the-news/2026-nourishing-narratives-winners-take-the-big-screen

08/25/2026

Night one of the 2026 Nourishing Narratives winner celebration kicked off in Detroit with an evening connecting youth storytelling, , and community. ✨

Winning youth filmmakers from across the country joined educators, food advocates, and film professionals at College for Creative Studies for a special screening of The Henry Ford’s “Farm to School Lunch Across America: Innovation in School Lunch,” followed by a conversation exploring how storytelling, education, and collaboration can help create better food futures. 🎬

The evening continued at The Kitchen by Cooking with Que, where chef and owner Quiana “Que” Rice hosted the winners for dinner and a cooking demonstration. 🐟

Read the full Friday recap: https://www.nourishing-narratives.com/in-the-news/nourishing-narratives-weekend-kicks-off-in-detroit-with-film-food-and-a-conversation-about-creating-change

08/18/2026

What a weekend in Detroit! Our 2026 Nourishing Narratives winners came together from across the country for two days of storytelling, learning, and connection centered on creating better food futures. From Friday’s screening of "Farm to School Lunch Across America" and conversations with leaders in food, education, and film to seeing all 10 winning films on the Giant Screen Experience at The Henry Ford on Saturday, the weekend amplified youth voices and showed the power of storytelling to create change. Thank you to our incredible student filmmakers, families, speakers, and partners who made this experience possible. And congratulations again to our 2026 winning filmmakers! 📱 🎬 🍎 🌎

These events are made possible by the generous support from College for Creative Studies, Mosaic Film Experience, , The Skillman Foundation, and The Henry Ford.

08/17/2026

Thank you to School News Network for sharing an inside look at our program and highlighting the young filmmakers who spent six weeks learning alongside industry professionals and documenting the stories of local nonprofit leaders.