Storyboard

This month in Open Studio, artist Andy Gouveia created a story sequence on six large wood panels on the front porch of The Walt Disney Family Museum. The panels featured a series of line work illustrations telling an adapted version of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. The series of illustrations served to focus the viewer’s attention to the key storytelling moments of the plot, and encouraged the viewer to imagine one continuous story from the first panel to the last.

Storyboard’s Unusual Suspects series oft-focuses on a character considered by many to be secondary. A minor role, if you will. This month as we focus on Walt Disney's classic Alice in Wonderland, we decided to shake things up a bit and talk about a rather primary character, who still manages to fall under the realm of an unusual suspect.

It is widely known that Sendak decided to become an illustrator at the young age of 12 after watching Disney’s film Fantasia (1940). For more than forty years, Maurice Sendak's books have nurtured children and adults alike. The New York Times wrote that Sendak's work "has brought a new dimension to the American children's book and has helped to change how people visualize childhood." As an author and illustrator, Sendak influenced not only a generation of readers but also a new generation of picture book artists.

This summer we are offering a variety of workshops and talks led by master practitioners and creative professionals. These programs on visual storytelling and illustration are offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons...

Join us this Saturday and Sunday in Open Studio for activities focusing on how to tell stories using illustration. See demonstrations of visual storytelling throughout the program as artist Andy Gouveia paints a series of large wood panels and creates a striking visual narrative. Participants will be invited to create their own short visual narratives as might be seen in a comic book or graphic novel. Click through for more details...

Hang out where the Wild Things are and explore a gothic wonderland as we open two new exhibitions here at The Walt Disney Family Museum this May! Check out our full schedule of classes, programs, workshops, lectures, programs, and events... after the jump!

Chris Chua's journey as an animator began when he first saw Pinocchio as a kid. His love of drawing and animation eventually led to his enrollment at CalArts where he studied 4 years of classical 2D animation. Click through to find out more about this animator who is sharing with us what he loves about animation and how he got where he is today. 

We’re celebrating a day of STEAM-powered education at The Walt Disney Family Museum on Saturday, April 20! By adding the arts (A) to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), we want to help teachers show students that STEM can be creative and fun. Why STEAM? Well, Walt built Disneyland using the power of STEAM—that’s what Imagineers do. So while combining STEM and the arts is suddenly a hot topic in educational policy circles, it’s business-as-usual for those who follow in Walt’s footsteps.

Each month, we ask a Museum staffer to answer five questions about their position at the Museum, their fondest Disney memories, and other personal tidbits. After observing the rush of the final couple days of our Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs exhibition this past weekend, we'd like to introduce you to someone who our guests have probably seen helping manage the staff on the front-end, as well as working behind-the-scenes in helping everything run smoothly... so today, we're asking Billy Hayes... what do YOU do??

Join us for Open Studio this weekend (Saturday, April 13^th from 10am-noon & 1:30-2:30pm, or on Sunday, April 14^th from 1-4pm) as two artists from the California Watercolor Association perform demonstrations and provide helpful tips on the use of water media. Open Studio is a great opportunity to test out a new type of skill in a very low pressure environment. No experience is necessary to come and experiment with the activities offered here. We welcome learners of all ages and abilities, and participation is free with museum admission. Click through for all the details on what's happening at the museum this weekend!

During the weekend of April 13-14, the Museum is offering an unprecedented array of programming to celebrate the end of our first major exhibition, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic. Artists from the California Watercolor Association have been invited to demonstrate their craft in various places throughout the Museum on Saturday, the 13^th.