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 13th.
The art of the Disney studio has been exhibited in museums almost as long as the Disney studio has been making animated films. In 1941, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art held an exhibition focused on the development of the technique of animation from the late 1890s through the making of Fantasia.
For any of our dedicated followers who find themselves in the Los Angeles area, check out an exciting exhibition D23 presents Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives at The Reagan Library. This exhibition presents more than 500 artifacts from the original script of Steamboat Willie to props, costumes, and set pieces from recent Disney films. Click through for the details!
The San Francisco Arts Education Project, in cooperation with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, presents INTERNATIONAL ORANGE: The Bridge Re-imagined, an exhibition featuring artwork created by students from San Francisco public schools to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Walt Disney Family Museum is pleased to present the special exhibition Heinrich Kley: From Fantasy to Fantasia featuring drawings by Heinrich Kley—Walt Disney’s most admired European illustrator—paired with art from Disney’s famed animated film Fantasia (1940). On view from May 11 to September 17, 2012, this exhibition features 29 drawings by Kley and alongside more than 25 sketches, concept art, and maquettes from the Walt Disney classic film...
The moment when Cinderella is transformed from her tattered rags into her shimmering ball gown is said to have been one of Walt Disney’s favorite pieces of animation. The significance and legacy of the treasured Disney animated feature Cinderella are indisputable. The film was the studio’s first unqualified hit since 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and restored financial stability to the debt-ridden postwar studio...
From May 11 to September 17, the works of Heinrich Kley, a unique German illustrator, will be on display at The Walt Disney Family Museum. He was a profound influence on Walt Disney and the studio artists, who used his fantastic, dark and satirical drawings as inspiration for their animation. Although his style and work left behind a lasting impression on the world, the man behind the pen is still a mystery...
For Walt Disney, a great story was central to producing a successful project. As a part of The Walt Disney Family Museum’s ongoing attempt to live up to Walt’s legacy, the Museum shares Walt’s story in a way that lives up to his own standard of great storytelling.
"We won't turn into a live-action studio, but we'll get into the live-action business." —Walt Disney
The end of World War II presented a new creative opportunity for Walt. Like most war-damaged countries, Britain had frozen payments due to American film companies. Disney and RKO had millions of dollars that could only be spent in the United Kingdom...
For many of us, this is the one time of year when we don’t mind the daily visit to the mailbox. Amidst the junk mail and bills that still find their way to our homes are true postal gems...