Talks

It was truly a jolly holiday when Mary Poppins flew, via umbrella, back onto the big screen in the whimsical sequel Mary Poppins Returns (2018), starring Emily Blunt reprising Julie Andrews’ breakthrough role. It was an even happier surprise to see traditionally-animated penguins dancing beside her,...

A cultural icon, Mickey Mouse’s indomitable spirit and universal appeal has inspired unique fashion lines across the world for decades. In honor of his 90th birthday in 2018, many fashion companies such as Levi’s, Dooney & Bourke, Vans, Ray-Ban, and Coach chose to pay tribute to the mouse who...

Find yourself transported to Walt’s backyard for an intimate chat about his life, in his own words. Join Walt Disney Records Producer Randy Thornton as he presents rare snippets compiled from 17 hours of interview material and discusses insights gathered from these unique recordings.

Join animator and animation historian Tom Sito as he presents his newest book—Eat, Drink, Animate: An Animator’s Cookbook. Sito will take you through the history behind recipes from the cookbooks of Disney Legends, including Mary Blair, Frank Thomas, and Ward Kimball, and more contemporary Disney...

Dive into a picture book about a kitten named Daisy who tells her mom an imaginative story about the origin of a blue spot on her new white dress. Read aloud by Author and Illustrator Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay, a visual development artist on Moana (2016) and Frozen II (2019), this family-friendly...

Join Disney Visual Development Artist Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay, half of the husband-and-wife artist duo Griz & Norm, as she takes us on a journey through the creation of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest hit, Frozen II (2019). Follow Sastrawinata on her own artistic journey while she dives...

All good things must come to an end, so join us as we bid a fond farewell to our highly-acclaimed special exhibition, Mickey Mouse: From Walt to the World. Join Guest Curator Andreas Deja as he and fellow Mickey Mouse animator Mark Henn discuss how the exhibition came together, Deja’s around-the...

When Jim Henson’s epic fantasy film The Dark Crystal was released in 1982, audiences marveled at the stunning artistry of the film, as well as its incredible puppets perfected by its iconic creator. A mere 37 years after its release, Netflix premiered a new prequel series, The Dark Crystal: Age of...

In 1964, Tania McKnight Norris was hired to work at WED Enterprises—now known as Walt Disney Imagineering—as an interior designer for the highly-anticipated Disneyland expansion: New Orleans Square. She joined Walt and Lilly Disney, Roy and Edna Disney, Walt's daughter Sharon and her husband Bob...