Mar 14, 2018
Highly Deserved Honors
There are many awards given each year to honor the best of the best. Perhaps the most valued awards are those given by peers within their...
Mar 7, 2018
The Shape Of...A Women & Her Monsters
The Best Picture Oscar win for Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water marked a terrific opportunity to shed some light on the woman —...
Mar 1, 2018
MARCH FOR WOMEN
Officially designated as Women's History Month, March presents an opportunity to learn more about the extraordinary 'her-story' or our...
Feb 24, 2018
A Concert of Color
2/23/35 - marks a landmark transition for everyone's favorite mouse in color! Mickey Mouse's 1935 short The Band Concert introduced...
Feb 14, 2018
Two Silhouettes / Without You
Valentine's Day seems a fitting time to celebrate a couple of rarely explored segments from the Disney anthology films of the late 1940s....
Feb 6, 2018
A Pixie-Dusted Debut
Final Frame of Tinker Bell from Peter Pan 2/5/53 – On this day, a particular imp made her animated motion picture debut! After nearly 15...
Jan 30, 2018
Once Upon A Dream
On January 29th, 1959, one of the greatest visual cinematic feasts was released in theaters nationwide, and marked the end of a...
Jan 24, 2018
Re-discovering 'Rosie'
The research process can be overwhelming. So many questions remain mysteries and when the digging can seem daunting, we accept what's...
Jan 23, 2018
It's About Time!
Beloved worldwide, a star of over 70 films, she has stood arm-in-arm with kings and queens, celebrities, world leaders and heads of...
Jan 20, 2018
She Wears The Pants!
The pantsuit-clad women of the Walt Disney Studios Ink & Paint Department in the early 1970s. For many of us, the choices we make as we...
Jan 11, 2018
Inspiration & Accomplishment – Starting the New Year Right!
The beginning of a new year always offers an important step in the progression of our lives and our society. Resolutions, fresh starts...
Jan 1, 2018
Magnificent "Myrtle!"
Elizabeth Grace Randall was born on New Year's Day in Willoughby, Ohio, in 1901. After studying art at the Cleveland School of Art, Grace...
Dec 27, 2017
A Fairy's Debut
Illustrator Roy Best's interpretation of Peter & Tink On the crisp evening of December 27th, 1904, at the Duke of York Theatre in London,...
Dec 25, 2017
Christmas Traditions, Surprises & Gifts
There are sure signs of the season—carols, lights, brightly decorated trees, the shopping hustle and bustle, friends and family...
Dec 20, 2017
Animated Movement Before Celluloid
McLean's Optical Illusions or Panorama disc (1833) Many early inventions paved the way to modern animation. One of the first devices to...