2026 Events
PRIVATE EVENT
WEDNESDAY
1/28
Walt Disney Feature Animation
"Hello Maggie"
Screening & Panel Event with Willie Ito, James Lopez & more
Moderated by Mindy Johnson
DETROIT, MI
TUESDAY
3/24
College of Creative Studies
Trailblazing Women of Animation
4/5–4/19
CARIBBEAN / SOUTH AMERICA / MEXICO
Aboard The Magic
Disney Magic
Historian Mindy Johnson
LANCASTER, CA
FRIDAY
5/1
Antelope Valley College –
Performing Arts Theater
3041 W Ave K / Lancaster, CA 93536
LOS ANGELES, CA
MONDAY
5/18
7pm doors open
7:30pm start
Fleischer & Disney
Cartoon Screening and Q&A
with Mindy Johnson
Join in for a festive night of vintage animation – celebrating all things Disney and Fleischer with the terrific team at Vidéothèque – a film lover's paradise!
Vidéothèque
4102 Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90065
SAN DIEGO, CA
FRIDAY
7/24
7:30–8:30pm
HerStory of Animation –
Mary Blair & Beyond
Panel Room 26AB
Join award-winning author/historian Mindy Johnson (Ink & Paint, Tinker Bell & more) as she reveals newly discovered trailblazing women animators and artists from the very dawn of the industry. Sneak-peek Johnson’s curated exhibition HerStory of Animation and forthcoming book: The “Only” Woman Animator, which feature rare imagery, artistry and all-new stories on the leading heroines of our collected animated past.
San Diego Convention Center
WHITEHALL, MI
Evening & Saturday Matinee Performances
7/24–7/25
and
7/31–8/2
HERStory of Animation –
A Musical Celebration
The Playhouse at White Lake
304 S. Mears Street, Whitehall, MI 49461
231-894-0119
8/1
Join author / historian Mindy Johnson for
HERStory – Beyond the Revue
The Playhouse at White Lake
304 S. Mears Street, Whitehall, MI 49461
REDLANDS, CA
SATURDAY
10/3
4–9pm
The Carolwood Foundation &
Garner Holt Productions present
Return to Rainbow Ridge
A special fundraising celebration and dinner event to unveil the nearly restored Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland Locomotive and ore cars from Disneyland.™
Learn about the Mine Train attraction thru 3 great panel discussions.
Panel guests to include: Joanna Miller, Bob Gurr, Garner Holt and members from the Order of the Red Handkerchief.
With the “Premier Level” entry ticket, come early, tour Garner Holt Productions, mix and mingle with our special VIP guests: Willie Ito, Caitlin McHugh, Floyd Norman, Tania McKnight Norris, Mindy Johnson, Javier Soto, and Johnny Whitaker!
Garner Holt Productions, Inc.
Redlands, CA 92374
