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2017 Events

2017 Events
D23 Expo – July 12-16, 2017

FRIDAY

7/14/17

4:30pm – 5:30pm

D23 Expo Panel Event
Anaheim Convention Center / Walt Disney Archives Stage

INK & PAINT – THE WOMEN OF WALT DISNEY'S ANIMATION

Women have been at the forefront of animation from the very beginning, yet in the past, their presence and artistic contributions have largely been unrecognized. Mindy Johnson, author of the landmark volume Ink & Paint – The Women of Walt Disney's Animation  (Disney Editions Deluxe) introduces you to some of the extraordinary artists who’ve made remarkable contributions to Walt Disney’s animation.

6:00pm – 7:00pm

Book Signing / Meet & Greet
Anaheim Convention Center / Disney Dream Store

DreamWorks Animation

MONDAY

8/7/17

7:30pm

Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences

Samuel Goldwyn Theater / 8949 Wilshire Blvd / Beverly Hills, CA 90211

AN INVISIBLE HISTORY: TRAILBLAZING WOMEN OF ANIMATION

From the earliest pioneers of hand-rendered animated films, to the advent of digital technology, women have been at the forefront of the animation medium, yet their extraordinary contributions have largely gone unrecognized.  Join Mindy Johnson, author of the landmark volume Ink & Paint – The Women of Walt Disney's Animation  (Disney Editions Deluxe) along with a stellar panel of trailblazing artists, as they raise the celluloid curtain on the remarkable history of women in animation.

Comic-Con International: San Diego
  • Cartoon Creatives: Woman Power in Animation / Panel

  • The Genius of Animation: Cartoon Legends and Game Changers Speak / Panel

FRIDAY

7/21/17

Comic-Con® International: San Diego

DreamWorks Animation

FRIDAY

7/28/17

DreamWorks Animation

Private Presentation

FRIDAY

9/29/17

Lucasfilm

(Private Event)

Presentation & Book Signing

The Walt Disney Family Museum

SATURDAY

9/30/17

1:00pm

The Walt Disney Family Museum

Presentation & Book Signing

The Presidio / 104 Montgomery Street / San Francisco, CA 94129

SUNDAY

10/1/17

Doors open at 11am

The World Animation Celebration

Presentation & Book Signing

Sony Pictures Animation / 9050 W. Washington Blvd. / Culver City, CA 90232

WEDNESDAY

10/4/17

11:30am – 1:30pm

Disney Studio Store

Book Signing / The Walt Disney Studios (Studio Exclusive)

Mark Taper Auditorium

Presentation & Book Signing / LA Public Library

630 West 5th Street / Los Angeles, CA

SATURDAY

10/7/17

2:00pm

PAINT, PENCILS & PIXELS – HOW WOMEN TRANSFORMED WALT DISNEY’S ANIMATION

Join Mindy Johnson, author of the landmark volume Ink & Paint –
The Women of Walt Disney's Animation
  (Disney Editions Deluxe), as she raises the celluloid curtain on the remarkable
‘her-story’ of how women artists defined the classic animation of Walt Disney.

SATURDAY

10/14/17

1:00pm – 4:00pm

Center Stage Gallery

Book Signing and Gathering

847 Hollywood Way, Space 100 / Burbank, CA 91505

Disney TV Animation – Empire

(Private Event)

Presentation & Book Signing

WEDNESDAY

10/18/17

12:00pm

USC Cinematic Arts Seminar Series

Presentation & Book Signing

John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts

930 West 34th Street / Los Angeles, CA  90089-2211

WEDNESDAY

10/18/17

6:30pm – 8:00pm

Wonderful World of Animation

Book Signing

9517 Culver Blvd. / Culver City, CA 90232

SATURDAY

10/21/17

Walt Disney Feature Animation

(Private Event)

Presentation & Book Signing

WEDNESDAY

10/25/17

Disneyana, Main Street U.S.A.,
Disneyland
®  Resort

Book Signing

1313 Disneyland Drive / Anaheim, CA 92802

SATURDAY

11/4/17

9:00am – 11:00am

1:00pm – 3:00pm

World of Disney®  Store,
Downtown Disney
®  District

Book Signing

1580 Disneyland Drive / Anaheim, CA 92802

WEDNESDAY

11/15/17

7:00am

LA Breakfast Club

Breakfast / Friendship Auditorium

3201 Riverside Drive / Los Angeles, 90027

8:00am – 9:00am

Presentation

THE PIONEERING WOMEN OF WALT DISNEY'S ANIMATION

CTN Expo

Burbank Airport Marriott Convention Center
2500 N. Hollywood Way / Burbank, CA 91505

FRIDAY

11/17/17

3:00pm – 4:30pm

Featuring Mindy Johnson, along with 12+ Disney artists.

5:15pm – 6:00pm

Hosted by Mindy Johnson, featuring Lorna Cook, Kathy Zielinski, and Jane Baer.

Panel Presentation / Theater 1

Leading Ladies of Animation

Mickey's of Glendale – Imagineering

Group Book Signing

WDI Green Space/Patio

1401 Flower Street / Glendale, CA 91201

WEDNESDAY

11/29/17

11:30am – 1:30pm

Occidental College —
ISLA Fall 2017 Speaker Series

JSC Morrison Lounge

1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90041

WEDNESDAY

12/6/17

6:30pm

Presentation & Book Signing

INK & PAINT – THE WOMEN OF WALT DISNEY'S ANIMATION

Glendale Central Library Authors Appearance

Presentation & Book Signing

WEDNESDAY

11/29/17

7:00pm

SATURDAY

12/9/17

4:00pm – 6:00pm

Light Up the Season

Book Signing

The Walt Disney Studios Store (Disney Employee Exclusive)

500 S. Buena Vista St. / Burbank, CA 91521

SUNDAY

12/10/17

4:00pm – 6:00pm

D23's Light Up the Season

Book Signing

The Walt Disney Studios Store (D23 Exclusive)

500 S. Buena Vista St. / Burbank, CA 91521

Walt's Barn

Book Signing

5202 Zoo Drive / Los Angeles, CA 90027

SUNDAY

12/17/17

11:00am – 3:00pm
(Weather permitting)

Vroman's Bookstore – Pasadena

Group Book Signing with Don Hahn & Dave Bossert

695 E. Colorado Blvd. / Pasadena, CA 91101

THURSDAY

12/21/17

7:00pm

2018 Events

2018 Events

FRIDAY

1/12/18

1:30pm – 2:00pm

    ORLANDO, FL     

Epcot® International Festival of the Arts

Epcot® World Showcase / Orlando, FL

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Presentation

Trailblazing Ladies of Walt Disney's Animation

Art of Disney at Epcot

Epcot® Future World / Orlando, FL

 

Book Signing

SATURDAY

1/13/18

Art of Disney at Disney Springs

Book Signing

1780 East Buena Vista Drive / Orlando, FL 32830

    ORLANDO, FL     

7:00pm – 8:00pm

Epcot® International Festival of the Arts

Odyssey Festival Showplace

Epcot® World Showcase / Orlando, FL

SUNDAY

1/14/18

    ORLANDO, FL     

11:00am – 12:15pm

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Workshop

Pencils, Paint & Pixels – How Women Transformed
Walt Disney's Animation

Art of Disney at Epcot

Epcot® Future World / Orlando, FL

 

Book Signing

SUNDAY

1/21/18

2:00pm

Barnes & Noble
Media City Center – Burbank, CA

731 North San Fernando Boulevard /

Burbank, CA 91502

Group Book Signing to Include:

Mindy Johnson – Ink & Paint –
      The Women of Walt Disney's Animation

Don Hahn – Yesterday's Tomorrow –
      Disney's Magical Mid-Century

Dave Bossert – Oswald The Lucky Rabbit 
      and 
The Art of Tennessee Loveless

MONDAY

1/22/18

5:30pm Lecture

USC Graduate School -
Business of Animation

John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts

930 West 34th Street / Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211

PIXAR Animation Studios 

(Private Event)  

Presentation and Book Signing

WEDNESDAY

1/24/18

 

 

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA     

Pacific Northwest Mouse Meet

Edmonds Community College, Black Box Theater

20000 68th Avenue West / Lynnwood, WA 98036

SATURDAY

1/27/18

1:30pm Showtime

(doors open at 1pm)

    SEATTLE, WA     

MiceChat Anniversary
Author Panel Event

The Anaheim Hotel (across from Disneyland)

1700 South Harbor Boulevard / Anaheim, CA 92802

Participating Authors:

Mindy Johnson – Ink & Paint – The Women of Walt Disney's Animation

Dave Bossert – Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons

FRIDAY

2/2/18

6:30pm – 9:00pm

    ANAHEIM, CA     

SATURDAY

2/3/18

12:00pm – 2:00pm

EVENT INFO

El Capitan Theater /
Disney's Soda Fountain & Studio Store Hollywood

6834 Hollywood Blvd. / Los Angeles, CA 90028

Group Book Signing to Include:

Mindy Johnson – Ink & Paint –
      The Women of Walt Disney's Animation

Marcy Carriker Smothers – Eat Like Walt

Don Hahn – Yesterday's Tomorrow –
      Disney's Magical Mid-Century

Dave Bossert – Oswald The Lucky Rabbit  and The Art of Tennessee Loveless

FRIDAY

2/9/18

6:30pm

California Institute of the Arts

Seminar Lecture

24700 McBean Parkway / Valencia, CA 91355

MONDAY

2/12/18

7:00pm

Open to the Public

ArtCenter College of Design

Presentation 

1700 Lida Street / Pasadena, CA 91103

SATURDAY

2/17/18

5:00pm – 10:00pm

Ryman Arts Benefit

Book Signing

12021 Harbor Blvd. / Anaheim, CA 92840

Featuring:

Marcy Carriker SmothersEat Like Walt
Mindy Johnson
Ink & Paint - The Women of Walt Disney's Animation, along with Jane BaerAnimator –
Sleeping Beauty / The Rescuers / Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

SATURDAY

3/3/18

2:00pm

Barnes & Noble
Media City Center – Burbank, CA

731 North San Fernando Boulevard / Burbank, CA 91502

Women's History Month Book Signing with Women Artists of Disney Animation:

Gretchen AlbrechtInk & Paint Department Head
Jane Baer
Animator
       Sleeping Beauty / The Rescuers / Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Karen Comella
Supervisor Color Models
Phyllis Fields
Assistant Paint Supervisor
Beth Ann McCoy-Gee
Color Model Mark-up
Teri McDonald
Assistant Final Check Supervisor
Robyn Roberts Parra
Supervisor 2D Animation Processing

WEDNESDAY

3/7/18

6:00pm

Mark Taper Auditorium

Ladies of Animation Panel Event / LA Public Library

630 West 5th Street / Los Angeles, CA

Leading Ladies of Animation

From the earliest black-and-white imagery to the advent of digital animation, women have been at the forefront of animation advancements. Meet some of today's trailblazing women whose leading talents brought landmark animated stories to life.

 

Join Mindy Johnson, historian & author of Ink & Paint – The Women of Walt Disney's Animation, as she pulls back the celluloid curtain on the rich history of women who animate and meet these leading ladies of the animated art form.

Panelists:

Kathy Zielinski – Lead Animator

Lorna Cook – Director / Animator / Story Artist

Sue Kroyer – Animator / Art Director / Layout / Producer

Jane Baer – Animator / Studio Head

Gretchen Albrecht – Ink & Paint Department Head

WEDNESDAY

3/14/18

7:30pm – 10:00pm

Hollywood Heritage Museum /
Evening at the Barn

Presentation & Book Signing

2100 N. Highland Ave. / Los Angeles, CA 90068

All ticket costs go to Hollywood Heritage Museum

    FORT LAUDERDALE, FL     

FRIDAY

3/16/18

USITT Conference & Stage Expo

Fort Lauderdale, FL

    NEW YORK     

MONDAY

3/19/18

8:30pm

Pratt Institute

Presentation & Book Signing

Myrtle Hall 4E3

200 Willoughby Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11205

TUESDAY

3/20/18

6:30pm

    NEW JERSEY     

Ocean County Library - Toms River Branch

Presentation & Book Signing

101 Washington Street / Toms River, NJ 08753

TUESDAY

3/27/18

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Disney Consumer Products and
Interactive Media

(Private Event)

Presentation and Book Signing

40th Annual Communications Week

Presentation & Book Signing

Cal State University Fullerton Campus

College of Communications

2600 Nutwood Avenue / Fullerton, CA 92831

WEDNESDAY

4/25/18

7:00pm

    FULLERTON, CA     

Stage Nine Gallery VIP Event

Event & Book Signing

102 K Street / Sacramento, CA 95814

FRIDAY

3/30/18

7:00pm

    SACRAMENTO, CA     

Stage Nine Gallery Public Event

Event & Book Signing

102 K Street / Sacramento, CA 95814

SATURDAY

3/31/18

Time TBD

    SACRAMENTO, CA     

TCM Classic Film Festival

Presentation & Book Signing

Hollywood, CA

SATURDAY

4/28/18

2:30pm

THURSDAY

5/3/18

3:00pm – 5:00pm

College of the Canyons

Presentation & Book Signing with animator Jane Baer

Humanities Department / Hasley Hall - Theater 101

26455 Rockwell Canyon Road / Santa Clarita, CA 91355

To be Human is to be Recognized...

An Invisible History —
Trailblazing Women of Walt Disney's Animation

From the earliest pioneers of hand-rendered animated films, to the advent of digital technology, women have been at the forefront of the animation medium, yet their extraordinary contributions have largely gone unrecognized. Join author/historian Mindy Johnson, of COC Film Studies, as she pulls back the celluloid curtain on the rich 'her-story' of women in animation with a compelling presentation based on her latest landmark book, Ink & Paint – The Women of Walt Disney's Animation. Extensively researched, featuring never-before-seen materials, photographs and artwork, this ground-breaking volume redefines the collective history of animation.

WEDNESDAY

6/6/18

10:30am – 12:00pm

Peninsula Lecture Series

Presentation & Book Signing with special guests

Hesse Community Park

29301 Hawthorne Blvd. / Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

How Women Transformed Walt Disney's Animation

From the earliest pioneers of hand-rendered animated films, to the advent of digital technology, women have been at the forefront of the animation medium, yet their extraordinary contributions have largely gone unrecognized. Join author/historian Mindy Johnson, as she pulls back the celluloid curtain on the rich 'her-story' of women in animation. Exclusively researched with the full support of the entire Walt Disney Company Archival resources, along with a multitude of private collections, this essential volume redefines the collective history of animation.

Architecture & Beyond Series

Los Feliz Branch Library

1874 Hillhurst Avenue / Los Angeles, CA 90027

THURSDAY

6/28/18

6:30pm – 8:00pm

Presentation & Book Signing

INK & PAINT – THE WOMEN OF WALT DISNEY'S ANIMATION

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