For my animation fanatic friends...
From The Matilda Effect:
Missing Mary Blair
Acrylic and colored pencil on tablecloth scrap.
14 X 15”
Here’s to the hidden Minnies.
Mary Blair was an American designer, colorist and concept artist. She drew concept art for Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South, and Cinderella.
She created designs for Disneyland’s It’s a Small World, and and the large mosaic inside Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Blair’s illustrations in children’s books (written in the 1950s) remain in print, such as I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss. It wasn’t until 1991 that Blair was inducted into the group of Disney Legends.
I worked in the animation business for over twenty years and not once did I hear any woman described as a ‘legend’ although I heard this term used many times to describe men. I only once had a woman director, who was the amazingly talented Brenda Chapman (thank you Brenda for your vision and leadership).
I would have loved to work with the fabulous Joanna Qinn (who was smart enough to start her own studio) but it never happened.
The percentage of women in key creative roles in animation remains alarmingly low. Women directors are only 3%, and women of color being “almost nil”.
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