It's a world of laughter, a world of tears...

[andrewfarago]

After many, many months of gearing up for it, we're now about one week away from the opening of the Cartoon Art Museum's newest exhibition, The Art and Flair of Mary Blair. More than fifty pieces of one of the all-time great Disney artists will be on display, many of which have never been seen by the public.

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Comments

[anonymous]

I love the Alice in Wonderland piece as well as the horsemen from Cinderella. She was so good.

Brian
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[brianmooredraws]

Beautiful art! And thanks for posting the photo of Blair in the studio. It's always great to see the person behind the work.

[yaytime]

Man, I so wish I was able to make it out to SF for this!!
My hats off to everyone who helped put this show together.

[andrewfarago]

Excellent! Sounds like a good reason to buy a Cartoon Art Museum Membership if you haven't already.

(Apologies for channeling Stan Lee there--it happens to everybody at some time or another.)

[dearpapillon]

Hi I accidentally came across your website while googling for Mary Blair. I'm a big fan of her and I'm glad that you posted up some nice concept art done by Mary Blair! Unfortunately I live in a far away country 18 hrs away (by plane) in Singapore and I doubt I can afford an air ticket just for this exhibition. =( do post up more pics of her art!

Ps: I was wondering what happens to her art when the exhibition closes? I will be in the US during Dec 2008 and I was wondering if there's ANY chance of seeing Mary Blair's works.

[andrewfarago]

There aren't any plans for the Mary Blair show to travel, but I've talked to a few people who've expressed interest in seeing it in other venues.

If you can't make it to San Francisco by the end of March, your best option to see her originals is probably to befriend her family or become a beloved animator at Pixar. I'll be sure to announce it on this blog if anything changes, though.

Travelling show

[ridleygram]

The ARLUDIK galerie in Paris specialize in animation exhibitions-maybe they would be worth contacting if you wish the show to travel. They are a commercial gallery & if the originals are already sold or privately owned they sell limited edition prints. They are in a wonderful location on the Ile Saint-Louis & represent Moebius, Giger, Pixar, Arthur de Pins, Blue Sky Studio etc.

[johnsonskelton]

Are they going to let you see any other parts of Cuba while you're there. I asked them if I could go into Cuba, and they told me no.