Chris Oatley's video: The Lost HERstory Of Disney Animation with Ink Paint Author Mindy Johnson

http://ChrisOatley.com/mj1/ When author Mindy Johnson set out to write a book about of the history (or as Mindy says, the “HERstory”) of Walt Disney‘s definitively female “Ink & Paint” Department, she began her research in the most obvious place: The Disney Archives. I’ve been to the Disney Archives several times. It’s the epicenter of animation history - an enormous, state-of-the-art research library and storage facility filled, wall-to-wall with art from the past century of Disney Animated productions. Mindy visited, requested everything they had on Ink & Paint, and they brought her a folder holding five pieces of paper. That’s all they had. Composing the comprehensive history of any Disney division would be difficult even with the help of the Disney Archives. Mindy had to start from scratch. Today, she’ll share stories from the creation of her epic work “Ink & Paint: The Women Of Walt Disney’s Animation” and introduce us to inspiring artists from Animation HERstory - past, present and future… You can find a link to buy Mindy’s book “Ink & Paint: The Women Of Walt Disney’s Animation” at http://ChrisOatley.com/mj1/ As I mentioned a few episodes back, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of The ArtCast, we’re improving and upgrading the show! If The ArtCast has a special place in your heart, I’d like to invite you to our ten year birthday celebration at ChrisOatley.com/ten/ Join the special email list at that link and I’ll send you sneak peeks of our new name, album art, theme music! …and best of all, you’ll receive an invitation to our 10th Birthday Party which will be live online this Fall. Again, just go to ChrisOatley.com/ten/ , sign up and I’ll be in touch!