Schedule of artists you can meet at Disneyland in November 2019
The last two months of the year is always a popular time to meet artists at Disneyland. After all, they do make great presents, especially with an artist’s signature.
Here is a look at who will be visiting the WonderGround Gallery in the Downtown Disney District at Disneyland this month.
Lorelay Bové – Nov. 1, 3, 9 and 10, From 5 to 9 p.m.
Lorelay Bové graduated from California Institute of the Arts in 2007, completing an internship at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville and then started her career in the visual development department. She has worked on the Disney animated movie “The Princess and the Frog” providing visual development, color characters, costumes, props, backgrounds and end credit sequence art and designs. Lorelay has also worked on visual development on a variety of other Disney animated movies such as “Tangled,” “Tangled Ever After,” “Ballad of Nessie,” “Winnie the Pooh,” and “Prep and Landing.”
Neysa Bové – Nov. 16, 17, and 24, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Neysa Bové studied Fashion Design at FIDM (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) and later took courses at Cal Arts’ acclaimed animation department. After a Costume Design internship at Walt Disney World, Neysa began her career working at Disney Consumer Products. Her very first film contribution doing visual development and costume design was on the Disney movie “Moana.” Since then, she’s worked on Disney and Pixar movies including “Wreck it Ralph 2,” “Frozen 2,” and “Raya and the Last Dragon.” She wants her artwork to reflect that by choosing light and fun themes, by using fun and colorful palettes and transporting the viewer to a happy and fun world.
Jackie Huang – Nov. 2, 3, 23 and 24, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Jackie Huang moved to Los Angeles after high school to attend the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Shortly after graduating, she returned to school to study illustration at Art Center College of Design. There she found a new way of storytelling through her love of paper art and pop-ups. Whether it’s through a pop-up unfolding before your eyes, or tilting your head to see another angle of a paper sculpture, Jackie believes in crafting a moment that makes you pause. She invites you to see how the ordinary can become extraordinary.
Miss Minday – Nov. 16, 2 to 4 p.m.
Miss Mindy is a Los Angeles native currently living and working out of her elf-like design studio tucked away in the hills. Her “cartoon folk art: ranges from fluid ink drawings and paintings, to her fabulously handcrafted sculptures. She is also a toy making aficionado. Her inspiration is her grandmother, who worked as an ink and paint girl for The Walt Disney Studio in the 1930’s. In addition to her fine art career, she has been prolific in creating animation designs, stories and illustrations for a slow of notable companies since the early 2000’s.
“Frozen 2” Showcase, No. 23 from 5 to 7 p.m.
A number of artists who worked on “Frozen 2” will be on hand to share their art work.
They include Neysa Bové and Lorelay Bové as well as Brittney Lee, a visual-development artist at The Walt Disney Animation Studios. A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, she knew that she would pursue a career in animation from the moment she saw the Disney animated classic “The Little Mermaid” at age six. Her handiwork can be found in the movie “Frozen” and “Wreck-it Ralph” as well as the Disney short films “Paperman” and “Get A Horse!”
Griselda Sastrawinata began her animation career while she was finishing art school and after graduation, she worked as a visual development artist and character designer. Through her career, she has worked on numerous movies and, in 2015, realized her dream of becoming a Disney artist for the Walt Disney Studio as a character designer and visual development artist.
And, Bill Schwab, an art director of characters at The Walt Disney Animation Studios. This is the first time he will be attending the WonderGround Gallery Showcase to show off his “Frozen 2” inspired artwork.
