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Disney Artist, Pioneer, and Legend Mary Blair
For all Disney fans who love the classic attraction “It’s a small World” and many of the beautiful murals and artwork seen around the parks, you can thank gifted artist Mary Blair. Mary was credited with introducing the Modern and the “Cartoon Modern” style art forms to Walt Disney and the studios.
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All-New Epcot International Festival of the Arts Coming This Month
Combining visual, culinary and performing arts from around the world, the first-ever Epcot International Festival of the Arts will create a global masterpiece for six inspired weekends.
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Top Ten Walt Disney Imagineers
Where would Disneyland and Walt Disney World be without the Imagineers who helped to create them? Without these amazing people, all of Walt Disney's dreams and imaginations would never have become a reality.
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25 Days of Disney Christmas Day 4 – Gingerbread House
Check out the video of the 17-foot-tall gingerbread holiday tree at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, featuring ornaments, candy canes and gifts. Inspired by the art of Disney legend Mary Blair (who designed the mural in the Contemporary concourse). It took 136 pounds of honey, 211 pounds of flour, 101 eggs, 1 pound of sugar syrup, 98 pounds of icing, 151 pounds of chocolate and more than 2,000 gingerbread shingles to create the tree. Guests can purchase sweet treats such as cookies, gingerbread houses, pretzel toffee crunch and a housemade gingerbread granola. The tree is up until January 2. What other Disney Artists whould be honored with a specially designed Gingerbread House?