The Walt Disney Family Museum is hosting some really incredible events this year. One of the most recent announcements about an event revolves around Mary Blair. Inspired by Mary Blair with Disney Animation Artists Brittney Lee and Lorelay Bové will be offered on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at 1:00 PM in the theater at the Museum. Tickets are available on The Walt Disney Family Museum website for $25 for members, $45 for adults, and $40 for seniors and students (with ID). It is $35 for youths and free for children 5 and under. For any age, registration is required. Below is a look at the official description of this event:
In celebration of our latest special exhibition, Mary Blair: Mid-Century Magic, join us for an exclusive presentation with two talented Walt Disney Animation Studios’ artists who regularly draw inspiration from Mary in their current work. Brittney Lee, a production designer for the upcoming Frozen 3, has provided memorable designs and concepts for many beloved films including the interior design of Elsa’s ice palace in Frozen (2013). Lorelay Bové, a production designer, has contributed influential visual direction and development on several feature films including The Princess and the Frog (2009), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), and Encanto (2022), in addition to the Prep & Landing television specials.
On-Sale Information
Tickets for Inspired by Mary Blair with Disney Concept Artists Brittney Lee and Lorelay Bové are available as follows:
Walt’s Circle Donors: Purchase tickets beginning Tuesday, July 22 at noon PT by emailing membership@wdfmuseum.org.
Founding, Supporter, and Friend-level members: Purchase tickets beginning Wednesday, July 23 at noon PT by emailing membership@wdfmuseum.org.
All member levels: Purchase tickets online beginning Thursday, July 24 at noon PT via the Member Portal.
Public (non-members): Remaining tickets available online beginning Friday, July 25 at noon PT.
Upgrade your membership to receive priority access to purchase tickets. Membership dues and Walt’s Circle donations may be paid as monthly installments or as a one-time annual payment. For more information, please email the Membership Department at membership@wdfmuseum.org.
About the Speakers
Brittney Lee
Brittney Lee (Production Designer)joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2010, working on Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and the Academy Award®-winning short Paperman (2012). As a visual development artist on the Oscar®-winning feature, Frozen (2013), Lee was responsible for providing foundation designs for the colorful cast of characters—helping to design costumes and hairstyles—and also contributed to the interior design of Elsa’s extraordinary ice palace. Continuing in her role as a visual development artist, she also provided designs and concepts for the Oscar®-winning Zootopia (2016), in addition to Moana (2016), Frozen 2 (2019) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). She was production designer on the virtual reality short film, Myth: A Frozen Tale(2019), and is currently production designer on the highly anticipated Frozen 3, coming to theaters in 2027
Lee also provided illustrations for the 2019 Disney Press publication, Mary Blair’s Unique Flair: The Girl Who Became One of the Disney Legends.
Prior to joining Disney, Lee spent several years as an artist for Three Rings Design, a small game company in San Francisco, California. She attended the school of film and animation at New York’s Rochester Institute of Technology, studying character animation—a career she knew she would pursue from the moment she saw The Little Mermaid (1989) at age six.
Lorelay Bové
Lorelay Bové (Production Designer) worked in visual development for the Academy Award®-winning films Big Hero 6 (2014) and Zootopia (2016) and was associate production designer on the Oscar®-winning feature Encanto (2021). She also contributed her talents as lead designer of “Sugar Rush” for Wreck-It Ralph (2012). Her other Walt Disney Animation Studios credits include influential visual direction and development roles on The Princess and the Frog (2009), Tangled (2010), Winnie the Pooh (2011), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), and the short film Tangled Ever After(2012), in addition to the Emmy Award®-winning Prep & Landing television specials. She is currently serving as a production designer on an unannounced Disney Animation project in development.
Born in Barcelona, Spain, and raised in the principality of Andorra, Bové is part of a family of gifted artists—her father is renowned painter Quim Bové—and art has always been a way of life for her. After graduating in 2007 from the prestigious CalArts, she made her entry into animation as an art intern at Pixar Animation Studios.
In addition to her visual development work for Disney Animation films, Bové has also provided illustrations for several Little Golden Books, including The Princess and the Frog, Toy Story: Ride ‘em Cowboy!, and Wreck-It Ralph. Bové is the illustrator of the Walt Disney Animation Studios Artist Showcase book No Slurping, No Burping!: A Tale of Table Manners. She has also created artwork for each of Walt Disney Records’ 12 albums in The Legacy Collection.
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