The Walt Disney Family Museum is delighted to offer guests another opportunity to view one of its most celebrated original exhibitions: Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle. Co-curated by CEO of Eyvind Earle Publishing Ioan Szasz and museum Director of Collections and Exhibitions Marina Villar Delgado, Awaking Beauty explores the life and work of prolific American artist and Disney Legend Eyvind Earle. The presentation builds upon the museum’s original exhibition while offering a fresh perspective on Earle’s remarkable artistic legacy.

Earle is best known as the color stylist—the artist determining not only the colors but the entire visual look—for Walt Disney’s classic feature Sleeping Beauty (1959). His evocative concept and background art also shaped such endearing films as Lady and the Tramp (1955), The Truth About Mother Goose (1957), Paul Bunyan (1958), and others. 

Reflecting on his time at The Walt Disney Studios, Earle once said, “I put myself through art school and Walt Disney paid me a good salary all the while I unwittingly developed the style of painting, or rather, perfected the style that would stay with me the rest of my life.”

To celebrate Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle, the museum is hosting a special month-long screening of Sleeping Beauty. In this beloved adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Earle’s unique style of background illustration and color design is on display. Don’t miss your “once upon a dream” opportunity to see it on the big screen!

Screenings will be held every Friday through Sunday at 3 pm in November, beginning Friday, November. A special sensory-friendly screening will also be held Friday through Sunday at 1 pm in November, beginning Friday, November 6.

Tickets for all screenings of Sleeping Beauty go on sale Sunday, November 1 at 12 pm PT on the museum’s website.

What do you think of this special screening of Sleeping Beauty at the Walt Disney Family Museum? Will you be attending a screening or visiting the museum soon? Let us know in the comments.