Thu May 18, 2017
Presidio Dialogues - Tyrus Wong: A Celebration
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PRESIDIO DIALOGUES – Thursday Evenings at 6 pm
Notable authors, artists, and conversation starters explore themes from ancient history to current events through interactive dialogues, stimulating talks, panels, performances, and films.
Painter, muralist, lithographer, designer and kite maker Tyrus Wong worked for decades in Hollywood as a film production illustrator for Disney and Warner Brothers, most notably as the lead artist on Disney's 1942 classic, Bambi. He was the subject of major retrospective exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, was named a Disney Legend, and featured in Pamela Tom’s award-winning documentary Tyrus (2015). He passed away in December 2016 at the age of 106.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Ronnie del Carmen (Pixar’s Inside Out) and filmmaker Pamela Tom celebrate the life and work of this inspirational artist through reminiscences, images, and film clips.
Presented in association with the Walt Disney Family Museum.
Image: Tyrus Wong, Self-Portrait, c. 1930; Courtesy of the Chinese American Museum at El Pueblo Historical Monument, Gift of Sonora Babb Howe
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Notable authors, artists, and conversation starters explore themes from ancient history to current events through interactive dialogues, stimulating talks, panels, performances, and films.
Painter, muralist, lithographer, designer and kite maker Tyrus Wong worked for decades in Hollywood as a film production illustrator for Disney and Warner Brothers, most notably as the lead artist on Disney's 1942 classic, Bambi. He was the subject of major retrospective exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, was named a Disney Legend, and featured in Pamela Tom’s award-winning documentary Tyrus (2015). He passed away in December 2016 at the age of 106.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Ronnie del Carmen (Pixar’s Inside Out) and filmmaker Pamela Tom celebrate the life and work of this inspirational artist through reminiscences, images, and film clips.
Presented in association with the Walt Disney Family Museum.
Image: Tyrus Wong, Self-Portrait, c. 1930; Courtesy of the Chinese American Museum at El Pueblo Historical Monument, Gift of Sonora Babb Howe
Read more about our event registration policy >>
PRESIDIO DIALOGUES – Thursday Evenings at 6 pm
Notable authors, artists, and conversation starters explore themes from ancient history to current events through interactive dialogues, stimulating talks, panels, performances, and films.
Painter, muralist, lithographer, designer and kite maker Tyrus Wong worked for decades in Hollywood as a film production illustrator for Disney and Warner Brothers, most notably as the lead artist on Disney's 1942 classic, Bambi. He was the subject of major retrospective exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, was named a Disney Legend, and featured in Pamela Tom’s award-winning documentary Tyrus (2015). He passed away in December 2016 at the age of 106.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Ronnie del Carmen (Pixar’s Inside Out) and filmmaker Pamela Tom celebrate the life and work of this inspirational artist through reminiscences, images, and film clips.
Presented in association with the Walt Disney Family Museum.
Image: Tyrus Wong, Self-Portrait, c. 1930; Courtesy of the Chinese American Museum at El Pueblo Historical Monument, Gift of Sonora Babb Howe
Read more about our event registration policy >>
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Notable authors, artists, and conversation starters explore themes from ancient history to current events through interactive dialogues, stimulating talks, panels, performances, and films.
Painter, muralist, lithographer, designer and kite maker Tyrus Wong worked for decades in Hollywood as a film production illustrator for Disney and Warner Brothers, most notably as the lead artist on Disney's 1942 classic, Bambi. He was the subject of major retrospective exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, was named a Disney Legend, and featured in Pamela Tom’s award-winning documentary Tyrus (2015). He passed away in December 2016 at the age of 106.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Ronnie del Carmen (Pixar’s Inside Out) and filmmaker Pamela Tom celebrate the life and work of this inspirational artist through reminiscences, images, and film clips.
Presented in association with the Walt Disney Family Museum.
Image: Tyrus Wong, Self-Portrait, c. 1930; Courtesy of the Chinese American Museum at El Pueblo Historical Monument, Gift of Sonora Babb Howe
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