Wednesday, February 12, 2025
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. MT
Triboro 102
Student-Led Q + A Session
Lunch is provided
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Student-Led Q + A Sessions are private, casual, in-person conversations open to RMCAD students, faculty, and staff. Guided by student voices, these discussions generate valuable professional advice for all students.
Students! Apply to lead the conversation Here>
The deadline to apply is Monday, February 3, 2025.
About Mindy Johnson
Scouring Disney archives, family documents, and historic events, artist and historian Mindy Johnson travels the world to uncover the hidden stories behind some of the most iconic animation characters and art. Johnson is an award-winning author, musician, filmmaker, educator, and animation historian with expertise in women in early animation. Her groundbreaking book Ink & Paint –The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation, (Disney Editions) redefines our collective history. Recipient of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences – AMPAS/Oscars.org Film Scholar Award and the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators Forum Grant, Johnson’s research continues into the earliest women of animation with several forthcoming books and film projects. Most notably, she recently unearthed the oldest surviving hand-drawn animated and directed films by a woman, Bessie Mae Kelley. Her critically acclaimed debut Tinker Bell – An Evolution (Disney Editions) was honored with rare consecutive Family Choice Awards. She is a contributing writer for the epic volume The Walt Disney Film Archives –The Animated Movies 1921-1968, (Taschen) as well as the celebrated collection Marc Davis: Walt Disney’s Renaissance Man, (Disney Editions).
Johnson’s creative work extends to a wide range of film projects including associate producing the award-winning documentary Pencils vs. Pixels (2023). In addition to a background in network television and film production, Johnson is an award-winning playwright, songwriter, musician, and contributing artist on several internationally acclaimed recordings. When she isn’t speaking, researching, or writing on a myriad of subjects, Johnson also teaches film/animation studies, women’s animation history, and screenwriting and intercultural film at CalArts, UCLA, and Drexel University.
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