The Ink and Paint Folk Podcast
TV & Film
Welcome to the Ink and Paint Girls podcast where we celebrate women working in animation and explore representation behind the scenes and on the screen.
In an era where women mostly worked in the Ink and Paint Department, a young woman named Bianca Majolie was hired to (as one news outlet reported) invade "the strictly masculine stronghold" of the story department at Disney Animation. She was the first recorded woman to work as a storyboard and concept artist for the company. Her most remembered accomplishment was creating the Silly Symphony cartoon, Elmer Elephant, as well as was a source of inspiration for animators like Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston who sited her philosophies on pathos for how the studio's storytelling style eventually evolved. A lesson that the gag-driven storytellers in the room weren't ready for at the time!
Hosted by Rebecca Nelson and Cassie Soliday.
Additional research by Samantha Conroy @anim_heroine
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The episode artwork of Bianca Majolie was drawn and painted by the wonderful Madi Hodges. Check her work out at http://madidrawsthings.tumblr.com and https://www.instagram.com/madidrawsthings !
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES USED
Library Collections:
NYU Fales Library
John Canemaker Animation Collection
http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/cane/
Books:
Canemaker, John (1996). Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists. Hyperion Books.
Ghez, Didier (2015). They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age. Chronicle Books.
Johnson, Mindy; Foray, June (2017). Ink & paint : the women of Walt Disney's animation. Disney Editions.
Websites:
http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/disneys-silly-symphony-woodland-cafe-1937/
https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/worth-much-man-cracking-celluloid-ceiling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_Majolie
https://www.californiawatercolor.com/pages/carl-westdahl-heilborn-biography
I&PG- 063, Lisa Dosson, Co-Founder of Model Drawing Collective & Commercial Storyboard Artist (part 1)
I&PG- 062, Color is Design with Ashley Fisher & Jessica Yost
I&PG- 061, Monica Davila, Storyboard Artist
I&PG- 060, The Colorful #Herstory of Mary Blair
I&PG- 059, Ellen Woodbury, Veteran Animator & Stone Sculptor
I&PG-058, Breana Williams, Digital Designer and Storyboard Artist
I&PG- 057, Rebecca Nelson, Animator & Production Assistant
I&PG- 056, Allyson Bosch, Casting & Voice Director
I&PG- 055, Writing the Hanukkah Special with Jessica Carleton
I&PG- 054, More on Sexual Harassment with Sam Conroy from Animation Heroine
I&PG- 053, Sexual Harassment: An Overview & Pep Talk
I&PG- 052, Anand Duncan, Illustrator & Designer
I&PG- 051, Mercedes Valle, TV Writer
I&PG- 050, Sabrina Alberghetti, Storyboard Artist
I&PG- 049, Katie Rice, Storyboard and Comic Artist
I&PG- 048, Chrissy Guest and Tracey Miller-Zarneke, "Beyond Ink & Paint: The Women of Animation" Documentary
I&PG- 047, Joyce Lee, Visual Development Artist
I&PG- 046, Angela Entzminger, Creator of “The Animated Journey” Podcast (Part 2)
I&PG- 045, Angela Entzminger, Creator of "The Animated Journey" Podcast (Part 1)
I&PG- 044, Mindy Johnson, Author of "Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney's Animation"
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