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Join Marty Sklar and support Ryman Arts

I’ve just been notified about an upcoming very special event to be held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. You get to spend an evening with Disney Legend Marty Sklar and Ryman Arts gets to continue its mission of teaching teens essential skills for art and life in a rigorous, nurturing studio environment.

The event is Saturday, December 12th, and tickets are limited. I truly think any Disney fanatic would find Marty’s presentation to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Full details below the jump:

Herbert Dickens Ryman: An Artist’s Journey to Walt’s and Other Worlds

Presented by Marty Sklar, Disney Legend and former Executive Vice President and Imagineering Ambassador

Join Marty on a journey through the life and legacy of Herb Ryman and the establishment of Ryman Arts, founded in his honor by six friends, including Walt’s daughter Sharon Disney Lund and Marty and Leah Sklar. Herbert D. Ryman (1910-1989) created the first overall illustration of Disneyland, drawing as Walt Disney described his dream for a new kind of family entertainment, and continued to work on every Disney theme park until he died in 1989. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to listen to Marty speak about and show Herb Ryman’s contributions to key milestones in the history of The Walt Disney Company, including the story of the Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle, and Herb’s world travels, including his amazing paintings of people and places.

Saturday, December 12, 2009
6:00 p.m.
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Fantasia J

Tickets are $125 and go on sale at 10:00 a.m. EST on Monday, November 23. Each ticket includes dinner and The Herb Ryman Story presentation. Click here for more information and to purchase your ticket. All proceeds will benefit Ryman Arts, which Marty serves as President of the Board of Directors.

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A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $250. This special experience includes:

* A private reception at which Marty Sklar will present Writing for Walt
o Listen to Marty’s stories about writing personal material for Walt for annual reports, Disneyland guides, and other publications.
o Watch a video that Marty wrote to send to GE as an update on a show for The New York World’s Fair
o Watch Walt’s EPCOT Film. Marty wrote this film as a presentation to the Florida Legislature about Walt’s vision for his Florida site, and it is the last time Walt was filmed.
* Preferred seating for dinner and The Herb Ryman Story presentation
* A photo with Marty
* A copy of A Brush with Disney: An Artist’s Journey, published by Ryman Arts and signed by Marty

Saturday, December 12, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Nutcracker III

Tickets are $250 and go on sale at 10:00 a.m. EST on Monday, November 23.
Click here for more information and to purchase your ticket. All proceeds will benefit Ryman Arts.

About Ryman Arts
Ryman Arts teaches teens essential skills for art and life in a rigorous, nurturing studio environment. The core program includes free out-of-school sequential studio courses that emphasize advanced drawing and painting skills, along with college and career planning. Courses, taught by professional teaching artists, foster students’ artistic development and personal confidence, and provide the knowledge they need to pursue higher education and careers in the arts. Ryman Arts aims to inspire, nurture, and challenge the next generation of artists to reach their potential. More than 150 participants from almost 100 zip codes across southern California gather for 3 and half hour classes on Saturdays at the University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts which donates the use of its studios. Twenty years after its launch in 1990, Ryman Arts has alumni in artistic professions across the country.

Ryman Arts… teaching essential skills for art and life.

Learn more about Ryman Arts at RymanArts.org.

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