It's Hip to Be Blair: Walt Disney artist—Mary Blair

Spoken Editions

Apr 13, 201415:47Society & Culture

Bold. Confident. Visionary. These three words spring to the surface when contemplating mid-century conceptual artist and illustrator, Mary Blair. As the first woman to be hired to work in Walt Disney Studios' male-domina...

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