NEW! Online Ticketing for Hilbert Museum Events

The Hilbert Museum continues to grow in popularity, and that is,. as they say, “a good problem to have”! However, in order to be able to offer our very limited seating at museum events fairly to our audiences — without having patrons line up outside hours in advance or worry that no seats will be left — we have decided to go to online ticketing through Chapman University’s system. The tickets to our FREE events will still be FREE — the only difference is that now you’ll register online and get your ticket(s) through the online system. Then just print and bring your ticket to the door at the event! It will also help us keep track of how many tickets are selected. Seats are non-reserved, so it’s still suggested you show up when doors open if you want to sit in a particular area — but you won’t need to worry that all the seats will be gone when you arrive. The ticketing system will let you know when seating is completely sold out.

Get your tickets now for these great events — click the links to go directly to the ticket page:

SATURDAY, October 6 at 7pm — FREE Talk by Disney Legend Floyd Norman: “The Legacy of Eyvind Earle”

(NOTE: Yes, this event, although previously announced as first-come, first-served, is now going through University Ticketing because of the overwhelming response. You must obtain a free ticket online to attend! ACT NOW as seating is very limited!)  Floyd Norman began working at Disney Studios in 1956 as an in-betweener on Sleeping Beauty, the masterful animated feature overseen by Eyvind Earle. Norman was the first African-American artist to work at Disney on a long-term basis, and he went on to work on such classics as One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone and The Jungle Book. His talks are highly entertaining and packed full of Disney history and stories — you won’t want to miss this!  Presented in connection with our current “MAGICAL VISIONS: The Enchanted Worlds of Eyvind Earle” exhibition, which closes Oct. 13.   TICKET LINK
 
 
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FRIDAY, October 12 at 7pm — FREE Talk by Disney’s “Frozen”Art Director MICHAEL GIAIMO

Michael Giaimo, acclaimed Disney art director of such hits as “Frozen” and “Pocahontas,” will talk about how he was inspired and influenced by the legendary Disney artist Eyvind Earle (1916-2000), the concept artist of “Sleeping Beauty” (1959). Presented in conjunction with the current “Magical Visions: The Enchanted Worlds of Eyvind Earle” exhibition at the Hilbert Museum (closes Oct. 13). Admission is FREE, but attendees must obtain a ticket online and bring the ticket to the event. TICKET LINK

SATURDAY, Oct. 13 – LAST DAY of current exhibitions SCENIC VIEW AHEAD: The Westways Cover Art Collection; MAGICAL VISIONS: The Enchanted Worlds of Eyvind Earle;” and SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW: A Gift of California Art from the Collection of Jim and Lynne Doti.  (Note that this is also Homecoming Day at Chapman, so the university will be VERY crowded – if you’d like to get your last view of these exhibitions, you might want to come in earlier than Oct. 13.)

NOTE: The Chamber Music at the Hilbert event on Sunday, October 7 is SOLD OUT.  Keep your eye out for upcoming e-newsletters announcing more great music at the Museum!

MUSEUM CLOSED Oct. 15-25 for de-installation, painting and patching, and installation of new exhibition.

SATURDAY, October 27, 6-8pm — OPENING RECEPTION, “Bay Area Scene Painting”  — Join us for the opening of this spectacular new exhibition curated by California Scene painting expert Gordon McClelland. Light refreshments and a chance to explore more than 60 paintings of beautiful San Francisco and the Bay Area by artists including Jade Fon, Ken Potter, Suong Yangchareon, George Post and more.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AT THE HILBERT MUSEUM (through October 13 — don’t miss them! CLOSING SOON!)

• SCENIC VIEW AHEAD: The Westways Magazine Cover Art Collection, 1928-1981 — in cooperation with the Automobile Club of Southern California
• MAGICAL VISIONS: The Enchanted Worlds of Eyvind Earle
• SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW: A Gift of California Art from the Collection of Jim and Lynne Doti
• A NEW HOPE: The Star Wars Art of Robert Bailey (through Nov. 3)
• AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION: Children at Play (through Nov. 3)
• WALT DISNEY ANIMATED CLASSICS: Original Cels from The Hilbert Collection (through Nov. 3)
  And works from the Permanent Collection
   

WHAT TO KNOW: 

The Hilbert Museum is located at 167 N. Atchison Street in Orange, Calif.  The Museum’s regular hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Admission is free, and there is limited free parking in front of the museum (with permit obtained inside).  Additional parking is available to the public on the top floor of the Chapman structure at 230 N. Cypress Street, about one block north of the museum. 
More information: 714-516-5880 or www.hilbertmuseum.org.

ABOUT THE HILBERT MUSEUM

The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, which opened in 2016, was established thanks to the generosity of Mark and Janet Hilbert, whose superlative collection focuses on the “California Scene” painting movement of roughly the 1920s through the 1970s and beyond. The Hilbert Collection – which includes oils, watercolors and drawings of rural and urban scenes, coastal views, farms, ranches, freeways and landscapes of everyday life in the Golden State – is a significant repository of 20th-century representational art by California artists.  The Collection also includes animation and movie art (many California fine artists were drawn to the state by work in the movie industry, including as animators, background painters, set and backdrop designers and poster artists) and works by noted American illustrators. 

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