It's a special Disney exhibit designed just for New Orleans.
'Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio' is the title of a new exhibit that opens this weekend at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
It's a special gift to the city from the folks at Disney.
"It was really designed as a love story to the city, because the film makers and Randy Newman, who wrote the music for 'Princess and the Frog' are just crazy about New Orleans," says Lella Smith, Creative Director of the Walt Disney Animation Research Library and curator of the exhibit.
Listen to Smith talk about the exhibit and New Orleans:
Those film makers came to New Orleans to do research for 'The Princess and the Frog', which is set in New Orleans during the 1920s Jazz Age.
"They wanted to do something for the people of New Orleans. They came here after Katrina and, of course, they were heartbroken by what they saw. They said 'Let's do something'," says Smith.
What they did was the exhibit, ''Dreams Come True."
"It was designed for the City of New Orleans, so we take over the entire traveling exhibition part of the museum," Smith says.
It features John Goodman, Winton Marsalis, and music by Randy Newman, who lived in New Orleans as a child.
Dreams Come True showcases original artwork from legendary Disney animated films, including Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, and will feature a children's section celebrating Disney's connections with jazz music and the Crescent City.
The artworks, on loan from the Walt Disney Studio Animation Research Library, will be accompanied by film clips to demonstrate how individual sketches and paintings lead to a finished celluloid masterpiece.
Organized by the Walt Disney Animation Research Library and the New Orleans Museum of Art, this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, which cannot be seen anywhere else, is set to coincide with the premier of Disney's upcoming animated feature, 'The Princess and the Frog,' which is set in New Orleans and set to be released next month.
The exhibit opens Sunday, and runs through March 14th.
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