Heroes and Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume

Air Date
October 14, 2022
Costumes in storytelling help convey the essence of a character, and the pieces displayed in Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume, shed light on the process of how costumes in our favorite movies come to be designed and preserved. In our latest installment of THF Conversations, Kate Morland, Senior Manager of Museum Programs & Exhibits at The Henry Ford interviews a panel of Disney experts to speak about our limited-time exhibition — Rebecca Cline, Director of the Walt Disney Archives, Joanna Pratt, Director, Operations & Business Strategy, The Walt Disney Company and Matthew Adams, Manager, Exhibitions at The Walt Disney Archives. “Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume, presented by the Walt Disney Archives and KeyBank” is on display at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation through Jan. 1 and is free for members or with museum admission.

About the Innovator

Toshiko Mori Interview Transcript
Architect

Throughout her career as a practicing architect and educator, Toshiko Mori has pursued a technical interest in the properties of materials, and especially synthetic materials, in addition to her concerns for purity of line, visual lightness and thermal performance.

Why She Innovates

As an architect, Toshiko Mori has always taken a personal delight in discovering new properties and potentials in materials. Whether designing exhibitions, houses or institutional projects such as the Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, she enjoys a process that combines intuition with the rigor of research.

Toshiko Mori Interview Highlights Transcript

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I would say every architect that I know is a philosopher on his or her own.

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Heroes and Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume

7 Jan, 04:09 PM
Costumes in storytelling help convey the essence of a character, and the pieces displayed in Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume, shed light on the process of how costumes in our favorite movies come to be designed and preserved. In our latest installment of THF Conversations, Kate Morland, Senior Manager of Museum Programs & Exhibits at The Henry Ford interviews a panel of Disney experts to speak about our limited-time exhibition — Rebecca Cline, Director of the Walt Disney Archives, Joanna Pratt, Director, Operations & Business Strategy, The Walt Disney Company and Matthew Adams, Manager, Exhibitions at The Walt Disney Archives. “Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume, presented by the Walt Disney Archives and KeyBank” is on display at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation through Jan. 1 and is free for members or with museum admission.