It’s essentially the most colourful time of the 12 months! That’s proper, the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Pageant of the Arts is in full technicolor, reworking the park right into a canvas of creativity. And this 12 months’s canvas is primed with can’t miss experiences, together with the grand debut of an all-new assortment that got here from the creativeness of one in all our unimaginable forged members, Caley Hicks.
As a Character Artwork Supervisor, Caley isn’t any stranger to creating artwork for Disney however this 12 months, she was given her first alternative for instance, design and curate distinctive merchandise to be displayed in her very personal sales space.
“I wished to create one thing that basically spoke to my passions and centered on the characters and tales that I really like and grew up with,” Caley mentioned. Like lots of our forged members, Disney has at all times been part of Caley’s life. Frequent visits to Walt Disney World together with her household sparked a life-long dream of someday turning into a Disney artist.
After graduating from Ringling School of Artwork and Design, Caley accepted a one-of-a-kind skilled artistic internship with Disney and her dream felt that a lot nearer. Now, after 14 years with the corporate, Caley stays humbled to dwell out her dream. “Disney has my coronary heart and it’s good to really feel related to my childhood,” she mentioned. “It actually is a dream come true to make artwork that brings in recollections of holidays or characters that I resonated with and noticed myself in.”
Caley feels fortunate to have companions and leaders who help her and proceed to problem her with new initiatives—like creating her personal merchandise for this 12 months’s pageant.
With help from forged members throughout her group, Caley dropped at life a recent, colourful assortment that options some acquainted (and lovely) Disney animals surrounded by pleasant florals. From delicate tea towels to a vibrant canvas tote bag and way more, Caley was thrilled with the completed merchandise and shared her gratitude for the prospect to paint exterior the traces with this particular venture.
Caley’s recommendation for aspiring artists and future magic makers: “I encourage folks to make no matter evokes them and to not be afraid of your aspirations. Go for the issues that deliver your coronary heart pleasure.”
To listen to extra about how Caley embraces creativity and lives out her Disney dream, take a look at her artist look schedule under and cease by through the 2025 EPCOT Pageant of the Arts now via February 24!
