Enjoy the splendor and enchantment as we celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the beloved Adventureland attraction, Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room.  As part of this special celebration an array of talented artists will be on hand for the debut and signing of their Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room inspired merchandise from 8 AM to 11 AM. 

	AMANDA VISELL After getting her snapshot taken with Minnie Mouse when she was only five, Amanda was hooked on Disney -- and was determined to one day contribute to the magic. Once she moved from Washington state to Los Angeles, it only brought her closer to the artists she grew up admiring, often visiting the park to see what remains of classic Disney, like Mary Blair’s mural in Tomorrowland and the ever-cheerful "it's a small world." Now she has shows all over the world, exhibiting her art nearly everywhere imaginable, from Chicago to Australia, Seattle to Tokyo. It’s easy to spot her fascination with vintage Disney in her paintings, so it only seems natural that her images commemorate some of her all-time favorite attractions.   For information on Amanda Vissel, visit  www.thegirlsproductions.com or www.myswitcheroo.com. Please note:  Amanda will not be on hand for the product release and signing opportunity.
Original ************************************************************* Framed Giclee ************************************************************** Deluxe Print	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room Original - SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Image Dimensions: 11.5" x 15" Framed Dimensions: 22" x 28" ------------------------------------------ Framed Limited Edition Giclee Edition Size: 50 Retail: $550 Dimensions: 21" x 26" -------------------------------------- Deluxe Print Retail: $35 Dimensions: 14" x 18"
	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room  Hina Original - SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Image Dimensions: 6" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 13" x 15"
	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room Pele Original - SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Image Dimensions: 6.5" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 12" x 13"
	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room  Tangaroa Tree Original - SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Image Dimensions: 8.5" x 10" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 16"
	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room  Tangaroa Ru Original - SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Framed Dimensions: 9" x 13"
	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room Drummers Original - SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Image Dimensions: 6" x 11 3/8" Framed Dimensions: 12" x 18"
Framed Giclee Deluxe Print	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room Birds Original -SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Image Dimensions: 11" x 14" Framed Dimensions: 17.5" x 21" ------------------------------ Framed Limited Edition Giclee Edition Size: 50 Retail: $550 Dimensions: 21" x 26" --------------------------------- Deluxe Print Retail: $35 Dimensions: 14" x 18"
	Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room Poster  Original - SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Image Dimensions: 8" x 12" Framed Dimensions: 17" x 20"
	Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room The Glee Club Original - SOLD Medium: Cel Vinyl Acrylic on Board Image Dimensions: 11" x 15" Framed Dimensions: 17" x 21"
	Tikis (Set of Four) Framed Limited Edition Giclee Edition Size: 50 Retail: 450 Dimensions: 17" x 35"

This following merchandise was inspired by the artwork of Amanda Visell.
 

	Aloha Shirt Edition Size: 500 Retail: $74 Aloha Shirt Art Shown. Actual shirt image will be available shortly
	T-Shirt Graphic for T-shirt only. Actual T-shirt will be shown shortly. Edition Size: 500 Retail: $26
	Pillow Edition Size: 600 Retail: $60  Art Shown
--Front-- --Back--	Pitcher Retail: $15
-- Front of Glasses -- --Back of Glass--	Tiki Totem Glass or Tiki Parrot Glass Retail: $8 each
	Bar Towel Edition Size: 500 Retail: $12
	Coaster Set Edition Size: 300 Retail: $18
Image Will Be Available Shortly	Mug Retail: $10
	Lucite Bracelet Edition Size: 500 Retail: $24
	Charm Bracelet Please Note: The Charm Bracelet will not be available for the event on Sunday, June 22, 2008.
	Mousepad Retail: $10.50

	Kevin Kidney For Kevin Kidney, art is an adventure. His creative work for the Walt Disney Company has taken him to such far-flung locales as Japan, Borneo, Australia and China -- a long way from his start as a skipper on the Jungle Cruise in Disneyland. Kevin put his talents to better use designing parade floats, art-directing stage shows, and supervising the model shop for Disneyland's Entertainment-Art Department, eventually leaving the Park to become a WDC staff artist. With Jody Daily, he has designed thousands of Disney collectibles, from detailed miniatures of Disneyland attractions to stained-glass lamps and ceramic tiki mugs; in 2005, Kevin and Jody received national attention and acclaim for the over 200 items theycreated to mark Disneyland's 50th Anniversary. Now a freelance artist and writer, Kevin has illustrated books and CD album covers, as well as designed restaurant menus, logos, and signage. Both his commercial work and his fine-art commissions are informed by his love for the cultural and technological artifacts of the 1920s-1960s, which he collects as avidly as he paints. For more information on Kevin Kidney, please visit http://miehana.blogspot.com/ Jody Daily If Jody Daily had a motto, it would be "fresh art served Daily." His prodigious output includes painting, sculpture, ceramics, storybook illustration, scenic design, commercial art, and art restoration.  He has created theme-park environments and parades for the Walt Disney Company, for whom he also designed collectible merchandise in collaboration with Kevin Kidney.  The thousands of items they created include detailed miniatures of Disneyland attractions, stained-glass lamps, and ceramic tiki mugs; in 2005, Jody and Kevin received national attention and acclaim for the over 200 items they designed to mark Disneyland's 50th Anniversary.  Although he was proud to be called a "Disney Artist," Jody has since struck out on his own, launching a successful career as an illustrator and designer.  His fine-art work reflects his love of midcentury Americana, animals, and cooking (though not always the cooking of animals).
	Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room  Fountain Edition Size: 500 Retail: $150 Dimensions: 19 1/2"H It’s a functioning water fountain for your Tiki Bar or dining room table! Standing 19-1/2” high, the highly-detailed fountain features many design elements from the original Disneyland attraction. Master of Ceremonies Jose shares a suspended perch with a happy Toucan. (To satisfy us purists, Jose is in his original 1963 blue-green-yellow colors.) The water runs from 4 miniature jets and is lit from below and above by colored LEDs that gradually shift hues from warm reds and oranges to cool blues and greens. In a low-lit room the effect is magical, and is guaranteed to have you whistling Offenbach in no time.
	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room Rongo Bowl Edition Size: 500 Retail: $40 Dimensions: 7 1/2"W x 6 1/2"H Please Note:  Fruit not included Rongo, the Tiki God of Agriculture, is at long last a beautiful green-glazed ceramic drinking vessel for your Tiki bar. His very unusual size and shape makes him an equally suitable fruit bowl, cereal bowl, or whatever-you-like-bowl. He’s even clutching his spool of kite string, just as he’s been doing at Disneyland for 45 years.
	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room Tiki Baby with Skirt Edition Size: 500 Retail: $20 Approximate Dimensions: 4"H -----------------------------------    Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room Baby with Shells Edition Size: 500 Retail: $20 Approximate Dimensions: 4"H These cute little guys are exact replicas of the mini-tikis sold as souvenirs in Adventureland in the 1960s. These are cast from the original vintage sculpts so they are as authentic as we could make them - even decked out in tiny grass skirts and shells! Both will be sold separately in equally cute little packaging.
	Walt Disney's  Enchanted Tiki Room Tiki Figs Set #2 Edition Size: 1000 Retail: $125 Approximate Dimensions: 7"H This Set includes:   - Koro: The Midnight Dancer  - Maui  - Pele - Goddess of Fire and                Volcanoes   - Hina - Goddess of Rain Also included is a replica of one of the "shields" that decorate the Tiki Room's lanai.  This is the second set of five Tiki God replicas to complete the 2-part series that was started back in 2005. If you already own the first set, you are going to be very happy to finally have the remaining Tikis that were not included in Set #1. Set #2 features Koro - The Midnight Dancer, Maui, Pele - Goddess of Fire and Volcanoes, and Hina - Goddess of Rain. Also included is a replica of one of the "shields" that decorate the Tiki Room's lanai.  The tallest figurine is 7" tall.

	MAGGIE PARR A former Walt Disney Imagineer, Maggie Parr is best known for portraying Disney Characters in classical painting styles.  She likes to play with traditional settings and techniques to surprise viewers and make them smile.  Maggie has created murals and portraits for many locations, including the Hotel Miracosta in Tokyo DisneySea, Fantasyland at Hong Kong Disneyland, World of Disney Stores in California, Florida and New York and has also had the opportunity to work on Disney characters for theme parks, stores, gifts, graphics, textiles and more. Today, Maggie's artwork can be found in almost every Disney park around the world, as she continues to create paintings that not only honor Disney characters, but also stand alone as fine works of art. For more information on Maggie Parr, please click here.
	A Tiki Adventure Original Medium: Retail: $3,500 Dimensions: 24" x 30" --------------------------------------- Limited Edition Giclee Edition Size: 50 Retail: $525 Dimensions: 18" x 23" ------------------------------------- Deluxe Print Retail: $35 Dimensions: 14" x  18"
	Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room  Ukelele One-of-a-Kind - SOLD

	LARRY NIKOLAI As a Senior Conceptual Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering, Larry Nikolai has helped to create attractions for Disney parks around the world.  From “it’s a small world” and “Storybookland” (“Le Pays des Contes de Fées”) at Disneyland Paris to “Splash Mountain” and “Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare” at Tokyo Disneyland, as well as “Journey into Imagination with Figment” at EPCOT, Larry has been honored to work on many new versions of classic Disney shows.  For Tokyo DisneySea he was lead conceptual designer and art director for The Arabian Coast, where he was responsible for introducing enchanting new attractions such as “Sindbad’s Seven Voyages” and the “Caravan Carousel”. Closer to home, he designed the character vehicles for “Flick’s Fun Fair” and was the character show designer for “Monsters Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!”, both at Disney’s California Adventure. Larry has designed, sculpted and painted many collectible items for the galleries at Disneyland Resort.  When it comes to character portraits, he strives to portray his subjects in situations with dramatic light and magical environments.  “I want to present them as real beings” he says, “with a pose and attitude that tells us something about their personalities.  Even the settings that they are in should be of key significance to their stories.”
Original ************************************************************* Framed Giclee ************************************************************* Deluxe Print	Tiki Luau Original Medium: Acrylic Retail: $4,950 Dimensions: 16" x 18" ------------------------------------------ Framed Limited Edition Giclee Edition Size: 50 Retail: $425 Framed Dimensions: 19" x 23" ------------------------------------------ Deluxe Print Retail: $35 Dimensions: 14" x 18"
	Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room Pele Ukelele One-of-a-Kind - SOLD

	BRIAN CROSBY Brian Crosby is a Dimensional Designer in the Creative Division at Walt Disney Imagineering.  He was hired at Imagineering in 2005 after competing in the 2005 ImagiNations design competition, a competition geared towards finding new diverse talent for WDI. He was brought on as an intern in the summer of 2005 and hired full-time in the fall. Since working at Imagineering, Brian has worked in a number of areas including presentation creation, concept design, and model painting. Announced projects include Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and  Halloweentime (2006) for the Disneyland Resort and It’s a Small World for Hong Kong Disneyland. Many of his other projects are still unannounced at this time.   Prior to coming to WDI, Brian worked as a freelance illustrator on projects in Comic Book illustration and jewelry, clothing, and tattoo design. Brian is a graduate of California State Fullerton in the Illustration program and currently resides in Cypress, CA with his wife Kelly and three children, Bladen, Kasey, and Braxon. Little know "Brian Crosby" trivia: He is the son of Major League Basebal player, Ed Crosby and brother of current Major League Baseball player, Bobby Crosby of the Oakland Athletics.
	"Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room:  Through the Eyes of Children" Original Medium: Ink/Mixed Media Retail: $1,800 Unframed Dimensions: 13" x 17" --------------------------------- Deluxe Print Retail: $35 Dimensions: 14" x 18"
	"This Land of Enchantment" Original Medium: Ink & Watercolor Retail: $2,000 Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 19"

  

LEANNA BUTCHER Growing up in Canada with a fascination for Disney animated cartoons and movies, Leeanna drew constantly. Her interest in drawing and animation led her to attend California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where she received her BFA in Character Animation. While at CalArts she experienced the first of many trips to Disneyland, discovering the magic of the “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Haunted Mansion”, “It’s a Small World”, and “The Enchanted Tiki Room” attractions.  These experiences, as well as her classes at CalArts inspired Leeanna to start interpreting her own character designs into plush figures. Creating these “softies” has become a creative compulsion, fulfilling a childhood ambition to “have a room all my own, filled with stuffed animals.” Currently a freelance artist, you can see the latest results of her compulsion here, as well as in the “Crammed Organism Group Plush Show” happening in St. Louis in June 2008. Please Note: Leanna will not be appearing at the product release & signing.

Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room "Koro's Totem" One-Of-A-Kind Medium:  Retail: $475 Dimensions: 62.5"H x 30"W (with dowels) Details: Koro is the name of the bottom face on the totem (he is one of the statues outside in the waiting area before you enter Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room).   He is supporting Ngendele, who is another of the statues outside (next to Pele).  The top face is one of the tenor singing voices on a pole from the interior of the actual Tiki Room.