{"id":518628,"date":"2026-06-26T00:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518628\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T00:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:30:14","slug":"sponsored-muskegon-museum-of-art-explores-the-role-of-women-in-animation-as-an-art-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518628\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponsored: Muskegon Museum of Art explores the role of women in animation as an art form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the untold legacy of women in animation at the Muskegon Museum of Art&#8217;s new exhibition, featuring works from early storytelling to groundbreaking animation t<\/p>\n<p>When telling the story of how animation as an art form has evolved, too often, it was a man\u2019s story. But the truth is, women have played a critical role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Muskegon Museum of Art has a new exhibition, HerStory of Animation: Mary Blair &amp; Beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It tells the story of women in animation, exploring their contributions from the earliest pre-cinematic forms in ceramic narratives, shadow puppetry and magic lanterns, to a century of hand-drawn, stop motion, and experimental animation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Museum visitors will see animation production artwork, artifacts, ephemera and imagery, all brought together to celebrate the artistic advancements made by women to define some of animation\u2019s most memorable moments. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition runs through September 27, 2026. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.muskegonartmuseum.org\/\" id=\"isPasted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.MuskegonArtMuseum.org<\/a>.<br \/>\u25baMake it easy to keep up to date with more stories like this. Download the 13 ON YOUR SIDE app now.<br \/>If you would like more information about advertising with 13 ON YOUR SIDE, please contact Jeff Olsen at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wzzm13.com\/article\/about-us\/advertise\/sponsored-content\/the-exchange-sponsored\/sponsored-muskegon-museum-of-art-explores-the-role-of-women-in-animation-as-an-art-form\/mailto:jolsen@wzzm13.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jolsen@wzzm13.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Explore the untold legacy of women in animation at the Muskegon Museum of Art&#8217;s new exhibition, featuring works&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-518628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}