If you are in the Berkshires this week, don’t miss “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Creation of a Classic,” the stunning exhibit of story sketches and drawings that led up to the making of the 1937 Disney film.  The exhibit runs through October 27, 2013, and I’ll be there on August 22 at 5:30 for a talk about the origins and afterlife of “Snow White.”

Guided by the vision of a master storyteller, 32 animators, 1032 assistants, 107 inbetweeners, 10 layout artists, 25 background artists, 65 special effects animators and 158 inkers and painters and countless production staff came together to create an enduring masterpiece of the moving image. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:The Creation of a Classic explores the making of the film through more than 200 original works of art―from conceptual drawings and early character studies to detailed story sketches and animation drawings. Meticulously-rendered pencil and color layouts, rare watercolor backgrounds, colorful cels, and vintage movie posters, and a variety of interactive  stations will bring Walt Disney’s unforgettable animated story to life.