Marinette, Wisconsin celebrated the first-ever John and Religion Hubley Day on Saturday after the town’s mayor Steve Genisot established the honour via a proclamation.
John Hubley was born in Marinette, the place his father owned a Ford dealership and his mom was a painter. In keeping with mayor Genisot, “Hubley’s hardworking can-do perspective is a direct results of his Wisconsin upbringing, and his earliest pursuits in artwork have been first sparked when he was a baby in Marinette watching his mom and grandfather paint.”
In his proclamation, the mayor cited Hubley’s trailblazing work as artistic chief of the mid-century studio United Productions of America (UPA) and the prolific output of unbiased movies that he made working along with his spouse Religion, in addition to his work as an artwork director at Disney and co-creating UPA’s Mr. Magoo.
“John and Religion Hubley labored collectively to provide an animated movie collectively nearly yearly, all of the whereas pushing the artwork of animation additional and additional with their extremely imaginative movies,” reads the proclamation.
He went on to say, “The movies of John Hubley have had an indelible impression on the artwork of animation, and he and his spouse are unarguably among the most essential figures within the historical past of unbiased animation, and certainly unbiased movie.”
To rejoice the primary John and Religion Hubley Day, a brand new plaque in John’s honor was devoted outdoors Marinette’s Stephenson Public Library. Animation Schooling Affiliation president Griffin Hansen and Wisconsin Historic Society state historic markers program coordinator Fitzie Heimdahl led the dedication, which was adopted by a free screening of a number of of the Hubleys’ movies.
The Animation Schooling Affiliation is proud to announce that our latest undertaking was unveiled at present on the Stephenson Public Library in Marinette, Wisconsin. Marinette’s John Hubley was honored with an official WI state marker! (1/3) pic.twitter.com/32FM87LX4E
— Animation Schooling Affiliation (@Animeducassoc) Might 20, 2023
