Eudora’s Chic Boutique to feature new art from YAYA

One of the first art pieces commissioned from YAYA was a chair, lovingly restored with symbolic art, which would become the organization’s artistic signature. This chair marks the collaboration between the arts organization and Disney Imagineering. It honors Tiana’s mom Eudora with nods to Tiana’s man-catching-beignets and their family gumbo. Carter noted Tiana’s mother’s enduring presence in the chair and Mahdi’s painting. “You have Tiana sitting on the couch with her mother Eudora that is so endearing, and then you have this large picture of James. So even though he’s no longer with us, he’s ever present in this family’s story and then you have all kinds of representation of the community,” she said before unveiling Eudora’s chair, which will be on display at Eudora’s Chic Boutique at Disneyland. “One of the things that is unique about this attraction, and there are so many, but it’s the fact that as we tell our next-chapter story, we have a palette that expands beyond the attraction. At Disneyland, we have New Orleans Square and have an opportunity to highlight not only Tiana, but her mother Eudora. If you remember from the film, her mother was a seamstress. What’s Tiana done for her next chapter has provided opportunities for different members of the community—and her mama, who she got her entrepreneurial spirit from, has taken it to the next level as well.”