This March, the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will feature several award winning artists in the Catherine Freed Galleria. When the 2016 Caldecott, Carnegie, Newbery, and Pura Belpre awards were announced this year, Benjamin Sapp, director of the Mazza Museum and his team realized many of the award winners’ artwork is already a part of...
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Two Talented Creators of Children’s Books to Speak at Mazza Museum
Writer Michael J. Rosen (pictured below) and illustrator Stan Fellows (pictured above, photo by Jason Houston) will speak at The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 as part of this school year’s Wilkin Event Series, which is focusing on visual literacy. Their presentations,...
Kindelan to Talk About Higher Education’s ‘Hidden Gem’: The Liberal Arts
Nancy Kindelan, Ph.D., a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, will give a presentation titled “The Hidden Gem on Your Campus” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 10 in The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion. Her speech will highlight the value of the liberal arts and...
Mazza Museum to Host Grand Opening for World’s First Pop-Up Book Gallery
The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion, will have a grand opening for the Laiho Gallery, the first gallery dedicated to paper-engineered picture books, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. A ribbon cutting will take place and artist Matthew Reinhart, who donated more than 300 works to...
Louden-Hanes Lecture to Kick Off Wilkin Event Series
Marie A. Louden-Hanes, Ph.D. will be the first 2015-2016 Wilkin Event Series speaker on Sept. 22 in The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum. Her lecture, “Revealing The Text: Winslow Homer and the Demi-Mode,” will begin at 4 p.m. Dr. Louden-Hanes has been at the University since 1986. She earned her bachelor of fine arts, master...