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Category: Artists

Mazza Museum Awards Medallion of Excellence

Mazza Museum Awards Medallion of Excellence

University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum’s Medallion of Excellence for Artistic Diversity is a biennial award to recognize an outstanding artist of children’s books. This year’s winner is artist and author James Gurney. Gurney is known for his illustrated book series “Dinotopia” in which he specializes in painting realistic images of scenes that can’t be photographed...

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023
Mazza Museum Holds Annual Summer Conference

Mazza Museum Holds Annual Summer Conference

University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum hosted its annual Summer Conference July 17-19th, welcoming children’s book illustrators and authors to campus to educate, inform, and entertain those in attendance. The three-day conference brought together teachers, librarians, and book enthusiasts from around the country to learn about the artists and to hear the stories behind their work....

July 20, 2023October 24, 2023
Mazza Museum Invites You to Explore the Enchanted Brush Exhibition: “Hidden Worlds”

Mazza Museum Invites You to Explore the Enchanted Brush Exhibition: “Hidden Worlds”

University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum invites the public to the ninth installment of the annual Enchanted Brush Exhibition. The exhibition, “Hidden Worlds,” is on display from June 15 to September 15, 2023 in University of Findlay’s Lea Gallery. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Daniel Chudzinski, M.F.A. is the founder of the...

June 27, 2023October 24, 2023
Mazza’s 2023 Summer Conference Scheduled for July 17-19

Mazza’s 2023 Summer Conference Scheduled for July 17-19

University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will hold its annual Summer Conference July 17-19, 2023. The three-day conference welcomes teachers, librarians, and book lovers to educational and engaging presentations from some of the top authors and illustrators in the picture book industry. Conference attendees can also choose from daily breakout sessions that are led by in-service...

March 2, 2023October 24, 2023
University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum Celebrates Black History Month With New Exhibit

University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum Celebrates Black History Month With New Exhibit

Mazza Museum announces a new exhibit titled Renegades, which celebrates the courageous individuals whose stories shook history and shaped the future. The display features four illustrations that are making their public debut, including a larger-than-life oil painting of Ruby Bridges, by Frank Morrison, who recently won the Coretta Scott King Illustration Award for his book,...

February 15, 2023October 24, 2023
Arnosky Gone Wild

Mazza Museum Goes “Wild” with Jim Arnosky Exhibition

University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum displays the works of self-taught artist, writer, and naturalist Jim Arnosky in their “Arnosky Gone Wild” exhibit. The Mazza Museum invites you to step off the beaten path to take in the sights and sounds of the natural world, as seen through the eyes of a naturalist, a writer, and...

November 11, 2022October 24, 2023
University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum to Host its 25th Annual Weekend Conference

University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum to Host its 25th Annual Weekend Conference

The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum is hosting its 2022 Weekend Conference on November 11th and 12th. Each year Mazza’s two-day educational conference welcomes some of the top authors and illustrators to meet and present to local teachers, librarians, and children’s book enthusiasts. Those individuals looking to attend the event can register online. For those...

October 31, 2022October 24, 2023
In honor of Juneteenth, the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will display “A Tribute to Floyd Cooper and Jerry Pinkney.”

Mazza Features Floyd Cooper and Jerry Pinkney in Celebration of Juneteenth

In honor of Juneteenth, the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will display “A Tribute to Floyd Cooper and Jerry Pinkney” in the Freed Galleria beginning June 1, 2022. Juneteenth, a term short for “June Nineteenth,” commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, to ensure that all enslaved people be freed....

May 23, 2022October 24, 2023
Virtual Weekend Conference for Authors, Artists, & Educators

Virtual Weekend Conference for Authors, Artists, & Educators

University of Findlay Mazza Museum’s 2021 Virtual Weekend Conference will take place Nov. 12-13 via Zoom. Mazza’s Weekend Conference is designed with authors, artists, educators, and children’s book enthusiasts in mind. Participants will be able to learn from six renowned children’s book authors and illustrators through this interactive experience. Cost of registration is $60 and...

October 22, 2021October 24, 2023
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