The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum Young Artist Workshop will be held virtually July 20-24 via Zoom and Google Classroom. This event helps children learn about the fascinating world of picture book art in a fun, exciting way with instruction from children’s book illustrators, Mazza staff, and local area teachers. Heather Sensel, education coordinator at...
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Mazza Artist Mondays Goes LIVE
The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum is hosting a special virtual Q&A series with award winning authors and illustrators every Monday beginning April 20. Viewers will have the opportunity to watch interviews with Mazza Museum Director, Ben Sapp, Mazza staff members, and a very special artist. After the interview, be sure to ask questions and...
Mazza Roundtable: The Indisputable Value of Books and Art
As any good bibliophile worth his or her salt would tell you, books have a value beyond the obvious. One of those values, among many others that might be helpful during this time of collectively staying home, is that books can assist people in communicating with one another. How, you may ask, would a book...
University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum to Host Virtual Storytime
The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will be taking kids on a virtual adventure every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. with Mazza Museum’s Virtual Storytime videos! Our morning story will be fun and upbeat and our evening story will help you wind down for the night. As part of the University...
The Children Are Our Future: Mazza Museum Docent Lifts Spirits
Adults are just outdated children. -Dr. Suess It takes all sorts of people to make the world spin. Some grown folks love children, and others would prefer to spend time with those their own age. Some people, when they get to their golden years, slow down substantially, not always because that’s...
Mazza’s Tales for Tots to Return in October With New Surprises
This fall the Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay will be making a few changes to the Tales for Tots program, a fun story time tailored to inspire toddlers and preschoolers. The series takes place on select Wednesdays throughout the school year at 11 a.m. with registration at 10:45 a.m. The series will begin...
Mazza Museum Offers Reading Activities for Children’s Book Week
The Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay will celebrate Children’s Book Week from 11-11:30 a.m. on May 1-5. A different book and a correlating activity will be featured each day. These events will be free and open to the public. Children’s Book Week originated in the belief that children’s books and literacy change lives....
Robots Rockin’ Everywhere: Mazza Hosts Last Funday Sunday of Season
With the spring semester winding down at the University of Findlay, the Mazza Museum is getting ready to host its final Funday Sunday event of the season on April 2 from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. The theme, Rockin’ Robots, will allow children and guests to the Museum to get up close and personal with these...
There’s Music in the Air: Funday Sunday Welcomes Local Musical Talent
Families and guests of the Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay will be treated to a musical presentation by students from the Findlay High School Symphony Orchestra as well as students from Glenwood and Donnell middle schools during February’s Funday Sunday: “Magical Music.” The event will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on...
Popular Genki Kids Club Returns
Genki Kids Club, a Japanese language and culture club offered by the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum for students in grades 3-6, will be offered this fall, beginning Monday, Oct. 17. Activities will be held in the children’s art studio in Malcolm Dining Hall, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion. They will...