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Mazza Museum’s One-of-a-Kind STEAM Education Center Opens

Mazza Museum’s One-of-a-Kind STEAM Education Center Opens

The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum held a grand opening ceremony for the Joseph and Judith Conda STEAM Education Center on Friday, Sept. 10. A ribbon-cutting took place outside the STEAM Education Center, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion, and several University officials, community members, and donors gave remarks. Generous donors Joseph...

September 15, 2021October 20, 2021
Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Movement

Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Movement

University of Findlay’s Division of Advancement recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage Movement through a virtual, multidisciplinary presentation for UF donors. A recording of the presentation is being released today in honor of the anniversary. A pivotal moment in history, the movement led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment by Congress...

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020
Breaking Ground – STEAM Education Center Construction Set to Begin

Breaking Ground – STEAM Education Center Construction Set to Begin

The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum is widely known as the world’s largest collection of original artworks by children’s book illustrators. On Wednesday, May 20, the Mazza Museum will break ground on the Joseph and Judith Conda STEAM Education Center with a socially distant Groundbreaking Ceremony. With the primary goal of promoting literacy and enriching...

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020
Donating a Memory: The Desk of Hardie Gramatky

Donating a Memory: The Desk of Hardie Gramatky

A favorite pen, a childhood blanket, an old chair—there are some objects we use so frequently in our lives that they become more than merely objects. They bear our fingerprints and our impressions. They become curators of our most cherished memories, and we can’t bear to part with them, no matter their condition or age....

July 26, 2017September 25, 2018
Surprise Gift Honors Love for Sharing Books & Mazza

Surprise Gift Honors Love for Sharing Books & Mazza

When Gail Miller heard Museum Director Ben Sapp say her name and call her to the stage at the Mazza Patron Dinner last month she was totally surprised. Gail’s husband, Bill, and their children had conspired with Sapp to make the night extra special for her by naming the Gail Miller Galleria at the Mazza...

May 22, 2017September 27, 2018
Mazza Museum Publishes New Picture Book

Mazza Museum Publishes New Picture Book

This spring the Mazza Museum published Mazza from A to Z, its very own picture book thanks to the support of donors Joseph and Judith Conda. A collaboration of museum staff and illustrator Jenny Hanf ’16 who completed her Bachelor of Arts in children’s book illustration at the University of Findlay this spring, the book...

May 24, 2016May 17, 2018
Mazza Art Auction Boosts Funds, Spirits and Aspirations

Mazza Art Auction Boosts Funds, Spirits and Aspirations

At the Mazza Art Auction on Saturday, the Mazza Museum raised over $24,000 to support the Dr. Jerry Mallet Institute Endowment Fund at the University of Findlay. Guests also had the opportunity to hear music by The Maria Fricano Jazz Trio and bid on artwork produced by University of Findlay students throughout the evening. “We...

April 26, 2016September 27, 2018