University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will hold its annual Summer Conference July 15-17, 2024. 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...
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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...
Mazza Museum to Host its 26th Annual Weekend Conference
The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum is hosting its 2023 Weekend Conference on November 10-11, 2023. 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. The Weekend Conference...
Mazza Museum Hosts Annual Art Camp
University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum welcomed more than 50 children to its annual art camp, July 24-28. Previously known as the Young Artist Workshop, the week-long camp allowed students in fourth through eighth grades to explore “Unusual Media.” Participants spent each day in one of five different classes, all offering hands-on opportunities with unique types...
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....
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...
Aliens Have Landed at University of Findlay
University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum welcomed nearly a dozen children in grades 5-8 for their annual STEAM Camp. The five-day forensics camp focuses on the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM), and this year features an alien theme. Students start each morning with a debriefing about alien encounters or what animals scientists...
“The Magic of Mazza” Receives Two Emmy Award Nominations
“The Magic of Mazza” documentary has been nominated for two Emmy awards, recognizing the partnership and hard work of the University of Findlay Mazza Museum and WBGU-PBS. The hour-long documentary explores the history of Mazza Museum – the largest and most diverse collection of original picture book artwork in the world. “The Magic of Mazza”...
Mazza’s Funday Sunday Heading to the Toledo Zoo in April
University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will hold its next Funday Sunday event on April 2. The event will be held from 1-3:30 p.m. Unlike previous Funday Sundays, April’s event will be held in the Toledo Zoo’s Promedica Museum of Natural History, and in the Mazza Galleria in that building. The Funday Sunday program is free,...
Mazza Museum to Host Summer “DNA Forensics” STEAM Camp
University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will host a five-day forensics camp for children in grades 5-8. The camp is scheduled for June 5-9, and will run from 8 a.m. to noon each day. Last year, campers analyzed fiber and blood components under microscopes, dug for bones outside, dusted for fingerprints, and completed an education session...