A pop culture archeologist, a screenwriter, a graphic novelist and a “cakelustrator,” who uses cake as her medium, are among the creative and talented artists and authors expected to present this July at the Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay. From July 17-19, the Mazza Summer Conference will feature a total of nine keynote...
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....
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...
The Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay will soon help guests escape into a lakeside paradise. The theme for Funday Sunday on March 5, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. is “Lounging at the Lake.” The Museum will welcome special guests, author Amy Heritage and illustrator Eleanor Hutton, of the book, “The Lakeside Symphony Comes to Town.”...
Art from the Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay that illustrates and instructs through picture books will stimulate audiences in “Igniting the Imagination,” an exhibit with themes in science, medicine and engineering that the Museum will send to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. from March 6 through Aug. 7. “Any time...
As they visit with aquatic animals and reef dwellers, guests of the Toledo Zoo and Aquarium will have the opportunity to see scenes from underwater adventures in “Mazza Under the Sea” hosted in the aquarium’s Reflections Gallery. The Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay will provide 24 works for display throughout the busy holiday...
Animals take the spotlight as the Mazza Museum welcomes special guests from Toledo Zoo and Aquarium and illustrator Jenny Hanf for “Animal Alphabet” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 6. The Museum, located in the University of Findlay’s Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion, takes reading books about animals to a new level with...
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...
The Mazza Museum has loaned 31 original artworks to the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts (MCPA) for guests and the community to enjoy. Some works that are displayed include “Come with Me,” from the book “The Eagle’s Gift,” by Tatsuro Kiuchi; Pages 12-13,” from the book “There Come a Soldier,” by Ron Mazellan; and...
The 265 educators, artists, authors and all-around book lovers from 14 different states who attended the Mazza Museum’s Summer Conference this July heard from 12 authors and illustrators about their work with picture books. Hosted on the campus of the University of Findlay, each of the keynote presenters, including Chris Barton, Rosemary Wells, Barney Saltzberg,...
