This year’s summer conference hosted nine outstanding keynote presentations from authors and illustrators hailing from around the country and brought picture book enthusiasts together. While our more than 200 conference attendees from 16 states are no strangers to learning new things, every aspect of the event gave them something new to take in from keynote...
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Mazza Museum Exhibit in Columbus to Highlight Ohio
More than 60 engaging original children’s book illustrations from the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum collection will be featured in a Riffe Gallery exhibition titled “Ohio: The Start of It All.” The event will be held from July 27 through Oct. 14. Curated by the Mazza Museum’s Dan Chudzinski, the exhibit, in partnership with the...
Study Tour Artists Roll Out Red Carpet
Barbara Meyers, a veteran docent and study tour attendee, has noticed some trends over the years. When Mazza brings docents, teachers, and picture book enthusiasts to visit, the artists seem to have a few characteristics in common. They have beautiful yards and flowers; they have a pet of some kind; they have eclectic home décor,...
The Art of Cultural Connections
Imagine how it might feel to act upon one of your biggest dreams. Ayane Hida’s dream of living and working in America came true two years ago when she was chosen to work as the Japanese Outreach Initiative Coordinator at the Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay. A native of Kyoto, Japan, Hida first...
No Rest for the Wicked: Enchanted Brush 2017 is Positively Villainous
Did Findlay’s friendly butter flake roll maven actually transform into something evil? Visit the third-annual Enchanted Brush exhibition, curated by the Mazza Museum’s Dan Chudzinski, at the University of Findlay to see for yourself. Villains are the theme of the public show, now open in UF’s Dudley and Mary Marks Lea Gallery through Aug. 4;...
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...
National Academy of Sciences Exhibit Explores Mazza Art With Scientific Themes
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...
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...
Mazza Museum Exhibit Featured at Toledo Zoo & Aquarium
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...