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...
This March, the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum will feature several award winning artists in the Catherine Freed Galleria. When the 2016 Caldecott, Carnegie, Newbery, and Pura Belpre awards were announced this year, Benjamin Sapp, director of the Mazza Museum and his team realized many of the award winners’ artwork is already a part of...
Writer Michael J. Rosen (pictured below) and illustrator Stan Fellows (pictured above, photo by Jason Houston) will speak at The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 as part of this school year’s Wilkin Event Series, which is focusing on visual literacy. Their presentations,...
The Mazza Museum in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion at The University of Findlay is pleased to welcome professional artist Dan Chudzinski as curator and announce the promotion of Kerry Teeple to deputy director. Both professionals bring outstanding experience and achievement to their new roles. Dan Chudzinski is a highly talented sculptor and...
Speaking candidly to the large crowd that had gathered Nov. 12 for the grand opening of the world’s first gallery dedicated to paper engineered books, artist Matthew Reinhart admitted he was at a low point in 2014. The Great Recession had financially taken its toll on the New York Times bestselling author and the book...
At the 18th Annual Mazza Weekend Conference on Saturday more than 350 participants from 17 states were captivated by presentations from six keynote artists. Artists hosted by the Mazza Museum inside the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion at The University of Findlay included Matthew Reinhart, Michael Buckley, Molly Idle, Henry Cole, LeUyen Pham, and...
Nancy Kindelan, Ph.D., a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, will give a presentation titled “The Hidden Gem on Your Campus” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 10 in The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion. Her speech will highlight the value of the liberal arts and...
The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion, will have a grand opening for the Laiho Gallery, the first gallery dedicated to paper-engineered picture books, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. A ribbon cutting will take place and artist Matthew Reinhart, who donated more than 300 works to...
A recent tribute by former University of Findlay President DeBow Freed, Ph.D., to his wife was, in essence, a love letter. It was relayed during the Catherine Freed Galleria dedication on Oct. 14 at the Mazza Museum. The museum wall, adorned with her name, now features gold-framed original works of children’s book art depicts gentle...
The University of Findlay will be offering “UF Genki Kids,” a Japanese Language and Culture Club for students in grades 2-6. Activities will be held in Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion’s children’s art studio from 4-5 p.m. on Oct. 19 and 21; and on Nov. 2, 4, 9, 11, 16 and 18. The cost...
