Findlay, Ohio – The University of Findlay will host the 2006 Young Artists and Authors Conference “Over in the Ocean” from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at the Mazza Museum on the UF campus. 

More than 150 local third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students who have written and illustrated their own books at home or in a school book-making program will attend the conference.

Students will hear a presentation given by Jeanette Canyon, illustrator of “Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef.” Students may purchase Canyon’s book during an autograph session.

Students will also have the opportunity to share their own books in the Mazza Museum and attend a sing-along. During the sing-along, guest guitarist Dustin Neal will teach students the lyrics and hand motions to the 11 verses of “Over in the Ocean.”

For more information, contact Terry Joan Olthouse, Mazza Museum education coordinator, at 419-434-4777 or at olthouse@findlay.edu.

For more information about the Mazza Museum, click here.