Marblehead illustrator gives work to museum
9/3/2011FINDLAY — A Marblehead illustrator has donated two pieces of original artwork to the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum.
Jodie McCallum donated artwork from the children’s book The First Christmas by John Wilkie and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” based on the popular Christmas carol. The Mazza is the first and largest teaching museum in the world that specializes in original artwork from picture books.
Ms. McCallum and her husband, Grant McCallum, own the Jodie McCallum and Co. Art Gallery and Studio in Marblehead, which displays the work of 30 artists from across the country. She has illustrated more than 60 children’s books.