The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center


Twenty-five years ago education professor Dr. Libby Hostetler had a vision of children learning about peace, justice, cultural understanding and nonviolent responses to conflict by interacting with literature and the arts. That vision came to life in a nook of Bluffton’s Musselman Library in 1987. In time, The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center of Bluffton University outgrew its first home and moved across campus to Riley Court, where it remains.

Today, the center is visited by hundreds of school children annually for special programs. Area teachers, Bluffton’s teacher education students, parents and others use the center as a resource. Along with children’s literature, The Lion and Lamb provides teacher resources, movies and music focused on themes of peace, and a visual art collection including children’s book illustrations, fine art, sculptures and children’s artwork.
 
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Visit The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center of Bluffton University in the lower level of Riley Court on Spring Street, Bluffton, Ohio.

Open hours:
Tues. - Thur. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.       
Fri. 9 a.m. - noon

To arrange another time: contact the center at 419-358-3207 or lionlamb@bluffton.edu

Director: A. Louise Matthews
Student assistant: Laquinecia "Keke" Miller

Our mission:

Through all appropriate means, but especially through arts and literature,
The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center of Bluffton University promotes
the study of peace and justice,
cultural understanding
and nonviolent responses to conflict
with an emphasis on these themes for children.