May Update

Pi wanted me to mention a word about the next show, which I'm pretty excited about. We met last week and decided on the name, "Over The Fence". It's a tribute to Negro League baseball players. Here's a little narrative about the show.

"Over The Fence"
Negro Leagues Exhibition and Program
Exhibition: 7/9-8/6, 2006

With Adrian being the home of the legendary Negro League team, the Page Fence Giants and the induction of 16 Negro League Players into the Baseball Hall of Fame just announced, we will present a one person exhibition featuring the work of Phillip Dewey. Mr Dewey has shown in New York most recently, works in pencil and clay and does portraits of the famed players of the Negro Leagues. Coupled with this exhibition will be a program featuring Negro Leagues scholar and EMU Professor Dr Eddie Bedford who will introduce and interview three area veterans of the League. Louis Manley, a Negro League researcher will bring a collection of Negro Leagues memorabilia and local author Darcy Gifford who is currently writing a book on AdrianÂ’s Page Fence Giants will also read from her newest work. Artifacts form the Lenawee Historical Museum will also be on display during show. This program is sponsored by Roto Plastics and Ted Durst.

Pi and Kimberly will be working furiously in the weeks to come finalizing all the details for this show. I'll try to keep everyone posted as the information trickles in.

If you haven't been to the gallery lately you should plan a trip. The current show titled, "Lenawee Artists of All Ages" is up and running. Of the many artists in the show I'm especially pleased to see Catherine Royer's intaglio prints titled, "Shoulder". I've always been impressed with her draftsmanship and techniques. I'm also amazed that even her attempts at new techniques are impressive works of sophistication.

Now that the Lenawee Artists Show is underway we can all start thinking more and more about the Box Show. I don't think I can express in words how important this show is. The Box Show auction is basically "the show". We've been preparing for this show in a few ways. Christine Marsh made the suggestion a while back to participate in the Saline Picture Frame Company "Circle of Art" Auction benefiting The Food Gatherers. She made the suggestion so that the LCVA could learn some tips on how to run a successful art auction. I sent the word out to our members and was impressed at the number of LCVA artists who participated. That in itself could make a huge difference in the success of our own Box Show. After speaking with the owners of the Saline Picture Frame Company they were very happy with our participation and even volunteered to help advertise our auction. I love it when people come together to help each other. Another interesting comment I heard was that the contributing artists were also the ones who purchased much of the art in the auction. Of course itdidn't take long for the logical part of my brain to see that the more artists involved in the show equals more contributions. I really think this is something we need to stress at our next members meeting. Oh yeah, the next meeting...when is it? It's June 6th at Basil Boys in Tecumseh at 6:15 pm. I reserved one of the back conference rooms.

The last thing I wanted to do was remind everyone that the reception for the current show is Friday, June 2nd, 5-7pm.