From an article published in the Toledo Blade....Article published Thursday, June 29, 2006
NEWS OF ART Baseball-themed exhibit to open in Adrian gallery.
The Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts will present the exhibition “Over the Fence: Portraits of Negro Leaguers” July 9-Aug. 6 in its gallery at 112 West Main St., Adrian.
The pencil and clay works of Ann Arbor artist Phil Dewey will pay homage to Negro League baseball stars such as Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, James “Cool Papa” Bell, and Buck O’Neill.
As part of the July 16 artist reception, Detroit-area Negro League veterans Harold “BeBop” Gordon, Cecil Kaiser, and Melvin Duncan will share their memories of Negro League life during a talk at 2 p.m. in Joanne Steele Insurance, 130 North Main St., Adrian, followed by a meet-and-greet for Dewey and the players from 3 to 6 p.m. in the LCVA.
The timing of the exhibition was set to coincide with the July 30 induction of 17 Negro League and pre-Negro League players and executives into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Inductee Sol White (1868-1955) played for Adrian’s Page Fence Giants in 1895.
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