Fort Wayne Museum of Art is Closed August 1-9

Fort Wayne Museum of Art will be closed August 1 - 9, 2011.
They will reopen to the public on Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Upcoming Exhibit: WE ARE THE SHIP

The Story of Negro League Baseball
Original Paintings by Kadir Nelson

August 20 - October 16, 2011



Award-winning artist and author Kadir Nelson spent seven years researching, writing, and creating handsome paintings to be included in the brilliantly illustrated book, WE ARE THE SHIP: The Story of Negro League Baseball. The exhibition includes original oil paintings and sketches, all of which are dedicated to the preservation of the history of Negro Leagues. WE ARE THE SHIP is the story of gifted athletes and determined owners, racial discrimination and international sportsmanship, fortunes won and lost, and triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of Black America in the first half of the 20th century. But most of all, the story of the Negro League is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do the one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball.

Friday, August 19 - Distinguished Lecture Series and Reception

6:30pm Lecture by Negro League Baseball historian Phil S. Dixon
7:30pm Reception catered by Honey on the Table

$5 FWMoA Members/$10 general public

RSVP online at www.fwmoa.org beginning 8/1 or by calling Justin at 260.422.6467, ext. 313