Tag: Ernie Barnes

• Artist a Day, Super Bowl Edition: Ernie Barnes

  

  Today, I’m celebrating Super Bowl Sunday my way, by honoring a great Black artist whose career began as a professional football player. Ernie Barnes was from Durham, North Carolina where he endured Jim Crow segregation and childhood bullying, using football and art to strengthen his body and his resolve. He earned a scholarship to play…

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  February 2, 2020

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, Black Artists, black history, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Uncategorized

  Artist a Day, Black History Month, Black Painters, Ernie Barnes, Football, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Sunday