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NFL Commissioned New Orleans Artist and Member of Black Masking Culture to Create Bead-Embellished Super Bowl Logo
Art x Culture

NFL Commissioned New Orleans Artist and Member of Black Masking Culture to Create Bead-Embellished Super Bowl Logo

by Victoria L. Valentine on Feb 9, 2025 • 1 Comment
Queen Tahj working on the Super Bowl logo in her studio. The New Orleans artist is known for her intricate, hand-sewn beadwork. | Courtesy NFL   THE OFFICIAL ART of Super Bowl LIX is hand-crafted with beadwork. For the first time, the National Football League (NFL) commissioned an artist outside of the organization to create...
For TV Guide, Romare Bearden Interprets the New NFL Season
1970-1979 / Magazines

For TV Guide, Romare Bearden Interprets the New NFL Season

by Victoria L. Valentine on Sep 4, 2013 • No Comments
  TIME WAS, TV GUIDE WAS A FIXTURE in American family rooms across the country. Known for engaging artists to illustrate its covers, in anticipation of the 1977 NFL football season, the weekly guide of television listings turned to Romare Bearden (1911-1988) to render its cover. As a result, the work of one of America’s...

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