| Summary: | Art gallery owner Ernestine Turner Brown was born October 22, 1935, in Youngstown, Ohio, to Alma Hill and Isaac Turner. She earned her B.A. degree in education from Youngstown State University in 1959. Brown also completed post-baccalaureate work at Boston University, Northwestern University and Kent State University. From 1980, Brown was the director and co-owner, along with her husband water colorist Malcolm Brown, of the Malcolm Brown Gallery in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Among the renowned African American artists whose works have been showcased in the Malcolm Brown Gallery are Elizabeth Catlett and Selma Burke. Brown was an active member in numerous professional and civic organizations, including the Advisory Outreach Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Coalition of 100 Black Women. She was the recipient of many awards and honors for her achievements, including the Cleveland Arts Prize "Special Citation for Distinguished Service to the Arts.".
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