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How art exhibit inspired by 2015 Charleston shooting impacted Panthers

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Linebacker Thomas Davis wasn’t sure what to expect late Monday afternoon when Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera invited him and the other team captains on a field trip to the TJC Gallery on Main Street.

After all, what did art have to do with the Xs and Os of football, of Carolina finding a way back to the Super Bowl?

When the visit was complete, Davis understood.

Inside the doors of the museum, less than a mile from Carolina’s training camp home at Wofford College, were nine paintings by Dr.