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We celebrate a first for POBA, the introduction of a living artist showcasing her own creative legacy and art and artistry developed over a lifetime. Creative from her early days, abstract expressionist painter Lorna Ritz offers insights into her creative process as well as her productivity through her artist page and portfolios on POBA. Lorna […]

  POBA was founded as an opportunity to showcase the work of deceased artists whose creative works might not have made it into the public eye. For the fans, friends, families, and heirs of these artists, and for artists preparing for their creative legacies to be presented here, there is comfort and healing in the […]

Recently we came across this article about the allure of pencils highlighting a book titled Pencils You Should Know, and it sparked thoughts about Jamie Bernard, the inspiration behind POBA|Where the Arts Live. Today would have been Jamie’s 33rd birthday. Colored pencils were one of Jamie’s preferred mediums. And clearly Jamie had a unique relationship with […]

While art is important all year long, March has been designated Youth Art Month, in recognition of the impact of art education on the lives of our nation’s youth. The arts allow elementary, middle, and high school students an avenue to express themselves, learn, and grow with a creative and innovative mindset. Even as some […]

“A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power.” – Martin O’Malley   In addition to memorializing the creative legacies of those who have passed, POBA seeks to build community among those who connect through one universal catalyst: art. The POBA community has expanded over the years, and so has our […]

We know that arts are an important part of many lives–creatively, economically, socially, and more. A recent report released by the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Patterns of Arts Participation: A Full Report from the 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, shows the many ways Americans engage with the arts.  This survey of […]

POBA celebrates the recent release of some digital treasures to the public domain, thereby keeping art alive and providing copyright-free images for public viewing and use. According to its website, ‘the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. BHL is revolutionizing global research by providing free, […]

Many artists have used hearts as a visual image of love, whimsy, sorrow and more. On POBA, this is more than a visual metaphor. “Art with Heart” – the urge to create, enjoy, collect and preserve art – is the motivating force behind POBA. After five years of taking POBA from a kernel of an idea to fruition today, we return to the impulse that led a family to create POBA: an act of the heart.

Louisville (KY) NPR station WFPL unpacked the physical archives of celebrity photographer Gene Spatz after discovering his digital photography archives on POBA. In a moving interview with Spatz’s sister, Amy Lowen and with POBA’s Co-Managing Director, the story became one of the most popular of 2017 to the Arts and Culture desk of this NPR station.

Daryl Rosen (1951-1973) lived an artful life and an art-filled life. The former was too brief but the latter was abundant and rich. In her brief 22 years, she produced drawings, paintings, objects from metal, found materials and mixed media, and sculptures of dexterity and delicacy. Only a few of the works from her prodigious creative life remain – some from her childhood show her untutored promise and some show the mature artist in her early 20s. Daryl’s work epitomizes why POBA was created: to preserve exceptional creative legacies, however large or small.