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October 04, 2023 CPAL offers Fall Trainings

You can never start too early! Check out these fall programs from the Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies, featuring artist round-tables and classes focused on legacy issues, including copyright and appraisals. Learn more at CPAL.

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March 15, 2023 Preserving Legacies in the NYC Region

Recently we had the opportunity to connect  with Joy Glidden, founder of the Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies (CPAL). CPAL is an up and coming organization in New York with a focus on seeking out important artists and helping to preserve their contributions to the artist story of the region. CPAL plans to […]

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December 27, 2022 Artistic Heirlooms in Honoring Legacies and Processing Grief

POBA is more than a collection of portfolios; it is a digital monument that celebrates and stores the artistic legacies of those who are no longer with us. Those who have passed have left behind profound parts of themselves, many through their artistic expressions. Recording and preserving their legacies not only honors them, but can provide grievers […]

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February 17, 2022 Presenting A Creative Legacy – When it’s your Own

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 […]

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January 06, 2022 Healing through the Arts

  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 […]

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December 15, 2020 A Gift of Creativity and Connection

When Elizabeth first died, it was like having the rug pulled out from underneath us. Thrown for such a loss, among many griefs I remembered my wife’s lament over what would she feared would happen to her artworks in the aftermath of her passing. She imagined they would be thrown out. I guess she imagined […]

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September 04, 2020 Remembering our Inspiration on his Birthday

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 […]

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March 24, 2020 Art for the Young, Now and Forever

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 […]

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March 01, 2020 Community, and the Business of Art

“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 […]

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February 27, 2020 Arts Participation in the US

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 […]

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