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Leslie Gillette Jackson (1921- 2013) was a painter and poet whose masterful words and works convey elegance, intelligence and perceptiveness. In her small collection of paired poems and drawings, Poet in Spain, Leslie reflects on wanderers and pilgrims, describing this collection as “poems of the road” which offer both promise of continuation and prospect of […]

POBA artist Andrew Gold, an acclaimed artist in his own right, was also the son of Marni Nixon,  one of America’s best female vocalists. Marni is the voice behind some of the greatest filmed musical performances known – singing the role of “Anna” in The King and I for Deborah Kerr,  performing the vocals of […]

POBA began this project as an exploration of the art of letter writing, a unique expression in literary tradition that is both important and often overlooked. Starting with a romance that began as teens in the late 1930s, the WWII wartime correspondence between Hy and Sandy Schulman chronicles an amazing record of personal love during […]

Leslie Gillette Jackson (1921- 2013) was a painter and poet whose masterful words and works convey elegance, intelligence and perceptiveness. In her small collection of paired poems and drawings, A Strange Light, Leslie reflects on the relationship between words and images and how places help to create poetry. Here, Kim Rosen, master poetry reader, renders […]

If you are an active musician or should ever come into control of musical works after someone has passed away, there are essential first steps to take to preserve, promote and protect a music legacy. Music Connection magazine offers POBA’s basic guidelines to aid you in protecting your collections and preserve the musician’s body of […]

POBA’s mission is to preserve art works created by exceptional deceased 20th and 21st century artists, and to capture original performances and re-creations of their works for the benefit of POBA visitors. Some POBA artists – for example, Clark Tippet – often had their performances captured on video and film for us to enjoy forever. […]

Leslie Gillette Jackson (1921- 2013) was a painter and poet whose masterful words and works convey elegance, intelligence and perceptiveness. In her small collection of paired poems and drawings, A Strange Light, Leslie reflects on the relationship between words and images and how places help to create poetry. Here, Kim Rosen, master poetry reader, renders […]

David Prifti, a photographer and artist of extraordinary talent and unique vision, introduces a new category of art portfolios for POBA – Photographic Assemblages. Through the juxtaposition of images, found objects and ephemera in his assemblages, Prifti created symbolic and often autobiographical images that convey his sense of personal history and the passage of time. […]

The value of a creative legacy is more than financial.  POBA’s newest partnership with the Appraisers Association of America allows us to help know your creative legacy’s value on every level. Established in 1949, the Appraisers Association is the premier association of personal property appraisers. Association members are independent, covering 100 different areas of specialization […]

Nancy Webb (1926-2012) was an artistic grand master. Beginning her career as a painter and print maker in the 1940s, by the late 1960s, Webb was a sculptor as well, creating large modernist sculptures as well as small, exquisitely cast and etched works that captured big themes of life, death, creation and the sensual natural […]