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A Program of the James Kirk Bernard Foundation
A Program of the James Kirk Bernard Foundation
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 * about
   * About Us
   * FAQs
   * Our Team
   * Contact Us
   * Press/Media Resources
   * Partners and Affiliates
 * genres
   * About Genres
   * Painting & Drawing
   * Writing
   * Photography
   * Video/Film
   * Music
   * Performance
   * Object Arts
   * Mixed Media
 * artists
   * Artist Directory
 * exhibits
   * Exhibits
   * POBA Selects
   * Partner Selects
 * latest news
 * services
   * Concierge Services
   * POBA Tips
   * Charity Match
 * membership
   * Join Us
   * POBA Fan
   * POBA Friend
   * POBA Presenter

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POBA SERVICES


MANAGE A COLLECTION

Preserve and promote your prized art legacy or collection with POBA’s help.

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HONOR A LEGACY

Bring deserved recognition to exceptional artists whose work was not recognized
in their lifetime.

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KEEP ART ALIVE

Find homes for art through our Charity Match.

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UNDISCOVERED MASTERS

Explore the master art works and the fascinating stories of POBA’s exceptional
artists.

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POBA SERVICES


MANAGE A COLLECTION

Preserve and promote your prized art legacy or collection with POBA’s help.

Read More


HONOR A LEGACY

Bring deserved recognition to exceptional artists whose work was not recognized
in their lifetime.

Read More



KEEP ART ALIVE

Find homes for art through our charity match.

Read More


UNDISCOVERED MASTERS

Explore the master art works and the fascinating stories of POBA’s exceptional
artists.

Read More


WHAT IS POBA?


POBA IS WHERE THE ARTS LIVE!

POBA | Where the Arts Live is a non-profit online hub that celebrates the
creative works of exceptional contemporary artists – known and unknown – who
died without recognition of the full measure of their talents or legacies.
Across genres and media, these works inspire and enliven us all. POBA showcases,
promotes, and preserves the legacies of these artists through its displays and
promotions on our site. And, through tangible services, POBA assists collectors,
estates, and working artists in managing their collections for future
preservation, viewing, and value.

POBA is where you can:

 * Create and display Portfolios of legacy artists on a DIY basis or with POBA’s
   help
 * Obtain personalized Concierge Services to get creative works organized,
   preserved, digitized, valued, and promoted
 * Support POBA's non-profit mission

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CREATIVE LEGACIES ARE CREATIVE FUTURES

FULFILLING A PROMISE

A BROTHER'S LEGACY

TIPS FOR COLLECTORS, ESTATES AND ARTISTS



CASE STUDIES

EXPERIENCES FROM THE POBA COMMUNITY

Print or Digital
A Witness to history
Giving Away a Lifetime of Art
A Diplomat's Dilemma


PRINT OR DIGITAL

The best friend-turned-executor of a remarkable, little-known photographer faced
the challenge of preserving a voluminous print and digital legacy. The artist’s
family had no ability to retain or promote their father’s works. How to preserve
and generate interest in a legacy that would otherwise be lost?



POBA reviewed the entire digital and physical collection of thousands of pre-
and post-digital files, implemented a plan to digitize the “best of” images and
retain selected works handled by the photographer, create displays on POBA,
market the works to commercial and private collectors, donate selected works,
and properly dispose of the rest to protect copyrights and value. The estate can
now close this aspect of its work confident the artist’s legacy has been
preserved and will grow in recognition.


A WITNESS TO HISTORY

A veteran’s widow wanted to preserve a large collection of nearly 1200 letters
she and her husband had exchanged during WWII. These were lovingly stored in
shoe boxes around her house, unseen and unread by others but dog-eared from her
repeated reading over 50 years. Little did the family know some letters shed new
light on history of great significance. Could the letters be saved, shared and
if so, how?



POBA’s staff scanned, catalogued, and created keyword searchable images of more
than 6500 pages of letters, properly archived each original to allow easy
reading without further harm to the original papers. POBA also discovered that
about 50 of these letters told the soldier’s part in events of great historical
significance, a story that had been unknown until POBA’s discovery. POBA brought
the significance of these letters to public attention through the New York
Times, displayed the most important letters on POBA, and even generated a book
deal offer for the family. The family is confident the collection is properly
preserved and that they and future generations will have access to this
remarkable historical record of love and war.


GIVING AWAY A LIFETIME OF ART

An artist created a thorny problem by leaving a will requiring that his art
works be donated in full to a single non-profit to use to achieve its mission.
No non-profit had been identified, cultivated or prepared to receive this
500-work collection by the artist before he died. How could his personal
representative meet this legal obligation?



POBA catalogued the entire collection and evaluated the 500 works to develop a
list of potential recipients. POBA identified and cultivated an appropriate
non-profit and arranged for disposition, donation and display of the entire
collection after creating a full digital record. The personal representative was
able to close the estate successfully, having fulfilled the terms of the
artist’s will.


A DIPLOMAT’S DILEMMA

A career diplomat collected more than 1000 works of museum quality tribal and
ethnic arts from around the world, kept at her home in a remote area. The
collection was both large and eclectic. While many items were personally
valuable, she wasn’t sure of their market value and had no viable way to
identify and coordinate the services of the many experts needed. Without help,
she faced their haphazard disposition.



POBA created a 360° plan for her works, engaged the experts and oversaw the
project to inventory, photo-document, catalog, and appraise the specialty
collections, as well as advise on a donation/sales strategy. The retiree is now
confident knowing the collection is in hand and the project will be completed
properly.

TALK ABOUT POBA

Testimonials from our community

A Partner
A Presenter
An Estate
An Art Buyer

TALK ABOUT POBA

Testimonials from our community


A PARTNER

Mission accomplished! POBA has now become a “go-to” resource for us. Through
your informative and engaging presentations we can extend our reach and
resources to help artists and art patrons. Looking forward to many more
successful collaborations!

- Executive Director, State Arts Council

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A PRESENTER

Priceless to have an organization that celebrates and remembers the talent and
incredible work of those we hold dear. With POBA’s help, these artists will
remain in the hearts and ears and eyes of new generations!

– Leslie K

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AN ESTATE

POBA became the angel guide that showed us how to navigate the road from
overwhelm to legacy preservation. We are so proud of the results in every
respect.

– Mark M

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AN ART BUYER

Yes! This amazing work is now in my hands and in my home. I’ve been spending a
lot of time with this exquisite painting. Thank you for helping me to purchase
it; I am grateful. Long live POBA!

– Andy C

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Support POBA's Mission

NEWS

PRESENTING A CREATIVE LEGACY – WHEN IT’S YOUR OWN

February 17, 2022

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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 * Presenting A Creative Legacy – When it’s your Own
 * Healing through the Arts
 * Remembering our Inspiration on his Birthday
 * Art for the Young, Now and Forever

 * Press/Media Resources
 * Privacy Policy
 * Terms and Conditions of Use

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© James Kirk Bernard Foundation 2013-2022. All rights reserved. All artwork on
this site is copyright protected.


TERMS & CONDITIONS

Materials On Our Site

If your use of our site includes your submission of audio, visual, or written
content, by providing us with that material you are promising that the material
you submit is original and owned by you and/or licensed to you by the material’s
owner or creator. Your submission means you are giving us a license to use and
continue to use the submitted material in any way we may see fit, without
restriction, whether for use on this site or for our promotion of the site.
Ownership and copyright in the original material is not transferred to us, but
is kept by you. In submitting creative works, you agree to provide us with the
name of the owner and copyright proprietor of the material you submit if you did
not personally create the work. You understand that we respect and follow the
United States Copyright and Trademark laws. If and when you make a submission to
our site you are warranting that the submitted material does not and will not
infringe on the rights of any third parties. Likewise, the act of submission
affirms that your submission is made lawfully and in conformity with federal and
state laws. If a claim is made to us that any of your material violates the
rights of a third party – including the right of privacy – or that it violates
any applicable law, we will be free to remove the identified material and take
such other action as may be available or needed to remedy the problem.

POBA is a moderated and curated site. Content deemed to be violent, sexual,
discriminatory, or disparaging in nature may be refused or removed at our
discretion. Members may develop password-protected storage vaults into which
they place digital files up to the limits of the storage capacity of their
vault(s). Storage vaults are not for public display or access. From this stored
material, members may create display portfolios on the POBA site. Members may
choose to participate in juried and other exhibitions or make some portion or
all of their storage vault(s) available for public viewing in portfolios. Any
public display of such privately-owned material on our site remains subject to
the approval of poba.org. POBA reserves the right to access any stored material
on the POBA site and to remove any or all material on the site that is obtained,
stored or used in a manner inconsistent with applicable laws and regulations.
POBA also reserves the right to use your publicly displayed materials in
promoting visits to the overall site, other public portfolios, and its exhibits.

POBA will additionally develop and create its own content on the site. As
displayed or as accessible on our site, such content is protected by applicable
copyright and trademark laws. We grant you a limited license that gives you
permission to temporarily download one copy of our contents for personal viewing
only. This grant is solely a license, not a transfer of title. In downloading
the one copy of the material from the site, you are not permitted to permanently
store or modify the material; use the materials for any commercial purpose or
public display; remove any copyright or proprietary notations; transfer the
material to any other person; or “mirror” the material onto another server. Any
violation of these restrictions allows us to thereafter terminate our license
with you at our sole discretion. On license termination, you must destroy any
downloaded materials in your possession, whether in electronic or printed form.


DISCLAIMER

The materials on our website are provided “as is.” From time to time, such
materials might include technical, typographical or photographic errors. We do
not warrant that at any particular time the materials will be accurate, complete
or current. We make no warranties, expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy
or reliability of the materials on the site or on any of our linked sites. As a
general policy, you should exercise good judgment and review the Privacy Policy
and Terms and Conditions of Use of any website you visit, whether through our
links or otherwise. Though we may make changes to contained materials at any
time without notice, we do not make any specific commitment to update material
on any particular schedule.

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