POBA

POBA's mission is to preserve, display, and provide resources for research, archiving, and appraising the creative legacies of 20th and 21st century artists who either died without their legacy being fully recognized, were not recognized for a specific medium, or whose work is not readily accessible elsewhere.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/your-money/the-weighty-responsibility-of-inheriting-a-collection.html|title=The Weighty Responsibility of Inheriting a Collection, The New York Times (September 2014)|work=The New York Times |date=19 September 2014 |last1=Sullivan |first1=Paul }}Deborah Minsky, Digital Life after Death, "Provincetown Banner" (Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014)

POBA offers membership to anyone who owns the rights to a deceased artist's legacy. Members can create portfolios on behalf of that artist to show the works in the appropriate digital format, for public display and private storage.

The name "POBA" derives from the Hindi word "phowa", which means the transformation of consciousness at death.

POBA has partnered with such leading institutions and galleries as the American Ballet Theatre and The Berta Walker Gallery, and has partnerships with the Provincetown Art Association and Museum{{cite web|url=http://artdaily.com/news/72371/Online-exhibitions-spotlight-groundbreaking-artists-from-America-s-oldest-active-arts-colony |title=Online exhibitions spotlight groundbreaking artists from America's oldest active arts colony (January 2015)}} and Paddle8.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanphotomag.com/photo-gallery/2014/12/newly-unearthed-collection-photos-20th-century-masters-to-be-auctioned-online?page=2 |title=Auction is the first in a new series launched by Paddle8 in partnership with POBA (December, 2014)}}

In January 2016, POBA launched Art Lives, an online project to digitize, curate, and display the work of artists of all genres lost to AIDS in the 1970s and 1980s, partnering with DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS), LifeBeat (Music Fights AIDS) and Visual AIDS for the initial portfolios.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-incredible-artists-who-lost-their-lives-to-hiv_us_565caea7e4b079b2818b45e2 |title=7 Incredible Artists Who Lost Their Lives To HIV (December, 2015)|website=HuffPost |date=December 2015 }} Featured artists include Sylvester (singer), Mel Cheren, artist and creator of West End Records, and Patrick Kelly (fashion designer).{{cite journal|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/12/01/poba_s_art_lives_preserves_the_work_of_artists_lost_to_hiv_aids.html |title=The Work of Artists Lost to AIDS Lives On (December, 2015)|journal=Slate |date=December 2015 |last1=Lowder |first1=J. Bryan }}

Founding artists' legacies include:{{cite web|url=http://hollywoodprogressive.com/poba-virtual-cultural-arts-center/ |title=POBA Virtual Cultural Arts Center}}

• Ben-Zion (1897–1987), a member, along with such painters as Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb, of "The Ten" who exhibited their work together from 1935 to 1940 {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/26/obituaries/ben-zion-a-writer-painter-and-sculptor-is-dead-at-90.html |title=Ben-Zion New York Times obituary|work=The New York Times |date=26 January 1987 }}
• Carol C. Carlisle (1924–2011), the Managing Editor of Popular Photography magazine for over 35 years, who amassed a personal collection more than 1,200 photos by then-unknown photographers who are now considered modern masters.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/your-money/the-weighty-responsibility-of-inheriting-a-collection.html|title=The Weighty Responsibility of Inheriting a Collection, The New York Times (September 2014)|work=The New York Times |date=19 September 2014 |last1=Sullivan |first1=Paul }}
• Andrew Gold (1951-2011,) the singer, songwriter, musician and arranger, whose best known works include "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You for Being a Friend".{{cite web|url=http://makingmusicmag.com/poba/ |title=POBA: Where the Music Plays On|date=24 April 2015 }}
• Pete Ham (1947–1975) and Tom Evans (1947–1983), founding members and principal songwriters for the musical group Badfinger.{{cite web|url=http://cms.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/newly-discovered-badfinger-demos-get-an-online-home/47989 |title=Newly Discovered Badfinger Demos Get an Online Home with POBA, Guitar Player Magazine (July 2014)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/07/18/week-music/12827561/ |title=The Week in Music, USA Today (July 18, 2014)|website=USA Today }}
• Norman Mailer (1923–2007), the acclaimed writer and author, whose drawings were relatively unknown.{{cite web|url=http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2014/07/norman-mailer-art-legacy-gallery/ |title=A Portrait of Norman Mailer as a Visual Artist, Clyde Fitch Report (July 2014)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/18/normal-mailer-drawings_n_5589727.html |title=Apparently, The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Norman Mailer Was A Picasso-Inspired Artist, Huffington Post (July 2014)|website=HuffPost |date=18 July 2014 }}
• Clark Tippet (1955–1992), a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre from 1976 to 1990, where he worked with such dancers as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Twyla Tharp, and David Parsons, and choreographer, creating numerous works for the ABT and other dance companies.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/30/arts/clark-tippet-choreographer-37-ballet-theater-principal-dancer.html |title=Clark Tippet Obituary, The New York Times (January 1992)|work=The New York Times |date=30 January 1992 |last1=Dunning |first1=Jennifer }}{{cite web|url=http://www.edgemedianetwork.com/entertainment/culture/news//164488 |title=POBA Site Helps Preserve Legacies of Artists Lost to AIDS, Edge Media Network (August 2014)}}
• George Tate (1920–1992), a photographer whose work captured mid-century California's bathing beauty and Muscle Beach culture.{{cite journal|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/07/12/george_tate_captures_california_life_in_the_1950s_and_1960s_photos.html |title=George Tate Captures California Life, Slate (July 2013)|journal=Slate |date=12 July 2013 |last1=Teicher |first1=Jordan G. }}
• Jamie Bernard (1987–2010), a young writer and artist, whose tragic death prompted the creation of the James Kirk Bernard Foundation.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2010/02/obituary_james_kirk_bernard_di.html |title=James Kirk Bernard Foundation website|date=2 February 2010 }}
• Nancy Whorf (1930–2009), a noted Provincetown-based painter.{{cite web|url=http://www.provincetownartistregistry.com/W/whorf_nancy.html |title=Nancy Whorf, Provincetown Artist Registry}}
• Eli Waldron (1916–1980), a writer whose short stories were published in such literary journals and magazines such as The Kenyon Review, Collier's Weekly, and The Saturday Evening Post, a journalist whose articles appeared in such publications as Gourmet, Rolling Stone, Publishers Weekly, and The New Yorker, and a prolific artist who created a large body of drawings.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/eli-waldron |title=Eli Waldron's articles in The New Yorker|magazine=The New Yorker }}

{{reflist}}

• [https://poba.org Poba website]
• [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/poba-where-arts-live-virtual-163100826.html POBA - Where The Arts Live: Virtual Cultural Arts Center Launches, Business Wire, Yahoo Finance, (May 2014)]
• [http://hollywoodprogressive.com/poba-virtual-cultural-arts-center/ POBA Virtual Cultural Arts Center, Hollywood Progressive, (June 2014)]

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