POBA is a program of the James Kirk Bernard Foundation, a nonprofit organization created to honor the artistic interests of Jamie Bernard, a young writer and artist (1987- 2010). POBA empowers heirs, estates, publishers, and representatives to preserve a deceased artist’s creative legacy and make it accessible for new audiences to discover and experience their work.
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POBA confirms it’s a Basquiat!
PKPR secured an exclusive with ARTnews, the oldest and most widely circulated art magazine in the world, on how POBA helped a New Jersey single mom.
Read More →POBA on NPR, Time, Rolling Stone, NY Mag
When paparazzo Gene Spatz died in 2003, he left behind a trove of more than 50,000 stunning photos of New York City street life, culture and nightlife.
Read More →POBA on PBS NewsHour’s Arts Beat
POBA is featured on PBS NewsHour’s Arts Beat in a fantastic segment looking at how it helps give unsung artists the attention they didn’t get in their lifetimes.
Read More →An online “museum” for artists lost to AIDS
Patrick Kelly and Sylvester are among the artists exhibited in a new online gallery dedicated to preserving the creative legacies of artists lost to AIDS.
Read More →POBA founder profiled by NPR Aspen
A wonderful segment on Aspen Public Radio with family members discussing how POBA helped them preserve their creative legacies.
Read More →Major POBA Feature in New York Times (Again)
For the second time in less than eight months, PKPR secured a half-page feature story on POBA in The New York Times.
Read More →POBA in Star Ledger
Wonderful story in today’s Star Ledger on how POBA is helping to preserve over 1000 letters written between a New Jersey couple during World War II.
Read More →Major POBA feature in New York Times
POBA is featured in almost full page article in New York Times in a story by Paul Sullivan on what heirs and estates should do when left with the artwork.
Read More →New Republic, HuffPo, ArtNet cover POBA launch
PKPR helped launch POBA, a new non-profit initiative of the James Kirk Bernard Foundation to support the preservation of art of talented deceased artists.
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