The Albin Polasek Museum "Natural Florida" exhibit collection, 2024 contains two copies of the September/October 2024 issue of Artistry featuring Rhapsody in Rose by Joy Postle on the cover and a poster for the "Natural Florida: Art by Emma Sears Marsh & Joy Postle" exhibit hosted at the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in 2024. These materials provide insight into this exhibition and the breadth of these artist's work. The Albin Polasek Museum & Gardens hosted an exhibition titled ""Natural Florida: Art by Emma Sears Marsh & Joy Postle" from August 27-December 1, 2024 featuring paintings from Emma Sears Marsh and Joy Postle. These 66 paintings document Central Florida's wildlife and plants in the early 20th century. The exhibit was curated by Tamie Diener-Lafferty, curator at the Polasek Museum. The Sears Marsh paintings were on loan from the Lakes and Hills Garden Club and Postle's from the University of Central Florida's Special Collections and University Archives.
Guide to the Denise Hall and Douglas Wesson Oral History about Joy Postle, 2015 contains the audio recording of an oral history between Denise Hall and Douglas Wesson about Joy Postle. Topics include Joy Postle's house in Winter Park, Florida, the aftermath of the fire that killed her husband, Robert Blackstone, and left her with injuries, her work as an artist and a poet, Postle's passion for the environment, her financial constraints, her attitude in life, and the Joy Postle papers collection at the University of Central Florida. This oral history took place on July 16th, 2015 in the Special Collections & University Archives in the John C. Hitt Library at the University of Central Florida. Denise Hall was a friend of Joy Postle and a collector of her work. Douglas Wesson knew Postle through his step-father, who was a handyman for Postle.
Joy Postle papers, 1910-2015 contains books, manuscript material, and fine art by and about Joy Postle documents her work and her legacy as an artist, muralist, naturalist, poet, writer, and entertainer. These papers contain correspondence, news clippings, drawings, paintings, a scrapbook and many photographs documenting Joy Postle's life and work, providing insight into her personal life and creative process. Most of the collection is devoted to her art in all its forms and images that she used for inspiration. Katherine Joy Postle was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1896. She studied music and art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon graduation in the 1920s, Postle moved to the Snake River Canyon area of Idaho establishing herself as an artist and interior decorator. In Idaho, she met her husband, journalist Robert Blackstone. The couple traveled throughout the West, Southwest, and South living. Arriving in Florida in 1934, the couple continued their nomadic lifestyle until purchasing a small home on Lake Rose, near Orlando, in 1942. In addition to painting and drawing, Postle wrote poetry and worked for the WPA Florida Art Project. Around 1937, Postle and Blackstone conceived "Glamour Birds," a unique entertainment show combining recorded bird songs and music with Postle singing, painting birds, and teaching her audience about wildlife and conservation.
