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Tony Sarg: Genius at Play

Name: Tony Sarg: Genius at Play
Start: 2023-09-19T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-19T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Norman Rockwell Museum

Arts and Culture

summer

September 19 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until November 3
An event every week that begins at 8:00 am on Sunday and Saturday, repeating until November 5

on Mondays and Tuesdays and Thursdays and Fridays

On veiw June 10 through November 5, 2023

Tony Sarg: Genius at Play is the first comprehensive exhibition exploring the life, art, and adventures of Tony Sarg (1880-1942), the charismatic illustrator, animator, puppeteer, designer, entrepreneur, and showman who is celebrated as the father of modern puppetry in North America. His vast knowledge of puppet technology was instrumental in his design of the inaugural Thanksgiving Day parade balloon for Macy’s Department Store in 1927, as well as subsequent parade balloons and automated displays for the company’s festive holiday windows, which were imitated nationwide. The creator of a host of popular consumer goods, from toys and clothing to home décor, Sarg also envisioned fanciful illustrated maps and created mural designs for the Oasis Cafe in New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel.