{"id":2601,"date":"2012-10-03T01:42:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T01:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/puppeteers\/?page_id=2601"},"modified":"2013-02-25T00:58:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T00:58:04","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/who-we-are\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4732\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Heather-Henson-Dearbourne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4732\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4732 \" title=\"Awards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Heather-Henson-Dearbourne-680x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Heather-Henson-Dearbourne-680x458.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Heather-Henson-Dearbourne-600x404.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Heather-Henson-Dearbourne-460x309.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Heather-Henson-Dearbourne-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Heather-Henson-Dearbourne-252x169.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Heather-Henson-Dearbourne.jpg 1735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Henson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Each award presented by the Puppeteers of America is a unique and distinct honor. The awards recognize extraordinary contributions to of the art of puppetry and to the community of puppeteers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The President\u2019s Award<\/strong> is the only honor in USA puppetry that recognizes a body of work or entire career in puppetry. It is a lifetime achievement award. The recipients include: Jim Henson, Bil Baird, Burr Tillstrom, Julie Taymor, Peter Schumann, Frank Ballard, Rufus and Margo Rose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two awards were established to recognize and encourage service to the puppetry community.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Trustees Award<\/strong> honors service to the Puppeteers of America.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Puppeteers of America Award<\/strong> recognizes service to the art of puppetry from outside the immediate field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three newer awards are named for distinguished artists who are inspirational role models.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Jim Henson Award<\/strong> for Innovation<\/li>\n<li><strong>The George Latshaw Award<\/strong> for writing<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin Award<\/strong> for education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Awards are presented every two years at National Puppetry Festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Any member of Puppeteers of America can make a nomination for an award.<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Award Nominations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/who-we-are\/awards\/award-nominations\/\">Click here for information about making a nomination for an award.<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a title=\"Past Award Recipients\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/who-we-are\/awards\/past-awards\/\">Click here for a complete list of award winners and profiles of some of the recent recipients.<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each award presented by the Puppeteers of America is a unique and distinct honor. The awards recognize extraordinary contributions to of the art of puppetry and to the community of puppeteers. The President\u2019s Award is the only honor in USA puppetry that recognizes a body of work or entire career in puppetry. It is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2579,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page.php","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2601","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2601\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}