{"id":12671,"date":"2016-01-06T19:08:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puppeteers.org\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2016-01-06T19:08:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:08:38","slug":"puppeteers-of-america-79-years-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/2016\/01\/06\/puppeteers-of-america-79-years-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Puppeteers of America &#8211; 79 Years Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have entered the year 2016, the 79<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of <strong>Puppeteers of America<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>As I page through <em>A Timeline of Puppetry in America<\/em>, I am in awe with the history this organization has created, and\u00a0I have to ask the question, how and why has PofA thrived and survived all of these 79 years?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is <strong>You!<\/strong>\u00a0 Talented artisans, storytellers, teachers, and supporters; the list goes on. We, you and I, need to make sure that PofA stays around for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t renewed your membership, please do it now! PofA relies on membership renewals, new members, and supporters like you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/product-category\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for membership.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PofA also relies on tax-deductible donations. There are a number of areas to choose where your dollars support through the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/product-category\/donations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for donations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time is ticking when the next Puppetry Journal is mailed! Renew, become a member, and make a generous donation today.<\/p>\n<p>We are Puppeteers of America!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1973-group.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4812 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1973-group-680x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1973-group-680x559.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1973-group-600x493.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1973-group-460x378.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1973-group-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1973-group-252x207.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1973-group.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artistic growth comes from communicating with others, and puppetry festivals are the ideal atmosphere for personal growth. Here a distinguished group of professionals discuss an intricate marionette control devised by Albrecht Roser from Germany.\u00a0From left to right: Jim Gamble, California; Jim Henson, New York; Albrecht Rose, Germany; Burr Tillstrom, Chicago; Bil Baird, New York; Jay Marshall, Chicago; and Carroll Spinney, Connecticut. Photo Boynton Photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have entered the year 2016, the 79th Anniversary of Puppeteers of America! As I page through A Timeline of Puppetry in America, I am in awe with the history this organization has created, and\u00a0I have to ask the question, how and why has PofA thrived and survived all of these 79 years? The answer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":916,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"page.php","format":"standard","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":""},"categories":[1012],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-pofa-news","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}