{"id":44921,"date":"2024-01-24T12:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nha.org\/?post_type=exhibition&#038;p=44921"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:51:30","slug":"tony-sarg-genius-at-play","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/nha.org\/whats-on\/exhibitions\/exhibitions-archive\/tony-sarg-genius-at-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Sarg: Genius at Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><em><b>Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<h6><em>\u201cThe moment of action is the moment of humor\u2026.every little movement has a meaning of its own might well be taken as the slogan of the humorous artist.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2014Tony Sarg, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The New York Times<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, 1925<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><strong>About the Exhibition<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;f9f26255-5c79-4c3e-9e69-685ed9fc8322|42&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrm.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-44973\" src=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-stacked-teal-350x142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-stacked-teal-350x142.jpg 350w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-stacked-teal-1024x415.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-stacked-teal-150x61.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-stacked-teal-768x311.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-stacked-teal.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>Organized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrm.org.\">Norman Rockwell Museum<\/a> in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in partnership with the Nantucket Historical Association, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"><em>Tony Sarg: Genius at Play<\/em><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> was the first comprehensive exhibition exploring the life, art, and adventures of Tony Sarg (1880-1942<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\">Tony Sarg\u2019s <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">vast <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">knowledge of puppet technology was instrumental in his design of the inaugural Thanksgiving Day parade balloon<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> for Macy\u2019s Department Store in 1927, as well as automated displays for the company\u2019s festive holiday windows, which were imitated nationwide. The creator of a host of popular consumer goods, from toys and clothing to home d\u00e9cor, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Tony Sarg<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> was an accomplished illustrator, animator, designer, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">entrepreneur, and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">showman<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> who summered on, and took inspiration from, Nantucket for <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">nearly twenty<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> years.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120765707 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Exhibition Themes Included:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">From London to New York: Sarg as Illustrator<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Passion for Puppetry: Sarg as Showman<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Experiments in Film and Animation<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Balloons Over Broadway<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Commercial Whimsy: The Sarg Brand<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Big Stage: On the Town and At the Fair<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Artist\u2019s Legacy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">About the Artist<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44970\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ph8-34-3-behind-the-stage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44970\" src=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ph8-34-3-behind-the-stage-275x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ph8-34-3-behind-the-stage-275x350.jpg 275w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ph8-34-3-behind-the-stage-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ph8-34-3-behind-the-stage-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ph8-34-3-behind-the-stage-768x976.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ph8-34-3-behind-the-stage-1208x1536.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ph8-34-3-behind-the-stage-1611x2048.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Sarg behind the scenes of his marionette stage, November 10, 1927. Photoprint Gravure Co., Inc., New York;<br \/>PH8-34-3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A German-American illustrator, puppeteer, author, designer, entrepreneur, and practical joker, Tony Sarg was born in Guatemala in 1880, the son of German diplomat and coffee entrepreneur, Francis Charles Sarg, and a British mother, Mary Elizabeth Parker. His paternal grandmother, Mary Ellen Best, was a gifted watercolorist. It is believed that the young Sarg, at the age of six, first tinkered with a mechanical invention to remotely feed the family\u2019s chickens for his father. Surrounded by puppets as a child, he was also the inheritor of his grandmother\u2019s beloved toy collection and developed a fascination for creating and performing with marionettes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When Sarg\u2019s family returned to Germany in 1887, he entered a military academy at age 14 and, three years later, received a commission as lieutenant, a post that he resigned in 1905 to move to the United Kingdom in pursuit of artistic opportunities in London.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Four years later, Sarg married Bertha Eleanor \u201cBert\u201d McGowan, an American from Cincinnati, Ohio, and their daughter Mary, was born in 1914. Although Sarg\u2019s career as an illustrator was flourishing, his German heritage and anti-German sentiment in England leading up to World War I prompted Sarg to move his family to the United States in 1915.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44972\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nantuckethistory.org:443\/permalink\/?key=6000_i5825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44972\" src=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Framed-p21155-350x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Framed-p21155-350x281.jpg 350w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Framed-p21155-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Framed-p21155-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Framed-p21155-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Framed-p21155-1536x1232.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Framed-p21155-2048x1643.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Sarg&#8217;s Nantucket Sea Monster balloon in the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1937. Photographer unidentified, P21155.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <span data-contrast=\"none\">New York City, Sarg built his reputation as a commercial artist and designer full of wit and whimsy. He also began performing with his own marionette company in 1917 and soon established Tony Sarg\u2019s Marionettes, a national traveling troupe that popularized the artform through annual performances in theaters, schools, and civic spaces across the country until 1939.\u00a0 <\/span>During this time, Sarg\u2019s reputation rose as the artist responsible for reviving the marionette theater in America. As his company toured, he taught classes and wrote instructional publications to inspire others and worked with manufacturers to produce commercial lines of puppets and theaters branded with his name. In 1927, Sarg introduced the first balloons to the Macy\u2019s Christmas (later Thanksgiving Day) Parade. Described as huge \u201cupside-down marionettes,\u201d Sarg\u2019s creations became an annual tradition and are now an icon of American culture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44982\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nantuckethistory.org:443\/permalink\/?key=1003_m931\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44982\" src=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1003_516_m931_1964.357.1.jpgplu_p1gjn1jeqc1jrb1ah71ip2qvfjlq4-350x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1003_516_m931_1964.357.1.jpgplu_p1gjn1jeqc1jrb1ah71ip2qvfjlq4-350x287.jpg 350w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1003_516_m931_1964.357.1.jpgplu_p1gjn1jeqc1jrb1ah71ip2qvfjlq4-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1003_516_m931_1964.357.1.jpgplu_p1gjn1jeqc1jrb1ah71ip2qvfjlq4-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1003_516_m931_1964.357.1.jpgplu_p1gjn1jeqc1jrb1ah71ip2qvfjlq4-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1003_516_m931_1964.357.1.jpgplu_p1gjn1jeqc1jrb1ah71ip2qvfjlq4-1536x1259.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1003_516_m931_1964.357.1.jpgplu_p1gjn1jeqc1jrb1ah71ip2qvfjlq4-2048x1679.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bon-Ton Fish Market on Easy Street, Nantucket, 1927. Tony Sarg (1880-1942), oil on canvas, 1964.357.1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:2880,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW235631154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">Sarg and his family began summering on Nantucket in 1920. Sarg sketched and painted across the island and accepted a few local decorating commissions. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">He also<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\"> employed his considerable artistic talents to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">benefit<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\"> island charities<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\"> and b<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">efore long, the island\u2019s landmarks, history, and folklore found their way into Sarg\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">children\u2019s books and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">wider commercial work. When his wife, Bert Sarg, opened a seasonal gift shop in the town, Sarg developed island-specific products to sell in it, including decorated boxes, maps, books, prints, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">textiles, and toys<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\"> This led to the creation of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">a series of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\"> Tony Sarg Shop<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\">with<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235631154 BCX0\"> locations in Nantucket and Marblehead, Massachusetts; New York City; and New Hope, Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:2880,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW187293603 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187293603 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;13fe3ec2-39ab-4b6d-953e-625c8af6c0bb|37&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">By 1939, Tony Sarg was overextended financially and had to declare bankruptcy. With his marionette companies dissolved, he focused his attention on work for Macy\u2019s and several children\u2019s books. In mid-February 1942, Sarg had surgery for a ruptured appendix and died on March 7th of complications from the procedure. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187293603 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"eop\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;13fe3ec2-39ab-4b6d-953e-625c8af6c0bb|38&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;eop&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;eop&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW187293603 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:2880,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW133393123 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW133393123 BCX0\">Tony Sarg: Genius at Play<\/span><\/span> <\/em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW133393123 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW133393123 BCX0\">was made possible in part with generous funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/NEA-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44983 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/NEA-Logo-350x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/NEA-Logo-350x100.jpg 350w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/NEA-Logo-1024x292.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/NEA-Logo-150x43.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/NEA-Logo-768x219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/NEA-Logo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">As well as Generous Support from:<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ritchie Battle<br \/>\nThe H. 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