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THE HILLSDALE ARTS FESTIVAL
Please join us for the Hillsdale Arts Festival:
Saturday, September 21, 2013
10am - 4 pm
and
Sunday, September 22, 2013
11 am - 4 pm
Hillsdale, NY is quickly developing its rightful reputation as a burgeoning arts community. With recent national exposure in 'Martha Stewart Living' magazine and the amazing draw of both artists and art-lovers to the Hillsdale area and surrounds, the time has come to gather together and celebrate the arts in this beautiful upstate community.
The CCCA, along with the Hillsdale Hamlet committee, invite you to join us for this two-day arts festival taking place this September, during the height of fall foliage season. The festival kicks off CCCA's 19th Annual ArtsWalk, a (now) three-week celebration of the arts in Columbia County. We invite you to stroll through the village and Hamlet Park and see the work of over 30 talented artists in a variety of mediums: fine art, photography, sculpture, jewelry, fine crafts and more! There will be musicians and performers on both days with food and fun for everyone!
'The Most Lovely Town in the Hudson Valley'
Hillsdale, long famous for its bucolic vistas and charming hamlet, provides the ultimate Columbia County experience. Also known as the 'Gateway to the Berkshires', this unique town is perfectly situated at the crossroads of Routes 22 and 23. The Hamlet of Hillsdale was recently designated a National Historic District, while farmers in the surrounding hills continue a centuries-old tradition of producing delicious organic foods.
Long-established businesses are being joined by an exciting entrepreneurial spirit, making Hillsdale one of the most attractive destinations in the Hudson Valley!
Join us in the Hamlet of Hillsdale on Saturday, September 21st, 10am-4pm and Sunday, September 22nd, 11am-4pm as we celebrate the rich artistic talent located in Hillsdale and surrounds! It will be a feast for the eyes and a wonder to the senses!
VISIT THESE ARTISTS
SEPTEMBER 21&22
Be sure to stop by the HILLSDALE FARMER'S MARKET while you're in town!
When and Where
(June-October)
Every Saturday starting June 1 till October 12.
9am to 1pm.
Located at Roe Jan Park, 9140 Route 22, just a minute south of the light on Route 23.
AT THE ROE JAN LIBRARY THE WEEKEND OF THE FESTIVAL:
The photography of B. Docktor will be featured at the Roe Jan Library September 4-October 6, 2013 in a show titled Essential Moments. The opening reception is Friday September 6 from 5:30-7:30. The exhibit is a celebration of the library's 100th birthday, our gorgeous area and our wonderful community. It will include Docktor's Community Portrait of the People of Roe Jan Library.
Ancram resident B. Docktor photographs everything from families to animals, landscapes and nature, to weddings, performances and events. To help the Roe Jan Library celebrate its 100th anniversary, Docktor donated many hours to making a community portrait of the people who make up the library community. She photographed staff, reading groups, performances, workshops, donors, artists, writers, individuals using the library, and many groups who volunteer in various ways to serve the library. She says, “I wanted to create a portrait of this very giving, diverse, and extremely talented community who use and serve the library.”
“For the library exhibit, I am putting up photographs that feature the beauty of our area, as well as selections from the RJCL Community Portrait. I love where I live, and I so enjoy making images that show off our landscape, nature and animals. We’ll also have a slideshow of the RJCL Community Portrait playing during the opening reception which I hope will foster conversation and connection between people who may recognize each other, but don’t really know each other,” said Docktor.
The Roeliff Jansen Community Library, which is chartered to serve Ancram, Copake and Hillsdale, is located at 9091 Rt. 22, approximately one mile south of the light at the intersection of Routes 22 and 23 in Hillsdale. For information on hours and events, call 518-325-4101, or visit the library’s website at www.roejanlibrary.org.
Celebrate the 100th Birthday of the Roeliff Jansen Community Library on 9/21 as well!
Birthday Fair on Saturday, Sept. 21, including the popular Birds of Prey, kids’ activities, 1st Responder Big Truck Expo, music, Friends Book Sale, library tours and demos, birthday cupcakes, pictures in the big green chair, and more!
 Never forget who you are
We would like to take this opportunity to share with you the amazing accomplishments of our Friend John Dugdale and the School of Photography he is currently building. John is offering many of his favorite works at half of their Regular Price in order to fund this amazing Project. What an opportunity you have to be a part of this Journey! 
Spectacle
John Dugdale has achieved an international reputation as an artist who produces wonderfully intimate photographs. What's most remarkable about this fact is that he has done so in spite of severe medical conditions which could have ended his career. Widely regarded as a prominent commercial photographer, Dugdale turned his attention to his fine art after he lost his eyesight in 1993 to CMV retinitis, an AIDS related illness. Once sought after by such renown clients as Bergdorf Goodman and Ralph Lauren, Dugdale found himself alone, gaining strength from friends and family who never left his side. Completely blind in his right eye, Dugdale found himself seeing with less than twenty percent visibility in his left eye. While blindness ended his commercial career, he found himself free to explore his fine art, using friends and family members as studio assistants. Using an 8 x 10" camera, Dugdale created ways of setting up a photograph, relying on others to focus the camera. Working with the blue and white hues of the cyanotype, a process developed in 1841 which uses the sun to expose the sensitized paper, Dugdale found a way to avoid the darkroom and the harsh chemicals he can no longer endure and still create sensitive, affecting images. The results of his persistence are images which are both poignant and delicate, contemplative yet quietly potent. Dugdale relies on his memory to compose still lives, nudes and self-portraits which resonate with sadness, beauty, death and the joy of life. As he said in a 1998 interview, "The mind is the essence of your sight. It's really the mind that sees." Through Dugdale's images we are reminded of the works of Thomas Eakins, Julia Margaret Cameron and F. Holland Day. These historical references fuel the work with meaning that is both familiar yet unassuming. Whether it's an arm resting on a Victorian chaise, a man curled in the entryway of a cemetery, a vase reflecting sunlight on a mantel, or a display of tulips drooping onto a counter, Dugdale invites us into a sightless world where beauty exists and memories thrive. Through his work we understand the power of sight, both real and remembered.  Empire Chair in the Gloaming
“The quietude that people respond to in my pictures is, in part, because of the way the pictures are made: no flash; no harsh electric light; not even the sound of the shutter—just a lens cap removed, and then gently replaced. This encounter provides, for me, a metaphor for looking.” -John Dugdale This is a letter we recieved from John and we would like to share it with you.  Dear Friends, This has been one of the most amazing summers of my life. As many of you know, my sight has been diminishing for some time now. It is down to about as minimal as it can get, and there is great hope right around the corner with stem cell research to restore at least some of my sight. What has not diminished for even a moment over the past 20 years is my love of photography. During a quiet moment last year I looked around my farm in Stone Ridge and wondered what I would do with this beautiful place in a state of near blindness. What amounted to an opening in the universe became a thought in my mind, and The John Dugdale School of 19th c. Photography and Aesthetics was born. Every time I walk around the corner to the 50 foot long 18th century style newly built school house, I get a pang of joy in my heart that is indescribable. The classes will offer a bold departure from typical photography programs. It is my desire that students become immersed in the stillness of the past, relieved from the distractions of cell phones, computers, and the digital world. For two and a half days we will work in a wooden schoolhouse designed for this purpose, flooded with natural light, creating photographs with large format turn-of-the-century view cameras.
The real joy comes from knowing that the school was built over the summer with one print sale at a time. I have chosen for this purpose 24 of my favorite photographs printed on 16x20" golden toned silver gelatin paper, in a limited edition of 6. As we race ahead at the beginning of February, I have raised enough money for the building to sail comfortably into the winter; doors and locks, a finished chimney, and windows are in place!
The inaugural workshop will be at the beginning of May, and is covering one of my most beloved subjects in the world, spring flowers. Classes are already beginning to be booked.
There are still so many things to be done to the interior, plastering, paint, floorboards, paneling, staircase to the library, etc. I intend to have this beautiful building completed when I open the doors to the school in May. In order to achieve this goal, I am offering these 24 prints for sale at half their normal price, $2000 each. The same way that the money magically appeared for the structure of the school house, I am hoping the same will appear for the interior. It is my hearts desire to continue my journey in photography by surrounding myself with eager students of every age. I look forward to you joining me in the excitement and energy surrounding the school  Here are some of the images from the 24 pieces he is offering and the contact info on how to purchase them. The John Dugdale School Collection 16x20” Golden Toned Silver Gelatin Prints Limited edition of 6 $2000 All Print sales help support the building of the school, in preparation for classes beginning this May.  The fruit of Orchards
 Iannis with focusing cloth
 Pink lustre tea
 In the shadow of his beloved
 Life's evening hour
 The Artist's Mother
 He who awakens
 Houston Magnolia
We are ever in awe of you and your talents, John!
There are so many Holiday Cards out there!
How do you choose?
Recycled? Christmas? Holiday? Blank? Glitter? Funny? Christian? Hannukah? New Years? Help!!
Believe me, it was difficult for us as well!
Here are some of our favorites!
Let's start with PaPaYa!
 "Christmas Child"
This card is beautiful! The colors are brilliant!In 2003 PAPAYA! was founded by Gina & Anahata Katkin. A mother/daughter team armed with a vision of Creative Abandon and a heap of determination. PAPAYA! started with just 20 blank greeting card designs in a southern California dining room. Many of the designs originated from Anahata’s handmade art journals and were adapted for print. Knowing they wanted to share a visual perspective of global culture, brave imagery, and powerful color, PAPAYA! was born. Today, PAPAYA! is celebrated all over the world by retailers and fans alike. PAPAYA! is now a thriving manufacturer enjoying a constant stream of new ideas, inspirations, materials, and added artists.  "Great Life" "Butterfly Greetings" "Merry Christmas Jesus" "Don't Worry" "Peace Birds" "Snuggle Bunny"We also Love this Compendium Product... "Positively Green". They are Printedon Recycled Papers Using Soy-based inks.  The ornament of a house...The sentiments are amazing! We often stand at the rack and read them when no one is looking.  I will honor Christmas...Compendium creates warm and wonderful greeting cards that touch the heart and lift the spirits. Our greeting card line includes the best-selling and popular Positively Green line, winner of "best card" at the prestigious LOUIE Awards. Celebrate the most important people in your life and help the environment at the same time. Beautiful illustrations combined with inspiring quotations in cards that are “green manufactured.” And—best of all—a portion of your purchase goes directly to organizations that protect the environment. This years’ recipients are Conservation International and Climate Solutions.  Every heart comes home... Cards measure 4-1/2” wide x 5-3/8” high
Printed with soy ink on Forest Steward Council certified 100% recycled stock
Each card has a different environmental tip on the back
Envelopes are plain white  Open your mind... Compendium is a Seattle-based company that creates and distributes a fresh, design-rich line of inspiring gift products. Since 1985, Compendium has had a talent for turning everyday items into extraordinary gifts, and everyday occasions into memorable events. They help you foster deeper relationships with your most important contacts, and show you what it truly means to “live inspired.”  And the song...The next Company we fell in Love with was Punch Studios. Their cards made from Kraft Paper with Foil Printing are wonderful!!!  Green Holiday Tree Blue and white foil OrnamentsThey also have dimensional greeting cards. They are Lovely! They are layered and glittered and beautiful!  Flora and FaunaOf Course, we saved our favorite for last! Ken's Kards! "Snow Day in Central Park"
Ken's Kards are individually printed by hand using archival inks. They are printed on a watercolor paper, bleeding off of a hand-torn deckled edge. Ken's Original Photographs help make these notecards unique. The Photos on these cards were taken in our back yard or on our walks or in our travels. Always at the ready when something beautiful caught our eye!  "Angel Statue" "Trio" We think we have chosen well. We would love to hear what you think!Happy Holidays from Ken and Kevin
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