Off-Season Artist Reception with Jude Dolton

Please join us on the second floor for an artist reception with Jude Dolton and her exhibition "Off-Season: Motel Signs Along Us Routes 9 & 9N" on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 from 5-7 PM.

An additional artist reception will be at the same time with AWI Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Michale Glennon with the exhibition "Wool & Water" in the Folklife Gallery.

The focus of the exhibition is on motel signs along the Route 9 and 9N corridor during the off-season to showcase the fragile nature of small businesses in a tourism economy. The twenty-four featured photographs extend from northern Saratoga County to the Canadian border, many along Lake George. Dolton, a graduate of Glens Falls High School, Class of 2019, received an Individual Artist Support grant in 2022 to create an exhibition featuring color photographs of the signs shot on 35 mm film during late winter and early spring. The exhibition premiered at Warren County Historical Society in August 2022.

The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library is an award-winning program created in 1993, charged with the mission to research and present the cultural traditions of the upper Hudson Valley and southern Adirondacks of upstate New York. Its core programs–Special Collections, Exhibitions, and Cultural Events–are largely supported by grants, and have attracted a large, diverse regional audience to its gallery, research room, and cultural programs. Programs are funded in part by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts supported by the Governor's Office and the New York State Legislature.