The Dolgeville Violet Festival is not just a one time event during the summer, but a year round effort by the residents of Dolgeville. The Violet Festival preserves the historical aspects of the Village of Dolgeville through the use of innovative, artistic, and educational displays throughout the year. There is an emphasis on the communities’ rich horticultural history, which culminates with the annual Dolgeville Violet Festival the 2nd Friday, Saturday and Sunday of June each year. The Festival draws more than 75 vendors, 80 organizations that participate in the parade, and over 10,000 people to the Village during the three-day event. Violet Festival Committee meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at the Dolgeville Fire House. Anyone interested in volunteering is encouraged to attend.

Alfred Dolge Returns in June 2012

A living history street production of the lifetime during the 1870’s is planned for next year’s Violet Festival featuring Alfred Dolge, Anna Dolge and Wm Armstrong with the support cast of the residents of Dolgeville.

We are looking for: people whose family ancestry could have interacted with Dolge, people who would like to be actors, people who like local history, people who have ideas on the characters (bankers, laundry women, peddlers, paperboys), logistics, staging, costuming, music etc., people who have period articles to use as props such as prams, tandem bicycles, wooden scooters, wood hoop and sticks, horse and buggies, people who like a challenge and to have fun. For more information please call 315-429-9530 or 315-429-9871.

Artist in Residence Selected for June 2012

Bruce Consolazio was born in Peekskill, New York and now resides on Route 170 in the town of Fairfield.

Bruce tells us that there are three phases to his art work; starting in1986 with the usual high school art classes, then until 1993, which he calls the dark years, where there was no advancement from his high school work and he was outlining his pictures in black.

In 1997, his second advancement was when he returned to his original style and started outlining in colors, a different style and look.

In 2010 he joined an art web site and this triggered his third advancement, starting more of a serial tutorial perspective. Looking for depth in the distance of a picture, an illusion.

Consolazio says “Real life and art are opposites. In real life objects look closer together; the three dimensional world of art is an illusion of depth.”

Bruce is a self taught and his talents are varied and unique. His use of vibrant colors in his illustrations are stunning, and his close attention to fine detail is amazing. His illustrations precede a story that is also mind boggling. The picture comes first and then the story emerges from the picture or illustration.

Bruce will show his work in the Masonic Temple, Main Street Dolgeville during the Violet Festival.

Bus trip to NYC - Sunday July 15, 2012

The bus will leave the Dolgeville M&T Bank parking lot at 7:00 a.m. sharp on a trip to see the New York Yankees play the Los Angeles Angels. Cost for the trip is $115.00. For more information or reservations please call 315-429-9871 or 315-429-3220. This event is sponsored by the Dolgeville Violet Festival and the Dolgeville Rotary Club.