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A performance by SLUGFEST at the Upper Jay Art Center (Provided photo Upper Jay Art Center)
UPPER JAY Artist and writer Caitlin Scholl, who grew up in this hamlet, has spent years thinking about ways to launch an artist residency program at the Upper Jay Art Center. The art center and its artistic director, Scott Renderer, have given countless artists the space to hone their craft and express themselves, both in front of an audience and without one. With permission from Renderer, Scholl herself has worked at there multiple times throughout the last few years. But Scholl wanted to find a way to make that informal agreement between Renderer and the artists who visit the art center into a full-fledged artist residency program and that idea is coming to fruition.