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Almeida, Matthew | MJA Designs | Nashua
Hand-bound leather journals, sculpted leather masquerade masks, and other leather accessories

Antoine, Pauline | Chic and Shabby Cottage | Rockland

Audette, Tom | JukeHouse Gallery | Warren
Birdhouses - handpainted birdhouses with 45 rpm records defining the subject of the painting

Bilodeau, Dennis | Bilodeau's Furniture | North Dighton
Furniture

Bolton, Cecile | Creativelyhomemade | North Dighton
Quilts, afghans, small crafts, baby items, hair bows

Brady, Jane-Ann | Jam Sweet | Attleboro
Sugar-free jam, jelly, salsa, condiments

Brynildsen, Ken | Sandwich
Photography

Cabral, Joseph | J&M Photos | Fall River
Matted photos of still life and nature from different parts of the country

Castro, Helen | Upcycled Elements | West Warwick
Upcycled old and discarded items made into beautiful pieces of jewelry using old coins, antique typewriter keys, watch parts, old skeleton keys, game pieces,etc.

Cifala, Betty | Jewelry by B | North Dighton
Custom one-of-a-kind sterling silver and semi-precious stones

Conti-Stebenne, Rosalie | Odds + Ends | Taunton
Photography: reenactment of revolutionary war, nature

Costa, Laura | Designs by Laura | Fall River
Handmade jewelry, keyring charms, and beaded snowflake ornaments

DeSilva, Lisa | Baubles for Hope | Taunton
Handmade beaded jewelry with a charity section of cancer survivor, support our troops, and pride jewelry

DeSilva, M Diane | D'Teals Designs | Berkley
Custom painted glassware, hand-knitted apparel, silk ribbon pins

Doyle, Sue | Forever Yours | Somerset
Handcrafted, one-of-a-kind beaded jewelry, leather designs, sterling and fine silver chains, earrings, and bracelets

Dufton, Sheryl | Just Beachy | Mattapoisett
Repurposed windows or frames with shells and things from the ocean placed on resin-coated glass

Dupre, Steven | Torchwork Studio | Dartmouth
Lampworked glass (beads, pendants, Christmas ornaments) and wet felted scarves and ornaments

Eaton, Jill | Designs by Jill | North Dighton
Handmade jewelry, semi-precious stones, Swarovski crystal - all kinds of pieces

Edminster, Martha Ann | Jewelry of Spring Book Farm | East Freetown
Nautical jewelry with pendants and nautical charms

Eisen, Judith | Lantana Arts | Providence
Handmade jewelry and small handcrafted items

Epstein, Lindsey | Lindsey Epstein Pottery | Dighton
Functional and decorative pottery; raku horse sculptures

Field, Susan | The Field Collection | Berkley
Sterling silver chain maille necklaces, bracelets and earrings

Giguere, Beth | Ladybug Designs and Studio | Middletown
Custom stained glass-framed work, ornaments, and accessories; Christmas/holiday items using mixed media; Flip flops embellished with Swarovski crytsal elements

Graves, Myron | Kreeters | Assonet
Handcrafted, sterling silver jewelry; Kreeter jewelry and shirts

Kashgagian, Janiece | JKL Jewelry Designs | Halifax
One-of-a-kind glass, pearl, crystal semi-precious and antique beaded jewelry; "Larimar" stone, conch shell jewelry.

Katon, Thea | Oh How Cute! Coaster Co. | Fairhaven
Coasters, trivets, and magnets handmade in New Bedford studio

Kearns, Nancy | Haydens Boutique | North Attleboro
Children's clothes and accessories; dresses, tutus, jackets, hats, headbands, emroidered tops, bibs, vests

Kelly, Sherry & Rich | Soy of Life | Plymouth
Homemade natural and organic soy-based skin care products

Kohler, Barbara Cook | Sea Breeze Creation | Swansea
Handmade jewelry, wind chimes, solr lights, candles, Christmas ornaments from hand-picked natural, local seaglass, sea shells, and beach stone.

Kratsa-Hoak, Cherise | Art Glass Impressions | Berkley
Art glass designs, various handcrafted items, fused glass windows, bowls, plates

Lafleur, Sally | Leap of Faith | Westport
Sterling and beaded jewelry; beaded ornaments

Lavasseur, Brenda | North Dartmouth
Handmade soap, shaving soap, salves, balms, dog shampoo, creams and lotions

Leatherwood, James | Leatherwood's Craft | Taunton
Wood turned bowls, boxes, pendants, and pens

Lemieux, Carolyn | Jenny Lyn’s Jewelry | Dighton
Sterling silver and gold-plated handcrafted jewelry

Letourneau, Julie | JL Ribbon Gear | Riverside
Handmade ribbon accesssories, hair bows, key fobs, lamp shades, etc.

Lowther, Anna | Still Life in Oils | Sandwich
Woodburnings on driftwood

Macomber, Ben | Attleboro
Variety of original watercolor paintings and prints (traditional New England subjects)

McGarty, Cecile | Dighton
Sterling silver jewelry - earrings

McGovern, Angie | Jarpwood | East Taunton
Painted wooden country items (seasonal) stars and hearts

McNamara, Emily | EmiLee | Somerset
Handmade polymer clay rosebud earrings and jewelry; lace earrings

Morrow, Catherine | Eat the Mommy | Rehoboth
Handmade children's clothing and toys, pottery, quilts, greeting/holiday cards, fine art prints, woodworking

Mullen, Peg | Peg's Place | Dighton
Cloth books, quilts, table runners, place mats, lace scarf, and more

Mullen, Cynthia | Somerset
Hand knitted children's sweaters and puppet mittens

Mullin, Kyla | KM Designs | Swansea
Handmade beaded jewelry featuring Swarovski crytsal, sterling silver, and semi-precious stones

O'Connor, Ron | Ron O'Connor Photography | North Dighton
Film and digital photography – portrait, nature, landscape

Pacheco, Melissa | Fall River
Hand-made one-of-a-kind jewelry

Paradis, Debi | Deb's Designs | Rehoboth
Fleece hats, fleece quilts, hair ribbon barrettes

Parmenter, Cheryl | Imagery Woodworking | North Dighton
Handmade custon wood crafts, pens, jewlery boxes

Pearson, Robert | Chairs by Bob | Taunton
Vintage refinished chairs with either cane or rush seats

Perry, Lisa | Autumn Olive | Riverside
One-of-a-kind clothing for women from recycled materials

Pinheiro, Jackie | Pine Tree Glassworks | North Dartmouth
Stained glass and fused glass items

Rezendes, Hillary & Rick | M&D Fine Jewelry | Berkley
Handmade fine sterling silver and 14 kt gold jewelry (nature and nautical inspired)

Schmidt, Robin | Dragonfly Handmade Soap | Acushnet
Handmade soaps, lotions, sugar scrubs. seasonal gift baskets containing these items.

Shafer, Roberta | Dough-Belles | Taunton
Personalized, handmade and finished, salt-dough ornaments - character, family, individual, sport, pet, and baby ornaments

Silva, Sarah | Unique Pottery | Swansea
Wheel thrown functional stoneware pottery

Thibault, Meagan | Divine Creations by Meagan | Dighton
Soy wax candles; hand-painted picture frames; small odds and ends crafts

White, Shirley | Flags… and Sew On | Taunton
Outdoor flags… decorative, seasonal; sport, and custom in various sizes,

Whitehead, Kim | Piece by Peace Designs | Riverside
Textiles - quilted wall hangings with applique work, table toppers, and totes

Woodcock, Denise | Woodcockmade.com | North Dighton
Soap, spray, lotion, lip balm, soy candles

Young, Brooke & Nicole Higgins | Blingo | Smithfield
Shamballa (rhinestone-beaded) bracelets and scarves

The following community organizations will be at the 2011 Dighton Arts Festival.

Berkley Historical Society

Bristol County Agricultural High School

Dighton Historical Society

Dighton Parent Teacher Organization

Dighton Tri-Centennial Committee

Dighton Public Library

Taunton Women's Club

The Dighton Lions Club is pleased to announce its 2012 Dighton Arts Festival music schedule. The schedule will feature many talented young people from the area in keeping with the Dighton Lions Club commitment to encouraging an appreciation for the arts among local youth. The festival program (available at the festival) will include the schedule of performances.

Outside on the Lawn

10:30 Dighton-Rehoboth Marching Band
11:20 Star Spangled Banner- colors presented by Sea Cadets Honor Guard
11:30 Dighton Elementary School Chorus

Inside on the Stage in Greenhouse #5

12:00 Dighton Middle School Flute Ensemble
12:15 Alyssa Rego
12:30 Drumline
12:45 Rebekah Philip
1:00 Warren Pettey
1:15 Julie Araujo
1:30 The Foss Family
2:00 The Strangers

Musical Program ends at 4pm.

The Sixth Annual Dighton Arts Festival will be held on Sunday, November 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Araujo Farms and Greenhouses, 1522 Williams Street, Dighton. The festival is sponsored by the Dighton Lions Club.

Fine artists and artisans will exhibit, demonstrate their art, and offer their work for sale. Paintings, sculpture, textiles, jewelry, wood carvings, photography, and mosaics are among the many offerings expected at this year’s event.

Several musical artists from the area will perform contemporary and traditional folk music throughout the day. The Music Committee has another great lineup of entertainment planned this year including performances by many favorites from past years: The Strangers, Matt Borrello, Sarah Borrello, Michelle Tetreault, Rebekah Philip, Julie Araujo, the Dighton Middle School Flute Ensemble, and the Dighton Elementary School Folk Dance Ensemble,. The festival opening ceremony will take place in the morning after the Folk Dance Ensemble with the Star Spangled Banner performed by Rebekah Philip accompanied by the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets Honor Guard.

Bob Mullen, co-leader of the festival for the Dighton Lions Club, said “We are delighted, in our sixth year, to have more exhibitors than ever and an exciting music program with well-known performers. We believe this festival is special because it promotes an appreciation for the arts in the community and spotlights local artists. Children are an important part of our community so we have included activities that help to build an appreciation for the arts among children. And, as always, we are grateful to the Araujo family for opening their greenhouses and for their continuing support of the arts. We couldn’t do this without them.”

Children’s art will be featured in the Emerging Artists Gallery where festival visitors can view artwork submitted by local school children. Sarah and Hannah Manuels will return again this year at the face-painting booth.

Special exhibits this year include the New England Antique Truck and Tractor Association, the Bristol County Agricultural High School “Woodlands Exhibit”, a Dighton Public Library exhibit of 100 year old documents associated with the construction of the Andrew Carnegie-funded library building, and MillTown Memories: Images of North Dighton c1918 – a collection of Mount Hope Finishing Company photographs recently printed from the original dry plate glass negatives.

Wine tasting with Vault Liquors of Taunton will be a returning festival feature this year from 12:30 to 3:30 with fiddle music provided by Kara Fortier, a perennial Dighton Arts Festival favorite.

The Exhibitor Registration Form and Information for Exhibitors can be downloaded below or requested by sending an e-mail to info@dightonart.org. Registration forms are also available at Araujo Farms and Greenhouses.

Download and print the Registration Form

Arrange the colors on your palette: This is a personal matter. The important
thing is to arrange the colors in a way that makes sense to you (and stick to that arrangement.) Then you will at least know where your color is. One useful method is to arrange the paints across the top of the palette, going from left to right and from warm to cool. You move from red, to yellow, to green and finally to blue. You can put white on the left.

Confused about warm and cool colors???? There are three warm colors: Yellow, Orange and Red, and three cool colors: Violet, Blue and Green.

The warm color can be cooled by adding a touch of a cool color, and the cool colors are warmed by a small addition of a warm color. The result is a warmed cool color and a cool warm color. (Easy, huh!)

Here's how this works! Since a painting of a subject and its surroundings actually record a lighting on that composition, all the colors have to be consistently influenced by that colored light. Therefore, if you were to shine a red colored spotlight on your subject matter, a little red color would have to be included in all the color mixtures of the entire composition.

Relating this to your painting, it would seem that you must train your eye to recognize the subtle difference of warm and cool versions of color.

Look at your color wheel (if you don't have one then go buy one right away because they are so valuable in understanding color temperature.) Each of the colors can vary in hue because it tends toward the color next to it on the color wheel. When a yellow tends toward cool green and is a greenish yellow, it is a cooler version of yellow than a yellow that tends toward orange.

As a former student of Helen Van Wyk, this was drummed into me and has followed me through many years of oil paintings and watercolors.

[Submitted by Joan Roster]