By Mallory Collier

Contributor

NORWICH – The usual indicators of fall arriving is pumpkin spice everything, the leaves changing colors, and in Chenango County’s case, Colorscape returning. The 22nd annual art festival kicks off Saturday September 10th from 10 am to 6pm and proceeds Sunday from 11am to 5pm.

The festival, which takes place all over the East and West Parks in downtown Norwich, takes almost a year to pull off. According to Donna Dvoracek, Executive Director of Colorscape, planning starts in December and goes until the end of August including everything from budgets to booking the talent to creating the brochures and t-shirts. On average, 10 to 12 thousand visitors attend Colorscape coming from all over the East Coast. The artists themselves hail from everywhere from New York to Florida.