When I first moved Upstate years ago, I marveled at how much creativity and arts flowed up the Hudson from New York City into these charming little towns. Each felt like a jewel of artists’ colonies carved out along the river. Of course, I wasn’t the only one who noticed. “Hudson, specifically, but also Columbia County, generally, are reasonably unique in the world,” says Mark D’Arcy, founder of (Creative Legion), a new artistic incubator and workspace that opened its doors in May. “There are very few places I’ve ever seen that have the concentration of creative people, which goes back…
