Arts and Culture El Dorado’s mission to promote, connect, and empower arts and culture throughout the county is achieved by targeted programs and services; a vibrant gallery exhibition series; and a focus on initiatives which support and sustain the cultural life of the region.
Support Arts and Creativity in El Dorado County
Help us celebrate our 40th Anniversary and unleash the power of culture and the arts by making a year-end contribution. Your generosity will sustain our programs for students throughout El Dorado County, allow veterans to experience creativity and camaraderie, create infrastructure for emerging arts and cultural groups, and support our countywide initiatives that connect and uplift all our communities.
Currently at Switchboard Gallery
Scattered Water Droplets: Yatapk’oyihím Mom, shows the intimate relationship between native artists and their tribal waters. There was an artist reception on Thursday December 12, 2024 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Switchboard Gallery, 525 Main Street in Placerville.
Congratulations Sugar Skull Art Walk!
The 5th Annual Sugar Skull Art Walk celebrated Día de los Muertos in Downtown Placerville with food, facepainting, crafts, art, poetry, live music and dance, and a community procession on Main Street.
Four Decades of Enriching Our Community Through Culture and the Arts
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Laureate Trail
Kelly Smith Cassidy at the County Supervisors Chamber
Veterans' Voices
"Around the Table", the 2024 Anthology of writing from the Veterans' Voices Writing Workshop, is now available on Amazon. Veterans' Voices is a free writing workshop that is open to all veterans, from any branch of service. It offers a supportive environment and the tools needed for the writing of fiction and nonfiction stories, service related or not, as well as memoir, poetry and drama. You can find all of the anthologies here: https://artsandcultureeldorado.org/anthology/
To purchase a copy of "Around the Table" click the link below.
Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation competition which encourages high school students to learn about poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. Participants master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life. The El Dorado County Poetry Out Loud Finals will be held Thursday, February 6, 2025 at Imagination Theater.
Placerville Historic Renovation
New Incubator Partners
Red Paint Collective advances wellness, reclamation, and sovereignty of Native, Indigenous and Latino Cultural Arts. Click to read more.
The Black Rock Philharmonic is an all-inclusive orchestra, with musicians from around the world, who come together every year at Burning Man to bring beautiful classical concerts to the Burning Man community. Click to read more.
Indigenous Art+Med of California's intention is to provide programming and space-centering contemporary and traditional arts, culture, and wellness knowledge. Click to read more.
Artist Anton Nemeth at his ceramics bench
Pine needle basket by artist Nettie Fox
Poetry Out Loud contestant Michaela Yack
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