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.
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The Fall Issue of ARTS 99 is Here!
Featured in this issue:
El Dorado Irrigation District’s Centennial
Public Art in the Meyers Roundabouts
Chemistry and Alchemy in Cameron Park
Moira Magneson, El Dorado County Poet Laureate
Program Support and Benefit Supporters
Public Art News
The City of Placerville, in partnership with Arts and Culture El Dorado, is launching a new initiative to grow the city’s cultural landscape by bringing more public art into our community.
Arts and Culture El Dorado, in partnership with El Dorado County and Caltrans, is leading a public art initiative for the roundabouts in Meyers at the gateway to South Lake Tahoe.
Currently at Switchboard Gallery
The Sugar Skull Art Walk is a community project that engages local artist-designers in creating Day of the Dead “ofrendas” on Main Street. The goal of this project is to help unify communities through art, music, and the shared human experience of loss. The ofrendas will be on view in Switchboard Gallery from October 13 to November 9, 2025.
Poet Laureate of El Dorado County 2025-2027
Over the years, Moira Magneson has worked as a river guide, artist's model, truck driver, television writer, editor, and community college writing instructor. A Northern California native, she lives in the Sierra foothills where she has spearheaded many art actions and initiatives, including El Dorado County's Poetry Out Loud Competition, Veterans' Voices, Barbaric Yawp, and Black Lives: An American Overture.
Matt Harline Now at County Supervisors Chamber
Matt Harline's work is currently on display at the County Supervisors Chamber through December. Matt’s artwork has focused on depicting the peace, strength, and resilience of nature and people, reflecting his journey of recovery from brain injury. Trees have come to represent the feelings that Matt seeks. Trees like the redwoods of the California coast, the great basin Bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of eastern California, and the oaks that populate his home near Placerville California, all represent peace, strength, and resilience, and have become the favorite subject matter for Matt.
Veterans' Voices Writing Workshop
Arts and Culture El Dorado is pleased to announce that Sue Norman and Lara Gularte will be facilitating new Veteran's Voices Writing Workshop sessions in South Lake Tahoe and Placerville starting in October.
New Incubator Partners
arteSana is dedicated to creating welcoming spaces for the original peoples, residents, and guests of the El Dorado County region to practice diverse contemporary folk art traditions in a nurturing, multilingual context. Click to read more.
Celebrating Shingle Springs heritage by raising funds and installing a "Welcome to Shingle Springs" monument sign. Click to read more.
This live musical performance and historically-based play features sing-along Gold Rush songs, storytelling, and humor. 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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