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.

40th

Four Decades of Enriching Our Community Through Culture and the Arts

Please join us at David Girard Winery on Thursday November 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM for our 40th Anniversary Celebration.

Coming Soon to Switchboard Gallery

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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 are now on view in Switchboard Gallery from October 14 to November 10, 2024.

Now Accepting Submissions

Slope & Basin is a regional literary journal publishing poetry and prose from writers based in El Dorado County. The journal's name embraces both the Western Slope of the Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin, reflecting our commitment to writers and readers in every corner of our County. We believe that the works collected in Slope & Basin will make our community more legible to itself.

We are accepting submissions for the inaugural issue of Slope & Basin until October 15, 2024.

Laureate Trail

The Laureate Trail is returning to El Dorado County. A collaboration between Arts and Culture El Dorado and the El Dorado County Library, the Laureate Trail sees 2023-2025 El Dorado County Poet Laureate Stephen Meadows visit all six libraries in El Dorado County for free poetry readings, Q&As and open mics. Meadows will be joined on the trail by former Poets Laureate, special guests from El Dorado County and beyond, and Poetry Out Loud champions.
The Laureate Trail began at the Georgetown Library on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The final stop on the Trail will be at the Placerville library on Saturday, June 7, 2025, where Meadows will be joined by special guests including the 2025 Poetry Out Loud champion and the next Poet Laureate.
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Veterans' Voices

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"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.

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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.

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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.

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Artist Anton Nemeth at his ceramics bench

Pine needle basket by artist Nettie Fox

Poetry Out Loud contestant Michaela Yack

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