Posts by Arts and Culture El Dorado
Specters On Glass
Specters on Glass: Studio Portraiture in Early 20th c. Placerville, Arts and Culture El Dorado’s latest exhibition at Switchboard Gallery, opened Thursday, August 22, and runs through Sunday, October 6. There was an Opening Reception in the Gallery, located at 525 Main Street, on Thursday, August 22 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. A collaboration…
Read More2024 El Dorado County Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation competition for high school students. In El Dorado County, the competition is administered by Arts and Culture El Dorado in partnership with the California Arts Council. A vehicle for inspiration and instruction, Poetry Out Loud provides students with a variety of resources to help them memorize,…
Read MoreForestSong: Creativity and Resilience in Forest Communities
ForestSong is an art project by Andie Thrams that centers on painting Forest Prayer Flags to deepen appreciation of and connection to forests, address environmental loss, and celebrate biophilia. The project also shares contemporary wildfire and forest ecology, and suggests actionable steps to foster environmental stewardship for individuals and communities.
Read MoreA Picture’s Worth: NEA Big Read at the Gallery
A Picture’s Worth: NEA Big Read at the Gallery. This exhibition of illustrator Gavin Sellers-Norman’s original work features illustrations inspired by community-sourced oral histories and original audio recordings by personal historian Mariah Padilla. Opened with a reception on May 23 at 6 pm and ran through June 30, 2024. Click Here To Access Stories and…
Read MoreArs Vinifera: The Art of the Wine Label
Celebrating the symbiosis of art and agriculture, this exhibition showcases original artworks that grace the labels of El Dorado County’s world-class wineries.
Read MoreYouth Art Month: EDHS Student Takeover at Switchboard Gallery
In honor of National Youth Art Month, Arts and Culture El Doradois excited to launch our first annual Youth Arts Exhibition, showcasingartworks created by El Dorado County youth, grades 9-12. In Spring of 2024, El Dorado High School students took over Switchboard Gallery, curating a show of their own works. Successive years will feature artworks…
Read MoreDark Rough Memories, by Anton Nemeth
Dark Rough Memories A tribute to Claudine Grantham All the manufactured items of the world Last for a while and then are randomly swirled By human tossing or Nature’s elements Into time’s rivers, there to be sediments Seen on beaches, shores, lots, and hillsides strewn, And what once was cut, planed, formed and careful…
Read MoreCenotaphic Ana, by Anton Nemeth
Cenotaphic Ana No, this isn’t where she’s interred; Here you see a mere cenotaph Of resin, wood, and gauzy cloth That’s but a monumental word Declaring she walked and was A combatant in life’s long war And now she’s buried evermore. Anton Z. Nemeth Ana Revisited, 2001, Mixed media
Read MoreThoughts About A Memorial Montage, by Anton Nemeth
Thoughts About A Memorial Montage No, this is not where she’s interred. This is but a pale cenotaph That signs toward what’s referred. We do not know what rock or tree She’s deep or shallow buried by, Or in what fresh green meadow damp Or desert dry with shifting sands. Neither have we facts…
Read MoreStormed Out, by Anton Nemeth
Stormed Out Turbulent sleep hocked me up On this beach, my usual Bed, amidst the dry tangled Waves of dream tossed percale sheets And that lying comforter That failed its one yclept job. The islands of my pillows, That might have been lamely grasped In unconscious dreamy frays With squiddy nightmares chasing, Unlike…
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