Posts by Arts and Culture El Dorado
To the Mountain – Taylor Graham
Range of Light (Triptych), 2022, oil on canvas To the Mountain You rise in my mind magnetic, your peaks hold north like an old compass. Cold winters ago we searched you for a snowman buried under snow. Thickets tangle us, you let us loose in meadow, your heights flowering cloud. Taylor…
Read MoreNorth of Eden – Anton Nemeth
North of Eden, 2022 North of Eden Ten thousand pastel ghosts collide Melting sunset stolen hues Into shifting ragged shapeless lines Moving borders of misperception As departing daylight sets A cold and empty magic Storehouse of unlit tombstones Standing somewhat sentinel Over Edgeless shapes fading silently Toward un-mooned blue-black darkness Fleet with afterthoughts of re-reflected…
Read MoreTHE PLUNGE – Lara Gularte
Plunge to the Poloti, 2021 THE PLUNGE The moon brims over, we begin in white waters, reborn, we emerge. Lara Gularte Plunge to the Poloti, 2021, Graphite on paper
Read MoreWHITE WINDS – Lara Gularte
White Winds, 2021 WHITE WINDS Wind blows in my face archangels bring light a dance of pure air. Lara Gularte White winds, 2021, Oil on canvas
Read MoreEL CAPITAN – Lara Gularte
El Cap. 2021 EL CAPITAN Bones of climbers, granite mountain history, truth of many stones. Lara Gularte El Cap, 2021, Graphite on paper
Read MoreDream of a Harpy – Lara Gularte
Visions in a Dark Mirror, 2022 DREAM OF A HARPY She gazes into her Cheval mirror, searches for a reflection. At the vanishing point, in the mirror’s depth of field, she finds herself in profile, a mythic raptor. From inside the mirror to open window, an upward flight. She rises into sky…
Read MoreLaureate Trail Georgetown
On Wednesday, July 27, the Laureate Trail stopped at the Georgetown library where El Dorado County Poet Laureate Lara Gularte lead a poetry writing workshop and gave poetry readings.
Read MoreLaureate Trail South Lake Tahoe
On Wednesday, June 22, El Dorado County Poet Laureate Lara Gularte was at the South Lake Tahoe Library for the first stop on the Laureate Trail. This free event featured new books of poetry from Suzanne Roberts and Lara Gularte, and included a reading, open mic, and book signing.
Read MoreDark Mountain, Deep Valley: New Works by Loren Christofferson
Painter Loren Christofferson was the subject of this exhibition presented by Arts and Culture El Dorado at the Confidence Firehouse Gallery. Dark Mountain, Deep Valley, was a series of monochromatic paintings and works on paper that dive into the artist’s nebulous connection to Yosemite’s remarkable landscape. The exhibition, which evolved from a collaboration with the…
Read MoreImagine Her a Mom – Taylor Graham
IMAGINE HER A MOM no female skateboarder in the exhibition? Imagine her, 13 years old, wowing the skate park with her kickflip crooked grinds, her lip slides – imagine her, 10 years in the future, showing her daughter the moves – how not to break…
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