Posts by Arts and Culture El Dorado
The Assemblage, by J. Blossom
Window Dressing Think of it: A personal no-rules narrative. Ones’ private emoting and creative collecting. Tin to burlap, string to ash, straw in a window frame. Patinas with burnt rust, bonfire-orange sheet metaled. Co-existing on immolated wooden slats; seeds, beads, a cross. Prized now yet once they were the broken things. …
Read MoreBound, by Gemma Benton
Bound Past and Future Bound in a moment of Time and Ties as in what slips away and what binds us charred and woven carved into and out from marking change in scrawl and nails ritual scars Intended to liberate us drawing us into places finding ourselves hooked by Gemma Benton Hooked, 2003, Painted…
Read MoreSierra Re:Leaf
Sierra Re:Leaf Thrams Andie Wonder Wander Andie Thrams, For the Ernest Resilience of Plants, 2020, Mixed media on kozo paper over canvas “Sierra Re-Leaf” is a project of Arts and Culture El Dorado, in partnership with the El Dorado Fire Safe Council, local artists, and the scientific community. The project will provide practical resources and…
Read MoreTable Nectar
For Kim Medici and Andy Tannehill, the owners of Table Nectar and Nectar Events, Inc., art and food have always been deeply intertwined. The couple, who married in 2007, met at Burning Man, where Andy was catering. After creating Table Nectar together in 2007, they went on to cater other music festivals, including Coachella. “We…
Read MoreThe Smoke, the Flame, by Shelley Wagner
The Smoke, the Flame The wind blew a firestorm Into my house, into my neighbor’s house. It left through the pine trees Dared to return, to burn, to creep Into my house, my neighbor’s house. The smoke, the flame Dared to return, to burn, to creep Across virgin ground The smoke, the…
Read MoreSENDING IT: Climbing El Dorado
SENDING IT: Climbing El Dorado examines the unique and world-renowned climbing features perched along Hwy 50. The exhibition focuses on Lover’s Leap, Phantom Spires, and Sugarloaf – three large granite outcroppings that attract climbers from around the globe. Taking a grass-roots curatorial approach, the exhibition combines community sourced photographs with images from the personal archives…
Read MoreSugar Skull Art Walk: Honoring Our Ancestors
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 were on view in Switchboard Gallery from October 15 to…
Read MoreCuckoo, by Jen Rae Vernon
Cuckoo “Historic Fight” hike three men in forest fire two with shovels, one short-handled, one with pick all thin, long sleeves, suspenders no masks or eye protectors We keepers of forest and mother nature elemental-destroyers and life-makers scrim red alights on crumpled photo skin these men are ours, CCC Camp kin, a step…
Read MoreTRAVELLING FIRE/LAND WITH A FOX, by Lara Gularte
TRAVELLING FIRE/LAND WITH A FOX Smoke rises, as shadows feed fire. When Kali, Goddess of destruction appears, the sun goes dark. Trees like fiery pillars reach up to the heavens, and the sky sways with wingspan. Shadows running, the eagle’s voice a twitter. A gray fox turns himself into smoke to escape…
Read MoreLost Time in the Burn Scar, by Taylor Graham
Lost Time in the Burn Scar Old fire behaviorist, forester and range manager – teaching how a forest comes back from fire. But unlike the land, you can’t come back. I’m walking below a log deck of burned-dead conifers. I pulled over to see what’s happening, two years after fire that turned the ground…
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