Dark 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…

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Birds of a Feather: Native California Indian Art – April 29 – June 13, 2021

Birds of a Feather featured the works of local Native California Indian artists Jeremy Peconom, Meyo Marrufo, Kai LaPena, and Jaime Lanouette. Brought to you in partnership with concept: art + movement, a project of Arts and Culture El Dorado’s Arts Incubator program, Birds of a Feather offered a glimpse into the practice of Traditional…

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Improv Workshops

These sessions are intensive improvisation workshops for the initiated and beginner alike. They will cover basic introductions to Improv techniques and tools then move through Team-Based Competition, Long-Form Narrative Improv, Prop and Object Work, Characterizations, and Improvisational Monologue Work. The three-hour sessions will be mostly hands-on improvisational exercise working at the pace of the participants.…

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Wildcraft: Handmade Works by El Dorado Artisans – March 28, 2019 – May 12, 2019

Arts and Culture El Dorado (formerly El Dorado Arts Council) has announced the opening of its newest exhibition at Confidence Gallery. Wildcraft will celebrate the artisans of El Dorado County with a display of handmade works in a variety of mediums—ceramic, wood, metal, glass, fiber, pigments—that showcases unusual techniques and approaches to form. As part…

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The Lumberjack’s Dove – Sunday, February 24, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

See The Elephant is thrilled to present visiting artist Gennarose Nethercott on her United States tour. Join us for an enchanting evening of live poetry reading from her recently published “The Lumberjack’s Dove” accompanied by a shadow play. Gennarose’s performance will be followed by a Q&A. And special guest performance from Gavin Sellers. Tickets ($15…

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Cloront Play Reading – Thursday, January 17, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us for a public reading of a new play written by students of El Dorado High School’s Collaborative Playwriting class, made possible by El Dorado Arts Council & California Arts Council. Listen to students present their play, “Cloront: A Dream Play” publicly for the first time and stay for a Q&A with the playwrights…

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