Switchboard Gallery
Arts and Culture El Dorado's Switchboard Gallery and administrative offices are located at 525 Main Street.
The name Switchboard Gallery is an homage to the building's original purpose as the Pacific Telephone Company building.
Location and Hours
Switchboard Gallery
525 Main Street
Placerville, CA
Monday - Friday: 11 am - 4 pm
Saturday - Sunday: 12 pm - 4 pm
Currently at Switchboard Gallery
In honor of National Youth Art Month, Arts and Culture El Dorado is exited to celebrate its second annual Youth Arts Exhibition, showcasing artworks created by El Dorado County youth, grades 9-12. In Spring of 2025, Union Mine students will take over Switchboard Gallery, curating a show of their own works. Each successive year we'll feature a different high school, focusing on the youth culture of each unique El Dorado County community.
From April 17 to June 1, 2025, Arts and Culture will present fiber art in many forms. The exhibition will showcase a wide variety of works, techniques, and topics, including a history of textiles, looms, spinning wheels, and equipment utilized to create fiber art throughout the county. The opening reception will be on Thursday, April 7 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Switchboard Gallery. In partnership with the Hangtown Fibers Guild.
The American River has played a significant role in the culture and development of the rafting and kayaking community for decades. From June 11 to August 3, 2025, Switchboard Gallery will showcase a new exhibition that will feature the culture of the white water community of El Dorado County. An opening reception will be on Thursday June 11 from 6:00-8:00 PM.
Water Ways: El Dorado Irrigation District's Centennial will celebrate El Dorado Irrigation District's 100th anniversary with a look back at the agency’s early history and development, environmental stewardship, and the many services it provides to El Dorado County, using vintage images, maps, ephemera, and other items from the EID collection.