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

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Rubicon Rising explores the history and cultural significance of the Rubicon Trail, one of the most famous off-road routes in the world. Through photographs, stories, and artifacts, it reveals how generations of adventurers, local communities, and conservation efforts have shaped this rugged Sierra Nevada landscape. There was an opening reception on Thursday, June 18 from 6:00-8:00 pm at Switchboard Gallery.

Coming Soon to Switchboard

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"Working Lands, Working People" celebrates the profound intersections of land, labor, and life in El Dorado County and the Sierra Nevada foothills. This exhibition will feature art that captures our unique regional environment, from our natural landscapes and vital watersheds to the realities of agriculture, rural life, and our diverse trades and crafts; viewing the land not as a backdrop, but as an active participant in our lived experience. Whether tracing the deep roots of our agricultural and timber heritage, highlighting the daily grit of rural jobs, or examining the delicate balance between community culture, economic survival, and the land itself, Working Lands, Working People will exhibit the diverse voices and creative expressions that literally and figuratively speak to the meaning of "work" and its inseparable connection to the land we call home.

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The Sugar Skull Art Walk returns to Switchboard Gallery and Art on Center this October. 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 at Switchboard Gallery starting in October 2026.

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