Arts & Culture

One of North Lake Tahoe’s lesser-known attributes is its strong culture of performing and visual arts. Quaint galleries line the streets, offering perspectives of the Lake only a local artist could capture. Contemporary sculpture and mixed media peek out from shop-front windows, decorating banks and libraries. Landscape images burst from quilts hanging on walls in our favorite restaurants. Meanwhile, dinner theater and a shoreline Shakespeare festival transform play-watching into a full-fledged endeavor.

To the right, you’ll find a starting guide to the arts and culture that North Lake Tahoe offers. Visit an Italian Street Painting Festival, tour a gallery, buy tickets to a play… enjoy the North Shore’s fine arts.

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North Lake Tahoe Arts ensures that local art is displayed for all to enjoy in various locales around North Lake Tahoe. Click here for a current list of upcoming Art in Public Places.

Lakeside Gallery in Kings Beach offers regular midweek art classes in watercolor, oils, drawing, abstract and more. Click here for a complete schedule or call (530) 546-3135. Lakeside is also the source for art supplies in North Lake Tahoe.

Click here to find out what exhibits are upcoming at the North Tahoe Arts Center in Tahoe City, next to the fire station.

The Tahoe Quarterly features local art news, gallery and artist profiles in each issue. Look for it on newsstands or visit the website to subscribe.

Embracing Scenes about Lake Tahoe and Donner: Painters, Illustrators & Sketch, by Barbara Lekisch