Artist’s Cabin | Artist in Residence
July – August
Location: Pope Estate – Artist Cabin. Park at Tallac Historic Site. Limited accessibility parking available 1 Heritage Way.
Artist Cabin Hours: Open Wednesdays 10am – 3pm
Art Demonstrations and Open Studio
Connect through the arts as part of your visitor experience, nature and history-themed crafts and activities at the Tallac Artist Cabin.
We invite you to stop by (no registration needed). We offer fun, self-guided creative activities for Tallac-lovers of all ages, young children and families.
Artist-in-Residence
June – September Painting, Artist Christina Acosta
Make It & Take It Kids Art Projects (ages 4-12) *FREE
Wednesdays | Heritage Days | July-August
Pine Cone Owls, Birdhouses, Wood Puzzles, Hats, Clay, Nature Journals and more!
Tallac volunteers (the “Pope Family’s Nanny”) guide drop-in art projects Come experience the connection between history, nature and art at the historic site’s Artist Cabin. Most activities will take 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete. No registration needed. Limited seating – we suggest arriving 10 minutes prior. Some supplies and materials are available, some we scavenger hunt for.
Parent and/or guardian supervision is required for participants under age 18.
Questions? Email [email protected] or call 530-541-5227
Artist Cabin Volunteers and Artists work hand in hand to provide crucial support to our visitor programs, donations are appreciated.
Wildflowers of Taylor Creek and the Tahoe Basin
Over the years the staff at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center created a notebook of local wildflowers that is used to answer visitor questions. Visitors regularly asked for copies of pages…or of the whole document.
Lucky Baldwin Book
In 1933 the original Lucky Bladwin book by C.B. Glasscock was published. For many years it was republished by Nevada Publications with a forward by Hubbard and was one of the best sellers at the Tallac Historic Site. Several years ago that reprint was discontinued.
Tallac Historic Site Book
In 1983 Robert Burke and Ken McGowan wrote a small booklet describing the Tallac Historic Site.