Tag archive for ‘artists’

  • Artist Claudia True takes friends under the influence

    The current exhibit at the Younger Gallery shows the power of positive encouragement. Art instructor Claudia True has helped many timid Bakersfield artists believe in themselves. The result is seen in the show “Claudia True and Friends: Under the Influence” through May 24.

  • You have 48 hours: Make art … with cockroaches

    “The 48-Hour Project” curated by Claire Putney at Surface Gallery involved 27 artists each creating successive “pages” in a narrative within 48 hours. And, yes, the main characters are cockroaches.

  • Women’s art show goes on despite vandalism, theft

    Burn The Witch IV features more than 300 works of art – including live performances – by women of all ages and backgrounds in Bakersfield.

  • Neighboring Los Angeles artists bring show to Bakersfield

    LA Artcore, a nonprofit community art gallery, is exhibiting at Bakersfield College as part of an exchange program. Featured artists include Ramone Muñoz, who is inspired by death and the decay of man-made structures over time.

  • Via Arte: It’s OK to look down on this art

    For a few fleeting days every year, artists turn a portion of the parking lot at The Marketplace into a patchwork of chalk drawings in the style of Italian street painting. But you better visit quickly, because the day after the Via Arte festival ends, the artwork is hosed down and the canvas is returned to its duty as a parking lot.

  • Growing our virtual art gallery

    One of the key missions of Bakersfield Express is to introduce readers to the work of local artists. So we created an online gallery to do just that.