{"id":207843,"date":"2026-03-06T20:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207843\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:19:09","slug":"bakersfield-museum-of-art-kicks-off-art-filled-weekend-with-first-friday-and-art-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207843\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield Museum of Art kicks off art-filled weekend with First Friday and art classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown Bakersfield is offering a weekend of art and family activities as the Bakersfield Museum of Art opens its doors to the community with events happening today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Among the exhibitions on view is \u201cAnn Diener: The Invented Land,\u201d described as a reiteration of an exhibit that first premiered at the Museum of Art in Lancaster. The show includes drawings, tapestries and an installation piece at the entrance to the gallery. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A few embellished pieces by artist Ann Diener. PHOTO: KBAK{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4db2ae64-2b87-4e9c-ba2e-7587f1c4b48f-IMG_4796.jpeg\"\/>A few embellished pieces by artist Ann Diener. PHOTO: KBAK<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Marty, the museum\u2019s communications manager, said the exhibition explores a central question behind Diener\u2019s work: \u201cWhat would happen if man didn\u2019t leave its imprint on the land? What would that look like?\u201d Marty said Diner expresses that idea through multiple mediums, including embellished tapestries and drawings.<\/p>\n<p><p>KBAK<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ann Diener exhibition will remain on view through the summer, with the museum planning to \u201cde install in August,\u201d Marty said.<\/p>\n<p><p>KBAK<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The museum is also bringing back First Friday, when admission is free and the museum stays open late. Marty said First Friday is offered \u201ccourtesy of the county of Kern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For families, the museum is hosting Saturday Studio, a program Marty described as \u201ca wonderful time for our creative kiddos.\u201d The themed projects are connected to objects in the museum\u2019s permanent collection or current exhibitions. This week\u2019s project focuses on sculpture and wood.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Glass house designed by artist Ann Diener PHOTO: KBAK{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1b4640cb-7e34-489d-bc4f-1d81235ec782-IMG_4788.jpeg\"\/>Glass house designed by artist Ann Diener PHOTO: KBAK<\/p>\n<p>Marty also highlighted upcoming spring break workshops for kids ages 2 to 17. She said the museum\u2019s education opportunities are tied to works on view or objects in the permanent collection, with projects inspired by pieces currently in the galleries.<\/p>\n<p><p>KBAK<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this weekend\u2019s events, the museum is planning artist-led programming next weekend. Marty said artists Ali Vaughan and Ann Diener will be at the museum in person to give guided tours of their solo exhibitions. The following day, they will take part in a program called Artists on Artists, where they will interview each other about their creative processes, technique, inspiration and common themes, followed by a Q-and-A with the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Marty said the museum\u2019s role goes beyond displaying artwork, adding, \u201cIn this day and age, when so much happens on screens, museums are the new town square.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downtown Bakersfield is offering a weekend of art and family activities as the Bakersfield Museum of Art opens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-207843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}