{"id":50160,"date":"2025-11-12T21:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/50160\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:41:10","slug":"bakersfield-museum-of-art-hosts-final-art-after-dark-event-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/50160\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield Museum of Art hosts final Art After Dark event of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bakersfield Museum of Art is set to host its final Art After Dark event of the year, offering a unique blend of art, music, and community engagement. The event, which has been a staple for about 10 years, will take place tomorrow night from 7 to 9 p.m. and is inspired by the work of artist Kristopher Raos. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Unique portraits by Khristopher Raos at BMoA PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15e86493-6cf0-460d-bada-399522b6c64a-Image20251112T131144.304.jpg\"\/>Unique portraits by Khristopher Raos at BMoA PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Marty, marketing and communications manager at the museum, shared that the event will feature a sign-making project led by local artist Mike Gamboa from Acme Sign Company, music by a DJ collective, and drinks provided by Central Cali Brewing. &#8220;A very good time always when we deliver at Art After Dark,&#8221; Marty said. <\/p>\n<p>The museum typically closes to the public at 4 p.m., but for this special occasion it will reopen for a late-night edition. Tickets are available at the door for $25, with free entry for museum members.<\/p>\n<p><p>KBAK DVR_WINDOW<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Marty emphasized the importance of museums in the community, stating, &#8220;Museums are an important part of a community because they&#8217;re a place where we come together to experience our common humanity.&#8221; She added that visiting a museum can have a calming and sedating effect, according to a recent study. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Unique portraits by Khristopher Raos at BMoA PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e272791c-c505-4c93-a837-a5142398bf0c-Image20251112T131148.240.jpg\"\/>Unique portraits by Khristopher Raos at BMoA PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in attending, more information can be found on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmoa.org\/artafterdark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> museum&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bakersfield Museum of Art is set to host its final Art After Dark event of the year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-50160","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\/50160","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=50160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}