Recent Press Releases

For press inquiries, contact Lauren Marty at lmarty@bmoa.org

2024

ARTMIX Lights Up BMoA
Release Date: April 9, 2024

BMoA Announces Winter 2024 Exhibitions
Release Date: January 10, 2024

2023

Via Arté Italian Street Painting Festival Returns for its 25th year!
Release Date: September 28, 2023

BMoA Announces Fall 2023 Exhibitions
Release Date: September 20, 2023

BMoA Celebrates Self-Expression with Exhibition and Art After Dark During National Pride Month
Release Date: June 6, 2023

BMoA Announces Summer 2023 Exhibitions
Release Date: May 18, 2023

Local Artists in the Spotlight at ARTMIX: a curated cocktail party
Release Date: April 13, 2023

BMoA Announces New Curator Appointment
Release Date: March 14, 2023

Winter 2023 Exhibitions Premiere at BMoA
Release date: January 13, 2023

2022

BMoA Co-hosts Women’s Film Festival
Release Date: October 26, 2022

BMoA Presents 24th Annual Via Arté Italian Street Painting Festival
Release Date: October 13, 2022

BMoA Announces Second Saturdays en español
Release Date: October 3, 2022

BMoA Debuts New Exhibitions
Release Date: September 13, 2022

BMoA Celebrates PRIDE at Art After Dark
Release Date: June 16, 2022

BMoA Celebrates New Exhibitions at Art After Dark
Release Date: May 18, 2022

Exhibits Examine Body and Soul: BMoA 2022 Spring Exhibitions Announced
Release Date: April 14, 2022

BMoA Draws Internationally Known and Local Artists to Spring Fundraiser, ARTMIX: a curated cocktail party
Release Date: March 3, 2022

BMoA Announces Free Memberships for Kern County Teachers
Release Date: March 1, 2022

Art After Dark Returns to BMoA
Release Date: January 21, 2022

2021

On the Edge Extended Through April 2022
Release Date: December 9, 2021

Bakersfield Museum of Art Brings Together World-class Artists for On the Edge Artist Symposium
Release Date: November 4, 2021

BMoA Announces 23rd Annual Via Arté Italian Street Painting Festival
Release Date: October 7, 2021

California Cool: An Art Collector’s Perspective
BMoA Premieres On the Edge: Los Angeles Art, 1970s - 1990s, from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection
Release Date: September 13, 2021

High School Artists’ Exhibition Challenges Bias in 2021 BMoA ArtWorks Exhibition
Release Date: June 30, 2021

BMoA Celebrates Pride at Art After Dark
Release Date: June 22, 2021

BMoA Announces the Return of Art After Dark
Release Date: May 19, 2021

CSUB Department of Art and Art History and Bakersfield Museum of Art Co-host 2021 Graduating Seniors Exhibition
Release Date: April 27, 2021

BMoA Premieres Visual Arts Festival
Release Date: April 15, 2021

BMoA Re-opens to the Public March 30, 2021
Release Date: March 24, 2021

Sound, Scene, and Self Take Center Stage in BMoA Winter 2021 Exhibitions
Release Date: February 8, 2021

2020

BMoA Urges Newsom Administration to Activate and Employ Creative Industries in Service to Public Health
Release Date: December 14, 2020

Art After Dark Celebrates Dia De Los Muertos
Release Date: October 29, 2020

BMoA Re-Opens to the Public
Release Date: October 22, 2020

Via Arté Italian Street Painting Exhibition Returns
Release Date: October 8, 2020

BMoA Re-Opens to the Public
Release Date: June 30, 2020

ARTMIX Goes Online
Release Date: June 11, 2020

Temporary Closure due to COVID-19
Release Date: March 17, 2020

ARTMIX: a curated cocktail party benefiting the Bakersfield Museum of Art
Release Date: April 2, 2020

Art After Dark: One Night in California
Release Date: February 24, 2020

Winter 2020 Exhibitions Opening
Release Date: January 23, 2020

2019

“Kick off 2020 with art downtown” The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Dec 31, 2019

2016

The Bakersfield Museum of Art Announces Appointment of New Executive Director
Release Date: August 26, 2016 

"Art - and beer and food - after dark at BMOA" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Feb. 24, 2016

2015

"Mitchell Johnson: 'Color as Content: A 25 Year Survey' at Bakersfield Museum of Art" Art Ltd. Magazine
Release Date: July 2015

"Finding the faces of Bakersfield" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: May 7, 2015

"For a Cause: BMOA's ArtMix offers culinary, cultural affair" Bakersfield Life
Release Date: Mar. 27, 2015

"Cocktails + art = lots of money for BMoA" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Apr. 9, 2015

Bakersfield Museum of Art Announces Appointment of Directors and Departure of Curator
Release Date: Feb. 26, 2015

"Dennis Hare: 'Without Restraint," at the Bakersfield Museum of Art" The Huffington Post
Release Date: Feb. 16, 2015

"Brush up your imagination" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Jan. 22, 2015

2014

"'Photography in Mexico' at the Bakersfield Museum of Art" Art Ltd. Magazine
Release Date: Nov. 2014

"On the Road: Highlights from the photography collection travel to communities around the state" 
Release Date: Fall 2014

"Museum open for altar-ations" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Oct. 30, 2014

"Via Arte artists color for cause" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Oct. 12, 2014

"Chalk it up to family togetherness" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Oct. 9th, 2014

"BMoA: You pick the art" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Sep. 11th, 2014

"Exhibiting artist off to BMOA" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Jul. 30, 2014

"Dusty treasures brought to light" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Jun. 19, 2014

"Of luck and Lost Hills at BMOA" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: May 15, 2014

"Film gives 'Grapes' artist his due" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Feb. 6, 2014

Roland Petersen Review, Art Ltd Magazine
Release Date: Jan./Feb. 2014

"Bakersfield Museum of Art seeks Dust Bowl recollections" Bakersfield Life Magazine
Release Date: Jan. 2014

"The Faces of 'Wrath'" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Jan. 23, 2014

2013

"Fine art and family one potent combo" The Bakersfield Californian
Release Date: Dec. 12, 2013