Art After Dark
Sponsored by Moneywise Wealth Management
August 27, 2020
Online
BMoA’s premiere after-hours art experience returns for its 5th year, with community art projects, live music, unique performances, refreshments from popular Bakersfield bars and restaurants, and much more.
Image courtesy of the Buck Owens Private Foundation and Production Company.
In conjunction with BMoA’s upcoming exhibition The Bakersfield Sound: Roll Out the Red Carpet, the Bakersfield Museum of Art presents a special Art After Dark event to celebrate Bakersfield’s unique music history and explore its applications in today’s modern context.
This month, we held a roundtable discussion with local music historians and performers for a deep dive into all things Bakersfield Sound. We bring the conversation to you via a takeover of the Hello, Bakersfield podcast.
The discussion centered around the Bakersfield Sound and its continued influence. The conversation is split into three sections: 1) Defining the Bakersfield Sound, 2) Historical and Cultural Influences which contributed to the formation of Bakersfield Sound, and 3) Legacy and Cultural Relevance
The Bakersfield Sound: Roll Out the Red Carpet, premiering in 2021, will explore the characters, styles, and aesthetics of iconic California Country. Bound to their southern roots, yet influenced by their proximity to Los Angeles, artists such as The Maddox Brothers and Rose, Merle Haggard, and Buck Owens and the Buckaroos defined a sound and style uniquely their own. This exhibition will highlight stage costumes, guitars, album covers, and film footage, bringing insight to the melding of cultures, styles, and motivations iconically associated with the Bakersfield Sound.
Panelists and Performers:
Jennifer Keel Faughn is a Bakersfield-based singer and economic development official. By day, she works to market the Central Valley to bring in new businesses to the region as executive director of California Central Valley Economic Development Corporation. Until COVID, she sang two weekends a month at the Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace in Bakersfield where she started with her own band in 1996, and now sings one weekend a month with Johnny Owens and Buck Fever and another weekend the Buckaroos.
Vince Galindo has been playing Country music in downtown Bakersfield every Wednesday night for the past 20 years. Drawing inspiration from the greats like Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, George Jones ,and Waylon Jennings. Whether he’s playing solo or with his band, Country Deluxe, it’s guaranteed to be Real Country Music.
David Anderson is a co-owner and managing partner of Moneywise. As a fiduciary Financial Advisor, he meets with clients, prepares financial plans, thoroughly discusses and develops appropriate strategies based on their financial goals and makes investment recommendations. He is also the lead host of the Moneywise Guys Radio Show + Podcast, using his humorous and thought-provoking personality to break down complex issues in the field of finance.
David has 15+ years of financial planning experience, with a specialty in retirement planning and portfolio management. He has been a supporter and volunteer with Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children and is a Bakersfield Museum of Art (BMoA) board member. He has four children, three of which who were adopted through the foster care system. He enjoys seeking nature, writing music, relaxing in his backyard hammocks under his favorite pomegranate tree and despises cilantro.
Robert Price is a Bakersfield-based author, newspaper columnist, and television journalist at KGET-TV 17. He is the author of "The Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music," winner of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections' 2019 book prize for best country or folk history. He is a native of Sonoma County, California.
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BMoA Celebrates Pride
While we could not have a physical event this year, we used our online platforms to celebrate Pride and give a voice to the LGBTQ+ community. On June 25th we began a nine-day campaign celebrating, educating, and memorializing Pride and queer artists within the greater context of conversations about diversity, inclusiveness, and intersectionality.
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