About Us |
| The Bakersfield Art Association, a non profit organization founded in 1944, is dedicated to meeting the needs of local artists and art lovers. It sponsors a variety of activities, including monthly educational programs nine times a year, classes, workshops, exhibits and shows in the gallery, at the symphony and local businesses. The association offers members the opportunity to interact, to learn, share the excitement of art and the creative process with other artists and the public. Funds raised by the association are distributed as scholarships to elemetary, high schools and college art students on an annual basis. The group is also involved in other comunity service projects, such as purchasing art instruction videos for the Kern Library System. As part of the educational goals, one or two day workshops are available. Art classes are taught by a variety of teachers at The Art Center. There are weekly opportunities for members to paint together in a vairity of venues, including a Wednesday morning plein air painting group which travels to different locations. |
Membership Meetings |
The guest speaker at the September 10th BAA General Meeting will be Craig Neville, the new owner of Henley's Photo Shop, located at 20th & H Streets. He will talk about all his store's new services and we will find out how they can help us as artists. Meetings are scheduled the second Saturday of each month, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, at the Bakersfield Art Center 1817 Eye Street. Meetings are held September through June except for December. If you have any questions, call Floyd Dillion (Programs) 873-7425 or Toni Lott, Membership, 873-4255 |