{"id":1601,"date":"2009-09-07T12:28:13","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T19:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2009-09-07T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T19:28:13","slug":"day-of-the-dead-bakersfield-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/day-of-the-dead-bakersfield-museum-of-art.html","title":{"rendered":"Day of the Dead: Bakersfield Museum of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0in; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:none; \tmso-layout-grid-align:none; \tpunctuation-wrap:simple; \ttext-autospace:none; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-font-kerning:14.0pt;} @page Section1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --><!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><!   \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} --> <!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -45pt;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1612\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1612\" title=\"Oil painting by Mark Vallen\" src=\"https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/vallen_day_of_the_dead2.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Dia de los Muertos&quot; \u2013 Mark Vallen. 2003. Oil on wood panel. \" width=\"367\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/vallen_day_of_the_dead2.jpg 367w, https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/vallen_day_of_the_dead2-300x382.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Dia de los Muertos&quot; \u2013 Mark Vallen. 2003. Oil on wood panel. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I will be exhibiting two of my oil paintings at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmoa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bakersfield Museum of Art<\/a> from September 17, 2009 through November 22, 2009, as part of the museum\u2019s <em>Dia de Los Muertos \u2013 Day of the Dead<\/em> exhibition. The exhibit presents artworks past and present that celebrate the traditional Mexican holiday, including a number of orginal prints by the renowned Mexican printmaker Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Posada.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1615\" style=\"width: 351px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1615\" title=\"Oil painting by Mark Vallen\" src=\"https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/vallen_la_muerta1.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;La Muerta&quot; (The Dead Woman) \u2013 Mark Vallen. 2006. Oil on masonite.\" width=\"351\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/vallen_la_muerta1.jpg 351w, https:\/\/art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/vallen_la_muerta1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;La Muerta&quot; (The Dead Woman) \u2013 Mark Vallen. 2006. Oil on masonite panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, the exhibit includes life-sized paper-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 Calaveras (skeletons) by the famed Mexican artist Miguel Linares, whose family is world renown for their traditional Dia de Los Muertos sculptures, as well as paintings from Paul McMillan, Dirk Hagner, Gage Opdenbrouw, Gregg Stone, Frederick Chiriboga, and Joaquin Patino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be exhibiting two of my oil paintings at the Bakersfield Museum of Art from September 17, 2009 through November 22, 2009, as part of the museum\u2019s Dia de Los Muertos \u2013 Day of the Dead exhibition. 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