For its Fall Exhibitions, the Bakersfield Museum of Art focuses on the importance of foundation. Whether in the literal sense of a building’s structure or the figurative concept of an artist’s guiding principles, the new works opening Thursday bring viewers to the beginning.
With “Con Safos, Con Fuerza,” it is artist Jacqueline Valenzuela finding fellowship in the community of women in the Southern California lowrider scene. Local artist Cesar Martinez’s journey of identity and self-discovery fuels his work in “Drink Cultura,” inspired by a book of the same name by Jose Antonio Burciaga…