The Bakersfield Museum of Art’s “Driven by Art” public art project features 33 miniature pickup trucks painted by local artists.
Jim Darling’s Fox Theater truck and The Bakersfield Californian Foundation truck were among the show’s stars.
The miniature fiberglass trucks, patterned after 1956-model pickups, will be exhibited throughout the downtown area starting Oct. 7.
A $54,000 grant from The Californian Foundation paid for the fiberglass truck bodies, which measure 5½ feet by 3½ feet by 4 feet, and were cast by Cowpainters, a Chicago-based fiberglass molding company.
Other project sponsors include Jim Burke Ford, Hansen’s Moving and Storage and Structure Cast. A total of 33 companies, organizations and individuals are sponsors.
