Every year for the past nine years high school art teachers from around Kern County choose artwork made by their students to be exhibited in the Panorama Invitational at Bakersfield College’s Jones Gallery.

The young artists see their work in a professional venue. They also see artwork their peers are making from other schools. Both these opportunities can have a huge impact on the subsequent work they produce as well as a sense of pride in the work they do.

Schools represented at past invitationals include:

• Bakersfield High School
• Centennial High School
• Garces Memorial High School
• Foothill High School
• Highland High School
• Frontier High School
• North High School
• Liberty High School
• South High School
• Tehachapi High School
• Golden Valley High School
• Independence High School
• Mira Monte High School
• Stockdale High School
• Vista West High School

The Panorama Invitational is held in the Spring. Visit http://bcartdepartment.tumblr.com/ for more information.