The Bakersfield Museum of Arts hosted the annual Visual Arts Small Works Festival from Sept. 9 through Nov. 21.

The theme of the festival was “Vessels,” which brought in a wide variety of different artworks from many local Kern County and California artists.

The festival also featured the ceramic artwork of David Furman.

Over 150 entries were submitted and 63 pieces from 44 artists made it into the exhibition. Out of the 63 entries, only about 17 came from artists outside of Bakersfield.

According to Bakersfield Museum of Art web site, Curator Vikki Cruz said, “The Visual Arts Festival is a great opportunity for artists at all levels to participate.”

Former Bakersfield High School art teacher Nancy Putney participated in the festival along with other artists.

There were two featured sections of art in the exhibit, one was for displaying the Small Arts and the other was solely for the artwork of David Furman, who was the big draw for the event.

His artwork consisted of a collection of various pieces, which was forty years in the making, with all the pieces being made completely of clay.