March 18, 2019.
In this week’s blog:
- Bill Shilley’s 90th Birthday Celebration
- Tanya Burke, one of seven owners of the Ojai Valley Artists Gallery
- Reminder, 25th Annual VCCCDRA General Meeting, March 20, 2019
Bill Shilley’s Birthday
February 24th was the date that over 100 guests celebrated Bill Shilley’s 90th birthday at The Tower Club in Oxnard. Bill Shilley, retired from Oxnard College in 2007 as the founding professor of the Addictive Disorder Studies Program (ADS). The event’s emcee was Kristin Shilley, Bill’s daughter. Bill thanked his family and many friends in attendance. He expressed particular gratitude to Tanya Burke (one of three Oxnard College’s former and current CTE, or Voc Ed, deans in attendance). Bill thanked Tanya for her vision in bringing the ADS program to OC as an approved program, a program that has benefitted hundreds of students many of whom are now professionals in the field. Happy Birthday, Bill!
Also in attendance was David Frain, who was an exchange instructor from Brighton, England, who taught at OC in the mid 1990s. David had the distinction of traveling the farthest to the birthday celebration.
Tanya Burke and the Ojai Valley Artists Gallery
In beautiful Ojai, on Ojai Avenue, is the Ojai Valley Artists Gallery (OVA). OVA Arts is a unique gallery of contemporary art and crafts. Owned by 7 local artists, one of whom is our own Tanya Burke (retired dean of vocational education, Oxnard College), the gallery displays work by 40 Ventura and Santa Barbara County artists and offers classes and special events. OVA’s mission is to contribute to the cultural and economic vibrancy of our community by creating a profitable gallery and teaching studio for emerging and established local artists to exhibit their work. In addition to being one of the owners, Tanya also works at the gallery where samples of her beautiful knitting are on display. The OVA Gallery is located at 238 E. Ojai Avenue, Ojai and is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm.
VCCCDRA Annual General Meeting
The General Meeting will be on March 20, 2019 from 2pm to 4 pm, in the Board Room of the VCCCD District Administrative Center, located at 761 East Daily Drive., Camarillo. Download the Agenda for March 20 2019 meeting.
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