VPCA Faculty Accomplishments

Gus Gil, Music Professor
Director of the Chaffey College Latin Jazz Band, performed at the Alley Kat Jazz Lounge in Rialto on Friday, October 30, 2009.

Roman Jaster, Adjunct Art Professor
Co-editor of Mammut Magazine. The third issue, Twilight of the Megafauna, has recently been released and is available through http://mammutmagazine.org/issue3. Mammut is a biannual magazine dedicated to all forms of creative production that have a relationship with nature, landscape and environmentalism.

Quinton Bemiller, Adjunct Art Professor
His work will be featured in a show entitled Small Works at the Off Ramp Gallery from November 8 through December 13, 2009. The gallery is located at 1702 Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena. For additional information and gallery hours, please visit the website at www.offrampgallery.com.

Shari Wasson, Adjunct Art Professor
Her work will be featured at a show titled Troposcape at the Bunny Gunner Gallery in Pomona, November 14-28, 2009. the gallery is located at 266 W. Second Street, Pomona. For additional information and gallery hours, please visit the website at www.bunnygunner.com.

Damian Ross, Adjunct Ceramics Professor
His ceramics work which often contains images of colorful freshwater fish will be featured along with an Artist Statement in the upcoming issue of California Fly Fisher, a bi-monthly publication. The segment will be included in the Art of Angling feature for the November/December issue.

Brianna Sendziak, Adjunct Photography Professor
Her work will be highlighted in a group show titled Shock and Awe: Where the Abject and Sublime Converge, November 15-19 at the Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach. The university is located at 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach. Gallery hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Wednesday from 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm.

Ardon Alger, Faculty Senate President/Photography Professor; Marie Boyd, Curriculum Chair/Library Professor; Diana Cosand, Biology Professor; DE Creasy Valdez, Counseling Professor; Victoria Tirado, Spanish Professor; Tom Vitzelio, Multidisciplinary Professor; and Donna Walker, Administrative Assistant.
Attended the State Academic Senate Fall Plenary Session November 12-14, at the Ontario Doubletree Hotel. Diana Cosand, DE Creasy Valdez, Victoria Tirado; Tom Vitzelio, and Donna Walker joined Ardon and Marie for the all-day session on Thursday, November 12. Ardon Alger gave the welcome speech at the first general session where they were joined by Katie Roberts, Governing Board member and Sherrie Guerrero, Vice President of Instruction & Student Services.