Colleges * Campus scene : Exhibit to Honor Animator’s Work
Golden West College’s upcoming art exhibit will feature the works of the late Virgil Ross, an artist and animator for Warner Bros. whose credits include some of the most memorable Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons.
The exhibit, “Virgil Ross: Legendary Animator, A Memorial Exhibition,” opens this week and will run through Nov. 15.
Ross joined Warner Bros. in 1935 and worked on more than 230 of the studio’s features, including the first Academy Award-winning short film featuring Bugs Bunny, “A Wild Hare.”
Ross died in May at age 88. His niece, Roxana Ross, is a faculty member at Golden West.
The college is at 15744 Golden West St. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m.
Information: (714) 895-8356.
--MIMI KO CRUZ AND JOHN POPE
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