Victorian Strip - Ojai Celebrates Art
In the Victorian era, taking off shoes and all the other underpinnings, was quite a chore as "Phoebe" (Dotty Wheeler) attempts to do for her "lady", "Mrs. Horace Swazey" (Dorothea Phelan). (photo: Roger Conrad)
In the Victorian era, taking off shoes and all the other underpinnings, was quite a chore as "Phoebe" (Dotty Wheeler) attempts to do for her "lady", "Mrs. Horace Swazey" (Dorothea Phelan). (photo: Roger Conrad)

In the Victorian era, taking off shoes and all the other underpinnings, was quite a chore as "Phoebe" (Dotty Wheeler) attempts to do for her "lady", "Mrs. Horace Swazey" (Dorothea Phelan). This farcical skit, "A Victorian Strip" or "Victorian Clothing From the Outside In" was presented at the Ojai Valley Museum on Sunday as the closing event of the very popular "Smart and Sassy: Artistic Historic Women of Ojai" exhibit. Winning tickets of the Magic Carpet Raffle were drawn by Phelan and a Victorian Tea hosted by Andi Bloom and the museum's events committee was the culmination of the afternoon. Phelan and Wheeler's performance was made possible through the Speakers' Bureau of the Ventura County Museum of Art and History. The next exhibit at the Ojai Valley Museum is a juried art show, titled "Ojai Celebrates Art". It will open at the museum on Ojai Day, October 18 with a reception and awards ceremony from 3 - 5. Shari Skinner, President of Ojai Community Bank will present the monetary awards which have been donated by the bank. Admission is free. The museum is located at 130 W. Ojai Avenue. Museum hours are Thursday and Friday, 1 - 4; Saturday, 10 - 4 and Sunday, 12 - 4.