DHD 2010

• • The sixth annual Della Hardman Day celebration sponsored by the Town of Oak Bluffs will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Ocean Park.

Della Hardman, PhD, artist, educator and writer, was a beloved resident of Martha’s Vineyard for nearly 20 years prior to her death in 2005. Following a career in higher education as chairperson of the Art Department at West Virginia State College, she retired to the Vineyard and became actively involved in community life there.

As a popular columnist for the “Vineyard Gazette” for nearly a decade, she used her ‘voice’ as a journalist to chronicle the stories of the Island’s diverse residents and seasonal visitors. She also contributed to the educational and cultural life as a member of the board of directors of the Featherstone Center for the Arts, the Oak Bluffs Public Library, the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society, the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society (now the Martha’s Vineyard Museum), and the Nathan Mayhew Seminars, among others.

A series of cultural and educational programs are being planned for the 2010 celebration by the Della Hardman Day Committee comprised of year-round and seasonal residents. 2010 Further details to be announced. |}

• Information
  • Add Della as a friend on Facebook.
  • A tradition that began on Martha’s Vineyard in 2005.
  • Saturday, July 25, 2009 was our most recent celebration.

• Resources
  • 2010 Della Hardman Day Committee Members
  • View 2009 Committee members

• New
  • The Vineyard Gazette has been sold to a new publisher, and the former publisher Dick Reston remembers Della Hardman as one of “the lives of just a few Vineyarders who contributed so much to Island life…”
  • The Black Experience – pubcast

• Information
  • Board of Selectmen Meeting
  • 2009 Flyer
  • File:Photo Contest Form 2008.pdf
  • Thank you
  • Acknowledgements