COD Displays Faculty Artwork In New Exhibition

From College of the Desert: College of the Desert is pleased to announce a new exhibition of artwork by COD Faculty — both current and emeriti — now through March 1 at the Marks Art Center on the Palm Desert Campus.

An opening artists’ reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7. The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be provided. Musical entertainment will be provided by Jesus Palominos, a College of the Desert music instructor who is also a COD alumnus.

Paintings (including encaustic works), drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics, sculptures (including bronze works), and multimedia art are on display, featuring work by Judith Cook, David Einstein, Ron Evans, Susan Smith Evans, Ray Ewing, Harris Fogel, Ida Foreman, Maria Gamboa, Alexis Grinbold, Dennis Johnson, Yehsiming Jue, Scott Klinger, William Kohl, Andrea Milbacher Kohl, Emily Maddigan, Hovak Najarian, Erynn Richardson, Yuki Toyooka Smith, Maggie Tennesen, and Anna-Marie Veloz.

College of the Desert’s Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts is at 43500 Monterey Ave., Palm Desert. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and by appointment. For more information, please contact the Marks Art Center at (760) 776-7278.

About College of the Desert:

Established in 1958, College of the Desert (COD), located in Palm Desert, is an accredited community college serving eastern Riverside County, California. The College leads the region in providing quality, higher education, technical training and lifelong learning opportunities, in response to the dynamic needs of our diverse community. The College serves more than 14,000 credit and 1,000 non-credit students each year and is the number one source of transfer students to California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus. For more information, visit www.collegeofthedesert.edu.

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