Volunteer of the Month
Marlene Cohen

The Desert Art Center is pleased to announce that our Volunteer of the Month is Marlene Cohen, heading up the Arts Enrichment Program. 

Marlene has spent most of her life in Washington She moved to the desert in 2010. 

Marlene has been an artist all her life, studying art in college and at the Yellow Barn Studio in Maryland where she studied portraiture under Gavin Glakis. 

Marlene is a passionate advocate for the LBGT community. She and her wife Beverly were married in judge’s chambers in D.C. They are proud to say they hold license number 9. 

Marlene is a dancer and singer but “painting is my fun.” Her work can be seen around the desert area and is scheduled for a solo show early in 2020 at Roost Bar in Cathedral City.