WM MARQUEZ

After returning from a tour in VietNam in 1968-69, wm marquez returned to school and eventually graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a B.A. in Art, and an M.A. in Museum Studies and Installation Design. His professional career has included positions as: Gallery Director, Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles; Visual Arts Program Director for the Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, Georgia; Curator, Atlanta International Museum of Art and Design; Visual Arts Director, Arts Festival of Atlanta; co-founder/Executive Director, Visual Arts Center, Charlotte, North Carolina and continues as an independent curator. He has been a consultant for the Temecula Valley Historical Museum. wm marquez is an adjunct instructor, College of the Desert, teaching Art101, Introduction to Art... wm marquez is the current Founder and current Executive Director of the Coachella Valley Arts Center. A regional cultural center in downtown Indio offering artists workspace, exhibit spaces,..