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"I felt badly rejecting any work
that didn't meet my sense of aesthet-
ics," she said of the work she reject-
ed in the initial phase of the compe-
tition. "Another juror may have
made opposite choices. In New York,
jurors go for what's new, hot and
edgy, but I have a lot more tolerance
for the traditional. I draw the line at
work that looks gimmicky."
Among the artists whose works
have been accepted by Goodman are

figurative and abstract
painter who explored her
talents while living and
working in the Cass
Corridor during the 1970s is return-
ing to Michigan as juror, lecturer
and exhibitor.
The Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Center has invited Brenda Goodman
to decide winners of the
Michigan Fine Arts
Competition, and the
Center for Creative Studies
Woodward Lecture Series
has asked her to speak
about and show her work.
The opening reception for
the exhibit and competition
starts 6:30 p.m. Friday,
March 9, at the BBAC in
Birmingham, and the lecture
begins 7:30 p.m. Monday,
March 12, at the Detroit
Institute of Arts. The
Goodman exhibit, "Works
on Paper," runs through
March 24 in the CCS
Alumni and Faculty Hall.
Six prizes, ranging from
$500 to $3,000, will be
announced at the reception.
Goodman becomes the
20th juror since the -BBAC
began hosting the competi-
Marilyn Gorman, Rose
Brenda Goodman:
tion, originally supervised
"In
New
York,
jurors
Farber, Josh Friedman,
by the DIA. More than 300
Andrea
Tama, Don Pearl,
go
for
what's
new,
hot
artists from across the state
Eileen
Aboulafia,
Allan
and
edgy,
but
I
have
have entered annually, and
Ash, Jodie Stein, Janet
a lot more tolerance
many prizewinners have
Kelman and Deborah
for the traditional."
gone on to gain national
Friedman.
attention.
Goodman, whose loft
Each juror is an interna-
serves
as
her
primary studio, gradu-
tionally acclaimed artist chosen in col-
ated
from
Oak
Park High School.
laboration with a local gallery. This
She
earned
a
certificate
from CCS in
year's gallery is Revolution in Ferndale,
1965 and went back in 1970 to get
where Goodman is represented.
her bachelor of fine arts degree.
"I am happy to have this opportu-
"My passion is oil paint, and I
nity to stay connected to the art and
have
spent 40 years experimenting
artists in this town — my home-
with
it
— pushing its limits from
town," says Goodman, a New Yorker
the
thinnest
to the thickest," says
who left Detroit in 1976 with the
Goodman,
who
works daily from
goal of taking her artistry in new
midmorning
to
early
evening.
directions.

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