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"My own personal journey is why
I paint. Sometimes it is through
abstraction — letting my feelings
flow in a generalized sort of way —
but more often, I use figures or sym-
bols to communicate some aspect of
my spirit."
Goodman, who spends summers
working out of a studio in the
Catskill Mountains, says that many
people tell her that they find her
work very emotional and personal.
Not raised in a religious home, she
has not brought Judaism into her
artistry, but she is beginning to
bring it into her life.
"I recently bought my first meno-
rah for Chanukah because I've
regretted not having more religion in
my life," says Goodman, who has
had a domestic partner for 10 years.
"It's not an artistic piece. It's just
very simple. A woman who lives in
my building has taught me the
prayers, and it felt good to say them.
I keep the menorah on my television
because I like looking at it."
In 1995, she felt good about
bringing a one-person show, "A Song
for My Mother," to the area. Her
mother died before the artist moved
away from Michigan, and her father
died after she left.
Goodman occasionally teaches at
the Studio School, in New York's
Greenwich Village, but she says
there's no way to teach how to sub-
mit artistic works to be judged.
"Artists should not try to second
guess what they think jurors would
like," she advises. "There are many
ways to communicate as an artist,
but what does matter is that the
work is honest and comes from the
heart. It's always a gamble when
artists enter competition so they
should just hope for the best."
Prague Chamber Orchestra
with the Beaux Arts Trio
Wednesday, March 7, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium • Ann Arbor
" Each musician is a maestro," heralded an American
critic during the first North American tour of the Prague
Chamber Orchestra. An ensemble of 36 musicians, the
Orchestra is renowned for exquisite precision, intonation
and balance, and it plays without a conductor, sustained
instead by the superb musicianship of each player.
In this performance, three additional "maestros," the
Beaux Arts Trio, join the ensemble.
"[The Prague Chamber
Orchestra is] a marvelous
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The Birmingham-Bloomfield Art
Center showcases the work of
Michigan artists March 9-31 at
1516 S. Cranbrook,
Birmingham; the opening recep-
tion is 6:30 p.m. Friday, March
9. For more information, call
644-0866. Brenda Goodman will
talk about her work 7:30 p.m.
Monday, March 12, at the
Detroit Institute of Arts, (248)
644-0866. The Goodman exhibit
can be seen through March 24 in
the Center for Creative Studies
Alumni and Faculty Hall, 301
Frederick Douglass, Detroit,
(313) 664-7800.
Downtown Birmingham •
34300 Woodward Ave.
248.203.0005
Saturday
3/3
Sunday
3/4
Miss Beth Puppets
Kids 11 a.m.
What Do We
Do Now?
± Signing 2
Michael Krieger
Kids 2 p.m.
Beverly Hills +
31150 Southfield Rd.
248.644.1515
Monday
3/5
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
3/6
3/7
3/8
Bety Appleton
♦ Kids 11 am
More Dances
*1 p.m.
Mother/Daughter
1 p.m.
Farmington Hills *
30995 Orchard Lake Rd.
248.737.0110
Friday
3/9
Storytime
Kids 10 am
Jewish Author's
Book Group
* 7:30 p.m.
Smart Women
Finish Ridh
♦ Lecture 7p.m.
Artist's Way-
Philosophy Grou.
Intro Meeting
* 8 p.m.
7 pm
James Graham;
Storyteller
♦ Kids 7p.m.
French Club
7 p.m.
David Nefesh
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