Janis Goodman

September 26, 2022
Creative Contemplation
S1E4 Janis Goodman

Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator, Suzanne Lago Arthur interviews Washington DC oil painter, Fine Arts Professor and TV Arts Commentator on WETA's Around Town, Janis Goodman. Janis and Suzanne discuss what inspires her work, her education and training, the importance of residencies for an artist, the closure of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and rebirth of the Corcoran School of Art as the GW Corcoran School of the Arts & Design.

Janis Goodman Bio:

Janis Goodman is a DC based visual artist. She is a founding member of the artist cooperative group Workingman Collective. She has been the arts reviewer for the Washington PBS affiliate WETA TV, Around Town television program since 2003. Her work is in numerous American and international public collections. She has had artist residencies in Italy, the United States, Germany and England. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout the U. S. as well as in Russia, Italy, The Netherlands, Peru, England, Japan and Germany.

She is highlighted in Who’s Who in American Art, North American Women Artists of the 20th Century, the Artist Bluebook and 100 Artists of Washington, DC by F. Lennox Campello. Janis’ work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington City Paper, and Art in America in addition to numerous other publications in American and international journals.

Education:

BA Printmaking, Queens College
MFA Fine Arts, The George Washington University
Additional studies in printmaking, Pratt Graphics Center

GW/Corcoran Influences mentioned:

Bill Woodward
Arthur Hall Smith
Frank Wright

Bay Area Influences:

Elmer Bischoff
Joan Brown
David Park
Paul Wonner

Other mentions:

WETA Aroun Town
Corcoran School of Art
GW Corcoran School of the Arts & Design


Website: janisgoodman.com
Instagram: janisggoodman


Host Bio:

Suzanne Lago Arthur is a contemporary realist painter from Northern Virginia. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban-American parents, her artistic explorations were nurtured from an early age by her family.

Through her paintings Suzanne explores the themes of beauty, transience and memory. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in such venues as the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC, the United States Interests Section, Havana, Cuba and in art galleries across the United States. She holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art and an MA in Museum Studies from George Washington University.

Website: lagoarthurstudio.com
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