Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain

Linda Goodman's International Art Workshops 2008 Twelfth Anniversary!
Painter/ printmaker Linda Goodman is on the faculty at Mission College, Santa Clara, California and has taught extensively in the U.S. and abroad including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; University of Oregon, Eugene; Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA; San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California; UC Berkeley; Berkeley,CA; University of Minnesota, Split Rock; San Francisco State University and Mills College, Oakland, California among others. She regularly teaches monoprint and monotype workshops in the United States and abroad. In June 2008, join her for the twelfth Monotype Workshop, "Your Creative Sojourn" in captivating Florence, Italy, from June 11 - June 25, 2008 to work in monoprint and monotype (beginning to advanced levels)with the option of guided walking tours (June 9. 10 &14).Learn how to get unparalleled privileges at most major Florence museums allowing repeated entrances. Click here for Flyer (110K Adobe pdf file)
Her work is in the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Oakland Museum, California; the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. and other public and private collections. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Mills College, Oakland and a BA in Fine Art from Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.Resumè  Artist's Statements.  On Printmaking.
ALL WRITING AND IMAGES ON THIS WEBSITE IS COPYRIGHTED © 2008 BY LINDA GOODMAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. REPRODUCTION, AND REPRINTING IN ANY FORM WITHOUT PERMISSION BY THE AUTHOR IS PROHIBITIED. Contact Linda Goodman.

Workshops and Classes Summer 2008
• INTERNATIONAL : You can still register for June 2008! Leave a message in Dreambook below to be contacted.
Your Creative Sojourn in Florence, Italy with Linda Goodman - June 2008. Two concentrated weeks of monotype printmaking (June11- 25, 2008 ): $2030. Optional guided walking tours (June 9, 10 & 14)
Live and work in the heart of Renaissance Florence at a noted international art workshop on the Arno River's "Left Bank." Color monotype, monoprint, drypoint and chine collè, and enjoy virtually unlimited attendance at most major Florence museums. Hands-on instruction, concentrated studio work, personal feedback, stimulating discourse and camaraderie. All levels. Health-conscious habits highlighted. 2 weeks 6/11-6/25: $2030; optional guided walking tours. Includes workshop tuition, welcome meal, and many supplies. 80 euro monitored-lab fee paid in Florence.Optional pre-class walking tour fees including Uffizi visit are $50 resigtration plus 80 euros (collected in Florence). (Uffizi only is $15 registrationplus 40 euro collected in Florence.) Housing, meals, airfare and entrance fees are additional. For complete details, including registration forms, click here.
"Brilliant! You Linda, the workshop, the facility, the whole thing." "The workshop was great — it was life changing."
—Lorraine H., — Ric H., Quincy, Massachusetts
"Every time I closed my eyes I saw art ideas! I would recommend this program." — Rich G., Sunnyvale, California
"Florence is a magical place—the opportunity to create work there made it extra special.... Having you as a mentor truly made the experience stress free. Wonderful."—Liz P. , Incline Village, Nevada
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON THIS 2008 FLORENCE WORKSHOP PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Click here to download Registration Forms. Click here to download Handbook Part I AND Registration forms. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open.To receive handbook in the mail or To receive a telephone consultation email or sign Linda's confidential Dreambook.

• USA: California Monotype classes and workshops• Critique Group . Call 510.653.0300 for details or email  to register.
Printmaking in the San Francisco Bay Area with Linda Goodman — Click here For Class & Workshop Details --

Small private classes and workshops featuring non-hazardous printmaking methods with an emphasis on monotype workshops. The artist's spacious and nontoxic Emeryville studio is in a safe, easily accessible area minutes from San Francisco.
4 and 6-week ongoing classes in Monotype, Monoprint, Waterbased Monotype and Color Monoprint (oil-based). There are also intensive weekend and week-long workshops as noted below. Additional open lab time may be schedued. Inquire about discounts for registration in multiple or repeat classes. 
Health-conscious habits are stressed for minimal exposure to inks and solvents in ALL workshops.

General Class Descriptions below. For more details click here or on class title below.
Most workshops are now taught with the latest waterbased etching and monotype inks.

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California classes - 2008 Only 2 more classes until June and Italy!
Monotype/Monoprint Class — Variations in Time: (6 consecutive weeks). Tuesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. ($305 USD + $45 lab) Spring class: April 15 - May 20, 2008. Direct and expressive, monotype joins the radiant qualities of prints with the spontaneity of painting including the beauty of watercolor washes. Monoprint allows for a permanent repeatable element combined with one-of-a-kind effects. Explore the sequential possibilities of monotype to develop your image conceptually and formally. Goodman demonstrates her image-making methods with black and color ink, ink modifiers, various drawing, painting and print tools, paper handling, single-and multi-pass printing procedures, hand coloring, chine colle and the development of "ghost" imagery through successive printing states. If participants choose to work in monoprint, a matrix form of printmaking such as drypoint will be explored in combination with monotype. Chine colle will be demonstrated. The latest waterbased inks will be emphasized. Oilbased inks may be used where applicable. Individual and group critiques as needed. All levels welcome. Inquire about starting mid-session. ($305 USD + $45 lab)

Monotype & Chine Collè Workshop (Waterbased): Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm ($210 USD both days; one day $140 USD ;plus $35 lab for 1 or 2 days) May 3 & 4, 2008. This in-depth, hands-on workshop combines collage’s rich formal and content possibilities with exquisite painterly and printerly effects of monotype. Waterbased printing inks will be used. ($210 USD both days; one day $140 USD ;plus $35 lab for 1 or 2 days)
Jumpstart! Critiques — Once a month, First Tuesday 10am - 12 (group). May 1 last critiqueuntil August. Put your work into a context, get constructive feedback, or jumpstart your creativity. Linda Goodman applies her considerable critiquing talents to your work to draw out your own creative talents. Individual critiques may be arranged. (Group critique: $40/1; $120/4)
"The best critiques I remember having!" -- Karen S., Berkeley, California
"Extraordinarily helpful and encouraging. Linda's pointed solutions to technical and aesthetic problems were what I needed." —Joan K., Chicago, Illinois
"Your critiques were great — not the usual generalist comments." —Chris P., Vancouver, Canada
"Linda is able to talk about process, one’s strengths and new approaches. She encouraged me to broaden my style — it will have lasting consequences." —MaryAnne. P., Evanston, Illinois
Waterbased Color Monotype Workshop: not currently scheduled, See Weekly Class or Monoprint & Chine Colle offered instead.Saturday and Sunday, 10:00am - 4:00 pm
Hands-on workshop in methods of manipulating water-soluble inks on various plate materials to create unique print images. The effects range from the subtle beauty of watercolor washes to the luminosity and excitement of prints. We will be using some of the newest in waterbased intaglio inks. Clean up is with soap and water.
Color Monotype I & II (Oil-based): Saturday & Sunday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Not currently scheduled, see Weekly Class or Monoprint & Chine Colle Workshop offered instead. Direct and expressive, monotype joins the radiant qualities of prints with the spontaneity of painting. This in-depth workshop focuses on the creation of multiple-run color monotypes. Goodman demonstrates her techniqes for using etching and litho inks, transparencies, oils and modifiers, rollers, and multiple plates with color printing to achieve brilliant colors and crisp printerly effects. Saturday, begin with one and two-pass black, ghost and color prints, and Sunday finish with multiple-drops and broad color rolls. The emphasis is on the evolution of your image and rich color development. All levels. Health-conscious clean up and use of materials is emphasized.
Monotype & Chine Collè Workshop (oil-based). Saturday and Sunday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Not currently scheduled, see Weekly Class or Monoprint & Chine Colle Workshop offered instead.This in-depth, hands-on workshop combines collage’s rich formal and content possibilities with exquisite painterly and printerly effects of monotype. Oil-based inks will be used in a non-hazardous method.
OTHER OPTIONS BY ARRANGEMENT
Workshops, critiques and studio work sessions may be arranged for 2 or more people, and privately as time allows, at my studio or possibly at yours. times/days listed don't work for you or for further information, please call (510) 653-0300 or e-mail (That's artist8606-workshops). There have been some difficulties with email, be persistent! Or sign dreambook.
DiscountsRepeat a workshop or take another within six months at a 10% discount. Repeat/take a third for 15% off.
For more information e-mail or phone:
(510)653-0300 in Emeryville.  Directions to the studio

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Past Summer 2006 • Greece workshop (not currently offered.)

Walking with the Muse: Creative Journey in Monoprint in Greece with Linda Goodman. August 2006.
."Art workshops give me the shot of art vitamin I need. It was wonderful being here.!" — Judith B., New York, New York
"Great instruction. Service above and beyond." — John P., Houston, Texa
"Wow! Linda's critiques are outstanding... she is truly gifted. " — Sylvia V., Riverdale, New York
"This was the best time I've had doing art. Everything was better than I anticipated."— Gabrielle W., Australia

LINDA GOODMAN... A LITTLE INFO
San Francisco Bay Area California artist painter printmaker Linda Goodman was born in Chicago and lives in Oakland, California with a studio in Emeryville California. She exhibits her prints — monotypes, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, artist books, drawings, figure drawings, oil paintings and pastels — in California, Canada, Italy and other parts of the USA and abroad.She currently teaches in California and Italy, with more workshops and tours under development the US (e.g. Florida) and Greece.