I am delighted to be showing two concrete “tiles” that were made in 2017 for the first time. They were created during a residency at Vermont Studio Center and are experiments that combine a new material, concrete, with steel that I have been working with for a long time. They were inspired by new surroundings at the residency and a …
October 10, 2025–May 17, 2026, Brooklyn Museum By Janet Goldner https://mandestudies.org/newsletters/ In viewing Seydou Keita’s photographs, it is complicated to know whose work you’re looking at. Is it the work of Seydou Keita, the talented Malian photographer whose Malian clients came to his Bamako studio to have their portraits during the 1950’s, the eve of independence? Or is it the …
Carter Burden Gallery starts the year off strong with Winter Mix, a vibrant group exhibition featuring recent works by seventeen of the gallery’s artists. Spanning a wide range of media, including oil on canvas, mixed media, ceramics, interactive sculpture, collage, drawing, printmaking, and more, Winter Mix highlights the diversity and creativity of the gallery’s artists, offering a fresh perspective on contemporary practice across …
The Paulus Hook Park exhibition is the 2nd venue in the Sculptors Guild show. The title of the show, “5.7” references the 5.7 linear feet of archival material preserved at the Smithsonian, a physical measure of the Guild’s enduring legacy and contributions to American sculpture. Janet’s welded steel sculpture, Circle (Bead Suite) is on view 24/7 through March, 2026.
Presented by the Sculptors Guild, the title of the show, “5.7” references the 5.7 linear feet of archival material preserved at the Smithsonian, a physical measure of the Guild’s enduring legacy and contributions to American sculpture. Janet began her artistic practice as a fiber artist. While in college, she began weaving during residencies at the Asgard School in Denmark and …
Unrestricted Access was a special exhibition celebrating 50 years of SoHo20 Gallery promoting women artists. SoHo20 is an artist-run, feminist gallery founded in 1973. Janet was a member of the Gallery from 1988-1994. During that time she had 3 solo shows that were instrumental in the development of her artistic practice. She helped the Gallery receive its 501c3 tax status …
Janet was thrilled and honored to be selected for the first Sculptors Guild Residency at Tre Luci Studios for the month of June, 2025. Pietrasanta is a sculptors’ town. Pietrasanta means sacred stones. Marble has been worked in the town for over 500 years, since Michelangelo. Most people you meet are sculptors. Stone and bronze sculptures and the materials for …
Janet was thrilled and honored to be awarded a three week residency at VCCA’s Moulin a Nef Studio Center in Auvillar, France. She worked on Woven Journey, a book project marking her 50 years of connection with Mali. She organized and edited years of writing about Mali, took lots of walks, made watercolors. And Janet developed a good flow between …
VanDeb will be showing Handmade Books at the Inaugural Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair. I am happy to be showing two steel books including Triangle, Circle, Square (shown here).
Janet presented Exploring Global Artistic Connections, a Round Table atTransCultural Exchange’s 2025 International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts: Avenues for Daring During this unique global gathering, we will consider the pressing need for diversity, political equity, and climate and social justice. Now more than ever. We will do so, while also celebrating the arts’ ability to provide joy, respite, and common ground for …