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Liz Goldner

California, Orange County, CA
As seen in: Los Angeles Times, That Was The Week (Podcast), The San Diego Union-Tribune, LA Weekly, Los Angeles Review of Books, San Diego Magazine, Newtown Bee, Orange Coast Magazine, The Laguna Beach Independent, ARTILLERY and
Covers:  Artists profiles, art reviews of exhibition, articles on the merging of art with nature, environmental art, California Impressionism, California Scene Painting, political aspects of art, studio visits
Doesn't Cover: Articles not related to art

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Liz Goldner’s Biography

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I am an art and cultural journalist, covering a broad range of subjects in my articles, profiles and reviews. I report on artists — from figurative to conceptual, to Light and Space to graffiti. I write articles on the merging of art with nature, of art with science, environmental art and California Scene Painting, among numerous other art related topics. I dialogue with artists, art lovers and arts administrators in interviews, on studio visits and at the many exhibitions she attends.

I grew u…

Liz Goldner’s Journalist Portfolio

Reflections From Laguna Beach | Magazine | AICA-USA | International Association of Art Critics Un...

Reflections From Laguna Beach | Magazine | AICA-USA | International Association of Art Critics Un...

While visiting a museum in Bern, Switzerland several years ago, I saw an exhibition of work created during th…

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Chicana Writing Avatar Sarah Rafael García Moves Forward with Her Rolling Bookstore

Chicana Writing Avatar Sarah Rafael García Moves Forward with Her Rolling Bookstore

Sarah Rafael García, a familiar writer/entrepreneur/celebrity in her hometown of Santa Ana, exudes radiance, …

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Looking Forward and Back at UCI's Institute and Museum of California Art

Looking Forward and Back at UCI's Institute and Museum of California Art

LOOKING FORWARD AND BACK AT UCI’S INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART I met Gerald Buck in 2012 at a La…

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'First Glimpse' peers into UC Irvine's treasure trove of California art, the 'largest collection ...

'First Glimpse' peers into UC Irvine's treasure trove of California art, the 'largest collection ...

In the spring of 2012, Orange County developer Gerald Buck attended a seminar at Laguna Art Museum. Discussio…

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Laguna Beach in the Sixties: A Colony for the Arts

Laguna Beach in the Sixties: A Colony for the Arts

"The police had spread the piles of trash around with their bayonets and were throwing it all up in the air. …

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Articles

The Stars We Do Not See at the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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By Liz Goldner
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Having viewed work by American Indian artists for several years, I appreciate their imaginative iconography and themes, and their mission through art to address the mistreatment and colonization of Indigenous people. (Check out my Substack article, Indigenous Art as a Healing Response to Centuries of Colonization.) Kuruwarriyingathi Bijarrb Paula Paul, My Country, 2009, synthetic polymer paint on canvas This Substack is reader-supported.
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Linda Vallejo - Artillery Magazine

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By Emma Christ, Liz Goldner
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Linda Vallejo’s career-spanning exhibition at parrasch heijen is a homecoming of sorts. The gallery is ensconced in the center of Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights district, where she was born, and a stone’s throw from the iconic Sears Building — an area where Vallejo spent much of her career’s formative years — as well as the legendary Self-Help Graphics (SHG), a critical art-production and community center that has focused on social justice since its founding in the early 1970s.
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OUTSIDE LA: Junior Art Exhibition

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By Emma Christ, Liz Goldner
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One of the most popular shows at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts is the “Junior Art Exhibition,” featuring 400 art pieces by 200 Orange County students from kindergarten through grade 12. The show reveals the vast variety of artistic influences that students draw from today, including figurative, cubist, abstract, and digital styles. The illustrations, paintings, collages and photos, exhibited salon-style, highlight the wide array of young people’s often-joyous creativity.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Working for a local paper in Newark, NJ

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

It gives everyone the opportunity to get their voices heard

Awards

Best Arts/Culture Story, Best Arts/Culture Review

2019 - Best Arts/Culture Story, Best Arts/Culture Review

I have won 14 awards, including seven First Place awards, for my art writing from the Orange County Press Club, and was nominated for a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club.

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