Glenna Goodacre
Sculptor
“You take all the downs and the ups to go with it and balance them until you decide what you want to do.”
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By Roadtrip NationGlenna Goodacre
Milestones
My road in life has been direct.
Has been sculpting for 40 years.
Always wanted to be an artist, but felt pressure to get her degree, start a family, "do what women are supposed to do...says somebody."
Had a sculpting professor who told her she couldn't "see three-dimensional," discouraged her from pursuing it.
She was a painter for 20 years; years down the line, someone encouraged her to try sculpting again.
As she began selling a few pieces, she slowly regained her confidence in sculpting.
Designed the Sacagawea gold coin, the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington D.C., helped design the New Mexico state quarter.
Says that because people are her passion, she most enjoys sculpting likenesses of people.
Doesn't care if people don't like her "funny-looking ballerinas"-she likes making her sculptures so much, she's stopped caring what people think.
Education
High School
Career
Sculptor
I make expressive large scale bronze statues of people and created the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington DC.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Art
Design
Being Creative
Interviewed By
Santa Fe - New Orleans
The team drives east and stops in Santa Fe, New Mexico to interview Glenna Goodacre, a renowned sculptor, before heading into Roswell, the UFO Capital of the World, to speak with actor Malcolm McDowell, who starred in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. In New Orleans, the team munches on beignets and spends a long afternoon with Matthew Nolan, poet and author of Crumpled Paper Dolls. The artists they visit during this period have a significant impact on Autumn, who wants to be a writer.
