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Glenna Goodacre

Santa Fe, NM USA

"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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Glenna's work combines: Art, Design, and Being Creative

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Sculptor

I make expressive large scale bronze statues of people and created the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington DC.

My path in life has been direct

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Has been sculpting for 40 years.
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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."
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Had a sculpting professor who told her she couldn't "see three-dimensional," discouraged her from pursuing it.
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She was a painter for 20 years; years down the line, someone encouraged her to try sculpting again.
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As she began selling a few pieces, she slowly regained her confidence in sculpting.
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Designed the Sacagawea gold coin, the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington D.C., helped design the New Mexico state quarter.
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Says that because people are her passion, she most enjoys sculpting likenesses of people.
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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.

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