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| LOUIS T. BENEZET AWARD RECIPIENT
1990 |
Glenna Maxey Goodacre '61
Even as a youngster, Glenna Goodacre was developing her skills as an
artist. Throughout her childhood years, and during her years in the Colorado
College art department and at the Art Student's League in New York, Glenna
focused primarily on oils, watercolors, and pastels. Then came a gradual
shift of emphasis to sculpture. Glenna is best known for her three-dimensional
work.
Glenna Goodacre's creative depictions of the human form have won numerous
awards, including the Gold Medal from the National Academy of Design,
the Award of Merit from the National Academy of Western Art (of which
she is a member), the Johnson Atelier Award from the Audubon ARtists and
the Meiselmann Prize from the National Sculpture Society (of which she
is a fellow).
Considered by many to be a Western artist -- because of her many sculptures
of Native American subjects -- she describes herself as a figurative sculptor,
"a portrayer of people." In fact, many of her pieces are classical
figures inspired by her visits to Europe. Most recently, Glenna has taken
on the challenge of large scale sculpture, and many of her pieces are
part of municipal, college, museum, corporate, and private collections
all across America and in several foreign countries. "The Basket
Dance," a bronze of three Native American women performing a traditional
dance, can be seen near the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs on the
corner of Dale and Cascade.
Glenna Goodacre and her bronze creations have been the subject of much
media coverage, including articles in American Artist, Southwest Profile,
Focus Santa Fe, and PBS profiles in "American Art," "Wranglin'
Art," and PBS's "Artists of America."
Her works have appeared in the well-known and much respected Fenn Gallery
in Santa Fe for the past eighteen years, and Driscol Galleries in Colorado
since 1974. Earlier this year one of her bronzes was presented to First
Lady Barbara Bush by the Denver Children's Museum. This summer her portrait
bust of Russell Tutt was installed at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Her work
also is in the homes of all previous Benezet and Worner Award winners;
the medallions presented to the honored recipients were created by Glenna.
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