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When Glenna Goodacre was studying art, she told her teacher she wanted to become a sculptor.

He discouraged her, giving her a 鈥淒鈥� and telling her she had no ability to see in three dimensions.

She painted for a while. Then she became a nationally-known sculptor.

Santa Fe鈥檚 Nedra Matteucci Galleries has assembled an exhibition of bronzes by the late artist, on view through Aug. 3.

Bronzed beauty: Exhibition showcases sculpted works by renowned artist Glenna Goodacre

Goodacre鈥檚 most famous works include the Vietnam Women鈥檚 Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the Irish famine memorial in Philadelphia and the Sacagawea dollar coin. She also made a 7-foot-tall statue of President Ronald Reagan, which was unveiled at the Reagan Presidential Library in California in 1998.

She was one of the few women creating large, commemorative sculptures; early in her career, she signed her work 鈥淕. Goodacre,鈥� out of concern that people would not buy art made by a woman.

Today her work can be found in public places across both Santa Fe and Albuquerque, including at the New Mexico State Capitol and the Albuquerque International Sunport, as well as the Albuquerque Museum and the ABQ BioPark. Goodacre lived in Santa Fe from 1983 until her death in 2020.

An influx of recent works from private collections prompted the show, which features life-sized and larger pieces, as well as models from her five-decade career.

Santa Fe鈥檚 Dan Anthony spent three decades working at Goodacre鈥檚 side, doing everything from organizing and tracking her bronzes to public relations, publications and gallery events.

鈥淲e鈥檇 get behind, and I鈥檇 push clay around with her,鈥� he added.

鈥淪he would start her day with the 近距离内射合集, the (Santa Fe) New Mexican, the New York Times and USA Today,鈥� he said.

The artist began with sketches before manipulating the clay used for her bronzes.

鈥淏asket Dancers鈥� grew from her fascination with pueblo events.

鈥淪he loved to go to the ritual dances at all the pueblos,鈥� Anthony said. 鈥淭he basket dance is about women鈥檚 roles in the pueblo. It鈥檚 about harvesting and preparing food. We borrowed props from Tesuque Pueblo.鈥�

The Texas-born Goodacre sometimes hired pueblo women as models.

鈥淓nd of the Dance鈥� shows a pueblo woman holding a tablita board by her side in traditional dress. The word 鈥渢ablita鈥� refers to the colorful wooden boards worn on the heads of pueblo ceremonial dancers.

鈥淧art of the grace and dignity of the dancer is to keep that upright and keep it from falling,鈥� Anthony said.

The sculpture 鈥淗e Is, They Are鈥� of a Plains tribal man grew from a dream. Her ex-husband served as the model in his Jockey shorts.

鈥淪he had a dream and that guy was in the dream,鈥� Anthony said. 鈥淪he wasn鈥檛 a woo-woo kind of person; she was a West Texas hardscrabble kind of gal.鈥�

鈥淪acred Song鈥� depicts a Native girl playing the flute.

鈥淚n all the tribes and pueblos, there are only men playing the flute,鈥� Anthony said. 鈥淕lenna, as usual, said, 鈥榃hy can鈥檛 a girl play the flute?鈥� 鈥�

Goodacre was brave enough to gamble on life-sized sculptures she financed by herself.

鈥淣one of her husbands ever helped her,鈥� Anthony said. 鈥淭hey never gave her any money. That was all on her own.鈥�

The artist ended her day promptly at 5 p.m. with a glass of wine.

鈥淏oth of us hated to work at night,鈥� Anthony said.

In 2007, Goodacre suffered a massive subdural hematoma, forcing her to use a walker and preventing her from driving.

鈥淪he never really came all the way back,鈥� Anthony said.

Goodacre died at her Santa Fe home in 2020.

Goodacre was an academician of the National Academy of Design and a fellow of the National Sculpture Society. She won many awards at these institutions鈥� New York exhibitions. Goodacre received honorary doctorates from her alma mater, Colorado College, and Texas Tech University in her hometown of Lubbock. In 2002, she won the James Earl Fraser Sculpture Award at the Prix de West Exhibition. In 2003, she was awarded the Gold Medal for Career Achievement from The Portrait Society of America and the Texas Medal of Arts. She was inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 2003.