Glenna Goodacre
Glenna Goodacre | |
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Born | Glendell Maxey August 28, 1939 Lubbock, Texas, US |
Died | April 13, 2020 | (aged 80)
Alma mater | Colorado College |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Notable work | Vietnam Women's Memorial |
Spouses |
C.L. Mike Schmidt (m. 1995) |
Children | 2, incliding Jill Goodacre[1] |
Glenna Maxey Goodacre (August 28, 1939 – April 13, 2020) was an American sculptor, best known for having designed the
Early life and career
Goodacre's father, Homer Glen Maxey, was a Lubbock, TX, builder, developer and civic leader.[
Art
Goodacre's art appears in public, private, municipal and museum collections throughout the U.S. Her bronze sculptures feature lively expression and texture. Her most well-known work is the
In 2004, her bronze portrait of West Point Coach Colonel Earl "Red" Blaik was dedicated at the National College Football Hall Of Fame.[10] In 2004, she also designed the Children's Medal of Honor awarded to then First Lady Laura Bush in Dallas by the Greater Texas Community Partners.[citation needed]
An academician of the National Academy of Design and a fellow of the National Sculpture Society, Goodacre won many awards at their exhibitions in New York. Goodacre has received honorary doctorates from Colorado College, her alma mater, and Texas Tech University in her hometown of Lubbock.[11] In 2002, Goodacre's work won the James Earl Fraser Sculpture Award at the Prix De West Exhibition. In 2003, she received the Texas Medal Of Arts and later that year was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in the Fort Worth historic district.[12]
In 1997, Goodacre was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame in Lubbock. Eleven years later, Goodacre was named the 2008 "Notable New Mexican". This honor, bestowed by the Albuquerque Art and History Museum's Foundation, celebrates extraordinary, living New Mexicans who contribute significantly to the public good. A portrait of Goodacre by the artist Daniel Greene is in the permanent collection of the Albuquerque Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[citation needed]
In 2005, the former 8th Street from University Avenue east in Lubbock was named Glenna Goodacre Boulevard,
Goodacre retired from sculpting in 2016.[15]
Personal life
Goodacre married her first husband, William Goodacre, with whom she had 2 children. She married her second husband, C. L. Mike Schmidt, in 1995. In March 2007, while in Santa Fe, Goodacre suffered a fall and head injury. After initially being taken to
She was the mother of Tim Goodacre and 1980s model Jill Goodacre, who is married to the singer and actor Harry Connick Jr.[citation needed]
Glenna Goodacre died of natural causes in Santa Fe on April 13, 2020, at the age of 80.[19][20]
Selected portraiture
- Stephen F. Austin, Anheuser-Busch, SeaWorld, San Antonio, Texas
- Dan Blocker (Bonanza co-star), 1973, O'Donnell, Texas, across from O'Donnell Heritage Museum
- Dwight D. Eisenhower 1987, Anheuser-Busch, SeaWorld of Texas
- William Curry Holden, historian, archaeologist, and first director of the Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, bust located in rotunda of Holden Hall
- Ralph A. Johnston, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City[21]
- Scott Joplin, 1987, Anheuser-Busch, Sea World of Texas
- Barbara Jordan, 1987, Anheuser-Busch, Sea World of Texas
- Katherine Ann Porter, 1986, Anheuser-Busch, Sea World of Texas
- Ronald W. Reagan, After the Ride, 1998, Ronald Reagan Presidential Libraryand Museum, Simi Valley
- Eric Sloane, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City
- William J. Mayo, "Ancestors", Mayo Clinic, Arizona
Selected public monuments
- Rescue, (1999), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Blount Cultural Park, Montgomery, Alabama
- The Puddle Jumpers, (1989), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Blount Cultural Park, Montgomery, Alabama
- Raising the Flag or Pledge of Allegiance, (1991), Stroh's Plaza, Detroit, Michigan
- Vietnam Women's Memorial, National Mall, Washington, D.C. (1993)
- Philosopher's Rock (1994), depicting Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie and Walter Prescott Webb, Zilker Park, Austin, Texas
- The Irish Memorial, (2003) Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Crossing the Prairie, 2002, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas
References
- ^ "Glenna Goodacre's Night Out with Harry Connick Jr". kcbd.com. June 11, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- OCLC 671642232.
- ^ "Lubbock Evening Journal from Lubbock, Texas on May 27, 1953 · Page 21". Newspapers.com. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ "Civic Leader Homer Maxey Dies at 79", Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, July 20, 1990
- ^ "Builder, son, minister had lasting effects". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
- ISBN 9780615296326.
- ^ Roberts, Kathaleen. "Artist Glenna Goodacre Rebounds From Brain Injury". abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "About - The Irish Memorial". IrishMemorial.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "Sacagawea Coin Unveiling". Clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "Statue rejected by West Point unveiled". ESPN.com. ESPN, Inc. May 5, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "Goodacre". Coloradocollege.edu. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ Kerns, William. "Goodacre announces retirement, intention to donate sculpture to Tech". Lubbockonline.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ Kerns, William. "Road to the Top: Lubbock Street Named For Sculptor Glenna Goodacre". freerepublic.com. FreeRepublic, LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ "2018 Annual Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts Artists and Major Contributors Celebrated". media.newmexicoculture.org. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ Kerns, William. "Goodacre announces retirement, intention to donate sculpture to Tech". Lubbock Avalanche. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ Davidson, Joanne (March 8, 2010). "Goodacre's sculpture helps fund her savior Craig Hospital". The Denver Post. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "Sculptor Glenna Goodacre hospitalized with head injury". Midland Reporter-Telegram. Midland, Texas. March 20, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ Individual.com. "News: Top News, Business News, Company News". Individual.com. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ^ Smith, Harrison (April 15, 2020). "Glenna Goodacre, artist who sculpted Vietnam Women's Memorial, dies at 80". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "Glenna Goodacre passes away at the age of 80". KCBD. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ "Founder's Hall". nationalcowboymuseum.org.
- Edson, Gary, ed., Glenna Goodacre: The First 25 Years, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1995
- Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Monuments in America, unpublished manuscript
- Lubbock native Goodacre talks of joyous homecoming