MEADOW: Portfolio: Great American Women Series

GREAT AMERICAN WOMEN SERIES Margaret Amelia Eleanor

The Great American Women’s Series started in 1976, when I was one of a hundred artists chosen to represent the United States for the Bicentennial... I wanted to produce a piece of art fitting for the occasion. I chose Margaret Mead, the anthropologist, for the first subject. The piece is a story of her life in a synopsis version; viewers can learn enough about her life to realize her contribution and whet their appetite to find out more on their own. “The Homage to Margaret Mead” was sculpted in clay, utilizing life-cast body parts in an abstract fashion. Using the information from the research I found, I symbolically presented an interpretation of her life by compartmentalizing her important contributions. The sculpture portrays a synopsis version of those outstanding contributions and displays them in a sculptural seat. The seat section is sculpted as an open book… to use a pun, the seat of knowledge. The sculpture was then cast and produced in fiberglass; the finished piece measures 4’ x 4’ x 4’.

The second subject was Amila Earhart. I chose her for two reasons: one, I was fascinated with her, and two, I was using the piece as a proposal for a Public Works Project Commission—for an airport in Texas somewhere. I did not get the commission, and the plans still lie dormant in my big map storage flat files drawers!

The third was Eleanor Roosevelt.

Margaret Mead

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GREAT AMERICAN WOMEN SERIES Margaret Amelia Eleanor

Margaret Mead

Amelia Earhart

Eleanor Roosevelt