{"id":2324,"date":"2023-07-24T12:37:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/?page_id=2324"},"modified":"2025-02-20T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:07:26","slug":"margaret-anderson-louise-blashill-anna-decelles-cathy-ellis-joseph-fafard-borghild-keith-joan-kot-wendee-kubik-june-mayhew-ann-noble-mckay-margaret-patterson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/college-avenue-campus\/margaret-anderson-louise-blashill-anna-decelles-cathy-ellis-joseph-fafard-borghild-keith-joan-kot-wendee-kubik-june-mayhew-ann-noble-mckay-margaret-patterson\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Anderson, Louise Blashill, Anna DeCelles, Cathy Ellis, Joseph Fafard, Borghild Keith, Joan Kot, Wendee Kubik, June Mayhew, Ann Noble (McKay), Margaret Patterson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Photograph by the University of Regina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Frog <\/em>(1971)<\/strong>
Armature, foam, ceramic, concrete<\/strong>
University of Regina President\u2019s Art Collection; pc.2022.02.
Generously supported by Phillip Tremblay, Alyce Hamon, Leslie & Gordon Diamond and ECO Concrete Levelling Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most popular public sculptures in Regina, Frog <\/em>was created by Joe Fafard (1942-2019) in collaboration with his all-female ART 221A class. The amphibian was an homage to the influential Funk artist, David Gilhooly (1943 \u2013 2013), a popular instructor who radically rethought the possibilities of clay. Gilhooly<\/a>\u2019s Frog World <\/em>series explored cultural figures, ancient civilizations and even food through a surreal, satirical world of his creation. You can view work by David Gilhooly inside the College Avenue campus building, in hallway CB 101.4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fafard\u2019s class voted on the design, constructed the body, and produced ceramic tiles to create Frog<\/em>‘s mosaic exterior. In its early days as a resident of the College Avenue campus, Frog <\/em>was joined by a reclining cow, a sasquatch, a green woolly mammoth and a bust of local lawyer and art collector, Norman MacKenzie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both a controversial and beloved presence, Frog <\/em>has been subject to theft, mischief and damage, and even survived a kidnap attempt by University of Saskatchewan Engineering students. After suffering exterior deterioration, the University completed work in 2023 to restore Frog<\/em> to keep watch over College Avenue once more.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Seventies collaborative sculpture projects led by Joe Fafard, as featured in The Podium<\/em> (Vol 3 No 15 May 12, 1972, p5). Courtesy of University of Regina Archives and Special Collections.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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Report in The Carillon <\/em>of Frog<\/em>‘s attempted kidnapping in October 1971 (Vol 12 No 8 Oct 29, 1971, p4). Courtesy of University of Regina Archives and Special Collections.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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