{"id":293,"date":"2018-01-26T16:15:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T21:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:21:07","slug":"joseph-fafard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/outdoor\/joseph-fafard\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Fafard"},"content":{"rendered":"

(1942\u20132019)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

North of the Dr. Archer Library and University Drive North, next to Wascana Lake
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\u00a9\u00a0Joseph Fafard. Reproduced with the permission of the artist. Photograph by the University of Regina.<\/p><\/div>\n

Le jardin de l’esprit<\/em> (Mind’s Garden)<\/em>, 1997<\/strong>
Bronze sandcast<\/strong>
University of Regina President\u2019s Art Collection. Gift of Gordon Diamond and Joseph Fafard, 1997;<\/strong> pc.2005.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For me, a clearing just north of the University of Regina, just beside Wascana Lake, has become my sacred spot, my personal Stonehenge. It contains my hopes, my disappointments, my sweat, my brain machinations, my efforts and pleasures, my tenacity, my perserverance and victory. I conceived it, carried it and brought it up. There it is \u2013 Le jardin de l\u2019esprit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Joe Fafard, 2006<\/p>\n

Born in 1942 in the small French-speaking community of Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan, Joe Fafard received his BFA at the University of Manitoba in 1966, an MFA at Pennsylvania State University in 1968. He taught as an art instructor at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus from 1968-1974, and he was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Regina in 1989. His outstanding cultural contributions have significantly raised the profile of art in the province. Over an art career that spans four decades, Fafard has developed a national and international reputation for his ceramic and bronze works.<\/p>\n

Fafard originally designed Le jardin d\u2019esprit<\/em> for a Canadian war memorial in London, England. It comprises eight panels and was constructed with the artist\u2019s \u201clost Styrofoam\u201d technique, a process in which the image is projected on Styrofoam and cut out. The Styrofoam is then shaped and rounded using a torch. The pieces are placed in sand into which molten bronze is poured, melting and replacing the Styrofoam. Each panel is then welded together. Fafard produces his bronze artworks from his foundry in Pense, Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n

Characteristic of his \u0153uvre, Le jardin de l\u2019esprit<\/em> features scenes depicting the province\u2019s natural and cultural history. In it, Fafard pays tribute to the lives cut short from war, the great sacrifices made, and the loss of future experiences and accomplishments. The sculpture\u2019s windows offer a space of reflection on these themes, whilst celebrating the survivors of war, the process of reorganization, and the effort to thrive.<\/p>\n

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Le jardin de l’esprit<\/em>, 1997<\/strong>
Bronze coul\u00e9 au sable<\/strong>
Collection d\u2019objets d\u2019art du pr\u00e9sident, Universit\u00e9 de Regina. Don de Gordon Diamond et de Joseph Fafard \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Regina, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de sa campagne de financement B\u00e2tir un avenir, r\u00e9aliser des r\u00eaves<\/em>\u2009; pc.2005.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Une clairi\u00e8re juste au nord de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Regina, pr\u00e8s du lac Wascana, est devenue mon recoin sacr\u00e9, mon Stonehenge \u00e0 moi. Elle renferme mes espoirs, mes d\u00e9ceptions, ma sueur, mes machinations c\u00e9r\u00e9brales, mes efforts et mes plaisirs, ma t\u00e9nacit\u00e9, ma pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance et ma victoire. Cette \u0153uvre, je l\u2019ai con\u00e7ue, port\u00e9e et \u00e9lev\u00e9e. Et la voici \u2014 Le jardin de l\u2019esprit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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N\u00e9 en 1942 dans la petite communaut\u00e9 francophone de Sainte-Marthe, en Saskatchewan, Joe Fafard obtient son BFA de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Manitoba en 1966, puis sa ma\u00eetrise en beaux-arts de la Pensylvania State University en 1968. Il est professeur d\u2019art \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de la Saskatchewan, campus de Regina de 1968 \u00e0 1974. L\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Regina lui octroie un doctorat honorifique en 1989. Ses contributions culturelles exceptionnelles ont sensiblement am\u00e9lior\u00e9 l\u2019image de l\u2019art dans la province. Au cours de sa carri\u00e8re, qui couvre plus de quarante ans, Fafard a acquis une r\u00e9putation nationale et internationale pour ses c\u00e9ramiques et ses bronzes.<\/p>\n

Fafard con\u00e7oit initialement Le jardin de l\u2019esprit<\/em> pour un m\u00e9morial de guerre canadien, \u00e0 Londres en Angleterre. Il comprend huit panneaux construits selon la technique du \u00ab\u2009polystyr\u00e8ne perdu\u2009\u00bb de l\u2019artiste, proc\u00e9d\u00e9 dans lequel l\u2019image est projet\u00e9e sur du polystyr\u00e8ne puis d\u00e9coup\u00e9e. Le polystyr\u00e8ne est alors fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 et arrondi au chalumeau. Les panneaux sont ensuite enfouis dans du sable dans lequel on coule du bronze en fusion qui fait fondre et remplace le polystyr\u00e8ne. Les panneaux sont ensuite soud\u00e9s ensemble. Fafard produit ses bronzes dans sa fonderie de Pense, en Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n

Caract\u00e9ristique de son \u0153uvre, Le jardin de l\u2019esprit <\/em>d\u00e9peint l\u2019histoire naturelle et culturelle de la province. Fafard rend ici hommage aux vies fauch\u00e9es par la guerre, aux grands sacrifices consentis et aux exp\u00e9riences et r\u00e9alisations futures avort\u00e9es. Les fen\u00eatres de la sculpture offrent des espaces de r\u00e9flexion sur ces th\u00e8mes, tout en c\u00e9l\u00e9brant les survivants de la guerre, la r\u00e9organisation et la volont\u00e9 de r\u00e9ussir.<\/p>\n

Traduction de texte par La Cit\u00e9 universitaire francophone\/ translation by La Cit\u00e9 universitaire francophone<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n
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Other works by Joe Fafard<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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(1942\u20132019) North of the Dr. Archer Library and University Drive North, next to Wascana Lake Le jardin de l’esprit (Mind’s Garden), 1997Bronze sandcastUniversity of Regina President\u2019s Art Collection. Gift of Gordon Diamond and Joseph Fafard, 1997; pc.2005.1 For me, a clearing just north of the University of Regina, just beside Wascana Lake, has become my sacred spot, my personal Stonehenge. It contains my hopes, my disappointments, my sweat, my brain machinations, my efforts and pleasures, my tenacity, my perserverance and victory. I conceived it, carried it and brought it up. There it is \u2013 Le jardin de l\u2019esprit. Joe Fafard,… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":269,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-fransaskois","category-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions\/2384"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}