1. Joseph Joe Fafard was a twelfth generation Canadian born in 1942 in Ste.
13 Facts About Joe Fafard
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Joe Fafard received several awards throughout his professional career including being named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981, the Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Award in 1987, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2002, the National Prix Montfort in 2003, and the Lieutenant Governor's Saskatchewan Centennial Medal for the Arts in 2005.
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Joe Fafard received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the University of Regina and University of Manitoba.
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Joe Fafard met Ric Gomez and David Gilhooly in 1968 when he arrived at the Regina School of Art to teach pottery and sculpture.
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Joe Fafard's work was heavily influenced by his Saskatchewan surroundings, and ranged in size from handheld to larger than life-sized.
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Joe Fafard worked closely with choreographer Jean Pierre Perrault to place his cow sculptures as set designs for several of Perrault's environmental dance pieces.
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Joe Fafard's works have been shown in Canada and abroad in countries including the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan.
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Joe Fafard's art was featured on a series of postage stamps issued by Canada Post in 2012.
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Joe Fafard died at his home outside of Lumsden, Saskatchewan on March 16,2019, from stomach cancer at the age of 76.
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Joe Fafard's work has been an inspiration to many western artists such as David Garneau.
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In 1967, Joe Fafard married Susan Wiebe, a major in ceramics at the Winnipeg School of Art.
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Joe Fafard's second son, Julien, was born to Alyce on June 11,1998.
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Alyce Hamon and Joe Fafard were married on August 6,2000.