Miguel Joyal
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Miguel Joyal is a Canadian
sculptor who lives in Winnipeg
.
He created the bronze statue
of Canadian Métis
leader Louis Riel
at the Manitoba Legislative Building
(which replaced an earlier statue by Marcien Lemay and Etienne Gaboury
), but he has also created sculptures from snow
for Winnipeg's annual winter Festival du Voyageur
and even from Styrofoam
.
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
sculptor who lives in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
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He created the bronze statue
Louis-Riel sculpture by Miguel Joyal
The Louis-Riel sculpture by Miguel Joyal presently located at 450 Broadway Avenue facing the Assiniboine River on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building, was unveiled on May 12, 1996 at precisely two thirty in the afternoon. This statue of Riel was executed by Winnipeg born Miguel Joyal...
of Canadian Métis
Métis people (Canada)
The Métis are one of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who trace their descent to mixed First Nations parentage. The term was historically a catch-all describing the offspring of any such union, but within generations the culture syncretised into what is today a distinct aboriginal group, with...
leader Louis Riel
Louis Riel
Louis David Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A....
at the Manitoba Legislative Building
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...
(which replaced an earlier statue by Marcien Lemay and Etienne Gaboury
Étienne Gaboury
Étienne Gaboury, CM is a Canadian architect from Winnipeg, Manitoba....
), but he has also created sculptures from snow
Snow
Snow is a form of precipitation within the Earth's atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by...
for Winnipeg's annual winter Festival du Voyageur
Festival du Voyageur
The Festival du Voyageur is an annual 10-day winter festival which takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada during February. "Voyageur" refers to those who worked for a fur trading company and usually travelled by canoe.This event is held in Winnipeg's French Quarter, Saint-Boniface, and is...
and even from Styrofoam
Styrofoam
Styrofoam is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company for closed-cell currently made for thermal insulation and craft applications. In 1941, researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene...
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