WinterShines Festival kicks off in Saskatoon with ice sculpture displays
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The festival will give people the opportunity to see the amazing sculpting work of Saskatoon's Patricia Leguen, international snow and ice sculptor.
Nutrien’s WinterShines celebrates the snowy season in Saskatoon with a week of outdoor family fun all around the city.
Despite the warm conditions this past week, the festival director said they are still ready to rock.
“The ice has held up and so all of the sculptures are here,” said director Shad Ali.
Igloo-building competitions, petting zoos, sleigh rides and ice sculpture exhibits will keep families busy during the day from Feb. 18 to 25.
The festival will give people the opportunity to see the amazing sculpting work of Saskatoon’s Patricia Leguen, international snow and ice sculptor.
Leguen has competed in over 120 sculpting competitions and festivals around the world.
“I studied fine arts for three years and did my first snow sculpture when I was in Saskatoon teaching French at the U of S in winter of 1979,” said Leguen.
She and an assistant spent four days carving an ice wall of the northern lights for the WinterShines Festival this year.
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