Luce Dupuis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Luce Dupuis

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1940

Place of Birth: Sainte-Marthe, Quebec, Canada

Profession: teacher, politician, sculptor

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Luce Dupuis

  • Luce Dupuis (born September 25, 1940) is an artist, educator and former politician in Quebec, Canada.
  • She represented Verchères in the Quebec National Assembly from 1989 to 1994 as a Parti QuĂ©bĂ©cois member. The daughter of ElzĂ©ar Leroux, a farmer and civil service contractor, and JosĂ©phine SĂ©guin, a teacher, she was born Luce Leroux in Sainte-Marthe.
  • She obtained a teaching certificate from the École normale Esther-Blondin in Rigaud.
  • Dupuis received a bachelor's degree in plastic arts from the UniversitĂ© du QuĂ©bec Ă  MontrĂ©al and a master's degree in creative arts from Concordia University.
  • She also earned a master's degree in fundamentals of education from the UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al.
  • She taught primary and secondary school and went on to teach sculpture at the UniversitĂ© du QuĂ©bec Ă  Trois-Rivières and the UniversitĂ© du QuĂ©bec Ă  MontrĂ©al.Dupuis was elected to the Quebec assembly in 1989.
  • She did not run for reelection in 1994.
  • In 2003, she ran unsuccessfully for the position of mayor of Mont-Saint-Hilaire.In her art, she mainly works with steel and plexiglas.
  • Her sculptures have been exhibited in North America and Europe.
  • Her work is held in various public and private collections, including the MusĂ©e national des beaux-arts du QuĂ©bec and the MusĂ©e d'art contemporain de MontrĂ©al.
  • Dupuis has been a member of the Association des sculpteurs du QuĂ©bec and of the Sculptors Society of Canada.
  • In 1972, she was awarded the Prix Beth Zion Sisterhood and the Prix du premier ministre du QuĂ©bec.
  • She was a founding member of the Centre d’exposition Expression at Saint-HyacintheFrom 1995 to 1998, she was cultural consultant for the SociĂ©tĂ© gĂ©nĂ©rale des industries culturelles.
  • In 2006, she was named head of the Commission des aĂ®nĂ©s de l'Action dĂ©mocratique du QuĂ©bec.

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