Wood Sculptress to Debut New Exhibit

The Seguin Heritage Museum, 114 N. River St. will be hosting the debut of an exhibit of unique wood carving by Seguin's renowned sculptress Marika Bordes. The exhibit will open Oct. 16 beginning at 6 p.m.
Bordes is a talented artist in wood sculpting and along with her students' displays, the exhibit will be open daily at the museum from 1l a.m.-4 p.m M-F.

The center of the exhibit will be the 14'statue of "Wahir" carved and formed from a chinaberry tree, provided by John Schwarz of Seguin. The figure represents the central character in "Lord of the Rings" and will be available for viewing from two vantage points, the street floor, adjacent to the display windows facing east and a view from the second floor, as well.
The public is invited to this event at no cost. Refreshments will be provided and donations will be welcomed to help cover expenses. All donations are tax deductible. For updates, please visit this blog site, Facebook/Seguin Heritage Museum, www.seguinchamber.com, www.ci.seguin.tx., www.marikaarts.wordpress.com and Twitter Seguin Heritage Museum.
For info call 830.372.0965/heritagemuseum@satx.rr.com

Boy Scouts take on archaeology in Seguin

Guadalupe County area Boy Scouts some of whom are pictured below, are working on a unique

assignment, along with archaeologists from Southern Texas

Archaeological Association. Their goal is to fulfill the

requirements for the archaeology merit badge. Many weekends

this summer and on into the fall they will be collaborating with

Southern Texas Archaeological staff at the Seguin property owned

by Floyd and Jody McKee . The site is an archaeological

project just off Hwy 123 Business, south of Seguin and Starcke

Park Bridge . Describing the ongoing work, John Gesick , Seguin

Heritage Museum Director commented, the joint venture is “really a

one of a kind experience involving their participation; not many

scouts live near an archaeological dig."
The Seguin Boy Scout Troop 317, from Cross Church, Seguin, is

not only on a scout mission, but will contribute to documentation in

part, of Guadalupe County history by this endeavor. Troop

Scoutmaster is Chris Ayotte and Diana Kimble is Assistant

Scoutmaster.(to be continued)

Learning about Texas' Past from an archaeologist's view

Noted Sculptress to exhibit work at Museum

"Seeing is Believing" Wood Sculpture by Marika Bordes: Exhibit Unveiling Ceremony--This exhibit provided by Seguin's renowned wood sculptress, Marika Bordes, along with her students' work, will debut with an unveiling ceremony and exhibit which will continue until the end of 2010. Bordes has collaborated with 7 of her students in their creations for a remarkable event . Centerpiece of the display will be the 14' statue o...f "Wahir", carved and formed from a chinaberry tree provided by John Schwarz of Seguin. This statue is a representation of the central figure in "Lord of the Rings" and will be available for viewing from the ground floor of the museum and from looking down from the museum's second floor exhibit hall.
There is no admission , refreshments will be provided and donations will be accepted to help cover expenses . Donations are tax deductible and can be written to Seguin Heritage Museum. In addition to Facebook and Twitter, for information and updates other links available include: www.seguinchamber.com, www.ci.seguin.tx, www.marikaarts.wordpress.com. Other points of contact include, museum office- 830.372.0965 and hours of business at the museum, at 114 N. River are M-F 11a.m.-4 p.m.