New newsletter has been e mailed. Did you receive yours?

The newsletter "Creative Endeavors" has been e mailed. If you have not received one you were probably not on the list. Just go to my home page at and sign up there. If your want to reply about this newsletter or have any comments it has also been posted on my forum . Of course it is not nearly as pretty as the one that is sent out via e mail.

And now for part 2 of the Newsboy sculpture

"Artist Bridgette Mongeon shares the process behind the mold making, and casting of the life-size bronze newsboys. The artwork was originally created for the Texas Press Association. The life-size sculpture, second in the edition of ten has been created for the Tabor City Tribune and "Billy" the newsboy perpetually hawks their historical headline. The artist searches for eight more historical headlines to be carved in bronze." More information about the newsboy sculpture can be found in part one and a complete journal is documented on my website located at http://www.creativesculpture.com/texaspress

A new video- Part one -The life-size Newsboy

A new video. You can see it on you tube, that is the version embedded here. If you would like to embed any of my videos on your site it is quite easy. After watching the video on you tube just click on the embed link and put the html into your website. Or you can of course see it at my CreativeEndeavors.blip.tv web site. some of the the videos from the blip.tv website can also be reached by the links on the left side of this blog.

There are always such quick deadlines on awards

when ever I create an award their are always such quick deadlines! I have been working on the Hands Across Houston Award every chance I get. Here is what it is looking like. To create an award it must first be sculpted, the more people the more time and money. Then a mold must be made and it has to be cast. Plates will be created and put in where the white paper is. All steps take time!

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Judging another show

I judged the Woodlands Waterway art festival yesterday. In both sculpture category and digital art. I was surprised to see such little entries compared to the Culture shapers contest. It made me think that artists should really investigate each art show. How many people submit art? Having to compete against 18 compared to the 200 in Culture shapers is really much better odds. I saw some of the same work from Culture shapers, and one in particular I really wanted to advance in Culture shapers but could not, I was glad to see it again and give it another chance! I wondered what my work looked like at 17. I still have some pieces, two I am trying to give away. My medium in those days was watercolor, pastel and pencil. I did not enter shows as a young person, I think I would probably have done alright. It was a very reflective experience.

New Article in Sculptural Review

Be sure to check out my article in Sculpture REview

A new award- Hands Across Houston

I am creating a new sculpture for the Houston Choral Society for their special 20th Anniversary event to be held in the Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center. They will present a commissioned work by Adolphus Hailstork. This concert is a fund-raising event for Neighborhood Centers Inc., a private, nonprofit agency that provides social services to hundreds of thousands of Houston’s low-income children, families and senior citizens.

Here is some information about hte event on the Neighborhood centers web site.
Hands Across Houston

Wortham Center
5/2/2008

Please join us on the evening of Friday, May 2 at 7:30pm in the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater for the Houston Choral Society's world premiere of "Set Me on a Rock – Songs of Sanctuary from the Great Flood," a commissioned work by noted composer Dr. Adolphus Hailstork. This composition is the centerpiece of a concert entitled "Hands Across Houston," which commemorates Houston's courageous response to our Gulf Coast neighbors in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This concert celebrates the Houston Choral Society's 20th anniversary, and all proceeds will benefit Neighborhood Centers Inc. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children, students and senior citizens. Sponsorship packages are also available. Please e-mail us for more information on how you can be a part of this extraordinary event.

The sculpture depicts a woman and child on a rock. The photograph shows the roughed in version that I sent the client. They enlarged the requested that the sculpture should be enlarged to 7'

Check out last months article that I wrote for Best of...

Last months article for that I wrote for the sculpture blog for "Best of Artists and Artisans" is about the new digital technology. It comes complete with links to many resources.

The article in Skirt

The article or interview with Skirt Magazine has been posted. It can be found on the Houston Skirt Website.

I am absolutely exhausted. I have completed a milestone. It took me about 3 months

I am absolutely exhausted. I have completed a milestone. It took me about 3 months, but I now have a shipping department! WOW!

Besides having to research and purchase all of the necessary materials, scale, hopper to hold peanuts, boxes, bubble wrap, and because each piece in my gift line comes with a card and a note from the artists, I had to purchase filing cabinets to hold cards, sales material, and create box labels. That was the easy part. Our garage was filled to the brim with things. I moved everything out and purged. We had to have AC/HEAT in the garage so when they put in the new unit we had it run to the garage as well. A new garage door was installed and the old rotten jams replaced. (I have lived in this house for 23 years and don’t think I have opened the garage door more than 10-20 times.) All of the drywall needed repair and then it took 4-5 coats of paint, the last coat was bed and bath paint to prevent mold. Every crack has been sealed. The floor spray washed, and then an acid wash before it was painted with fancy little sprinkles added. A threshold was added under the garage door, and weather stripping to the sides. New plastic bins for storage and plastic shelves for both storage of some garage stuff, and then the entire inventory was moved in.

We have not checked to see if the laptop and Internet connection works in the garage. That would be ideal, with a small printer. Then I could print off my labels from FedEx right there. But for now I have to run to the other building and up into the offices, a minor inconvenience. IT is so good to have my house back in order. IT seemed like the garage just vomited into the house, studio, porch etc. I have not been in the studio in a day and I kept telling everyone, “move this box into the studio, I’ll go through it in there.” I know I’ll scream a bit when I see the mess down there, but for now… the house is clean and I HAVE A SHIPPING DEPARTMENT!