April 2024
Jazz Fest Portraits: George Rodrigue at the Hilliard Art Museum, Film 3 of 6
Dream Big! The Art of George Rodrigue
August 29-October 2, 2024
Presented by Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education
SFCC Visual Arts Gallery
Join Wendy Rodrigue for related special events in the SFCC Visual Arts Gallery and Four Seasons Rancho Encantado.
Exciting Summer 2024 programming coming to New Mexico! Join Wendy Rodrigue for a series of classes focused on art history, analysis, and storytelling, centered on the life and art of her late husband, George Rodrigue (1944-2013). Register now!
Hosted by Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education with support from Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado.
Celebrating George Rodrigue at the Bayou Teche Museum!
Events surrounding the exhibition George Rodrigue: Painting for Myself
Organized and sponsored by the Life & Legacy Foundation, the magnificent exhibition, George Rodrigue: Painting for Myself is currently on view at the Bayou Teche Museum in Rodrigue’s hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana. Learn more
This celebratory week included extensive education outreach with area schools, plus numerous tours for the public and community groups, and on March 13, we celebrated George Rodrigue’s 80th birthday at the Bayou Teche Museum Gala! See more photos HERE.
Thank you, Louisiana!
Events and Outreach in Franklin, Alexandria and Baton Rouge
What a week in Louisiana! The Life & Legacy Tour shared George Rodrigue with students and the communities of Franklin, Alexandria, and ending with The Dufrocq School in Baton Rouge. SEE MORE!
George Rodrigue: The River is the Road
at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center
Wendy Rodrigue’s opening remarks during a new exhibition of her late husband’s paintings at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center in Decatur, Alabama. During the pre-opening week, Wendy lead school tours of the exhibition, hosting 800 children, plus families, educators, and community groups.
George Rodrigue: The River is the Road continues through April 7, 2024. Sponsored by Singing River Trail and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. This exhibition was conceived of and organized by the Life & Legacy Foundation, and includes 4 additional museums: the Masur Museum in Monroe, Louisiana; the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center in Hendersonville, Tennessee; the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana; and previously, the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen, Louisiana. See images from all events HERE.
Thank you, Baldwin County Public Schools!
February 19 – 23, Baldwin County, Alabama
What a week! Five incredible days of Rodrigue-inspired art and storytelling experiences including twenty one presentations in ELEVEN fantastic schools, one family night, and THOUSANDS OF AMAZING STUDENTS! SEE MORE HERE.
George and Wendy Rodrigue
George and Wendy Rodrigue were married from 1997 until his death in 2013. For some 35 years, Wendy’s life’s work has been to share Rodrigue’s Life and Art in as broad and quality a manner as possible. Together, the couple partnered on the development of all aspects of Rodrigue’s career and life, including his galleries, museum exhibitions, a dozen books published both nationally and internationally on his art, and extensive education outreach.
In 2017 Wendy Rodrigue established the Life & Legacy Tour, now a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation, continuing and expanding her late husband’s artistic and philanthropic vision while honoring one of America’s most illustrious artists, George Rodrigue. As of March 2024, she has visited 193 schools, some 800 classes, 9 states, and nearly 80,000 students in this rare art experience. Through Life & Legacy, Wendy has facilitated numerous museum and community partnerships, including the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, the LSU Museum of Art, the West Baton Rouge Museum, the Museum of New Art, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Associations of Broadcasters, Chambers of Commerce, Womens Leadership Conferences, Literary Clubs, Continuing Education for LSU and Santa Fe Community College, and many more.
during the OKA+ Schools Teacher Conference at the University of Central Oklahoma in June 2021.
Enjoy this raw clip from her opening remarks.
Learn more in this blog post for “Musings of an Artist’s Wife”