Happy New Year! Enjoy this recap of 2024 Since establishing the George Rodrigue Life & Legacy Foundation, now eight years ago, we have reached more than 80,000 children nationwide with this uplifting, transformative programming inspired by my late husband, George Rodrigue. In 2024, I spent four months on the road sharing original Rodrigue paintings, combinedContinue reading “Highlights of 2024”
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Longview, TX
NOV 3, 2024-MAY 24, 2025
George Rodrigue: Painting for Myself *Exhibition extended through May Longview Museum of Fine Arts 215 E. Tyler Street Longview, TX 75601 Curated by Dana Holland-Beickert, and organized by the Life & Legacy Foundation, the collection unveiled in this exhibition features an extraordinary assortment of paintings, sculptures, works on metal, and neon pieces, representing the true essenceContinue reading “Longview, TX
NOV 3, 2024-MAY 24, 2025″
George Rodrigue at Alexandria Museum of Art
Mar 18, 2025 ALEXANDRIA: Join Wendy Rodrigue for a brief tour of The River is the Road: Paintings by George Rodrigue featuring 52 artworks from 1968-2013, including Louisiana Landscapes, Cajun Folklife, Mystical Blue Dogs and, always, Surrealism, exploring the river in Rodrigue’s paintings as a metaphor for the journey of life. Organized by the GeorgeContinue reading “George Rodrigue at Alexandria Museum of Art”
Alexandria, LA
MAR 7–JUN 21, 2025
The River is the Road: Paintings by George Rodrigue MAY 2025: The Alexandria Museum of Art is honored to be awarded the Cultural Arts Award, presented by Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, for the exhibition, 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑒: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑, curated by the George Rodrigue Life & Legacy Foundation and Art Tour. A heartfelt thank youContinue reading “Alexandria, LA
MAR 7–JUN 21, 2025″
Rodrigue’s “Boudreaux in a Barrel” (1972)
Alexandria Museum of Art
Mar 13, 2025: ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OF ART Born March 13, 1944, George Rodrigue was the only child of George, Sr. and Marie Courrege Rodrigue. Enjoy the story behind a classic Rodrigue painting, “Boudreaux in a Barrel”(1972), adapted by George from a family photograph, circa 1920, and featuring his parents. Exhibition organized by the Life &Continue reading “Rodrigue’s “Boudreaux in a Barrel” (1972)
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“Louisiana Cowboys” 1987 by George Rodrigue
Mar 11, 2025: ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OF ART A large scale and rarely seen historical masterpiece, George Rodrigue’s “Louisiana Cowboys” (1987) is on view through June 21, 2025 at the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana, as part of The River is the Road Paintings: Paintings by George Rodrigue. Exhibition organized by the George RodrigueContinue reading ““Louisiana Cowboys” 1987 by George Rodrigue”