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, combined with storytelling, transmitting a personal and inspiring message of ART. I hope that ultimately these efforts make a positive and lasting impact, encouraging curiosity, kindness, and the pursuit of meaningful ideas, all propelled by the creative spirits harbored within each of us. READ MORE
2024 Totals, Life & Legacy Foundation
- Nearly 11,000 driving miles
- 49 schools in 6 states
- 110 school presentations reaching 6300 children
- 20 adult lectures
- 6 museum exhibitions in 5 states
Coming in 2025…
March 2, 2025
Four Seasons Resort; Santa Fe, New Mexico
Announcing the New Mexico premiere of the new documentary film, BLUE: The Life & Art of George Rodrigue, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers. Also available is an elegant dinner by Terra Restaurant at the Four Seasons! Please join Wendy Rodrigue for this special evening benefitting Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education and the George Rodrigue Life & Legacy Foundation. Learn more and register.
March 7 – June 21, 2025
The Alexandria Museum of Art; Alexandria, Louisiana
The River is the Road: Paintings by George Rodrigue
For its fifth and final venue, this traveling exhibition is expanded significantly at the Alexandria Museum of Art to feature sixty original Rodrigue paintings ranging in date from 1968-2013, including large scale historical works such as Louisiana Cowboys (1987), the early classic Boudreaux in a Barrel (1972), and a selection of Rodrigue’s abstract Hurricanes.
Join Wendy Rodrigue on March 7, 2025, for an opening reception and gallery talk at the Alexandria Museum of Art. Contact the museum for more information, including docent training and school tours. *Additional events and student outreach posting soon
Ongoing, Thru May 2025
Join Wendy Rodrigue March 31 – April 5
Longview Museum of Fine Arts; Longview, Texas
George Rodrigue: Painting for Myself
Multiple events surround this blockbuster exhibition, including an ArtWalk, a Family Day, Student Outreach, and the Texas film premiere of BLUE: The Life & Art of George Rodrigue! Learn more.
Summer 2025
I’m excited to share that Santa Fe Community College has asked me to present summer classes again this year for SFCC Continuing Education! It all takes place at the beautiful Four Seasons Resort in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Details and registration posting soon. See excerpts from last summer’s classes, filmed by Douglas Magnus at the Four Seasons Rancho Encantado Resort… “Blue Dog and the Healing Art of Storytelling” and “George Rodrigue’s Reflections of New Mexico.”
Also in 2025
In Florida, plans are underway for a film premiere and student outreach with the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation, now in our 16th year of partnership, sharing the arts in schools throughout Okaloosa and Walton Counties. See highlights from our 2024 collaboration at West Defuniak Elementary School; also South Walton Academy and Walton High School; and the hugely successful fundraising event, Blue Dogs and Bourbon on the Bayou.
Plus, look for all-new Rodrigue exhibitions opening late 2025 in Alabama and Louisiana, combined with student outreach and other events. As always, join our mailing list for the latest.