Filmed March 13, 2026, at the New Orleans Book Festival. Join Wendy in conversation with moderator Betsy Fischer Martin, Executive Director of American University’s Women & Politics Institute, for a candid discussion about partnership, identity, and the work of redefining leadership after loss. Wendy Rodrigue Magnus was George Rodrigue’s partner in life and business forContinue reading “Beyond the Blue Dog: Wendy Rodrigue Magnus on Legacy, Leadership & Reinvention”
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Wedding Portrait for a Blue Dog Man
1997 by George Rodrigue
Mar 1, 2026: On their 29th wedding anniversary, join Wendy Rodrigue for a personal look at paintings by her late husband, George Rodrigue. Tour dates: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Beyond the Blue Dog: Wendy Rodrigue Magnus on Legacy, Leadership, and Reinvention New Orleans Book Festival, Tulane University:March 13, 4:00 p.m.Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex MarchContinue reading “Wedding Portrait for a Blue Dog Man
1997 by George Rodrigue”
Summer 2026 Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education
Join Wendy Rodrigue for these exciting summer enrichment courses for Santa Community College. Registration posting soon. Rodrigue’s Women July 13, 2026 Location: Off Site 12:30 – 4 p.m. Although best known for his Blue Dog Series, George Rodrigue (1944-2013) painted hundreds of images of women. These include the Cajun legends, Jolie Blonde and Evangeline,Continue reading “Summer 2026 Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education”
Fall 2025 in Santa Fe!
October 21 – November 13, 2025, Santa Fe, NM: Outreach in Santa Fe, New Mexico, area schools During October and November 2025 Wendy focuses on her home state of New Mexico when she shares for four weeks with students in Santa Fe Public Schools. These include Thomas Elementary, Capital High School, Nina Otero Community School, AmyContinue reading “Fall 2025 in Santa Fe!”
Beyond the Blue Dog: Wendy Rodrigue Magnus on Legacy, Leadership, and Reinvention
March 13, Tulane University 4:00 p.m. Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex Wendy Rodrigue Magnus was George Rodrigue’s partner in life and business for 23 years, and after his untimely death in 2013 she stepped into the role of steward, strategist, and storyteller for one of Louisiana’s most iconic artistic legacies. An art historian withContinue reading “Beyond the Blue Dog: Wendy Rodrigue Magnus on Legacy, Leadership, and Reinvention”
Rodrigue’s Mardi Gras Colors at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center
Jan 22, 2026 DECATUR, AL: Join Wendy Rodrigue for a video tour of “George Rodrigue’s Mardi Colors” at the Carnegie Visual Art Center in Decatur, Alabama. This exhibition explores George Rodrigue’s lifelong fascination with the vivid pageantry of Mardi Gras—a celebration he experienced from childhood in New Iberia to his later reigns as Mardi GrasContinue reading “Rodrigue’s Mardi Gras Colors at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center”
Behind the Scenes! Blue Dog Mardi Gras with Rodrigue and Friends
December 9, 2025 NEW ORLEANS: In this 2025 film based on newly discovered footage from 2004, artist George Rodrigue and his wife Wendy share a 5-day Carnival adventure in New Orleans with friends, including Mardi Gras Day on the Blue Dog float. Filmed by Douglas Magnus, 2004 Compiled and Edited by Kyle Maier, 2025 BroughtContinue reading “Behind the Scenes! Blue Dog Mardi Gras with Rodrigue and Friends”
Decatur, Alabama
December 16, 2025-March 14, 2026
Rodrigue’s Mardi Gras Colors Carnegie Visual Arts Center 207 Church Street, NE Decatur, Alabama Right after Christmas, which is mostly white lights and silver bells, Mardi Gras season arrives full force, interrupting winter with a burst of color. These hues come from the thousands of different costumes, masks, flags, floats, beads, and doubloons, all of which swirlContinue reading “Decatur, Alabama
December 16, 2025-March 14, 2026″
Lake Charles, Louisiana
January 23-April 4, 2026
George Rodrigue: A Louisiana Cowboy Historic City Hall & Cultural Center 1001 Ryan Street Lake Charles, LA The Louisiana Cowboy’s story blends Creole, Cajun and Native American cultures. Yet for George Rodrigue, the narrative is only semi-historical, as in his monumental Louisiana Cowboys, within this exhibition. Although never a horseman, Rodrigue explored the romance ofContinue reading “Lake Charles, Louisiana
January 23-April 4, 2026″
Rodrigue’s Blue Dog
at the New Orleans Museum of Art
Oct 19, 2025 NEW ORLEANS: Home to 90 works of art, the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art includes George Rodrigue’s “We Stand Together” (2005), a 3-sided artwork in steel, aluminum and chrome. Join Rodrigue’s widow, Wendy, for the sculpture’s history, along with her personal recollections surrounding GeorgeContinue reading “Rodrigue’s Blue Dog
at the New Orleans Museum of Art”