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”
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Decatur, Alabama
December 16, 2025-March 14, 2026
Rodrigue’s Mardi Gras Colors Carnegie Visual Arts Center 207 Church Street, NE Decatur, Alabama January 22, 2026, Decatur, AL: Exhibit Reception for Rodrigue’s Mardi Gras Colors, Carnegie Visual Arts Center. 6pm. Details TBA Right after Christmas, which is mostly white lights and silver bells, Mardi Gras season arrives full force, interrupting winter with a burst ofContinue 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
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”
Jolie Blonde, 1982 by George Rodrigue
Sep 15, 2025 NEW ORLEANS George Rodrigue’s magnificent “Jolie Blonde” of 1982, currently on view at The Cabildo Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans. Narrated by Wendy Rodrigue and filmed by Douglas Magnus for the George Rodrigue Life & Legacy Foundation. With gratitude to Henry and Pat Shane for the generous loan of this paintingContinue reading “Jolie Blonde, 1982 by George Rodrigue”
Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years
Aug 26, 2025, NEW ORLEANS: Join Wendy Rodrigue for memories of George Rodrigue and New Orleans, as she recalls the months following Hurricane Katrina. Filmed by Douglas Magnus in Spanish Plaza at the Mississippi River, August 2025.
Mamou Riding Academy
by George Rodrigue, 1971
AUGUST 4, 2025 NEW ORLEANS: Join Wendy Rodrigue at the Cabildo Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans for a closer look at George Rodrigue’s classic 1971 painting, Mamou Riding Academy. Exhibition continues through September 28, 2025. Filmed by Douglas Magnus for the George Rodrigue Life & Legacy Foundation as part of a series of VideoContinue reading “Mamou Riding Academy
by George Rodrigue, 1971″
New Orleans, LA
NOV 23, 2024-SEPT 28, 2025
Rodrigue: Before the Blue Dog Cabildo Louisiana State Museum 701 Chartres Street New Orleans, Louisiana Part of my goal while working with children for the Life & Legacy Foundation is for George Rodrigue to become real and relatable for them. I realize that it’s more likely that his art and story will inspire them ifContinue reading “New Orleans, LA
NOV 23, 2024-SEPT 28, 2025″
A Late Blue Dog Masterpiece
by George Rodrigue (2013)
May 23, 2025 ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OF ART: One of Rodrigue’s last paintings, “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (2013) has an unmatched depth of story and style. Join Wendy Rodrigue Magnus for the moving history behind this highly personal masterpiece, one of the most significant of Rodrigue’s career, and a focal point of the new film,Continue reading “A Late Blue Dog Masterpiece
by George Rodrigue (2013)”
Rodrigue and Magnus Collaborate in Santa Fe
May 16, 2025: SANTA FE: A delightful recap includes George Rodrigue and Douglas Magnus during an art and storytelling session in Santa Fe Public Schools. “Santa Fe 400” is a collaborative artwork blending Rodrigue and Magnus in one design, 2010. Featuring Wendy Rodrigue Magnus, sharing artworks from her private collection with 4th grade students atContinue reading “Rodrigue and Magnus Collaborate in Santa Fe”