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”
Category Archives: Santa Fe Exhibitions, Outreach and Events
Summer 2025
Santa Fe Community College
Join Wendy Rodrigue for these exciting summer enrichment courses at Santa Fe Community College. Rodrigue’s Women: An Artistic Legacy Monday, July 7, 2025, 12:30 – 4 p.m. SFCC Main Campus,Continuing Ed Exhibit Space6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, NM Tuition: $59 Instructor: Wendy Rodrigue Magnus Course number : 4000128 ID : 6087 REGISTER To register by phone, or forContinue reading “Summer 2025
Santa Fe Community College”
April-May 2025
George Rodrigue in Santa Fe Schools!
This Spring, Wendy Rodrigue is thrilled to bring the George Rodrigue Life & Legacy Foundation and Art Tour to Santa Fe Schools, beginning what is sure to be a continuing partnership! This outreach was made possible in part by those of you who participate in Wendy’s offerings for Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education. ThankContinue reading “April-May 2025
George Rodrigue in Santa Fe Schools!”
Dream BIG! Paintings by George Rodrigue
September 26, 2024: Enjoy a brief tour with Wendy Rodrigue of the exhibition, “Dream BIG! Paintings by George Rodrigue,” on view at the Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery through October 2, 2024. “Every great artist has taken a common thing and made people see it in a different way.” G.R. From the exhibition’sContinue reading “Dream BIG! Paintings by George Rodrigue”
Santa Fe Community College
September 2024
After several false starts in Santa Fe, we’re excited to announce that finally this wonderful Rodrigue-inspired Life & Legacy programming is up and running for local schools! Thank you, Santa Fe Community College, and thank you especially to the delightful, curious, engaged students of Santa Fe area schools! Wendy is sharing George Rodrigue’s life andContinue reading “Santa Fe Community College
September 2024″
Colors of My Mind (2008)
by George Rodrigue
Aug 31, 2024 SANTA FE Join Wendy Rodrigue for the story behind one of George Rodrigue’s greatest artistic accomplishments, and a treasure within American public art. On view at Santa Fe Community College, coinciding with “Dream BIG! The Art of George Rodrigue,” a collection of 42 original Rodrigue paintings and sculptures at the SFCC VisualContinue reading “Colors of My Mind (2008)
by George Rodrigue”
Santa Fe, NM
AUG 29-OCT 2, 2024
Dream Big! The Art of George Rodrigue Presented by Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education SFCC Visual Arts Gallery 6401 Richards Avenue Santa Fe, New Mexico Thursday, September 5, 2024. 4-6 p.m.Opening Reception with Wendy Rodrigue Join Wendy Rodrigue for “Dream BIG! The Art of George Rodrigue” at the Santa Fe Community College Visual ArtsContinue reading “Santa Fe, NM
AUG 29-OCT 2, 2024″
Blue Dog and the Art of Storytelling
Jul 31, 2024, SANTA FE: Wendy Rodrigue reflects on Blue Dog’s explosion in popularity and her journey towards public speaking, as encouraged by her late husband George Rodrigue and his extraordinary paintings. During the 1990s and 2000s, the couple toured nationally for Abrams Books and the department store Neiman Marcus, while Wendy’s blog, “Musings ofContinue reading “Blue Dog and the Art of Storytelling”
Portrait of Rosalea Murphy
by George Rodrigue, 1987
Join Wendy Rodrigue as she recalls artist George Rodrigue’s history in Santa Fe, New Mexico, including his friendship with Rosalea Murphy, founder of the beloved Pink Adobe Restaurant, established July 9, 1944. Filmed at the Four Seasons Resort, Santa Fe, as part of Wendy’s lecture series for Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education, made possibleContinue reading “Portrait of Rosalea Murphy
by George Rodrigue, 1987″
Summer 2024, Rodrigue in Santa Fe!
This summer! Join Wendy Rodrigue in Santa Fe, New Mexico for unique art and storytelling offerings from the Life & Legacy Foundation and Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education. Hosted by Four Seasons Rancho Encantado Resort, these unplugged presentations feature original, rarely seen paintings by George Rodrigue from Wendy’s private collection. Also included, a fabulous NewContinue reading “Summer 2024, Rodrigue in Santa Fe!”
Summer 2024, Rodrigue in Santa Fe!
Join Wendy Rodrigue Magnus in Santa Fe, New Mexico for unique art and storytelling offerings from the Life & Legacy Foundation and Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education. Hosted by Four Seasons Rancho Encantado Resort, these unplugged presentations feature original, rarely seen paintings by George Rodrigue from Wendy’s private collection. Also included, a fabulous NewContinue reading “Summer 2024, Rodrigue in Santa Fe!”
Rodrigue in Santa Fe, Continued
Until now, it was 35 years ago that George Rodrigue last exhibited in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when his good friend, Rosalea Murphy, hosted an exhibition of his paintings in the apartment above her famous restaurant, The Pink Adobe. George spoke often of the unique camaraderie he enjoyed with artists such as Rosalea, her daughterContinue reading “Rodrigue in Santa Fe, Continued”
Rodrigue Sculpture in Santa Fe
George Rodrigue’s Blue Dog sculptures are amongst his greatest artistic achievements. This month, in the garden of the Acequia Madre House Museum in Santa Fe, we installed George’s first public artwork in New Mexico. The 11-foot sculpture, made of steel, aluminum, and chrome, includes a unique chatoyant effect produced by three distinct shades of automotiveContinue reading “Rodrigue Sculpture in Santa Fe”