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”
Category Archives: Rodrigue Video Narrative
Wedding Portrait for a Blue Dog Man
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”
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”