Please join me on a journey of ‘slow art,’ as we use George’s inspiring story and original paintings to explore the mysterious and mystical, the intuitive and emotional, and always, the beauty and joy of this precious life.
Wendy Rodrigue
Now scheduling for 2025. For inquiries, please contact us at contact@legacyartour.org.
2023
METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
Friday, May 12, 2023
“Louisiana Day” at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Acequia Madre Elementary
Acequia Madre House
Organized by the Women’s International Studies Center
PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
Friday, June 16, 2023
Please join Wendy Rodrigue for the opening reception of George Rodrigue: The River is the Road, 6-8 p.m.
West Baton Rouge Museum
Monday, June 19, 2023
Summer Camp Presentation at West Baton Rouge Museum
Monday, June 26, 2023
Summer Camp Presentation at West Baton Rouge Museum
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Please join Wendy Rodrigue for a lecture on George Rodrigue: The River is the Road
West Baton Rouge Museum, Time TBA
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Friday, September 15, 2023
Please join Wendy Rodrigue for the opening reception of George Rodrigue: Painting for Myself, Time TBA
Museum of New Art
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
Friday, November 3-4, 2023
Louisiana Art Education Association Fall Conference
Details TBA
MONROE, LOUISIANA
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
River Oaks Elementary
ADDITIONAL 2023 OUTREACH POSTING SOON
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in partnership with the West Baton Rouge Museum
With gratitude to Telich Custom Homes, and Morgan Stanley, for sponsoring this exhibition
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in partnership with the Museum of New Art
Generously sponsored by Avery Insurance
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Eureka, Illinois, in partnership with Eureka College and the Ronald Reagan Museum
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New Iberia, Louisiana, in partnership with the Bayou Teche Museum
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2023 Past Events
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 6:00 pm, with preview at 5:00pm
Neal Auction Company
4083 Magazine Street
Neal Auction Company presents a Life & Legacy Gallery Talk with Wendy Rodrigue. The presentation includes several of George Rodrigue’s most important Cajun Series paintings. Free and open to the public. LEARN MORE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE FEBRUARY 6-10
All events in partnership with the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation
FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
February 6
Fort Walton Beach High School
Bluewater Elementary
February 7
Meigs Middle School (2 presentations)
February 8
Pryor Middle School (3 presentations)
February 9
MKAF Presents Blue Dog at Bijoux
11:30 am
Bijoux Restaurant + Spirits in Miramar Beach
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February 10
Bruner Middle School
Youth Village
DECATUR, ALABAMA
All events in partnership with the Carnegie Visual Arts Center
Monday, February 13th
Leon Sheffield Elementary
5-7:00 pm at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center (open to the public)
Tuesday, February 14th
Decatur High School
Oak Park Elementary School
MIDLAND, TEXAS
February 17
Greenwood Elementary (2 presentations)
George Rodrigue (1944-2013) grew up in a school without art. As a result, he became passionate about the arts in education, and together he and his wife, Wendy, visited schools worldwide for years. During these events, he painted while she told his story. The children chimed in as he covered a large canvas with quick brushstrokes and bright, thick paint; and George and Wendy, in turn, experienced the magic of this creative phenomenon through their eyes.
As of 2022, through the Life & Legacy Foundation, Wendy has continued this momentum, sharing her late husband’s life and art during presentations to more than 120 schools, some 500 classrooms in 8 states, and more than 50,000 students, as often as possible within small groups of fifty or less. Together with her team, they’ve produced numerous exhibitions of George’s work, including ambitious museum installations, complete with gallery talks and docent trainings. Wendy has shared with dozens of community organizations such as Chambers of Commerce, Literary Clubs, Associations of Broadcasters, and Continuing Education. In every case, the presentation includes original, museum-quality Rodrigue paintings and is unique, unscripted, and fluid. After all, she has George’s entire life, as reflected in his stories, wisdom, and artwork, for inspiration. In short, she has only just begun!
