New Exhibition Opens White Linen Night

The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts is pleased to present Cayla Zeek: Ever-changing Sentiment, a special solo exhibition featuring a finalist from our 2010 Scholarship Art Contest. Since then, Zeek has embarked on a career as a professional artist and illustrator. This exhibition of original paintings and mixed media works explores the themes of grief, transformation, liberation, and self-acceptance.

On view at 747 Magazine Street: 

August 5 - September 15, 2017

Get Creative with Us at White Linen Night!

Once again for White Linen Night, GRFA will have a fan-making area for creative visitors of all ages! Grab some glitter and markers and create your own work of art inspired by George Rodrigue.

 

Photos from PaintFest 2017

Thank you to everyone who attended PaintFest on Saturday! We had an amazing turn out of artists who helped us create two murals for Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women & Children. Many participants created their own original works of art to take home, and we loved seeing their creativity.

A tremendous thank you to Tulane Health System's Arts in Medicine program for partnering with GRFA for this special event. We are thrilled to share in their mission of recognizing the integral role arts play in healing the spirit and transforming the hospital experience.

Julie Connelly, coordinator of the Arts in Medicine program, said of the event, "PaintFest this year was absolutely wonderful! We had a great turn out from the community, and the patients that were able to participate had a blast."

Join us for PaintFest 2017!

Saturday, July 22

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women and Children

Cafeteria

4700 S I-10 Service Road W, Metairie, LA 70001

In partnership with Tulane Health System's Arts in Medicine program, GRFA is pleased to present PaintFest 2017!

PaintFest is a fun, FREE event for the entire family with creative painting opportunities for all. Arts in Medicine welcomes the general public to join patients and their families for a morning of artistic fun.

• Enjoy painting a pre-designed Blue Dog mural which will be displayed in the hospital

• Create your own work of art on a blank canvas

• Enter a raffle to win a set of books about artist George Rodrigue

• And more!

Tulane Health System recognizes the integral role of arts in healing the spirit and transforming the hospital experience. Because of this, the Arts in Medicine program was started in May 2010 to provide arts-related workshops, activities and performances for patients, their caregivers, and staff.

AIM recognizes the integral role of the arts in healing the spirit and transforming the treatment experience. A creative outlet helps to reduce stress, anxiety, boredom and the perception of pain.


Did you know?

GRFA appreciates the role of arts in healing as artist George Rodrigue found his love for making art while bedridden with Polio as a young child. It was during this time that Rodrigue first picked up a paintbrush and explored his creative side. From his experience, he knew the importance art can have in a child's life and founded GRFA in 2009 on this very notion.

New Orleans Aioli Dinner Announced

The Aioli Dinner Supper Club invites you to celebrate the arts with a unique four-course wine dinner at the fabulous New Orleans home of Alexa Pulitzer & Seth Levine on October 5, 2017!

This unique culinary experience inspired by George Rodrigue's iconic "Aioli Dinner" painting supports the arts in education initiatives of the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts.

October 5, 2017

6:00 - 9:00 PM

at the Home of Alexa Pulitzer & Seth Levine

New Orleans, LA

Co-hosted by 

Alexa Pulitzer & Seth Levine

and

Christa & Matt Schwartz

Cuisine by

Chef Justin Devillier

Winner of James Beard Award: Best Chef South 2016

Owner of La Petite Grocery and Balise Restaurants

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