Wendy Rodrigue Continues Life and Legacy Tour

A grand welcome for Wendy Rodrigue at River Oaks in Monroe, LA, during the first part of the Life and Legacy Tour.

This week Wendy Rodrigue will resume the George Rodrigue Life and Legacy Tour with twelve extended stops, primarily focused on schools in Louisiana. It all began last fall as a way of sharing George's life and art (and image!) with students at arts integrated schools throughout the state. Louisiana A+ Schools, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is a whole-school teaching method in which every subject is taught through the visual or performing arts.

Speaking to students at Ridge Elementary School in Duson, LA. This school is one of 18 LAA+ Schools across the state.

Wendy shares, "I'm always grateful for opportunities to share George with others, and I couldn't resist expanding the tour when possible to include schools outside of the LAA+ network. It's a wonderful experience ---as exciting for me as for the students--- many of them exposed for the first time ever to original Rodrigue paintings, which I carry with me in George's truck ---the same truck he and I traveled in for years, visiting schools across the country."

Students at The Dufrocq School enjoy a presentation featuring original works of art by George Rodrigue.

The Life and Legacy Tour continues across Louisiana schools, and this time will encompass schools within and outside of the LAA+ Network. Below are Wendy Rodrigue's upcoming stops. To follow the latest news from Wendy Rodrigue and read her extensive writing about the life and artwork of George Rodrigue, visit her website Musings of an Artist's Wife.

Life and Legacy Tour Schedule

(Events in BOLD are open to the public.)

March 15
St. Helena Learning Center and St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy (both LAA+ Schools) in Greensburg, LA

March 20
St. Peter School in Covington, LA

March 21
Ascension Episcopal School in Youngsville/Lafayette, LA

March 22
Most Blessed Sacrament School in Baton Rouge, LA

March 23
Singing River Academy (Gauthier, MS) at Rodrigue Studio in New Orleans

March 24
George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts Scholarship Art Contest Awards Luncheon in New Orleans. Details and tickets here.

March 24
New exhibition Rodrigue's Swirling Vision: The Sun, Cosmos, and Hurricanes opens at Rodrigue Studio in New Orleans, 6-8 PM, FREE and open to the public. Learn more.

March 26
Epiphany Day School (an LAA+ School) in New Iberia, LA

March 27
LSU Continuing Education, OLLI Felicianas Chapter, First Baptist Church, St. Francisville, 10 AM - 12 PM. FREE. Learn more.