George Rodrigue (1944–2013), a key figure in American art, is celebrated for his Cajun-inspired works and iconic Blue Dog series, fusing regional identity with modernist and Pop Art influences. His sons, Jacques and André Rodrigue, warmly invite museum curators, directors, and scholars to collaborate on exhibitions exploring Rodrigue’s art historical significance. Access to the online
Catalogue Raisonné, documenting over 5,000 works, is available to support curatorial research and facilitate artwork loans. Contact
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Rodrigue’s Mardi Gras Colors
December 16, 2025 – March 14, 2026
Right after Christmas, which is mostly white lights and silver bells, Mardi Gras season arrives full force, interrupting winter with a burst of color. These hues come from thousands of different costumes, masks, flags, floats, beads, and doubloons, all of which swirl around the three primary colors of purple, green and gold.
— George Rodrigue
This exhibition explores George Rodrigue’s lifelong fascination with the vivid pageantry of Mardi Gras—a celebration he experienced from his childhood in New Iberia to his later reigns as Mardi Gras King across Louisiana and beyond. Through lively paintings featuring carnival costumes, pageantry, oak trees, and the iconic Blue Dog, Rodrigue captures the spirit of a season defined by tradition, humor, spectacle, and a kaleidoscope of color. The Colors of Mardi Gras highlights the artist’s intimate connection to Carnival and reveals how its exuberance shaped his creative vision throughout his career.
Carnegie Visual Arts Center
207 Church Street, NE
Decatur, AL 35601
George Rodrigue: Works 1965–2000
November 8, 2025 – January 24, 2026
George Rodrigue: Works 1965–2000 showcases a group of artworks which span a 35-year evolution in Rodrigue’s artistic career. Beginning the timeline with an impressionistic portrait of his late father and ending with an abstracted depiction of his signature “Blue Dog,” visitors to AcA are able to witness the shifts in interest through color and environment within the assortment of the artworks on display.
Acadiana Center for the Arts
101 W Vermilion Street
Lafayette, LA 70501
A Bayou State of Mind
September 4, 2025 – January 4, 2026
A Bayou State of Mind showcases the rich tapestry of Louisiana’s culture, traditions, history, land, and spirit, as a diverse mix of artists respond to and envision the state’s unique character. A highlight of the exhibition is The Bayou Collection, a series of forty paintings by renowned artist George Rodrigue. Originally created to accompany a compilation of ghost stories by author Chris Segura, Rodrigue’s imaginative renderings are steeped in his signature Cajun style. His labor of love, spanning three years, includes the first appearance of Rodrigue’s iconic “Blue Dog”—his cherished spaniel-terrier, Tiffany—marking a defining moment in the artist’s career.
LSU Museum of Art
Shaw Center for the Arts
100 Lafayette Street, Fifth Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Rodrigue’s Artist Studio Re-Creation and the George Rodrigue Park Featured in the Artist’s Home Town
The Bayou Teche Museum presents a re-creation of George Rodrigue’s Carmel, CA studio space, complete with the artist’s easel and unfinished painting, and the plywood floor, splattered with paint. Artifacts and memorabilia from his youth, including his Boy Scout days in New Iberia and early student work paintings from his private collection, are included in the installation.
Additionally, the George Rodrigue Park adjacent to the museum features a three-sided Blue Dog sculpture standing over six feet tall.
Bayou Teche Museum
131 E. Main Street
New Iberia, LA 70560