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The New Orleans Times-Picayune takes a special look back at…. \u201c2008: The year art saved New Orleans\u201d by Doug MacCash.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Visitor line at the New Orleans Museum of Art for the exhibition, “Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs, and Beyond Katrina,” featuring more than 200 original artworks by George Rodrigue.<\/p><\/div>\n

From the paper, July 3, 2018:<\/p>\n

“A major exhibition of paintings by the beloved Cajun artist George Rodrigue drew an army of faithful Blue Dog fans to the\u00a0New Orleans Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0in 2008.<\/p>\n

“NOMA opened in 2006 after being closed for months by basement seepage during the 2005 flood. Trouble was, the city\u2019s tourist trade hadn\u2019t yet returned. UNTIL Rodrigue came to\u00a0the rescue with a show so irresistible, fans flocked to the center of the damaged city once more. Rodrigue and his blue dog were post-K heroes.”<\/span><\/p>\n

FULL STORY \u00bb<\/a><\/h4>\n

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