Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - (Page 9) by Michael Lewis an unnatural act. But it was in New Iberia that the young George Rodrigue decided to become a painter. If we are to understand his art, we must ask: Why? What was it about that place that imposed itself on a boy’s imagination? This question would be less interesting if George had been a timid, retiring little boy who could find no way to engage with the world around him other than to paint it. But I can’t imagine George as that kind of boy: No timid, retiring soul could grow up to be so robust, entertaining, and generally out there. George Rodrigue is one of the few artists I know who could have run a successful political campaign, and he is the only artist I know who would cause me to pity any Wall Street banker who happened AIOLI DINNER, 1971 to wind up across a Oil on canvas, 32”x46” Collection of the Ziegler Museum bargaining table from him. Jennings, Louisiana George was born with a personality designed to engage with, rather than shrink from, the world. He could have been many things. He became a painter. Why? The obvious answer is that George Rodrigue was born into a dying way of life. Even back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when his work recorded scenes from daily life in Cajun country, there was ittle left of the old Cajun culture. George would have known that if he didn’t paint his people and his Summer 2008/LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 9
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 Contents Friends Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina The Historic New Orleans Collection After The Flood Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton Louisiana Foodways Louisiana Architecture Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 Jazz Notes The Ogden Museum of Southern Art Louisiana Association of Museums Nature of the “Beast” Louisiana State Museum Bookstand Sound Advice Forum Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 (Page Cover1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 (Page Cover2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Contents (Page 1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Friends (Page 2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Editor’s Column (Page 3) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 4) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 5) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 6) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 7) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 8) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 9) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 10) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 11) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 12) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 13) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 14) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 15) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 16) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 17) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 18) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina (Page 19) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 20) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 21) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 22) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 23) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 24) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 25) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 26) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 27) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 28) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 29) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 30) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 31) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 32) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 33) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 34) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 35) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 36) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 37) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 38) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - After The Flood (Page 39) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 40) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 41) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 42) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 43) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 44) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 45) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 46) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” (Page 47) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 48) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 49) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 50) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 51) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 52) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 53) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 54) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 55) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 56) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton (Page 57) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Foodways (Page 58) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Foodways (Page 59) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Architecture (Page 60) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Architecture (Page 61) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 62) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 63) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 64) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 65) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 66) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 67) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 68) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 69) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 70) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 71) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 (Page 72) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Jazz Notes (Page 73) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Page 74) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Page 75) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Page 76) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Page 77) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Association of Museums (Page 78) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana Association of Museums (Page 79) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 80) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 81) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 82) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 83) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 84) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 85) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 86) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Nature of the “Beast” (Page 87) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 88) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 89) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 90) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 91) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Bookstand (Page 92) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Bookstand (Page 93) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Sound Advice (Page 94) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Sound Advice (Page 95) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Forum (Page 96) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Forum (Page Cover3) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 - Forum (Page Cover4)
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