• How We Started
• About George Rodrigue
• In Memoriam
• Why Arts in Education?
• Student Success Stories
• Partnerships

About Us

Mission

Objective

In 2009 George Rodrigue formed GRFA as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. In addition to providing financial assistance in the arts and other areas, GRFA will plan, develop, and implement a series of unique educational art programs that are specially designed to enhance and expand art curriculums, despite continuing state and federal cutbacks.

Student success at any age depends on self-confidence, specifically the belief in one’s own ability to walk on the moon, or fight fires, or raise a family, or perform on Broadway. Research proves that personal growth benefits from creative expression and that artistic accomplishment provides students the self-esteem needed for success in all areas of life. However, due to budget shortfalls and misconceptions, schools find it increasingly difficult to incorporate art in education.

George Rodrigue Foundation wants to reverse this trend. As a young boy George dreamed of being an artist, and as an adult he credited the support of his parents and teachers with helping him realize that dream.

Over the years, Rodrigue assisted numerous non-profits, not only in the arts, but also humanitarian organizations, disaster relief, animal welfare and others. But today, the Rodrigue family and Rodrigue Foundation's primary focus is to expose children to education through the arts, hoping to inspire in others an early and on-going creative passion similar to George's.

To learn more about George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts visit our History, George Rodrigue, Partnerships, Why Arts in Education? and Student Success Story pages.