Carnivale du Vin 2009

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Celebrating Our 5th Year!

Carnivale du Vin is turning five, and we are preparing a very special anniversary event on November 14, 2009 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. All of the past “Krewe du Vin” chefs and vintners will create a grand tasting experience. 

As Carnivale du Vin’s home has been New Orleans in 2006, 2007 and 2008, we plan to bring the spirit of the Big Easy to Vegas, providing the first rate entertainment, artistry and culture that makes New Orleans so special. When our 5th annual Carnivale du Vin travels back to Las Vegas, we will be celebrating in the very ballroom where we first launched this gala in October of 2005, after Katrina forced our departure from New Orleans.

The live auction features rare wines, travel, dining and lifestyle experiences. Through funds raised this evening, Emeril Lagasse Foundation will continue to improve the quality of life for the youth of the Gulf Coast region.

Featured Artist George Rodrigue

Born and raised in New Iberia, Louisiana, artist George Rodrigue (b. 1944) is best known for his Blue Dog paintings, which catapulted him to worldwide fame in the early 1990s. His art studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette followed by graduate work at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California gave him a foundation that spawned one of the greatest success stories in southern art. Rodrigue, who began painting in the third grade while bedridden with polio, had already won local acclaim for his rich portrayals of the landscape and people of South Louisiana when Blue Dog transformed the image of the original Cajun werewolf dog, the loup-garou,into an international pop icon.

Today Rodrigue describes himself as an abstract artist who happens to paint things we recognize. From his earliest commitment to graphically interpret the landscape and culture of South Louisiana, oftentimes the actual subjects within his paintings are secondary to the focus on shape, design, and color.  .