PASADENA – Raul R. Rodriguez’s famed career as an award-winning float designer for the Tournament of Roses Parade, where he was often seen with this blue hyacinth macaw, Sebastian, was as colorful as his extravagant works. Float designer Rodriguez, who graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1969 as an illustration major, designed 528 Rose Parade … Continue reading Rose Parade float designer Raul R. Rodriguez focus of Smithsonian video