Art Encounters | Art & Movement
Ursula Andreeff, No Zoning, 2023, oil paint, ink, and fabric on canvas. © Ursula Andreeff
Ursula Andreeff
UMJ Trio
October 12, 2023
Looking for a unique art experience? Drop-in Art Encounters, led by artists and inspired by art at the MFAH, focus on creating community. The way you participate is up to you! Take an active role, or simply observe. Supplies are provided.
This Art Encounters session offers art and music workshops inspired by Hélio Oiticica’s Vermelho cortando o branco (Red Going through White). Join the teaching artists to make parangolés—dance capes that Oiticica created—and make your own percussion instruments with recycled materials. Following the workshops, enjoy live music by UMJ Trio.
Plan Your Visit
This program is free with admission. Activities are open to all ages and take place in the Arrivals Hall on the lower level of the Kinder Building. On Thursdays, the Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
About the Artists
Ursula Andreeff is a multidisciplinary artist whose vibrant work explores themes of ritual, community building, and the interconnected relationships between humans and nature. A graduate of Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Andreeff received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Andreeff’s work has been exhibited at the Chicago Design Museum, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and Houston Botanic Garden.
UMJ Trio and Ursula Andreeff met while performing and exhibiting at a show at the Houston Climate Justice Museum’s Solar Studios at Rice University in 2022. Since then, they have collaborated on performances at the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Avant Garden, and Axelrad.
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation; and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Virginia and Ira Jackson; the Favrot Fund; CFP Foundation; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of John Wynne; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.