Art Encounters | Ink Flow
Leslie Cuenca, Hojas II, 2023, ink on paper with wax mounted on birchwood panel. © Leslie Cuenca
Mark Tobey, Above the Trees, 1957, sumi ink on kozo paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz. © 2023 Mark Tobey / Seattle Art Museum, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Leslie Cuenca, Rachas, 2023, ink on paper with wax mounted on birchwood panel. © Leslie Cuenca
Looking for a new art experience? Drop in for the next Art Encounters program. Led by artists and inspired by art at the MFAH, Art Encounters focus on creating community. The way you participate is up to you! Take an active role, or simply observe.
This Art Encounters session invites you to collaborate in creating an ink drawing with inspiration from the work of artist Leslie Cuenca and the exhibition None Whatsoever: Zen Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection.
Much like the artists featured in None Whatsoever, Cuenca uses ink to create black-and-white paintings. Tonight’s event begins with an optional mindfulness activity, followed by the drawing collaboration. The resulting work of art offers an exploration of lines and shapes influenced by contemplation and self-reflection.
Plan Your Visit
Admission is free, and supplies are provided. This program takes place in the Arrivals Hall on the lower level of the Kinder Building, and the exhibition is located in the Beck Building. On Thursdays, the Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with free general admission.
About the Artist
Leslie Cuenca, an artist and educator from Havana, Cuba, studied at the University of St. Thomas and the Glassell School of Art. She specializes in ink painting and is inspired by a love of nature and movement, embracing the fluidity of ink and relating it to life experiences.
General admission to the MFAH is free on Thursdays, courtesy of Shell Oil Company.
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.
“None Whatsoever: Zen Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection” is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Generous support is provided by:
Luther King Capital Management
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Anne and Albert Chao
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Eddie and Chinhui Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Russell M. Frankel
Kathy and Glen Gondo
Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz
Miwa Sakashita and Dr. John R. Stroehlein
Nanako and Dale Tingleaf