VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents an Artist Workshop: Painting in the Gardens , Saturday, March 12, 1pm-4:30pm.

Step outside for a plain-air painting workshop in Rienzi’s blooming gardens. Participants will explore techniques in watercolor painting and render colorful studies of flowers and vistas during this afternoon artist workshop. Rienzi is home to a plethora of azaleas, bulb flowers, magnolias and native trees - artists seeking to experience the joys of outdoor painting will be in for a delightful springtime palette.

Recommended for adults, no prerequisites required. Admission is $15 per person including supply kit. Please call (713) 639-7800 for information, space is limited, pre-registration requested. Light refreshment will be served.

Rienzi is the center for European decorative arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Comprising a remarkable art collection, and a house and gardens, Rienzi was given to the museum by arts patrons Carroll Sterling Masterson and Harris Masterson III. This handsome residence is named for Mr. Masterson's grandfather, Rienzi Johnston, and is situated on 4.4 acres in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood. The structure was designed in 1952 by John F. Staub, the same architect who designed Bayou Bend.