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Ars Domestica-Mystery

2023-06-08T01:05:27-04:00Articles, News, Art|

Ars Domestica-MysteryArs Domestica, by Libbie Soffer May6-28, opening reception May 13, 7-10pm Mending Circles: May 6,9,16,17,18 & 23, noon-5Mending Circle Soiree: May 20, starting at 5 pm. A dialogue led by fiber artist Carolyn Halliday will begin around 7 pm.Textile Art by Susan HenselArs Domestica-Mystery. Discover the transformative textile art by Susan Hensel. Susan Hensel is a multie artist. With a 50+ year career. She combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. She also makes sculptures and wall art using the colors and techniques of commercial embroidery.These artworks are designed on the computer. Then stitched out on the computer-aided embroidery machine. The goal is to create an experience for the viewer that overwhelms with color and transcends the quotidian. Encouraging one, for even a few seconds, to step outside the narrative of the ego into a place of pure sensation.Hensel’s artwork is known and collected nationwide. It is represented in collecting libraries and museums as disparate as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Getty Research Institute. There are major holdings at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. University of Washington, Baylor University, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.Archives pertaining to her artist’s books [...]

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There is a certain mystery that lurks here…

2023-06-08T01:05:35-04:00News, Artists, Art|

There is a certain mystery that lurks here... Just off the center of the gallery lurks a mystery: a house that neither hides nor quite shelters space. Enclosed in this house is our basic human vulnerability. It stands like a ghost, a chimera, a reminder that our sense of control and safety is a necessary trope that allows us to live in this world. When you look through it, it softens our vision like sweet nostalgia. ars Domestica continues through the end of the month, May 28. More Mending Circles remain. Bring your mending and your stories. Libbie Soffer will provide company, expertise, or her own nimble fingers, as needed.   Mending Circle times: May 16, 17, 18 & 23, noon-5pm Friday, May 20, 5 pm until around 7 pm when Carolyn Halliday will lead a discussion with Libbie about her work. And, remember, the Susan Hensel Gallery is always open Monday 10-5 and on other days by very generous appointment. Textile Art by Susan Hensel Discover the transformative textile art by Susan Hensel. Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist. With a 50+ year career. She combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. She [...]

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LIFE CYCLES: Encaustic & mixed media about fecundity, growth and mortality

2023-06-08T01:05:43-04:00Articles, News, Art|

LIFE CYCLES: Encaustic and mixed media about fecundity, growth, and mortality by Leslie Sobel September 9- October 14 Ann Arbor artist Leslie Sobel said of her work, "My work is driven by my fascination with biology. I intend it to be earthy and profound, sexual and ethereal. My mother's recent death from cancer has personalized and deepened intellectual & aesthetic ideas into a passion.". Her work includes encaustic and mixed media styles. About Leslie Sobel Leslie Sobel is the artist daughter of two scientists. The dual perspective of art and science drives her work. Her work reflects her deep focus on climate change and our disconnect from the natural world. She also works integrating wilderness fieldwork in remote places with scientists and time in the studio. In 2017 she camped on an ice field in Yukon Territory with a group of glaciologists and she continues to collaborate with those and other climate scientists focusing on the effects of climate change on the high latitudes. Her BFA is from the University of Michigan, MFA from the University of Hartford. Additionally, she works in mixed media frequently incorporating photography, scientific data and more traditional materials. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan [...]

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A not so lackadaisical summer

2023-06-08T01:06:25-04:00Exhibition, Articles, Embroidery Art, Art|

A not so lackadaisical summer Summer is finally upon us. It is a glorious Independence Day morning, not yet hot. The birds are singing and the flowers swaying in the breeze. The amateur fireworks have been pretty minimal this year. But tonight will be a different story. The skies will light up with both amateur and professional fireworks. […]

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In the Windows: Lyz Wendland

2023-06-08T01:17:09-04:00Articles, Artists, Art|

In the Windows: Lyz Wendland Stillwater, MN artist, Lyz Wendland Received a Minnesota Artists Initiative Grant to create and mount this site specific installation. While it is similar to her Phipps Center for the Arts installation, pictured above. It was made especially for these windows on Cedar Avenue. For best viewing, come by after dark and see them glow! Lyz Wendland artist statement My work reflects my interest in mapping and architecture. Especially the appeal of repetition and the reassuring promise of reliability. My mainly abstract pieces deal with the comfort offered by repeating forms and actions and they examine the subtle rigidity of my cookie-cutter neighborhood. Which offers a sometimes clear and sometimes blurred delineation between public and private spaces. The connection of the everyday mundane intertwines with predictability of structure. The lines, shapes and forms I observe in my suburban neighborhood inspire my current body of work made up of layered process of drawing, painting, installation and sculpture. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique [...]

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