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The Ballad of Blue Guy Is Coming To An End

2023-06-08T00:56:48-04:00News, Art|

Blue Guy mysteriously came to live at the gallery in February, just before the "Big Snow."  He arrived one morning, blocking the front door to the gallery.  Actually, he looked like he was trying to peer in...or take the mail from the slot! Check out the latest from Susan Hensel Gallery. I moved him over to the un-used side entrance, where he stood for a few days.   But now the time has come to say farewell. He lost his head in the rains yesterday. Someone kindly propped him up again, hanging his near useless arms over the fence. He will move to his final resting place April 11, in time for his kind city transportation to the landfill. I invite you to pay your last respects! I think we all gave him a lovely last few months. About Susan Hensel Gallery Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery was a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year devoted to the concept of narrative in the arts in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. The Susan Hensel Gallery is now both a window gallery on Cedar Avenue, the main thoroughfare in south Minneapolis and [...]

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Windows On Cedar: Alice Savitski

2023-06-08T00:56:54-04:00News, Artists|

The Price We Pay by Alice A Savitski   The price we pay to keep a secret The price we pay to stay silent The price we pay to look the other way The price we pay to say, “It’s not my business.” The price we give to hold back The price Christ gave for us to be forgiven The price that was paid for us to feel grace The price that is given to all of us (Psalm 16:8 AMP) The price we ALL pay. […]

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Women’s Art Institute at St. Kate’s

2023-06-08T00:57:01-04:00Articles, News, Artists|

Women’s Art Institute at St. Kate’s The Women’s Art Institute at St. Kates’s is an interesting, intensive experience. For the last 16 years, for nearly 4 weeks, 5 days a week, 18 or so women meet with professors, visiting artists, art historians and make studio visits to working artists all while producing a “major body of work”, informed by our work together. […]

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In the Windows: Ceramic Sculpture by Pauline Mitchell and Patricia Haynes

2023-06-08T00:57:24-04:00Articles, News, Art|

In the Windows: Ceramic Sculpture by Pauline Mitchell and Patricia HaynesPatricia Haynes:Drawing and painting have been abiding interests of mine since childhood. In dozens of classes, I have benefited from a group of magnetic teachers; I experimented with a wide range of media and subject matter under their tutelage. Eventually, life drawing became my primary focus. […]

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Peace Fibres- stitching a soulful world

2023-06-08T00:58:26-04:00News, Artists, Art|

Peace Fibres- stitching a soulful world Serendipity has been such a strong feature of my life. When one is able to cultivate to attitude of welcome, of "yes", one can see the connections and the offerings that the world has to give. Today was another opportunity of "yes." While working diligently on number crunching and financial projections ( yuck!), I received a phone call from a Minnesota author wishing to see the current exhibition. While Libbie Soffer was here, I attended Shepherd's Harvest and she went to the Textile Center and we both met Karen Lohn, the author of Peace Fibres. Karen and her friend Katie, a contributor to the book, spent time among Libbie's textile stories. A thoroughly delightful respite from numbers! 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 also makes sculptures and wall art using the colors and techniques of commercial embroidery. These artworks are designed in the computer and stitched out on the computer-aided embroidery machine. The goal is to create an experience for the viewer [...]

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INDIA IN AMERICA: STORIES OF NEW LIVES

2023-06-08T01:00:18-04:00Articles, News, Art|

INDIA IN AMERICA: STORIES OF NEW LIVES May 13-May 31, 2006 Celebrate the richness that Indian immigrants have brought to America. Listen to oral histories Watch traditional Indian dance Listen to classical Indian music See the artwork of contemporary artists: Lorna Rockey Siddiqua Shahnawaz and Shakun Maheshwari Smell the scents and taste the food. With pleasure, I will also be showing the online "flip-book" Visual Journal of India by Dorothy Simpson Krause. Ragamala Music and Dance Theater have sent a DVD of their work. They are a company in which "old forms are used in new ways to honor the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future." I am thrilled to have their assistance. This show was made possible with the input and assistance of the Minnesota Historical Society India Oral History Project and the India Association of Minnesota, and the Perpich Center for Arts Education Library. Many thanks are due to Polly Sonifer, Jim Fogerty, Dilip Mallik, Ram Gada, Godan Nambudiripad, Bhairavi X. Mahant, Ranee Ramaswamy, Sandhya Danapuri, Sandhya Gupta, Jeanne Iverson, and unnamed friends and neighbors who cooked, told people about the project and supported the idea.

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WAR GAMES by Kari Gunter-Seymoor

2023-06-08T01:00:23-04:00Articles, News, Art|

WAR GAMES by Kari Gunter-Seymoor In the Christian calendar Advent is a season of watchful waiting. For military families in wartime, it is always Advent. January 7-February 26, 2005 A terribly important and terribly moving exhibit about this sort of advent showed at Susan Hensel Design at 3441 Cedar Ave. S, Mpls. Kari Gunter-Seymour, an artist, a single parent, a pacifist waits for her son's safe return from Iraq. It is an untenable waiting. To make the waiting possible, she has become very active and invites you to join her.  

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IN THE WINDOWS- ART QUILTS

2023-06-08T01:00:42-04:00Articles, News, Artists|

I have known Gwen for over 40 years. She and I were roommates late in our college years. Gwen got a degree in Interior Design while I got mine in Fine Arts. She went on to a varied career including institutional interior design and, ultimately, library science. In the last few years she has returned to her first love: color. Using the skills of quiltmaking, she investigates how color and form influence each other. Learn more about art quilts by Gwen Schagrin. […]

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IN THE WINDOWS: NINA MARTINE ROBINSON

2023-06-08T01:00:49-04:00Articles, News, Artists|

Neurotangle by: Textile Artist Nina Martine Robinson Textile artist Nina Martine Robinson is an emerging St. Paul-based contemporary textile artist whose creative process starts with a sewing machine.  Neurotangle, created in 2019, is an early exploration into utilizing repurposed clothing as a metaphor for neurodiversity. […]

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