2020 had an impact on the world. It disrupted many ways of life from public health, communities, schools, and businesses. Minneapolis-based Gallery owner Susan Hensel felt as if she was caught in the middle of it all.

Communication continues long after the art is finished…. you need to tell everyone about it, so they can enjoy it too. Susan has some great advice about this side of a successful art practice.

Coming Soon! Keep your eyes peeled for the newest podcast episode of “Yes I’m an Artist” and tune in to hear Susan discuss life and art. Catch Susan discussing all things life and art on this upcoming podcast episode.

Susan Hensel won third place at Fantastic Fibers. Fantastic Fibers is an international juried exhibition that seeks to showcase a wide range of outstanding works related to the fiber medium.

Susan Hensel has been featured in Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine. Read “10 Questions with Susan Hensel” now in Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine. Give it a read, click the button below.

Susan Hensel has been featured in Voyage Minnesota under their Daily Inspiration section. Read about the life and career of Susan Hensel in Voyage Minnesota by clicking the button below.

Susan Hensel, a multidisciplinary artist with an emphasis on digital textiles, shares several insights into the art world. Her story originates in creating with clay to craft dinnerware.

“Art belongs everywhere,” Susan says and as an emerging artist. Find your market, find your mentors and critique groups, stretch yourself further, and take yourself seriously.

Listen to Susan’s interview with “Art on the Air”. Susan Hensel features mixed-media, sculptural textile artist, Susan Hensel, whose embroidery reaches across digital and manual platforms to exploit the physics of light.

Susan makes sculptural textile work combining mixed-media practices with fabric and embroidery across digital and manual platforms. Listen to Susan discuss her process by clicking the button below.

In this episode, Susan talks about her process as a textile artist, product presentation tips, automation and marketing, running a fine art gallery, and a whole lot more.

Watch the Artist Talk Susan Hensel Hopkins Center for the Arts Nov 13, 2022 at the Hopkins Center For The Arts

2020 had an impact on the world – both on a local scale in American cities all the way up to a global scale. It disrupted many ways of life—from public health, communities, schools, and businesses.

Northern Michigan University’s DeVos Art Museum hosted its 14th Annual North of the 45th juried exhibition for artists living north of the 45th parallel in Michigan and Minnesota featuring Susan Hensel.

Susan Hensel was featured in “A Common Thread” a Virtual Exhibition hosted by the Textile Center Galleries from July 6 to October 16, 2021. Read all about it by clicking the button below.

When we speak of textile art, we generally associate it with a craft activity, in other words, as a profession opposed to the fine arts. But above all, it’s as a link with tradition.

Susan Hensel was featured in the YAM’s Third Annual North x Northwest juried exhibition features the theme Out of Isolation. The exhibition is intended to introduce new artists.

Art Week features Susan Hensel’s “In and Out of the Fold”; an international online solo fiber art exhibition which opened on November 15 and was shown through December 15, 2021.

The pandemic disrupted many industries in 2020. Most of them are still recovering. These changes impacted Americans at a local level, but they also affected Susan Hensel.

Pandemic Projects: Susan Hensel explores the effect of substrate color on finished objects. The story behind the ongoing pandemic project called “Chromatic Book Blocks”.

Art Week features Susan Hensel’s “In and Out of the Fold”; an international online solo fiber art exhibition which opened on November 15 and was shown through December 15, 2021.

Artist Susan Hensel’s gallery exhibit “Eros and Thanatos” was on display at Seminole State College of Florida’s Center for Fine and Performing Arts from from Feb. 13 – March 16, 2020.

Listen as Minneapolis artist Susan Hensel talks about her work and how the Minnesota State Fair changed her art on The Morning Show with Emily Reese of Minneapolis’ Jazz 88 FM. Listen to Susan by clicking the button below.

Susan Hensel was featured as a selected artwork in the Pushing Paper: Realizing the Potential of the Medium at Barrett Art Center from August 11 – September 20, 2019. See Susan’s entry by clicking the button below.

Susan Hensel started as a sculptor for 15 years but realized that it wasn’t the right medium for her message. Eventually, her eyes were fixated on a particular blue color thread that sparked the beginning of her new artistic journey.

Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career, who combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. Listen to Susan’s interview with Art Supply Insiders now!

Hi guys, this episode we are finally bringing back the Self-Coaching series and my guest joining me is Artist and Gallerist, Susan Hensel. Tune in to hear a great conversation about Art, life and cold weather.

Listen to this wonderful interview with Quilter On Fire where Susan discusses a myriad of topics across all mediums.

Coming Soon! Stay tuned for a wonderful interview with Create Art Podcast where Susan discusses a myriad of topics across all mediums.

Susan is a textile artist in Minnesota who blends commercial embroidery processes with sculpture. We talk about Susan’s process, and Susan’s interesting storefront gallery.

Coming Soon! Stay tuned for a wonderful interview with Make More Art where Susan discusses a myriad of topics across all mediums.

Coming Soon! Stay tuned for a wonderful interview with Artist Business Plan where Susan discusses a myriad of topics across all mediums.

Jules, Rachel, and Stephanie chat with Susan Hensel who has been an artist for the last 50 years as a seasoned fiber artist who has seen a lot of changes for women! From being ignored by professors in the 1950s to now where women are still balancing the multiple roles that have vs. the ones they want.

Each week, Hera Gallery will choose one featured artist and artwork from the exhibition to represent the tribulations and inspirations of the current state of women’s health care in America. Featured artists will be posted on all social media accounts.

Susan Hensel has found a way to use industrial embroidery machines with their complicated software to create some amazing works of art! She is telling the story of her entire journey from being a traditional artist to discovering and developing her current art practice. We are also talking a bit about running an art studio and a gallery, getting grants, and other interesting things.

In this episode of The Craft, Carter and Colby sit down with multimedia artist Susan Hensel. The conversation begins with Susan explaining her creative process in starting new projects but quickly moves to a diverse range of topics. Susan discusses the nuanced physics of color, the embodied experience of art, and the way that beauty provides rest.

Listen to this wonderful interview with The Artist Pivot with Ayana Major Bey where Susan discusses a myriad of topics across all mediums.

Listen to an interview with Art Talk with Karin Merx where Susan discusses a myriad of topics across all mediums.

Join this fun and engaging conversation on Artist Spotlight between textile artist Susan Hensel and photographer Chip Freund on this exciting episode.

In this episode, Susan Hensel discusses digital embroidery, her gallery shows and what makes the Midwest perfect for fiber artists.

Susan Hensel is a guest on “Vulnerability in Life and Art” and discusses digital embroidery, her gallery shows, and her art career.

Meet Susan Hensel. Bold Journey has shared the story of their time with the brilliant textile artist.

Read “Why Residencies?” by Susan Hensel. In this article, Susan discusses her past artist residencies. This article is featured on the Surface Design Association.