7 04, 2019

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 [...]

4 04, 2019

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. […]

30 03, 2019

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. […]

24 03, 2019

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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