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A James Lawrence piece still on the wall

2023-06-08T00:43:18-04:00Articles|

A James Lwrence piece still on the wall This piece is available at the Take Down/ Take Home event scheduled 2/21/09. Stay tuned for more pieces. 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 sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. With hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and large scale artwork. Art that engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan Hensel Gallery is now both a large window gallery on Cedar Avenue. A main thoroughfare in south Minneapolis, and an online venture represented on Artsy.net. About Susan Hensel Gallery – Contemporary Art by Susan Hensel 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 [...]

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Reader’s Art opening

2023-06-08T00:50:27-04:00Exhibition, News, Art|

Reader's Art opening The opening was wonderful tonight! There was such a crush of people that I could not take pictures after the first half-hour or so. In these pictures, you see the first little bit, when Mary Tasillo arrived for Book Bombing, and old friends met up and caught up. Then I was off, welcoming people, giving them gloves, writing up sales, and keeping an eye on refreshments, etc. Now to settle down and rest for a day or two. 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 sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and largescale artwork that engages. Both sculptural and cultural space. You can find Susan Hensel’s current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan Hensel Gallery is now a large window gallery on Cedar Avenue. The main [...]

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COMMUNION preview

2023-06-08T00:59:58-04:00Articles, Artists|

COMMUNION preview COMMUNION preview. Juliet Blacksher, a dear friend of Jon's found out he collected antique fabrics. When she saw this 1930's silkscreen print, she bought all she could and had him make this miniature from some of it. The print is almost cubist with a 50's flair. Jon thinks artists take cues from fabrics more often than we want to imagine. 1998 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 sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and largescale artwork that engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. 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 [...]

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It’s Monday and I’m still working

2023-06-08T01:02:54-04:00Exhibition, Articles, News, Artists|

It's Monday and I'm still working It's Monday. It's 8 pm and I am still working. What else is new?   Well, it is the last day of the regular gallery schedule for the next 6 months! Leslie Sobel on the Stonearch Bridge overlooking the great Mississippi River. Zach and I packed Leslie Sobel's show today...if you missed it you can see it in the gallery archives...show #40!!!! Times sure does fly when you are having fun. Leslie showed at the beginning of the second season and at the end of the 7th season. Rather nice, if uneven, brackets.   "SO", you ask, "Now what?"   Well...I sat in the yard for a bit today and mused with Zach about the difficulty we both have at not working (Hence, it is now 8:15 pm and I have been at it since before 10 am.) I am already thinking of ways to use the gallery, before we re-commence in January.   I am considering doing an artyarn show in the fall...I am considering truncating the yearly schedule to September through May or June...I am considering having a fiber oriented set of summer shows each year...I am considering.... Art yarn [...]

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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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Reader’s Art 11 installation begins

2023-06-08T01:17:52-04:00Exhibition, News, Art|

Reader's Art 11 installation begins Reader's Art 11 installation begins. The boxes are stowed, the tools are laid out, the artworks are more or less sorted by how they will be displayed. So, we begin. Post-its alert me to titles I might find obscure when I affix the wall labels. I answer the phone, give in person interviews, check for accuracy in the records. Coco Mault from the City Pages wrote a very nice piece about the show. Thanks Coco! {note: one of the images in the masthead is complements of photographer Michael Shapiro.} 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 sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and large scale artwork that engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan [...]

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Behind the FAULT

2023-06-08T01:18:36-04:00Articles, News, Artists, Art|

Behind the FAULT There are hidden treasures in Dean Ebben's show In the House of the Mineral Spirits. Behind the screen of Fault are cyanotypes, drawings , small rusty objects, lit by the projection on the front. 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 sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and largescale artwork that engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan Hensel Gallery is now both a large window gallery on Cedar Avenue, a main thoroughfare in south Minneapolis, and an online venture represented on Artsy.net. 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 [...]

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Ophelia as she is changing in the new temporary studio

2023-06-08T01:19:53-04:00Articles, News, Artists|

Ophelia as she is changing in the new temporary studio Ophelia as she is changing I have rented a storefront on S. Bloomington Avenue for the duration of the renovation through Reader’s Art so I can easily continue working on the bodies of work that have been languishing in the on and off work practice that was necessitated by life with a gallery. […]

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GREET SARA CHRISTENSEN BLAIR

2023-06-08T01:53:57-04:00Articles, News, Artists|

GREET SARA CHRISTENSEN BLAIR RECEPTION FOR SARA CHRISTENSEN BLAIR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1-3PM I have the unexpected pleasure of meeting Sara Christensen Blair this weekend, and so will you! Sara is one of the artists represented in UNCOMMON TEXTILES which runs through February 27. She will be in town to deliver work to the Textile Center and graciously consented to spending the afternoon with us! COME BY AND MEET HER! TEA and TREATS will be served;-) While you are here, check out the hand felted art and art yarn of Rachel Starr Sun top. Susan Hensel Gallery Discover intriguing textile art by Susan Hensel. Susan is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career. She combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. 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 sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to [...]

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