Radio coverage of Reader’s Art 11 Jodi Reeb-Myers and I were interviewed by Jessica Folker of KFAI radio just before the opening of Reader’s Art 11. The interview should air next Monday at 7:40 am during the show Takeaway, and either Monday or Wednesday of next week from 7:30-8 pm during the show MinneCulture. The station is at 90.3 fm in Minneapolis and streams live online. […]
City: A Language We SpeakA readingApril 8, 7-9 pmPoetry and language are often featured at Susan Hensel Gallery, especially during National School Library Month, and Reader’s Art, the annual artist’s book shows that Susan has curated for eleven years. On April 8, a few days before the official start of National Library Week, Rosemary Ann Davis will host the reading City; A Language We Speak. […]
When did you become interested in knitting with wire? Around 1996, when Minneapolis was hosting Convergence for the Hand weaver’s Guild of America. […]
ars domestica May 6-28 I love seeing Libbie Soffer in her studio. She works with such simple means: discarded clothing, paper, pencil, hangers…things so commonly overlooked. Yet from these ordinary objects, she wrests meaning. […]
PROJECT Saved words, broken books, a new appreciation September 23- November 18 […]
South Minneapolis Wild Wool Market Arrives! South Minneapolis Wild Wool Market at Susan Hensel Gallery• 3441 Cedar Ave S • Minneapolis Demonstrations! Refreshments! Yarn! Fiber! Roving! Batt Your Own Wild Batt! This new experiment will start Memorial Day Weekend...When you are out shopping yard sales, stop by and shop with us! You will find great values in materials and finished textile products from local artisans. The tentative line up for May 29 is: Sue Hensel: batts, roving, yarn, Batt Your Own Wild Batt station and/or spinning demo Kat Corrigan: Frankensweaters and sewing demo Pauline Mitchell: weaving, tapestry demo Stefanie Moss: weavings from handyed yarn Pam Angier: miscellaneous fiber goodness from the Fiber Studio 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 an online venture represented on Artsy.net. In March 2013, the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel [...]
The What and Why of retirement The What and Why of retirement. After the summer hiatus, the gallery will reopen, as a gallery. In September for an exhibition by Jeff Rathermel, the executive director of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. At the end of his show, toward the end of October. The space will slide back into studio space for a bit. A lingering question remains, however. Why retire? […]
Reading at Reader’s Art Towns, Villages, Cities We’ve all been there, we live there. On April 8, writers will be reading about the various cities they have been in. […]
The big unpacking So many Boxes! And this is only the start! W’sTwisted Meaning by Doug Beube Doug Beube is a mixed-media artist who works in collage, installation, sculpture and photography. He is an independent curator as well as the curator of a private collection for Allan Chasanoff in New York City entitled, The Book Under Pressure, which utilizes the book for purposes other than their utilitarian form. Aunt Nell by Pinky Bass Marion M. Bass, known as Pinky Bass or Pinky/MM Bass, is an American photographer, known for her work in pinhole photography. Shards by Harriet Bart Harriet Bart creates evocative content through the narrative power of objects, the theater of installation, and the intimacy of artists books. She has a deep and abiding interest in the personal and cultural expression of memory; it is at the core of her work. Using bronze and stone, wood and paper, books and words, everyday and found objects, Bart’s work signifies a site, marks an event, and draws attention to imprints of the past as they live in the present. She was the twenty-year collaborator of German artist Helmut Löhr until his death. Bart has been working collaboratively with Boston [...]
COLOR OF CONFLICTAt the core of COLOR OF CONFLICT, at the heart, at the start […]
