Shadows of My Father’s Religion
Shadows of My Father’s ReligionShadows of My Father’s Religion. My Father’s Religion, by Carolyn Halliday, drifts to a close, July 12. Do call to squeeze in an appointment. […]
Reader’s Art 11 installation begins
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 [...]
Call for Art -READER’S ART 13: New Beginnings
Call for Art -READER’S ART 13: New Beginnings Call for Art. WOW! It’s been 12 consecutive years…soon to be 13! Who knew in the year 2000, when I started Reader’s Art in East Lansing, Michigan, that it would still be an annual event 13 years later! […]
I’ve never had to cancel a show before!
I’ve never had to cancel a show before!For the first time in my 15 years or so of curating shows, I did not receive sufficient numbers of proposed artworks to create a show that coheres. […]
In Memorium
In Memoria Debora Miller left her body and the pain behind last night. Her bright smile, her fierce intelligence, her luminous artwork, and her determination to live with purpose and love will be missed. If you are reading this today, February 28, the gallery will be open until 5 pm today. Come and gather to share memories and share Debora's luminous artwork one more time. Debora Miller left the pain behind last night. Her bright smile, her fierce intelligence, her luminous artwork, and her determination to live with purpose and love will be missed. 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 [...]
I’m not me, she’s over there…it begins
Your Content Goes Here I'm not me, she's over there an installation by Debora Miller opening Friday. January 11. 7-9pm It's like a moving-in. You know, when you gather friends, boxes, tape and trucks and haul the mismatched parts of your life to new home. Deb Miller and her husband Andy have begun the move. Measuring tapes have measured and snapped shut across the space. Plans have been drawn, tools have been assembled. Mason jars, twin shots, paint, tape and a set of bound dolls that travel back and forth between Deb and her identical twin when they visit one another. You can see Debora at work at work at http://artsquall.wordpress.com/ 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 [...]
Call for Art -READER’S ART 13: New Beginnings
Call for Art -READER'S ART 13: New Beginnings Call for Art -READER'S ART 13. WOW! It's been 12 consecutive years...soon to be 13! Who knew in the year 2000, when I started Reader's Art in East Lansing, Michigan, that it would still be an annual event 13 years later! CALL FOR ARTISTS Reader's Art 13:New Beginnings March 8-April 26, 2013 A show of artists books with a focus on new beginnings…political or otherwise. In this election year, it seemed reasonable to consider new beginnings. Certainly the politicians are always declaring a "new vision" for America. What new beginnings might you like to see? While politically motivated work will have an advantage, all work that deals with the wide open theme of New Beginnings will be considered. This is show of ARTISTS BOOKS. All media and structures that can be construed as a book or refer sufficiently to bookness will be considered. Artists should send between 3-10 jpg's and a resume and/or artists statement. Applications are due Jan 15, 2013 MEDIA 2-d and 3-d are welcome. All media welcome, all approaches, even installation and performance. Editions or one of a kind books and book objects or book referential work. [...]
Mary Ellen Long: Reader’s Art 12
Mary Ellen Long: Reader's Art 12 Reader's Art 12: Longing for Home Mary Ellen Long was born in Los Angeles, California, and lived in North San Diego County for 22 years. A multi-media artist who now lives in Durango, Colorado, her work includes mixed media drawing and assemblage, collage, indoor and outdoor environmental installations, and artists’ books. "I live in a mountain setting and work directly in nature on surrounding lands, intervening in subtle ways with what is found and observed; using handmade paper to mark, wrap, and expand natural form and elements; burying paper under winter snows to document process and transition, and arranging indigenous elements in symbolic forms. " Her environmental art projects can be seen at weadartists.org and greenmuseum.org The artist has exhibited widely for over thirty years and her collage and artists’ books are in numerous public and private collections internationally. Her blog is a good way to find out her current projects. <maryellenlongart.blogspot.com> She had a solo show at Susan Hensel Gallery in 2007 Reader's Art 12: Longing for Home March 16- April 26, 2012 Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, [...]
Ophelia as she is changing in the new temporary studio
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. […]
Windows on Cedar is coming together
Windows on Cedar is coming together The Windows on Cedar project is coming together. The windows are scheduled through next fall. They will be filled, soon, by the work of Sarah Claire Ahlers. A local photographer who has taken portraits around the Corcoran Neighborhood of South Minneapolis and will be posting them around the neighborhood starting here, soon. What she is doing is similar to the INSIDE OUT PROJECT. In March and April, in honor of Reader’s Art 12, I will show North-field artist Sharol Nau. […]