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Windows on Cedar is coming together

2023-06-08T01:20:00-04:00Exhibition, Articles, News, Art|

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. […]

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Sharol Nau

2023-06-08T01:20:20-04:00Articles, News, Art|

Sharol Nau Sharol Nau is a North field artist who is obsessed with mathematics. She is NOT a mathematician, but attended a math and art conference on a whim and found the confluence of art and mathematics fascinating.  Her work can be seen in the windows and in the gallery during Reader's Art 12.   My artwork develops from doing.  Inspiration may arise from a location, a sheet of good rag paper, a block of Styrofoam, a stack of books or more. I begin by experimenting with materials until ideas and techniques come together.  Progress demonstrates adjustments along the way but I know when it is finished because it is successfully filled with my visual ideas. Over Thirty Years Of Art Making art for more than thirty years gives me an abundance to draw from.  However there are periods in development when a diversion from my usual practice is required to keep the work fresh and interesting.  Even though it is not readily apparent in this collection of recent book sculptures they are influenced indirectly by visual memories of my trips to a local creek that runs slowly at a bend where trees and rocks block the flow.  The creek is [...]

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Karen Hanmer

2023-06-08T01:22:36-04:00Articles, News, Art|

Karen Hanmer Karen Hanmer. Reader's Art 12: Longing for Home  Chicago area artist, Karen Hanmer, has said about her piece in the show:"This is the painting that hung over the bookmaker’s childhood sofa; photographed, digitally printed actual size, deconstructed, and bound using the drum leaf structure. The pocket-size format references travel guidebooks. Fragmented glimpses of the painting may also function as metaphors for memory, and the unanswered questions that elude memory. What importance does a painting hold when it is the only work of art a family owns? What role does that painting play in one’s consciousness when it has become so familiar it is an unnoticed part of the household landscape. Any clues about the family’s history might the painting hold? Where, when, why was it acquired? Or maybe, to paraphrase Freud, sometimes a painting is just oil on canvas… Reader's Art 12: Longing for HomeMarch 16- April 26, 2012 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 [...]

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About Project Gutenberg Project

2023-06-08T01:26:30-04:00Exhibition, News, Art|

About Project Gutenberg Project Project Gutenberg Project Description. Commentaries on the pace of everyday life are far from unique. But remain important as humans increasingly forfeit physical relationships for digital immediacy. The Project Gutenberg Project celebrates the beauty of book structures. Honors traditional book art processes, exposes overlooked materials, and draws attention to the gratification that comes from tactile experiences. Using the remains of books scanned into digital libraries. Project Gutenberg Project speaks to the lack of physicality in contemporary art and the trend toward fetishizing book objects. Full of irony, the project both embraces and criticizes technology while elevating and violating its subject matter. Equal parts commentary, prophecy and preservation. The Project Gutenberg Project compels viewers to reflect on their interactions not only with books, but with all physical objects in their lives. Susan Hensel Biography – Contemporary Art by Susan Hensel Learn about contemporary art by Susan Hensel. Susan Hensel received her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1972 with a double major in painting and sculpture and a concentration in ceramics. With a history, to date, of over 200 exhibitions, more than 30 of them solo, twenty garnering awards. Hensel’s desire to communicate ideas through art [...]

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Barbara Milman | Reader’s Art 12

2023-06-08T01:26:40-04:00Articles, Embroidery Art, Artists, Art|

Barbara Milman Reader's Art 12: Longing for Home Barbara Milman- I work primarily in two media. Prints and handmade artist books (either in very small editions or unique). The books all have a message or story that is told both by the books as art objects and by their text and images.  The message, for the past several years, has been about climate change.  My specific concerns have been with the fate of coral reefs, the warming of the oceans and the Arctic. The effect of climate change on different environments and species. My books are experimental in form.  Most recently I have been making books out of old cigar boxes, which I alter and into which I put smaller books, or texts and images. The books are multi-media, incorporating monoprints, linocuts, solar plate etchings, hand-stamped type, decorative paper, digital photography, and digital design. At times I use some traditional bookmaking methods. Such as accordion books or Coptic bindings, but for the most part, techniques are developed for each book to fit the design and the message. Reader's Art 12: Longing for Home March 16- April 26, 2012 Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is [...]

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Reader’s Art Installation Continues

2023-06-08T01:28:08-04:00Articles, News, Art|

Reader's Art Installation Continues It may look complete, but Jon and I are still working on the layout. Last night he tightened the table cover....can't keep the man away from needle and thread! The signage is up...that is always fun to do. I love t hose press on letters! See Jody's book floating in the air? 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 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 [...]

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The gallery is stirring, with much new work

2023-06-08T01:53:27-04:00Exhibition, News, Artists, Art|

The gallery is stirring, with much new work The gallery is stirring and a re-birth of sorts is underway. My personal work is all over the walls. I have begun working with four of the upcoming artists who have shown here in 2011, beginning with Dean Ebben. Then will come Reader's Art 11: Urban/Urbane, followed by Libbie Soffer, Carolyn Halliday, and Debora Miller. In addition to the wool market tomorrow, Sat, Oct 23, 10-4...You can see a show of what I have been doing during this sabbatical! The walls are covered, nearly to the ceiling, with new work. Come and see! 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. All 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 [...]

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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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Reader’s Art is ready to be seen!

2023-06-08T01:57:13-04:00Articles, News, Art|

Reader's Art is ready to be seen! t is always exciting! The work is hung, the labels are attached, the lights are balanced! It's another opening! Another show! Sing, everybody! Sing! All that's left to do is a little housecleaning! Reader's Art eleven opens Friday, March 4, 7pm! Susan Hensel Gallery he 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.

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