Fine Embroidered Art, Fiber Art, & Textile Is For Sale

2023-06-08T14:51:31-04:00Articles|

Fine Embroidered Art, Fiber Art, & Textile Is For Sale View the fine embroidered art created by Minneapolis’ one and only Susan Hensel. Susan has a wide range of artistic abilities and is a gifted and innovative creator. In Susan’s more than fifty years showing her work, she has fused embroidery, digital, and manual mixed media practices to combine stunning pieces, shown around the globe. […]

About Project Gutenberg

2023-06-08T00:50:14-04:00Articles, News, Art|

About Project Gutenberg 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 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 [...]

INDIA IN AMERICA: STORIES OF NEW LIVES

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

INDIA IN AMERICA: STORIES OF NEW LIVES May 13-May 31, 2006 Celebrate the richness that Indian immigrants have brought to America. Listen to oral histories Watch traditional Indian dance Listen to classical Indian music See the artwork of contemporary artists: Lorna Rockey Siddiqua Shahnawaz and Shakun Maheshwari Smell the scents and taste the food. With pleasure, I will also be showing the online "flip-book" Visual Journal of India by Dorothy Simpson Krause. Ragamala Music and Dance Theater have sent a DVD of their work. They are a company in which "old forms are used in new ways to honor the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future." I am thrilled to have their assistance. This show was made possible with the input and assistance of the Minnesota Historical Society India Oral History Project and the India Association of Minnesota, and the Perpich Center for Arts Education Library. Many thanks are due to Polly Sonifer, Jim Fogerty, Dilip Mallik, Ram Gada, Godan Nambudiripad, Bhairavi X. Mahant, Ranee Ramaswamy, Sandhya Danapuri, Sandhya Gupta, Jeanne Iverson, and unnamed friends and neighbors who cooked, told people about the project and supported the idea.

WAR GAMES by Kari Gunter-Seymoor

2023-06-08T01:00:23-04:00Articles, News, Art|

WAR GAMES by Kari Gunter-Seymoor In the Christian calendar Advent is a season of watchful waiting. For military families in wartime, it is always Advent. January 7-February 26, 2005 A terribly important and terribly moving exhibit about this sort of advent showed at Susan Hensel Design at 3441 Cedar Ave. S, Mpls. Kari Gunter-Seymour, an artist, a single parent, a pacifist waits for her son's safe return from Iraq. It is an untenable waiting. To make the waiting possible, she has become very active and invites you to join her.  

SPECIAL EVENT: THE NIGHT

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

THE NIGHT - A Minneapolis Multimedia Performance SPECIAL EVENT August 3, one night only A one-night Minneapolis multimedia performance by The Night. The Night is a new media ensemble whose work focuses on the interrelations between sound and image. They use musical improvisation and elegant computer programming. Their music features a real-time video. The performance affects their video. Formed in early 2003, the group consists of an ever-changing group of musicians and artists, mostly Oberlin College graduates, including sitar player Ami K. Dang, video artist John Hensel, Travis Johns, who plays bass and electronics, and others. Their work has been featured in many places. This includes the 2003 Placard Experimental Music Festival, The Spaceworks Gallery (NYC), and the Allen Memorial Art Museum. They will preview their East Coast August tour with a performance here in Minneapolis at the Susan Hensel Gallery on August 3, 8 pm-10 pm. Free. Travis Johns work can be heard on Fighter Pilots, available from iTunes Artwork by Susan Hensel 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. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan [...]

Books are accumulating

2023-06-08T01:04:56-04:00Articles, Artists, Art|

Books are accumulating WATER BOOK VENEZIA V, LIBRO D'ACQUA DELLA LAGUNA #2 by Claire Jeanine Satin Claire Jeanine Satin has been awarded 3 artist residencies to Venice, Italy by the Emily Harvey Foundation - in 2009, 2012 and in 2015. During these residencies, she pursued her research on the waters and gardens of the City. Following her residencies, she produced two short videos: "The Waters of Venice: Remembering Henry James" and "Water Veils". Scream at the Librarian by Mark Wagner Mark Wagner is an American artist best known for meticulous collages made of United States banknotes, such as the portrait of Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke, composed exclusively of one-dollar bills, in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery I Always Had Wings by Camille Boggs Boggs grew up on the Gulf Coast and graduated from Ocean Springs High School in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. She completed her bachelor of arts in papermaking/book arts and sculpture in 2004 at the Memphis College of Art, including a semester in Italy. In 2005 she and her husband, Thaddeus, lost their home in Ocean Springs to Hurricane Katrina. They ended up settling in Argo where they founded their Two-Tailed [...]

LIFE CYCLES: Encaustic & mixed media about fecundity, growth and mortality

2023-06-08T01:05:43-04:00Articles, News, Art|

LIFE CYCLES: Encaustic and mixed media about fecundity, growth, and mortality by Leslie Sobel September 9- October 14 Ann Arbor artist Leslie Sobel said of her work, "My work is driven by my fascination with biology. I intend it to be earthy and profound, sexual and ethereal. My mother's recent death from cancer has personalized and deepened intellectual & aesthetic ideas into a passion.". Her work includes encaustic and mixed media styles. About Leslie Sobel Leslie Sobel is the artist daughter of two scientists. The dual perspective of art and science drives her work. Her work reflects her deep focus on climate change and our disconnect from the natural world. She also works integrating wilderness fieldwork in remote places with scientists and time in the studio. In 2017 she camped on an ice field in Yukon Territory with a group of glaciologists and she continues to collaborate with those and other climate scientists focusing on the effects of climate change on the high latitudes. Her BFA is from the University of Michigan, MFA from the University of Hartford. Additionally, she works in mixed media frequently incorporating photography, scientific data and more traditional materials. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan [...]

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