Saying “Yes” | Opportunity Knocks

2023-02-15T18:30:09-05:00Articles|

Saying “Yes” When Opportunity Knocks I just sent out a New Year’s Newsletter  from Susan Hensel Gallery + Projects.  The responses are mostly “Out-of-office” replies that need to be looked at.  But there are also sweet, nice emails from friends and clients.  The “kudos” that we all enjoy when then arrive. The social network responses about how hard I work.   I do work hard, I guess, between an appalling number of appointments and administration tasks. But I also work with great joy. I am always experimenting on multiple fronts at all times, assembling parts and ideas until, seemingly all at once, multiple pieces come together and are completed. So, while it looks like I suddenly made 3 new pieces, the reality is that they have been kicking around the studio, sometimes for months, before I have to put my foot down and “finish it up, dammit!” […]

New Work | New Shows | Susan Hensel Projects

2023-01-05T11:43:45-05:00Articles|

New Work | New Shows | Slow Going   New Work. Christmas is just a few frigid days from now.  The whole country is struggling with the “Bomb Cyclone” winter weather! It is -11 F (almost -28 C!) and I am snuggled up in my wool socks, sweater and scarf listening to  the machines stitch away.  It is a comforting sound and the wind whistles through the 100 year old door jamb!  I do NOT plan to go out today, not even for physical therapy! “Studio perceptions” are Odd things at any time of the year, but more so this year.  Between wild weather, health, politics et al, it’s often hard to get a clear picture of what is happening! When it feels like NOTHING is happening, […]

What’s Your Story | Christie’s Marketing | Susan Hensel Projects

2023-01-05T12:13:39-05:00Exhibition, Articles, News|

WHAT’S YOUR STORY? Christie’s Marketing And why should you care?   I just attended my second Christie’s Auction House education program.  This one is on marketing.  I have enjoyed the education I receive from Christie’s. It’s mighty spendy, but the courses have great depth. You get to listen to global experts and representatives from the business of art. The first session  of  Marketing, Communications and PR for the Art World was all about brand development. […]

Susan Hensel Textile Talks and more | Podcasts | Susan Hensel Projects

2023-01-05T12:38:33-05:00Articles, News|

 Susan Hensel Textile Talks Susan Hensel Textile Talks. I started doing Textile Talks and more interviews with international pod casters last month, thanks to the  hard work of my marketing team, Faceless Marketing.  Each podcast seems to have a different flavor, a slightly different focus. It started with Stitchery Stories with Susan Weeks. See my blog post about it here. […]

Stitchery Stories | A Conversation | Susan Hensel Projects

2023-01-05T12:47:54-05:00Articles|

STITCHERY STORIES A Conversation   A few weeks ago I had the intense pleasure of speaking with Susan Weeks of the Stitchery Stories Podcast. Though parted by an ocean and a vast time difference. King with her in Great Britain was like talking to my favorite neighbor or long lost friend!   […]

Finding Your way | Persistence | Susan Hensel Projects

2023-10-31T11:37:16-04:00Articles|

Finding your way takes persistence and maybe a few wayfinding devices. [su_custom_gallery source=”media: 11383,11382,11381″ limit=”7″ link=”lightbox” width=”310″ height=”310″ title=”never”] Finding your way takes persistence and maybe a few wayfinding devices. It is easy to get myopic in the studio.  We artists tend to get caught up in the details: each blade of grass offers an opportunity to linger. And then…there are the droplets of dew!!!  Oh My!  It is all so beautiful! Awe inspiring!  I could gaze at it forever! Such GREEN! Green is a hard color to work with…what am I gonna’ do? Is it going to be a painting?  Where’s the canvas?  Or shall I stitch it?  Maybe beads? OOPS!  I forgot what I was doing! […]

Collecting Art on a budget | Why does art cost so much | Susan Hensel Projects

2022-08-05T00:25:22-04:00Articles|

Collecting Art… on a Budget? And, why does art cost so much? I love art.  I make art and I sometimes wonder, too.  I make art that I cannot easily afford! Collecting Art on a budget. You and I see the news flashes about auction prices at 10’s of millions of dollars.  You go to galleries and museums and see tiny, precious things, or huge piles of ordinary detritus and you wonder, ” What gives here?”  I get asked questions from time to time. […]

NOBLE TRUTHS OPEN STUDIO | Why even do this? | Susan Hensel Projects

2022-08-05T00:22:18-04:00Articles, News|

NOBLE TRUTHS OPEN STUDIO August 10, 6-8pm 3441 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN Why even do this? Artists do “open studios” for a variety of reasons. Wait!  What is an “Open Studio” anyways? Oh!  Sorry!  An OPEN STUDIO EVENT is basically an opportunity for the public  to visit your place of work. […]

Being a public facing artist | Make Art | Susan Hensel Projects

2022-08-05T00:20:22-04:00Articles|

Being a public-facing artist? “What on earth does she mean?” People make art for lots of good reasons. For some artmaking is a hobby, fit into their days and weeks for the sheer pleasure of creation.  They may sometimes share/give away the artwork to trusted friends and family. They may display the artwork around their homes. For some, making art is a way to understand themselves.  It is therapeutic, soothing, a mostly private act like journaling. For some it is a spiritual act, like prayer or meditation. For some of us, making art is or becomes a passion that produces more art than one can display at home or in the homes of friends and families. […]

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