Middle Ground | New Exhibition | Susan Hensel |

2025-04-14T16:27:03-05:00Articles|

Middle Ground a new exhibition April 2022 St. Paul’s Benedictine Monastery, St. Paul, MN From vastly differing beginnings these two artists meet in concert on the spiritual path.  Both come from a sculptural background, well rounded in their art.  James Quinten Young works in found materials, Susan Hensel works from a computer foundation to create her vision.  Both bring us their vision of our place in the universe. Here we meet these differing perspectives where their spiritual journey marks the way for us to journey with them along this path. – Kathy Fleming, curator […]

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Fine Art Embroidery, Fiber Art, & Textile Art By Susan Hensel Is For Sale

2023-06-08T14:15:34-05:00Articles|

Fine Art Embroidery, Fiber Art, & Textile Art By Susan Hensel Is For Sale View the fine embroidered art, fiber art, and textile art by Minneapolis’ own Susan Hensel. Susan is an innovative creator with a wide range of artistic abilities and vision. She has been showing for over fifty years and marries the practice of mixed media with embroidery while utilizing digital and manual principles. […]

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Can Beauty help us | Perhaps a manifesto | Susan Hensel Projects |

2025-04-14T15:34:19-05:00Articles, News|

Can Beauty help us? Perhaps a manifesto Can Beauty help us? I make art to learn what I am thinking and feeling.  While it is always an internal investigation, I am engaged with the world and culture around me. I am a quiet contemplative, a delayed emotional reactor, a visual glutton.  I think and mediate, I get mad the next day and I just simply have to look…all the time. From this essential disposition and with study and thought I have adopted a theory for my artmaking that I call “radical beauty.” So, here goes!  Starting with a few appropriate quotes. […]

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ART is…Episode 1 |a series from Susan Hensel Projects

2025-04-14T15:37:51-05:00Exhibition, Articles|

ART is…Episode 1 ART is…Episode 1. Artists are often asked: “Why is THAT art?” Sometimes the person goes on to say, “Isn’t art supposed to be beautiful? ” or “It doesn’t look like anything!”. We artists are always flabbergasted, challenged, unprepared and at a loss for words when asked these questions. For us “THE ART QUESTION” is sort of a settled question or we would not be spending so much time making it! But we are an inarticulate lot! We fumble around to answer your questions! We take Twists and turns and chase rabbits down rabbit holes! So, I thought I’d spend a few blog posts musing on this topic! Maybe you will find it interesting, enlightening, revealing or hogwash! […]

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Exhibiting during Covid Times | Susan Hensel Projects| Online art

2021-11-19T11:30:14-06:00Articles, Exhibition|

EXHIBITING DURING COVID TIMES Or How to begin to exhibit internationally Exhibiting during Covid Times!  Sigh! When the first lock down of covid hit, 100% of scheduled shows  for Susan Hensel Projects were either cancelled or indefinitely delayed. Talk about PANIC!  My new work was just getting picked up in a meaningful way nationally.  I was in beginning conversations with a couple of small galleries.  And,”BOOM!”  NOTHING.  All I could hear was crickets.   But ART WILL BE SEEN! […]

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