Good Things Come to Those Who Wait Or so they say. Actually it takes paying attention and rattling a few cages sometimes. I first started working with Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art a couple of years ago. They are a gallery and publisher out of Barcelona. I was intrigued with their exhibition program as well as their design work. […]
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 […]
Bending Toward Beauty online solo show While we certainly hope that the pandemic is waning…there are some remaining opportunities that developed during the darkest days: online exhibitions! […]
Tap, Tap, Shuffle or New Opportunities I don’t know about you, but I am dancing as fast as I can in these waning days of the pandemic! […]
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. […]
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 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! […]
