How Shows Travel | the value of bodies of work |Susan Hensel
How Shows Travel or the value of a body of work! How do my shows travel? By UPS!!! Duh! […]
The Work of an Artist | completing a commision | Susan Hensel Projects
On some level, the work of an artist is never done.Or another cliché: Old artists never retire. Completing a Commission The Work of an Artist. Sometime ago I received a commission from an art consultant out of Atlanta who had been trying to find a fit for my work. We had been communicating for several months before something landed. The commission came in, requesting that I make 12 “bookblocks,” all different, but in a muted palette of indigo, beige, misty blue and some black. And could I do it in 3 months? Was that doable? probably not unless I began the testing before the contract was signed and delivered! […]
Bending Toward Beauty | Online Solo Show | Susan Hensel Projects
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! […]
Can Beauty help us | Perhaps a manifesto | Susan Hensel Projects |
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. […]
Twists and Turns | New Work | Susan Hensel Projects
Life is always full of Twists and Turns. So is my new artwork. More years ago than I care to count, I lost my husband to a freak accident, leaving me with a two year old. Sad? yes. But there is always learning to be had. The day after his father’s death, I told my son that his Daddy would not be coming home. His 2 year old response,”OK. Let’s play zoo.” So many unforeseen bridges were left to cross ahead, but the imperative, as demonstrated by a two year old, was “going forwardness,” to continue to grow, learn and live. Those imperatives do not disappear.Creativity is our birthright. It has survival value. We need it to grow-up and into our lives, no matter what they may be. […]
FLOW | ODETTA Digital | Susan Hensel Projects
FLOW, a new show with Odetta Digital is open today. Works from Susan Hensel Projects are part of it. FLOW, the new artsy show presented by ODETTA Digital is “live on-line.” Four of my Seed Pod series are included. Another one of the Seed Pods is at the “little SCULPTURE show” exhibition and Art Sale at KANEKO (Omaha, NE). That exhibition will be on view October 1st -October 24th, 2021 in conjunction with the 2021 International Sculpture Center Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to Jun Kaneko and KANEKO Soiree celebration. […]
New Work | Pebble Beaches and Urban Living | Susan Hensel Projects
Where does new work come from? Somewhere between Pebble beaches and Urban Living. read about the development of New Work at Susan Hensel Projects Not too long ago, I got back from vacation on the shores of Lake Superior. To me, it is the greatest of all the Great Lakes. It is cold, deep and wild! Rarely swimmable and always dangerous to inexperienced fishermen and boaters. I go there every year to decompress, hear myself think and “wash off the city.” […]
What to do when the GPS does not work | Finding my Way |Susan Hensel Textile Art
What to do when the GPS does not work.? I am finding my way. Have you ever had your GPS take you to the end of a bridge that does not cross? or to the center of nowhere? My sense of direction, while not precise, is not horrendous either. With the gentle reminder of the iPhone, I can get to most places…even on time. Yet, I do love maps. My close friend Gwen keeps telling me I need to use maps in the car. But, when you are the only driver…maps aren’t much use as you are driving! […]
Seek and Ye Shall Find | Susan Hensel Projects
Seek and Ye Shall Find | Susan Hensel Projects Art is still out in the world as well as online I look all the time. I look deeply at other people’s art every day. Seeking opportunities every day. Finding opportunities every day. I get opportunities sometimes! I’ve had kind of good run-on opportunities lately. Taking chances has paid off. This does not mean that I have avoided rejections, even dearly desired opportunities have rejected me lately. It’s simply part of the process. But sometimes you really do get lucky by taking a chance. […]
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TELEPHONE GAME | Susan Hensel Projects
The TELEPHONE GAME Is Now LIVE! Bookish Transitions Long, Long Ago, On A Planet Far Away, Before The Pandemic… This cool collaborative project called the TELEPHONE GAME comes into my sights. In fact, I read about it in the New York Times. Nathan Langston created and ran the first game of TELEPHONE, published in 2015. Due to the state of the world, he initiated the second game in March 2020. Nathan created an experiment of international collaboration that got larger than anyone of us could ever have imagined. In fact, it features over 900 artists from 72 different countries! […]