Friday, April 29, 2011

A PRE_PRE_PRE_preview?

Ok, it is months from now...
But Debora Miller, whose photographic projects have graced the windows of Susan Hensel Gallery on multiple occasions, will be part of the Northern Spark Festival in June.


She is also working on a new site specific piece for Susan Hensel Gallery for July and August.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Libbie Soffer-balancing act

How have women balanced all the cares and necessities of their lives?

Libbie Soffer contemplates women's caregiving role through simple means, simple forms.

ars domestica
by Libbie Soffer

May6-28
opening reception May 13, 7-10pm

Mending Circles:
May 6,9,16,17,18 & 23, noon-5

Mending Circle Soiree: May 20, starting at 5pm. A dialogue led by fiber artist Carolyn Halliday will begin around 7pm.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Libbie Soffer - mending



Pockets and parts
Often ripped, rarely thought about unless they are absent or full of holes.

Removed from their mooring, they are myterious

As part of ars domestica Libbie will be hosting Mending Circles. You are invited to bring your clothing that needs mending and sit a while with Libbie as they are mended.

May 6,9,16,17,18 & 23 noon-5

ars domestica
by Libbie Soffer

May6-28
opening reception May 13, 7-10pm

Mending Circles:
May 6,9,16,17,18 & 23, noon-5

Mending Circle Soiree: May 20, starting at 5pm. A dialogue led by fiber artist Carolyn Halliday will begin around 7pm.

Monday, April 25, 2011

ars domestica-remains of the day


Quotidian objects
skeletal remains
the remains of the day at the office

Libbie Soffer's artwork, in this rugged economy, expresses the stress and the strain of families trying to feed and clothe...

ars domestica
by Libbie Soffer

May6-28
opening reception May 13, 7-10pm

Mending Circles:
May 6,9,16,17,18 & 23, noon-5

Mending Circle Soiree: May 20, starting at 5pm. A dialogue led by fiber artist Carolyn Halliday will begin around 7pm.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Libbie Soffer and light

When Libbie Soffer works with the detritus of our daily lives, she not only sheds light on embedded stories, but she uses light to sculpt and define.

ars domestica
May6-28
opening reception May 13, 7-10pm

Mending Circles:
May 6,9,16,17,18 & 23, noon-5

Mending Circle Soiree: May 20, starting at 5pm. A dialogue led by fiber artist Carolyn Halliday will begin around 7pm.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Libbie Soffer- Mending Soul


ars domestica
May 6-28

I love seeing Libbie Soffer in her studio. She works with such simple means: discarded clothing, paper,pencil, hangers...things so commonly overlooked. Yet from these ordinary objects, she wrests meaning.




ars domestica
May6-28
opening reception May 13, 7-10pm

Mending Circles:
May 6,9,16,17,18 & 23, noon-5

Mending Circle Soiree: May 20, starting at 5pm. A dialogue led by fiber artist Carolyn Halliday will begin around 7pm.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

City: A language we Spoke!

It was a good problem to have! Rosemary Ann Davis curated and organized a reading for the Susan Hensel Gallery last night. Twelve readers, including Susan Hensel, read about cities they have known and loved.
There were actually too many people to all fit inside for the festivities. Luckily, it was our first balmy night of spring. Crown Coffee, the new shop next door, stayed open late selling their Fair Trade coffee and putting out lawn chairs for the overflow.Reader's read. Listeners listened. Jaipur, Seoul, Istanbul, San Francisco,Buenos Aires, McMurdo Station, Cairo, Quetzaltenango,Paris,St. Petersburg and The Cities That Marco Polo Left Behind were all represented.Don't let the serious faces fool you. There was, as usual, much laugher, much levity.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Calls for Art in South Minneapolis

Call for PAVEMENT MURAL designs


The Corcoran Neighborhood in South Minneapolis has received a sizable grant to develop 10 public artworks over a two year period. The calls for proposals are in the above links. These are paid positions worth applying for!