Saturday, January 5, 2013

I'm not me, she's over there...it begins

I'm not me, she's over there
an installation by Debora Miller
opening Friday. January 11. 7-9pm

It's like a moving-in.  You know, when you gather friends, boxes, tape and trucks and haul  the mismatched parts of your life to new home. Deb Miller and her husband Andy have begun the move. Measuring tapes have measured and snapped shut across the space.  Plans have been drawn, tools have been assembled.  Mason jars, twin shots, paint, tape and a set of bound dolls that travel back and forth between Deb and her identical twin when they visit one another.  You can see Debora at work at work at http://artsquall.wordpress.com/






Monday, November 26, 2012

Call for Art -READER'S ART 13: New Beginnings


WOW!  It's been 12 consecutive years...soon to be 13!  Who knew in the year 2000, when I started Reader's Art in East Lansing, Michigan, that it would still be an annual event 13 years later!   

CALL FOR ARTISTS

 Reader's Art 13:New Beginnings
 March 8-April 26, 2013

A show of artists books with   a focus on new beginnings…political or otherwise. 

In this election year, it seemed reasonable to consider new beginnings. Certainly the politicians are always declaring a "new vision" for America. What new beginnings might you like to see?
While politically motivated work will have an advantage, all work that deals with the wide open theme of New Beginnings will be considered.
This is show of ARTISTS BOOKS. All media and structures that can be construed as a book or refer sufficiently to bookness will be considered. Artists should send between 3-10 jpg's and a resume and/or artists statement. 

Applications are due Jan 15, 2013

MEDIA 

2-d and 3-d are welcome. 
All media welcome, all approaches, even installation and performance. Editions or one of a kind books and book objects  or book referential work. I am always willing to expand the reaches of book art to the edges of the known universe and beyond.

HOW TO APPLY

Send accurate slides,photos, MAC compatible cd-rom of the work you plan to show, with SASE for return, or Email high quality jpg’s.
Written explanation of the work is welcomed.
Appointments may be made for in-person viewing of work.

Accepted artists will be expected to provide a resume and artist’s statement about their work and press clippings. Accepted artists will be asked to provide client lists  as well. 

SALES  AT SUSAN HENSEL GALLERY are encouraged. but not required.  You may send NFS work.

All work is sold on consignment.  The gallery keeps 40% of the sale price.  The artist receives 60% of the sale price.


INSURANCE, SHIPPING, SECURITY

Susan Hensel Gallery carries a basic loss policy that will pay the artist 60% of the sale price in the event of theft or total loss. The gallery building also has a security system and residential occupancy.

All shipping costs are the responsibility of the artist. Accepted work must be sent with return UPS or FedEX barcoded shipping label enclosed; You can set up an online account at UPS or FED EX. No charges accrue until your package is shipped. If a piece sells, return shipping is not charged as the box will not be shipped. All return shipping MUST be by FEDEX or UPS. No exceptions. No COD’s.

PUBLICITY

1000 postcards will be distributed
local, area and national press kits will be sent
email and fax publicity
and your help planning guerrilla marketing

DATES  and CHECKLIST

• slides, jpg’s, photos for up to 10 works,  w/ SASE,  slides/jpg’s due:  Jan 15, 2013.
• resume and/or artists statement
•  Accepted work due March 1, 2013. Return shipping MUST be enclosed with the actual pre-paid labels. Accepted work must be sent with return UPS or FedEX barcoded shipping label enclosed; You can set up an online account at UPS or FED EX. No charges accrue until your package is shipped. If a piece sells, return shipping is not charged as the box will not be shipped. All return shipping MUST be by FEDEX or UPS. No exceptions. No COD's.

• artists reception Saturday, March 8, 5-9 pm
• all work picked up at end of show April 27 -29, please call for times.



Susan Hensel Gallery
art•story•activism
3441 Cedar Ave. S,
Minneapolis, MN 55407

phone/fax 612 722-2324

susan@susanhenseldesign.com
www.susanhenselgallery.com



Wednesday, October 31, 2012

New show in the windows


The Uneasy Everyday
by
Nate Petterson

Nate Petterson is a painter, usually.  But last year he spent a semester in the clay studio at University of Minnesota and these bottles emerged...broken, misshapen, sometimes with faces and protruberances.  They are uneasy even as they reflect the everyday experience of a discarded bottle of root beer.

The show will be up through Christmas.  be sure to walk by.



Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Ophelia as she is changing in the new temporary studio

Ophelia Ascendant
I have rented a storefront on S. Bloomington Avenue for the duration of the renovation through Reader's Art so I can easily continue working on the bodies of work that have been languishing in the on and off work practice that was necessitated by life with a gallery.Each day that I get to work on this project, I come home exhausted after only a few hours of work.  So much looking!

 I try one thing and then another and look at the whole series of 10 drawings to see if they scan, if they tell the story that they have been created to tell.











 Little by little, they accomplish their work.





Each drawing is part of an installation and performance that I expect to present aroun this time next year.  I could do it sooner...except for Reader's Art!


Wednesday, August 8, 2012

A Long post about Vacations and Bathrooms

Artwork by Dale Kennedy
artwork by Dale Kennedy

Two glorious weeks on Lake Superior!

 I just returned from 2 glorious, restorative weeks on the shores of Lake Superior.  A beautiful surprise  appeared shortly before I packed up to come back to Minneapolis, were 2 beach artworks by Dale Kennedy.

I arrived to a torn -up house.  The Gallery looks like a hazmat site!  Do you remember the scene in the movie ET when they wrapped the house and entered in hazmat suits to try to capture ET?  That's what the gallery/studio looks like! "Why?" you may ask.
Well, the renovation continues.  I am installing a full bathroom on the first floor. It takes away some of  the exhibition space, but will be worth it in the end.
The exhibition/work space!
The front door of the gallery!



The ADA compliant bathroom, framed in.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the house, more bathroom action.  As you probably know, I live above the gallery. The bathroom upstairs was falling apart...in fact it is a wonder the toilet did not fall through the floor.  But when I got home a few days ago, everything was stripped out of that bathroom  and the fixtures were back ordered!

My personal bathroom as it looks today.
So, in the middle of the night, and all day too, I have to traipse down to the glorious bathroom in the basement.

Basement bathroom

temporary shower
For a day or 2, I showered at friends houses.  Today a temporary, illegal shower was installed for me, next to the washing machine, sharing its water supply.


interesting water supply!
I hear a rumor that I will have a temporary toilet upstairs sometime tomorrow while we await the backordered fixtures!  No more  traipsing to the basement at 2 in the morning!



Saturday, June 30, 2012

How much is that doggie in the window?






Kat Corrigan is a superb painter of all things.  She really knows how to throw paint and color around to create works that come alive.  She has just begun 30 dogs in 30 days.  Follow her progress on her blog.

Meanwhile, at the bus stop, a happy group on their way to a Twins game, asked me to take their picture.