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| 2007 |
Howard County Book Show, Ellicott City, MD|
2006
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*DESIRE, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN | Sculptural Bookworks, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO Reader's Art 6, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Pyramid Atlantic Bookfair, Silver Springs, MD
2005
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*Dynamic Storytelling, Mott Community College, Flint, MI | Do Not Name Your Food, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Reader's Art 5, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN *Story Driven, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY Uncovered: Michigan Books, South Haven, MI Book +Art=?, Denver, CO 4th North American Juried Book Competition,Bright Hill Center,Treadwell, NY A Leap of Faith 2, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004
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3rd North American Juried Book Competition,award,Bright Hill Center,Treadwell, NY | A Leap of Faith, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN All Things Electoral, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN *Dynamic Storytelling: a retrospective, Lansing, MI A Reader's Art 4, Lansing, MI Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair, Silver Springs, MD
2003
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*A Way with Words, LasVegas, Nevada | A Way with Words, Appalachian Craft Center, TN Art Books, Thomasville Cultural Center, GA Hope Borbas Library, award, Okemos, MI A Reader's Art 3, Lansing Art Gallery,Lansing, MI Ready for War, Illinois State University, Normal, IL Undercover, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO National Book and Language Show, CORE, Denver, CO Christian Art Show,award, E.Lansing, MI
2002
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*Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair, Washington, DC |
*Coming Home, Art Apartment, E.Lansing, MI Maude Kearns Art Center, Eugene, OR The 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL Michiganders,Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI From Our Perspective, Oakland Comm. College, MI Figurative, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI Christian Art Show, award, E.Lansing, MI Conceptually Bound 2, Butte College Library,Oroville, CA A Reader's Art 2,The Art Apartment,E.Lansing, MI Book Explorations 2001,award,New Art Forum Kingston, MA Manual Transmission, 621 Gallery,Tallahassee, FL Book Arts 2002,Bright Hill Center,Treadwell, NY
2001
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*Assembling Memory,Gallery 402, OIA, New York City, NY |
*Assembling Memory,Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI *Assembling Memory,St. Clair Comm. College, Port Huron, MI *Kristallnacht:the bystanders,The Art Apartment, E.Lansing,MI Binding and Unbindings,Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Word/Text/Language, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY Binding and Unbindings,Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI Book Explorations 2001,award, Kingston, MA Women and Books: Uncovered,Converse College,Spartanburg,SC Altar Show, Domont Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2000
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*Surviving to Soar, Creole Gallery, Lansing, MI |
*What if... , The Art Apartment, E.Lansing, MI *A Way with Words,Sinclair Community College,Dayton,OH *Gallery 1708, Richmond, VA In Our Midst:Greater Lansing Artists,Kresge Art Museum, E.Lansing, MI ANA 29 , Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana Erin's Belly:protected real estate, The Art Apartment, E.Lansing, MI Fireworks,OIA, New York, NY Window Art 2000, award, Adrian, MI Sacred & Liturgical Art 2000, Springfield, IL Christian Art Show,award, E.Lansing, MI Seeing Voices, Creole Gallery, Lansing, MI Hope Borbas Library Show, Best of Show, Okemos, MI Book Explorations 2000,award, Kingston, MA Word Picture/Picture Word,Sandusky Cultural Center,Sandusky OH Jackson Area Show,award, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI The Art of Bookmaking,Seminole Community College,Sanford, FL Evocatively Intimate,Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA Shiawasee Art Council, Owosso, MI Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO
1999
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*University Of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CN |
*Todd Mack Designs, Lansing, MI Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair Exhibit, Washington, DC Eventfull Art, Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA Art Michigan: All Media Competition,Best of Show, Lansing, MI Printmaking Dialogue,Savannah College Of Art & Design, GA Turning The Page, Baton Rouge, LA Scrolling The Page, www.Printalliance.Org Regional VI Exhibition, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL Blue Pony Gallery, Charlotte, NC Art & Social Justice, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN Catherine Street Gallery, Staten Island, NY Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA Art Reach, Mt. Pleasant,MI Christian Art Show,award,E.Lansing, MI Hope Borbas Library Show, award, Okemos, MI Book Explorations `99, Kingston, MA Conifer Gallery, Okemos, MI Bound To Happen, West Virginia University Lansing Art Gallery,Salon, Lansing, MI Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA
1998
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*Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, OH |
*Chadron State College, Chadron, NE *Off The Shelf, Alma College, Alma, MI Story: Telling, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN El Arte De Los Libros De Artista, Exposicion Internacional, Instituta De Artes Graficas De Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico Sculpture As Book, Trillium Art Gallery, E.Lansing, MI Textiles/Fibers/Thread: The Book Show,CBA , NY The Artist Book II, F.A.C.E.T.,Taos, NM Book As Art III/Literary Sojourn, Steamboat Spring, CO Pulpworks, Midland Center For The Arts, Midland, MI Bookitecture, Astra Design Gallery, Richmond,VA Regional V Exhibition, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL Book/Art/Book, Houston Public Library, Houston, TX Arts On The River, Savannah College Of Art, Savannah, GA Art & Social Justice,award, Colfax Cultural Center,South Bend,IN Hope Borbas Library Show, award, Okemos, MI
1997
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F.A.C.E.T., Taos, NM |
Private Corners, South Haven Center For The Arts, MI University Of Michigan,Flint, MI Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA Michigan Artists Competition, Battle Creek Art Center, MI
1996
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*Off The Shelf, E.Lansing, MI |
*Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, AL Bookworks, Santa Monica, CA Book as Art III, Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Open Book, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
1990-95
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Experimental Books, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL |
Christian Art Show, awards, E.Lansing, MI Intuition, Gallery of Artifacts & Treasures, Daytona Beach, FL International Mail Art, Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, CA Working Women Artists, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI Visual Potpourri, Kresge Art Museum, E.Lansing, MI The Narrative in American Craft, Luckenback Mill Gallery, PA Working Women Artists, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI
Collections
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Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY |
Michigan State University, E.Lansing, MI Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Atlanta College Of Art, Atlanta, GA Ruth And Marvin Sackner Archive Of Concrete And Visual Poetry Newberry Library, Chicago, IL Atlanta College Of Art, Atlanta, GA Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA University of Colorado, Boulder, CO University Of Washington Library, Seattle, WA Ascension Lutheran Church, East Lansing,MI Curry Collection, South Lyon, MI Ward Collection, Ann Arbor, MI Ruben Collection, New York, NY Riddick Collection, Mobile, AL
Publications
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"A mother's art, " Elizabeth Noll, Minnesota Women's Press, 1/12/05 |
"Soldier's Mother makes anitwar art," Lydia Howell, Pusle of the Twin Cities, 1/12/05 "A brand new atART," Matt Peiken, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1/2/05 "Art in Review: A Leap of Faith," Carrie Remington, LivingOUT, 12/1/04 "Corcoran Neighbors take a Leap of Faith," Corcoran News, November 2004. "Framing the Debate," Mecca Bos- Williams, Lavender Magazine, 10/15/04 "All Things Electoral at Susan Hensel Design,"Valerie Valentine, Southside Pride, October 2004. "Good Choices," Chuck Terhark, Minneapolis Observer, October 2004. "New Art Gallery Opens its Doors in Corcoran," Val Lies, Corcoran News, October, 2004 " All Things Electoral" Opening at Susan Hensel Design in Corcoran,"Corcoran News, September, 2004 "Art + Politics," hot dates, Minnesota Women's Press, 9/8/04 "Local artist Susan Hensel's story to continue in Minnesota,"Harry Williams, The Lansing City Pulse, 6/1/04 "Good Books; Susan Hensel's handmade books tell the story with a slippery mystical edge," Chuck Twardy, The Las Vegas Weekly, 08/07/03 "A New Chapter: Artist Susan Hensel graduates from clay to multimedia book pieces,"Kristen Peterson, The Las Vegas Sun, 07/08/03 "Art Apartment features `Coming Home' Nov.15," The Towne Courier, 11/10/02 "Art You Can Touch,"Shannon Re, The Roadrunner, 10/07/02 "Art Apartment Exhibit Takes Viewers on Concentration Camp Journey,"Alison Corlett; City Pulse, http:www.city-pulse.org/011107?scene/artscene.html "Artist's books invite interaction,"Kim Atchley. The Spartanburg Herald Journal, 10/18/01 "Norlin Library houses visual art along with its literary collection," Carillon, 9/07/01 Art and Craft of Handmade Books by Shereen Laplantz, 2000 " Organization of Independent Artists Hosts `Assembling Memory',"Antiques and the Arts Weekly, 12/15/00 "Assembling Memory," New York Arts Magazine, Feb. 2001 "Drawings, sculpture reflect artist's recovery," The Towne Courier, 6/25/00 "Art, grief and the re-creation of life portrayed at Creole," Lansing State Journal, June 2000 "Surviving to Soar," Nexus news, Vol. XVIII No.4, July/ Aug 2000 "Artist's mind put on display,"Justin D. Brown, The State News, 9/14/00 "Art Fills Apartment," Kate O'Neill, Lansing State Journal, 3/2/00 "Found Items Become Art in Two Shows,"Jane A. Black, Dayton Daily News "Artist's Work an Open Book,"Jim Foster Ft. Collins Colorodoan, 1/12/2000 "Reading Between the Lines,"Paulette Roberts-Pullen, Style Online, www.styleweekly.com/archives/arts/art5.html "Come Handle the Art,"The Towne Courier, 2/27/99 "Bound to Happen: Hensel's work in West Virginia," The Towne Courier, 1/31/99 Making Memory Books By Hand, Kristina Feliciano,1999, 44-49 2 Page Spread In "The Studio", Vol. 5, December 1998 "Bookatechture: Artists' Books And Furnishings," Art Papers, Nov/Dec 1998 "Art Show Speaks Volumes", Steamboat Pilot,9/4/98 "Hensel's art bound for Mexico," Community News, 10/18/98 "East Lansing artist invite to show in Mexico," The Towne Courier, 10/17/98 "Anthology," Bilbio Magazine, September 1998,Vol.3,Number9 "Look, But Touch, Too," Dayton Daily News, 5/3/98 "U-M Art Exhibit Invites Touch," Flint Journal, 11/30/97 Handmade Books And Cards, Jean Kropper,1997, Pg 93 Pages, Linda Frye Kenzle, 1997, Pg.39,107 "Sculptures Explore Mexico," Towne Courier, 9/28/96 "Viewed Any Good Books Lately?" Ann Arbor News, 8/24/96 "A Book Of One's Own", Rubberstamp Madness, May/June 1996 "Hensel Takes Advantage Of Artistic Values In Handmade Books," Birmingham News, Birmingham,Al 5/16/96 " It's In The Book," Towne Courier, 3/3/96 " Creative Recycling Abounds...," State News, 1995
Galleries and Gift Shops
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Printed Matter Bookstore,NY, NY |
The Bookery, Ithaca, NY Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI Art Reach Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI Hollanders, Ann Arbor, MI
Internet
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http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/040602/art/index.asp | http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2003/08_07/art_opticnerve.html" http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2003/jul/08 http://www.craftsreport.com/february03/oe.html http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/011107/scene/artscene.html http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=7231 http://www.statenews.com/editions/091400/ms_whatif.html http://www.susanhenseldesign.com http://www.bookarts.com/gallery/hensel.htm http://www.printalliance.org/exhibits/scrolling/ex_scroll_hensel.html http://www.mkartcenter.org/wordisart.htm http://preneo.com/ConceptuallyBound
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