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Jan 2024
48m 37s

Midwestern Fiber Arts with Susan Hensel

The Superfair
About this episode

In this episode of the Artist Business Plan we sit down with Susan Hensel to talk about digital embroidery. Learn about her gallery shows and what makes the Midwest perfect for fiber artists when you tune into this lovely episode.

Guest: Susan Hensel received her BFA from the University of Michigan. Her continued study includes Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Penland, Christies Education, Praxis Center for Aesthetic studies among others. She has a history, to date, of well over 300 exhibitions. Hensel’s artwork is known and collected nationwide, represented in collecting libraries and museums as disparate as the MOMA andThe Getty Research Institute. Upcoming, Susan has a 2-person and a group exhibition scheduled with Suwon Museum of Art, South Korea, Artistry in Bloomington, Minnesota, and the Garrett Museum of Art in Garrett Indiana as well as solo exhibitions in Leipzig, Germany, Hopkins and Duluth, Minnesota.

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Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander Mitow

Executive Producer/Producer : Joshua Guicherit

Written by: Joshua Guicherit, Alexander Mitow, and James Miille

Audio Edited by: Christian Parry

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