Thursday, January 22, 2015

Transformation: The Works of Susan Hensel & Janna Rhae Johnson

Opening reception for this show is Saturday, January 24 from 6-8pm.
Jan 24- Feb 22, 2015

This show showcases two different approaches to creating art from the detritus of human existence. Susan Hensel explores the nature of memory, nostalgia and longing for narrative that may never have truly existed. She finds shreds of story in attics, closets, basements and thrift shops. By sewing, gluing, dying, painting and placing these items with one another, she transforms these items into assemblages that illuminate shared human stories of longing. Janna Rhae Johnson creates sculptural jewelry that reveals the exquisiteness of a material rarely considered as such — steel.  Working with steel belted tires scavenged from roadways and discarded window screen, she transforms these materials into body adornment that challenges the very definition of jewelry, requiring a precarious interaction between object and body.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Installation day at Hopkins Center for the Arts



Transformation: The Works of Susan Hensel & Janna Rhae Johnson

Opening reception for this show is Saturday, January 24 from 6-8pm.

Today was installation day...always an exciting day.  I am showing the series REINVENTED PAST in this two person show at  Hopkins Center for the Arts.


Installation begins!
Dale measuring
Figuring out locations

Janna Rhae Johnson






Hopkins Center for the Arts

1111 Mainstreet
Hopkins, MN 55343
Gallery free and open to the public
Monday-Friday: 8am–8pm
Saturday: 10am–8pm
Sunday: 12–5pm