User:JKizzieHumanities/Susan Clausen

Susan Clausen is an artist, musician, and arts administrator living in Providence, Rhode Island. Clausen was instrumental to the founding of AS220 in Providence, Rhode Island and continues to serve as the property manager for the organization.

Clausen was born in Peoria, Illinois and graduated with a bachelor's in fine arts in light metals at the University of Illinois. She also studied at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Clausen moved to Providence in 1982 and was integral to the founding of AS220 in 1985 with her partner Umberto Crenca.

Clausen works in mixed media, puppetry, and kinetic art. Her work has been exhibited at AS220, Dirt Palace, and the Harwood Art Museum.