Third Conference on
Norwegian Woven Textiles
Itinerary
Hosted by
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and Luther College
Decorah,
Iowa
October 21-23, 2005
Conference is limited to 200 participants. Pre-registration is strongly
recommended.
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form (PDF).
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Hotel Winneshiek, Steyer Opera House
10:00–1:00 Conference check-in
1:00 Welcome
1:10 A Common Thread: Weaving Traditions of Norway and Sweden
Katherine Larson, Bainbridge Island, Washington
1:45 Swedish Contributions to Twentieth-century American Weaving
Marion T. Marzolf, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2:15 Anna Grostol’s Legacy for Today’s Textile Artists
Carol Colburn, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2:45 “The Willful Pursuit of Complexity” —The Vacant-Hole
Technique: Tablet Woven Bands from Norway and Iceland
Linda Malan, Edmonds, Washington
3:15 Break with refreshments
4:00 Keynote Presentation and Grace Rikansrud Memorial Lecture,
Symbols Used in Weaving and Knitting
Annemor Sundbø, Ose i Setesdal, Norway
5:00–7:00 Dinner on your own
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum,
Westby-Torgerson Education Center
7:00 Opening of Weaving Bewitchment:
Gerhard Munthe’s Folk-Tale Tapestries
Special guest: Torill Selsvold Nyborg, Hordaland County Major
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Main Building
7:30–9:00 Open House with demonstrators. Refreshments served. Museum Stores open.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Hotel Winneshiek, Steyer Opera House
8:00–9:00 Conference check-in
9:00 Keynote Presentation, The Never-Idle Hands: North Norwegian
Coastal Textile Traditions
Ellen Kjellmo, Bodø, Norway
10:00 Break with refreshments
10:30 A Discussion of Three Less Well-Known Techniques
in Norwegian Wall Hangings
Norma Smayda, Saunderstown, Rhode Island
11:00 Else Halling: Norwegian Tapestry Weaver
in South Dakota in the 1920s
Grete Bodogaard, Volin, South Dakota
11:30 Norwegian Applied-Art Textiles, 1945-2000
Therese Hauger, Hordamuseet, Fana, Norway
Luther College, Center for the Arts
Shuttle available between Hotel Winneshiek and Luther College
12:15–2:00 Box lunch (menu: wrap sandwich, chips, fruit, cookie)
Time to view exhibits and enjoy “samplings” demonstrations
Meeting of the Flesberg Study Group (everyone welcome)
2:00 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching the Tradition to
Undergraduates: “Fiber Traditions and Art in Scandinavia”
Heidi Goldberg and Dawn Tommerdahl, Concordia College,
Moorhead, Minnesota
2:30 Fantastic Flesberg
Katharine Dickerson, Alberta College of Art and Design,
Calgary, Alberta
3:00 Break
3:15–4:00 Concurrent Sessions:
1) Discussion Group: Defining the Norwegian Loom,
Janet Meany, Duluth, Minnesota
2) Gallery Talk: Contemporary Norwegian Printmakers,
Maureen Larson, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
3) Specialty tour of campus
4:00–4:45 Concurrent Sessions:
1) Discussion Group: Scandinavian Spinning Wheels,
Nancy Ellison, Zumbrota, Minnesota
2) Gallery Talk: Contemporary Norwegian Printmakers,
Maureen Larson, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
3) Specialty tour of campus
Hotel Winneshiek, Winneshiek Ballroom
6:00 Social Hour and Book Signing
Hotel Winneshiek, Steyer Opera House
7:00 Dinner (menu: salad,
salmon, chef’s choice starch and vegetable,
chocolate mousse)
8:00 Norwegian Tapestry Weaver Anna Sophia Frimannslund (1883-1966)
Barbara Overby, Columbia, Missouri
8:30 Åsmund Fregdegjeva in Tapestry and Song
Margaret Hayford O’Leary, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Hotel Winneshiek, Winneshiek Ballroom
8:00–9:00 Conference check-in
9:00 Gender and Persistence: Women’s Dyeing in Northern Europe
Karen Diadick Casselman, Cheverie, Nova Scotia
9:30 Work Mittens (Arbetsvantar) from Three Perspectives: Reminiscence,
Troll Story, and Fairy Tale
Larry Schmitt, Madison, Wisconsin
10:00 Break
10:15 Verken (Woolsey) and Weaving of Verken in Norway in the Nineteenth
Century
Kjersti Prestkvern, Hedmark College, Hamar, Norway
10:45 Keynote Presentation,
Voss Ryer: Traditional Bedcover and Contemporary Art
Marta Kløve Juuhl, Indre Arna, Norway
Hotel Winneshiek, Steyer Opera House
11:30 Lunch (menu: pasta primavera,
rolls, apple pie)
12:15 – 1:00 Future Plans and Closing Comments