…Wisconsin, where Tom repairs antiques and creates original pieces using a traditional design vocabulary and historic hand techniques. Find out more about Tom and the classes he’s teaching at Vesterheim…
Folk Art In Place: Randi Sider-Rose
…20 years. She has lived in Russia and Latvia for two and half years (as a student, and later as a Fulbright Scholar focusing on religion), and she completed the…
Gudbrandsdal Rosemaling from Past to Present
…Jakob Klukstad and other master artists, including woodcarvers, have had on rosemaling for over 300 years. Find out more about what she’s teaching at Vesterheim here. Collection Connections is a…
Vesterheim Visits Chicago
…as a presentation about exciting Vesterheim news and the Vesterheim Commons building project. Our thanks go out to Don Hoganson, whose generous gift to the Vesterheim Annual Fund helped to…
Greg Walton Joins Vesterheim Folk Art School Staff
…a pleasure to help instructors share their love of craft. Greg’s warm and relaxed presence helps create a fun community atmosphere in online classes! If you haven’t taken an online…
Vesterheim Welcomes New Trustee – 2023
…and manager of Firefly Reliability in Ridgeway, Iowa. Hovden’s volunteer service over the years has included being a member of the Winneshiek Center Hospital Foundation Board and Beta Tau Community…
Kroneklubben Awarded at Decorah Event
…Valdres Lodge #1-503, Decorah Pewter ($10,000 – $29,999) Giants in the Earth Heritage Center David and Candace Arp Dennis and Doris Barnaal Greg and Karen Bruening Deco Products Company Joyce…
Luther College Students Host Open House at Vesterheim
Luther College students wowed visitors with their woodcarving during their open house at Vesterheim at the end of January. The students recently complete the Scandinavian Fine Handcraft January Term course…
The 99th Battalion
An article from Vesterheim, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2007 — The 99th Battalion by Ivar Kradlund The 99th Battalion, a group initially formed to help liberate Norway from Nazi occupation,…
Exploring Coastal Sámi Handcraft with Hege Nilsen
…thread braiding and embroidery, to mica embellishments, Hege shares all about this folk art still made by this group of Scandinavia’s indigenous people. Hege Nilsen lives and works in Kåfjord,…