…Free Events Instructors Online classes are available from anywhere! So far, we’ve had students join us from a few blocks away and from around the world in places like Australia,…
Baking Hallongrottor and Chokladbollar with Kristi Bissell
…Bake Chocolate Oat Balls (Chokladbollar). These are two fun, family-friendly sweet treats you will want to make again and again! Recipe for Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies is here. Recipe for Chocolate…
Noreg Lodge 3-466 Supports Vesterheim’s Mission
…with such a generous gift, their president, Barbara Bensen, first pointed out our shared missions. A member of Vesterheim since 1992, Barbara said, “I always felt that the Sons of…
2019 Textile Study Tour to Denmark and Norway
…bees flying with needles, or the back workshop at a local Husfliden where someone is doing hand sewing on a bunad (national costume). Did you know that there is a…
Vesterheim Hosts Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
On Saturday, September 23, 2023, Vesterheim held the first official event in the new Commons building during a visit from former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Anniken Huitfeldt! The…
Rosemaling in the Telemark Style with Nancy Schmidt
…from the collection. Nancy Schmidt graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a degree in art education and has worked in advertising design. She teaches rosemaling in the United States…
Ambassador Krutnes
…stops at the construction site for Vesterheim Commons, exhibitions in the museum’s Main Building, and classroom spaces in the Folk Art School. In the afternoon, Vesterheim hosted a special reception…
Rosemaling and Painting
…Free Events Instructors Come study the beautiful Norwegian decorative painting tradition known as rosemaling. Our roster of instructors features the very best artist-teachers in the U.S. and Norway! Plus, the…
Norwegian-American Church Art
…these three artists, and highlights representative examples of their work. Read the full booklet here Herbjørn Gausta, The Road to Emmaus (after Plockhorst), after 1896. Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum collection. Original…