Vesterheim sends congratulations to GrandPad co-founder and CEO Scott Lien who is the winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young (EY) Entrepreneur of the Year® 2022 Heartland Award! Entrepreneur Of…
National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition
…—563-382-9681 or ljohnson@vesterheim.org. Entry Dates: May 1-20, 2024 Exhibition Dates: June 8 through July 27 in Vesterheim’s Museum Building. Ribbons will be placed next to winning entries on Thursday, July…
Rolf Svanoe New Tours to Norway Coordinator
…of 2022 and has enjoyed an extended training with Katherine, so he is ready to make your future Vesterheim tour experiences fantastic. He will lead his first Vesterheim tour in…
Exhibition Winners 2022
Vesterheim is pleased to announce the 2022 National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition ribbon winners and Gold Medalists! Congratulations to everyone who participated. Each year, artists enter their pieces in the…
Announcing Vesterheim Commons
…the town. These tours will bring hundreds of people to Decorah from July-October starting in 2022. The stunning and honest architecture and natural materials honor the beauty of Decorah’s natural…
Folk Art School Intern 2022
Every year Vesterheim is happy to bring in various talented interns who help with specific programs and departments. This summer Adrienne Clefisch is Vesterheim’s rockstar intern at the Folk Art…
Beatrice Tonnesen
…This profile is in connection with the Vesterheim exhibit Innovators & Inventors open at the museum through May 30, 2022. Read the full article here The magazine Vesterheim is a…
Folk Art Apprentices and Artists in Residence
…2022-2023. Nancy especially enjoy styles from the Western Coast of Norway that are rather eclectic, like Ryfylke, and that were developed and refined towards the middle of the ‘golden age’…
Awards for Embellishment Exhibit
…taught by Harley Refsal. I have been fortunate to take several other Scandinavian-style flat-plane carving courses through the years. In 2022, I took my first spoon carving class and feel…