Current Folk Art School Classes
2025-07-01 — Family Book Adventure: The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Online)
Schedule: New date: Begins July 1, available all month! Instructor: Shannon Horton Location: Online Join us for this family-fun reading adventure! This book adventure will help your family explore Norway's most famous folk story, The Three Billy Goats Gruff!...
$30.00
2025-07-02 — Rosemaling a Hand-Turned Nordfjord Style Ale Bowl (New Design) (online)
Schedule: New dates: July 2 and 9 (1:00-4:00 pm CT) and July 16 (1:00-3:00 pm CT) Instructor: Patti Goke Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. Join Vesterheim Gold Medalist Patti Goke for an opportunity...
from $395.00
2025-07-07 – Telemark-Style Rosemaling Welcome Sign (Online)
Schedule: July 7, 14, and 15 (6:00-8:00 pm CT) Instructor: Lise Lorentzen Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. Welcome! (Or should we say Velkommen?) Come try your hand at the Telemark style of rosemaling and make...
from $155.00
2025-07-09 – Double Weave Pick-Up (In-Person)
Schedule: July 9-13 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Laura Demuth Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Finnweave, or Merkavev, is a weaving technique in which two layers of fabric are interchanged to form...
from $455.00
2025-07-11 – A Matter of Time: A Revival of the Primstav (In-Person)
Schedule: July 11-13 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Rebecca Hanna Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Life is busy. How did our ancestors keep track of all the important dates in their lives...
from $275.00
2025-07-19 – Åkle Weaving on a Warp-Weighted Loom (In-Person)
Schedule: July 19-23 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Marta Kløve Juuhl Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Discover the rich tradition of Åkle - or coverlet - weaving! In this class you’ll learn...
from $495.00
2025-07-19 – Blueberries in the Nordic Kitchen (Online)
Schedule: July 19 (1:00-3:00 pm CT) Instructor: Kristi Bissell Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. Blueberries are a classic summer fruit in the north, whether you gather them in the wild or find them...
from $30.00
2025-07-19 – Intermediate to Advanced Acanthus Carving (In-Person)
Schedule: July 19-23 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Hans Sandom Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Join master woodworker Hans Sandom for an in-depth exploration of acanthus carving. The acanthus leaf has been...
from $455.00
2025-07-20 – Rosemaling: A Cupboard, a Brush and Hans Belle (In-Person)
Schedule: July 20-23 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Pam Rucinski Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. This four-day in-person class will paint a Bostkast (comb cupboard) specially designed for us by woodworker extraordinaire,...
from $365.00
2025-07-21 Hallingdal Bunad Embroidery (In-Person)
Schedule: July 21-23 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Gina Nylund Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Join us for a Hallingdal bunad purse embroidery class with Gina A. Nylund of Bunad Creations! Learn...
from $275.00
2025-07-21 – Early-Style Laminated Knife Blade (In-Person)
Schedule: July 21-23 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Tom Latané Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School in the new forging classroom. Students will forge material for two laminated knife blades using wrought iron...
from $275.00
2025-07-28 – Introduction to Knifemaking: The Bruk Kniv (In-Person)
Schedule: July 28-30 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Jon Roisen Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School in the knifemaking classroom. In this class, students will make a Norwegian bruk kniv, or farm knife – a...
from $275.00
2025-07-28 – Tinwork Lantern (In-Person)
Schedule: July 28-30 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Kitty Latané Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School in the woodworking classroom. A tin lamp from the Vesterheim collection serves as the inspiration for this...
from $275.00
2025-07-28 – Varafell Weaving on a Warp-Weighted Loom (In-Person)
Schedule: July 28-August 1 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Marta Kløve Juuhl Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Discover the ancient art of Varafell weaving, a traditional Viking-age technique closely related to rya...
from $495.00
2025-07-28 – Viking-Style Padlock (In-Person)
Schedule: July 28-30 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Tom Latané Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School in the new forging classroom. Students will forge and fabricate a tapered square body with a key...
from $275.00
2025-08-01-Family Norwegian Language Adventure: Summer Fun (Online)
Schedule: Starts August 1 (Available All Month) Instructor: Berit Skogen Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. Join us for family fun and learn some Norwegian language and culture along the way! Through hands-on activities,...
from $30.00
2025-08-04 – Silversmithing: The Advanced Jeweler’s Palette (In-Person)
Schedule: August 4-8 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Liz Bucheit Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Do you like playing with fire? This course is for jewelers who have some skills but would...
from $455.00
2025-08-05 – Level 1 Norwegian Language (Online)
Schedule: Eight Tuesdays, August 5-September 23 (6:00-7:00 pm CT) Instructor: Berit Skogen Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. Hoping to travel to Norway someday? Want to connect with Norwegian friends or family in their...
from $140.00
2025-08-05 – Level 3 Norwegian Language (Online)
Schedule: Eight Tuesdays, August 5-September 23 (6:00-7:00 pm CT) Instructor: Lianna Torres Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. Hoping to travel to Norway someday? Want to connect with Norwegian friends or family in their...
from $140.00
2025-08-07 – Traditional Telemark Style Rosemaling (In-Person)
Schedule: August 7-10 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: Tonya Mandy Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Discover the freedom that comes with freehand Telemark painting using round brushes, while finding inspiration from old...
from $365.00
2025-08-09 – Introduction to Rosemaling Inspired by Sunnmøre Artists (Online)
Schedule: August 9 and 10 (10:00 am-1:00 pm CT) Instructor: Patti Goke Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. Not all areas of rosemaling have a regional style. A regional style is one that you...
from $165.00
2025-08-10 – Nordic Farmers Market (Online)
Schedule: August 10 (1:00-3:00 pm CT) Instructor: Patrice Johnson Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. We'll spend our class creating a "farmers market to table" meal, taking seasonal produce and making our own unique...
from $30.00
2025-08-15 – Scandinavian Bowl Turning on a Spring Pole Lathe (In-Person)
Schedule: August 15-17 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor: David Susag Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School. Well before the industrial period brought us mechanized power lathes, a foot-powered lathe was an important tool...
from $275.00
2025-08-21 Men's Bunad Vest from Østerdalen (online)
Schedule: Four Thursdays, August 21-September 11 (5:30-7:30 pm CT) Instructor: Steph Anderson Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom. So many of the Bunad classes are based on the women's Bunad. In this class, we...
from $450.00
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