Fiber Arts Folk Art Courses

Schedule:  Six Thursdays, September 4-October 9 (3:15-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Ivy Riggs Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Young students will enjoy starting their fiber arts journey at Vesterheim! Participants will be introduced...

Schedule:  Fridays, September 12-26 (6:00-7:30 pm CT)   Instructor:  Susan Kolstad   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Norway's rich traditions of crafts have been thoughtfully addressed through classes in Norway by Husflidens throughout the country....

Schedule:  September 21 (2:00-3:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Heather Torgenrud   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join us for the second webinar in Vesterheim's series of cross-cultural webinars exploring bandweaving from multiple cultural perspectives.  The...

Schedule:  October 18 (1:00-2:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Maree Hampton Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Maree Hampton is a knitting instructor for Vesterheim Folk Art School and one of the first recipients of a research grant...

Schedule:  October 25 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Mike Ellingsen Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Instructor Mike Ellingsen has set a personal goal to design a quilt each year based on an...

Schedule:  Four Tuesdays, November 4-25 (3:00-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Shan Rayray Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Hardangersøm is Norwegian drawn thread work. In this Hardanger embroidery online class, you will gain more experience with common...

Schedule:  November 8 (2:00-3:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Steph Anderson Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join artist historian Stephenie Anderson in a look at the traditional folk dress component referred to as "pockets". Stephenie recently completed...

Schedule:  November 15 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Lawrence Straley Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    In this one-day class students will be introduced to the art of knotwork. Knot tying is a...

Schedule:  Two Wednesdays, December 3 and 10 (4:30-6:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Maree Hampton Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    If you know how to knit and are ready for a relatively quick, stylish, and straightforward project,...

Schedule:  Three Thursdays, December 4-18 (6:00-7:30 pm CT) Instructor:  Steph Anderson  Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join us for a special knitting class inspired by the work of Norwegian immigrant Albertina Dickson, a skilled tailor...

Schedule:  December 10 (3:00-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Laura Berlage Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Make a cozy and cute heart embroidered with wool yarn and stitched onto a piece of curly sheepskin from the instructor’s...

Schedule:  December 13 (10:00-11:30 am and 3:00-4:30 pm CT) and December 14 (Noon-1:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Laura Demuth Location: This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join Vesterheim Gold Medalist Laura Demuth and explore, not only a popular...

Schedule:  Four Thursdays, January 8-29 (6:00-7:30 pm CT) Instructor:  Steph Anderson Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    When pockets (which were small self-contained bags) first came into women's lives, they were used, not only to carry...

Schedule:  Eight Saturdays, January 17 - Febuary 28 (10:00-11:30 am CT, online) and March 7 (10:00 am-Noon CT, online or in-person) Instructor:  Susan Kolstad Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom with an optional in-person session.    An...

Schedule:  Six Tuesdays, February 3 - March 10 (3:15-5:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Ivy Riggs Location:  This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.    Young students will enjoy starting their fiber arts journey at Vesterheim! Participants will...

Schedule:  Four Fridays, February 6-27 (10:00-11:30 am CT) and Saturday, February 7 (10:00-11:30 am CT) Instructor:  Laura Demuth Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Using a simple needle and wool yarn, nålbinding is a method of...

Schedule:  Seven Wednesdays, February 11 - March 25 (6:00-8:00 pm)  Instructor:  Laura Berlage  Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Horses are an iconic part of Scandinavian folk art and stories, and the distinctive breed of the...