Online Folk Art Courses

Schedule:  January 5 (7:00-8:15 pm CT)   Instructor:  Dr. Maren Anderson Johnson   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Dr. Maren Johnson, Luther College's Associate Professor of Nordic Studies and Torgerson Center for Nordic Studies Director,...

Schedule:  Eight Sundays, January 5 - February 23 (7:00-8:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Nick Rogness   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Hoping to travel to Norway someday? Want to connect with Norwegian friends or family...

Schedule:  Four Sundays, January 5-26 (4:00-5:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Berit Skogen   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Bli med (Join us) for further exploration of Norwegian language! As a follow up to Level 4...

Schedule:  Eight Tuesdays, January 7 - February 26 (7:30-8:30 pm CT)   Instructor:  Lianna Stewart   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join us for Vesterheim’s Level 3 course in the Norwegian language! We will cover...

Schedule:  January 11 (11:00 am-Noon and 1:00-2:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Kristi Bissell   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join Kristi as she walks you through the step-by-step process for making deliciously soft and billowy...

Schedule:  Saturday, January 11, and two Sundays, January 19 and 26 (10:00 am-Noon CT)   Instructor:  Darlene Fossum-Martin   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    STOP . . . Don’t throw your Christmas tree out, recycle...

Schedule:  Eight Saturdays, January 18 - March 1 (10:00-11:30 am CT) and March 8 (10:00 am-Noon CT)   Instructor:  Susan Kolstad   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    An artifact in the Vesterheim collection on display...

Schedule:  Three Saturdays, January 18 - February 1 (3:00-5:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Laura Berlage   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Jump into a cozy, interdisciplinary experience of all things sheep with this unique project!...

Schedule:  January 19 (1:30-3:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Beth Hoven Rotto Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join Beth Hoven Rotto, guest curator for Vesterheim's Hand Me Down the Fiddle exhibit, for the second in a series of...

Schedule:  January 25 (Noon-1:30 pm and 4:00-5:30 pm CT) and January 26 (9:30-11:30 am CT)   Instructor:  Lise Lorentzen   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.  If you’ve ever thought about trying rosemaling, here’s a great opportunity...

Schedule:  January 26, 2025 (2:00-3:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Jane Addams Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Norway has a variety of more than 450 different folk costumes, many of which feature highly embellished aprons, purses, beaded...

Schedule:  January 31 (7:00-8:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Malina Bickford   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Discover the art of crafting your own unique aquavit! The practice of DIY infused “snaps” has long been a...

Schedule:  Begins February 1, available all month!   Instructor:  Steph Hughes   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join woodcarver Steph Hughes and learn the art of kolrosing while being inspired by the story of the...

Schedule:  February 2, 2025 (Noon-1:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Nina Granlund Saether   Location:  This is an online webinar hosted on Zoom.    Join us for Vesterheim's series of cross-cultural webinars exploring stranded colorwork in knitting from multiple cultural perspectives....

Schedule:  February 6 (5:00-7:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Patrice Johnson   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.  These round Danish pancakes are  called aebleskiver, which means "apple slices," because they were traditionally filled with apples. But In...

Schedule:  February 8 (1:00-2:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Stina Fagertun   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join celebrated Norwegian Arctic cultural presenter and preserver Stina Fagurton to hear folktales from north of the Arctic Circle....

Schedule:  Febuary 8 (11-12:30 pm and 3:00-4:30 pm CT) and Febuary 9 (9:30-11:30 am CT)   Instructor:  Lise Lorentzen   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.  If you’ve ever thought about trying rosemaling, here’s a great opportunity...

Schedule:  February 12 (7:00-8:15 pm CT)   Instructor:  Dr. Maren Anderson Johnson   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Dr. Maren Johnson, Luther College's Associate Professor of Nordic Studies and Torgerson Center for Nordic Studies Director,...

Schedule:  February 15 (10:00-11:30 am and 3:00-4:30 pm CT) and Febuary 16 (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...

Schedule:  February 16 (1:30-3:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Beth Hoven Rotto Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join Beth Hoven Rotto, guest curator for Vesterheim's Hand Me Down the Fiddle exhibit, for the third in a series of...

Schedule:  February 20 (5:00-7:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Patrice Johnson   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    The acclaimed Nordic cooking instructor and self-proclaimed “Nordic Food Geek,” Patrice Johnson has done it again preparing an inspiring...

Schedule:  February 23 (1:00-2:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Angharad Thomas Location:  This is an online webinar hosted on Zoom.    Join us for Vesterheim's series of cross-cultural webinars exploring stranded colorwork in knitting from multiple cultural perspectives. Cultural Connections: Stranded Colorwork...

Schedule:  February 28 (7:00-8:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Emily Vikre   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    This time everyone from the teetotaler to the amateur mixologist of the family gets the chance to try delicious...

Schedule:  Begins March 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! Decorah schools...