Online Folk Art Courses

 Schedule:   Four Tuesdays, September 3-24 (7:30-8:30 pm CT) Instructor:   Lianna Stewart 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 Norwegian Language, we will...

Schedule:  Three Saturdays, September 7-21 (10:00-11:30 am CT) and Sunday, September 8 (10:00-11:30 am CT) Instructor:  Laura Demuth Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Woven bands of various types have a long history, serving to tie...

Schedule:  September 7 (4:00-6:00 pm CT)  Instructor:  Patrice Johnson  Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join us as we prepare for the end of summer and the beginning of the school year with an evening of...

Schedule:  September 8 (11:00 am-Noon and 2:00-3:00 pm CT)  Instructor:  Kristi Bissell  Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Transform your kitchen into a Swedish bakery for an afternoon! Join Kristi as she walks you step-by-step through...

Schedule:  Three Thursdays, September 12-26 (5:30-7:30 pm CT) Instructor:  Laura Berlage Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Embroidery is a beautiful way to make an everyday object feel special—a sentiment that fits perfectly with this course....

Schedule:  September 14 and 15 (9:00 am-12:00 pm CT)  Instructor:  Darlene Fossum-Martin  Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Explore the art of kolrosing/kolskurd , decorative incising on wood in the Norwegian tradition.In class we will learn ...

Schedule:  September 15 (1:00-2:00 pm CT)  Instructor:  Johan Einar Bjerkem  Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join celebrated Norwegian storyteller Johan Einar Bjerkem to hear folktales and sing some songs from Norway – we will meet trolls, princesses,...

Schedule:  Two Mondays, September 16 and 23 (6:00-8:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Lesley Darling Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Learn the basics of natural dyeing and Norwegian-inspired methods for layering color. From mordanting to using dye...

Schedule:  Wednesday, September 18 (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, facilitates a regular bokprat (book...

Schedule:  Three Wednesdays, September 18-October 2 (6:00-7:30 pm CT) Instructor:  Charles Banks Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Join carver Charles Banks as he guides you through the creation of your very own flat plane figure....

Schedule:  September 20 and 21 (5:30-7:30 pm CT)  Instructor:  Steph Anderson  Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Have you ever gazed in awe at the exquisite mittens displayed in museum galleries – those marvels crafted from...

Schedule:  September 29 (11:00-12:00 pm CT)  Instructor:  Emily Vikre  Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    For a long time, the only aquavit an American could get was imported from either Denmark, Norway, or Sweden. In the mid 2000s, there...

Schedule:   This class is being rescheduled for a later date. Please register below to be notified when a new date has been set. Instructor:   Roger Abrahamson and Patti Goke Location:   This is an online webinar hosted on Zoom.     Join Vesterheim...