Online Folk Art Courses

Schedule:  March 1 (11:00 am-Noon and 1:00-2:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Kristi Bissell   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    On Shrove Tuesday and throughout the Lenten season in the Scandinavian countries, people indulge in fastlavnsboller...

Schedule:  Three Saturdays, March 1-15 (3:00-5:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Laura Berlage   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    It's time for some delightful, imaginative, needle felting fun! Let your creativity blossom with this fairytale project—as...

Schedule:  March 3 and 10 (1:00-4:00 pm CT) and March 17 (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 to paint...

Schedule:  Three Tuesdays, March 4-18 (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 online class, you will learn basic Hardangersøm stitches as you...

Schedule:  Three Wednesdays, March 5-19 (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...

Schedule:  March 9 (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 fourth in a series of...

Schedule:  Seven Thursdays, March 13 - April 24 (2:00-4:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Laura Berlage   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    Inspired by the iconic Norwegian “Wise and Foolish Virgins” tapestries, this weaving course will...

Schedule:  March 16 (1:00-2:00 pm CT)   Instructor:  Benedicte Maurseth   Location:  This is an online webinar hosted on Zoom.    Join Vesterheim on Zoom for a free webinar, “Fiddlesisters – The History of Female Fiddlers in Norwegian Fiddle Tradition...

Schedule:  March 19 (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:  March 22 (9:30-11:00 am and 2:00-4:00 pm CT) and March 23 (9:30-11:30 am CT)   Instructor:  Lise Lorentzen   Location:  This is an online class hosted on Zoom.    If you have already tackled one of the Introduction to Basic...

Schedule:  March 29 (2:00-3:00 pm CT) Instructor:  Diana Hendrickson 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: Norwegian Sweaters...

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...