Calendar of Events

January through July, 2014

Be sure to check vesterheim.org for updated information, including new classes and Free First Thursday events sponsored by Decorah Bank & Trust Company of Decorah, Iowa. Sign up for classes now! Download a registration form from vesterheim.org or contact Darlene Fossum-Martin at 563-382-9681.

Barnetimen Children’s Hour

January

1 New Year’s Day Museum closed for the holiday. 2 Free First Thursday Event—Jan Brett Blowout! Celebrate the holiday break and last few days of the exhibition The World of Jan Brett with stories, crafts, and snacks, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

5 Exhibition Closes—The World of Jan Brett.

8 Program—Barnetimen Children’s Hour For all preschoolers and their caregivers. 10:00 a.m., free. 5, 12 Class—Adults and Families: Reclaim your Christmas Tree With Darlene Fossum-Martin and Rebecca Hanna. 18, 25 Feb. 1, 8 Class—Beginning Rosemaling With Shirley Evenstad in Minneapolis. Consecutive Saturdays. 23 Exhibition Opens—Favorite Things.

February

Barneløpet Turning Wooden Bowls and Ale Bowls with a Human-Powered Spring Pole Lathe

Nålbinding: A Practical Fiber Art

1 Event—Barneløpet Children’s Cross Country Ski/Walk. 6 Free First Thursday Event Favorite Things exhibition opening event. 12 Program—Barnetimen Children’s Hour For all preschoolers and their caregivers. 10:00 a.m., free.

14-16 Class—Turning Wooden Bowls and Ale Bowls with a Human-

Powered Spring Pole Lathe With Roger Abrahamson. 14-16 Class—Scandinavian Style Flat Plane Figure Carving With Harley Refsal.

March

April

6 Free First Thursday Event Featuring the Flora Metamorphicae exhibition. 12 Program—Barnetimen Children’s Hour For all preschoolers and their caregivers. 10:00 a.m., free. 13-16 Class—Nålbinding: A Practical Fiber Art With Kate Martinson.

3 Free First Thursday Event To be announced. 4-5 Class—Researching Your Norwegian Roots With Jerry Paulson from the Norwegian American Genealogical Center. 5 Class—Flette Kurv (Braided or Woven Basket) Tote With Jean Schutte. 5 Friends Event—Nordic Luncheon and Marketplace At Park Ridge Country Club, Park Ridge, Illinois. 9 Program—Barnetimen Children’s Hour For all pre-schoolers and their caregivers. 10:00 a.m., free. 11-12 Class—Lefse and Flatbread—It’s Not Just Potatoes! With Darlene Fossum-Martin.

12 Friends Event—Annual Nordic Celebration and Marketplace

At the Minneapolis Marriott Southwest, Minnneapolis, Minnesota. 13 Class—Seven Traditional Christmas Cookies of Norway. With Darlene Fossum-Martin.

16 Exhibition Closes—Four From the North.

Sámi Inspired Bracelets

May

Syttende Mai

Beginning and Intermediate Acanthus Carving

June

Bunad Camp

20 Easter Museum closed for the holiday.

25-27 Class—Handcarving Wooden Spoons and Kitchen Utensils

With David Østrem. 26 Class—Sámi Inspired Bracelets With Norma Refsal.

27 Exhibition Closes—Favorite Things.

1 Spring/Summer Hours Begin Museum hours change to 9 a.m.5 p.m. daily. Open Air Division opens.

1 Free First Thursday Event—Making a May Basket.

2-4 Class—Telemark Rosemaling: Design and Painting With Sunhild Muldbakken. 3 Class—Preparing a Kransekake from Start to Finish With Carrie Solberg.

12-18 Exhibition—Pioneer Immersion Program Exhibition of

Student Projects. 17 Event—Syttende Mai Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution with free museum admission and family activities.

5 Free First Thursday Event To be announced. 5-8 Class—Rogaland Rosemaling With Ruth Green. 6-8 Class—Dragonstil Woodcarving With Becky Lusk. 7-10 Class—Bunad Camp With Sue Sutherland. 9-13 Class—Beginning and Intermediate Acanthus Carving With Hans Sandom.

10 Exhibition Opens—The National Exhibition of Folk Art in the Norwegian Tradition 13-29 Tour to Norway—Folk Art Pilgrimage: The Kinship between

Rosemaling and Woodworking (Full). 14-15 Class—Rosemaling Borders With Sara Tollefson.

16-20 Class—Intermediate and Advanced Acanthus Carving and

Painting With Hans Sandom.

Swedish Painting

July

Milk Paint— Preparing, Mixing Colors, and Painting Your Wooden Objects

3 Free First Thursday Event To be announced. 3-20 Tour to Norway—North to the Arctic and Sámiland (Full). 10-13 Class—Swedish Painting With Sally DeReus.

15-17 Class—Shrink Boxes—The Art of Carving Waterproof

Containers from Green Wood With Jim Sannerud. 15-18 Class—Rosemaling in the Gudbrandsdal Style With Andrea Herkert. 15-18 Class—The Art of Painting Nisser and Trolls With Judy Nyberg.

18 Class—Milk Paint—Preparing, Mixing Colors, and Painting

Your Wooden Objects With Jim Sannerud. 19-23 Class—Creating your Norwegian Knife With Gene Tokheim.

19-23 Class—Weaving a Double Weave in the Scandinavian Style

With Laura Demuth. 20-23 Class—Rosemaling in the Hallingdal Style With Donna Benson. 20-23 Class—Rosemaling in the Os and Vest-Agder Styles With Trudy Peach. 20-23 Class—Handcarving the Norwegian Bowl With Jon Ström. 25 Folk-Art Banquet Celebrate Norwegian folk art with great artists. 25-26 Vesterheim Events at Decorah’s Nordic Fest Activities during Decorah’s premier ethnic festival, featuring Scandinavian food, music, arts, crafts, and more.