Back in the day, Norwegian men used to deal with long, cold dark winters by picking up a paint brush and decorating their houses with the bright colors of spring and summer. Last Saturday, in the ...

A traditional painting method with many variations based on the different regions in Norway is alive and well at the Crow Wing County Fair. Painting with the Sons of Norway at the Crow Wing County ...

Mary Koehler of Winona, who is 100 percent Norwegian, believes it’s important for her to carry on the traditions of her ancestors. So Koehler practices the art of rosemaling — a Norwegian decorative ...

MARSHFIELD – Chestnut Center for the Arts in Marshfield will be hosting Rosemaling classes on Tuesdays, April 7 to May 12. There will be two class options: 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

SPRING GROVE — Rosemaling classes will be offered Aug. 6 and 13 at the Ballard House in Spring Grove. Betty Dowe will teach Beginning Rosemaling from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 6. Registration fee is $30, ...

STOUGHTON, Wis. - Patty Tofsland has spent her life here surrounded by the Norwegian folk art of rosemaling. "I'm not a speck of Norwegian but I grew up around it in Stoughton," she said. "You're ...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Shelley Kendall would rather be rosemaling. The daughter of a Norwegian mother (her father was German), she was the baby of six children, and the only one to learn the Norwegian folk ...

BRAINERD — If you have never heard of kolrosing or krokbragd before, you are not alone. Inside the Crow Wing County Fair Fine Arts building, artists demonstrated several little-known crafts and shared ...

Sep. 17—FOSSTON — The Fosston Public Library will offer a rosemaling class from 1 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the library, 403 N. Foss Ave. During this five-hour class, participants will learn ...

Ken Magnuson of Zumbrota won a blue ribbon, a white ribbon and a gold medal from Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum's 37th Annual National Rosemaling Exhibition, sponsored by Community First ...

MARSHFIELD – Classes in the art of Norwegian Rosemaling begin on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Classes will be held at the Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts, 208 S. Chestnut Ave., Marshfield. Instructor Carol ...