Ask Wilma Challstrom what attracted her to rosemaling, and the answer is simple. "It's beautiful," she said. "I have my house decorated with it." The 75-year-old Proctor woman held up the jet-black ...

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 ...

Art extends well beyond the dozens of frames in Karen Jenson's home. Her delicate brush strokes cover bedroom doors and kitchen cabinets. Her petals and swirls trim headboards and trunks, corner ...

SURING, Wis. (WBAY) - It’s a form of decorative painting that developed in Norway around the 1700s. Rosemaling, which means rose painting, is a style of art an Oconto County woman fell in love with ...

We feature some of our local rosemaling artists in our collection at Thoreson House. A large Kristin Vigdal plate was recently donated. This prompted us to get out all the rosemaled pieces we have ...

For Joanne MacVey, rosemaling is more than just painting -- it's a way to find pure exhilaration. ``While I'm painting, I am at perfect peace! It is so relaxing to me, but yet my mind rushes with new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Twenty years ago, Joanne MacVey of Blue Grass, Iowa, took a class in rosemaling, the decorative Norwegian painting technique. As it turned out, that class changed her life. Through the years she ...

Friday and Saturday at Kiehl Auditorium: "Dead Giveaway," a play of comedy and mystery by Pat Cook, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Kiehl Auditorium on the University of ...