Scandinavian Folk Art: Swedish Ceiling Crowns

Name: Scandinavian Folk Art: Swedish Ceiling Crowns
Start: 2025-01-18T10:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-18T12:30:00-06:00
Location: 5401 E Superior St, Duluth, MN, United States, Minnesota 55804

Schedule

Sat Jan 18 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

5401 E Superior St, Duluth, MN, United States, Minnesota 55804 | Duluth, MN

Takkronor (Ceiling Crowns), were originally created as festive mobiles made of rye straw and other natural materials and hung in homes for good luck and successful crops. Today this slöjd (craft) tradition continues using new materials. Join us to discover the significance, and visual power, of this traditional folk-art form
Saturday, January 18th
10:00am - 12:30pm
$30 per student, all supplies included
Best for Teens/Adults
Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/scandinavian-folk-art-swedish-ceiling-crowns
Students are welcome to bring a snack and drink
About your instructor:
Alison Aune received a B.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1981and spent her junior year at Östa Grevie Folkhögskola in Sweden. She received her M.A. from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1987, and a Ph.D. from Ohio University Athens in 2000 with one year as an exchange student at the University of Trondheim Norway. She served as education coordinator at the Tweed Museum of Art from 1991 to 1999 before joining the UMD Department of Art and Design as a professor of art education.