Art extends well beyond ... Jenson, 83, is among Minnesota's top rosemaling artists, an unlikely expert in the flowing, flowering style that originated in rural Norway. ("I'm Swedish," she points ...

Norwegian-Americans settling in the United States brought their cultural traditions with them, including a folk art technique called rosemaling. Rosemaling began in the mid-18th century in the ...

Thirty-five years ago, Jean Honl fell in love with rosemaling. She took a community education class in 1974 and has been perfecting her skills in the traditional Norwegian art form ever since.

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 ...

She will demonstrate her art from 12 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, and Sunday, May 13. Miller began rosemåling at the encouragement of her Norwegian-born mother-in-law, Mabel Synnove Olsen.

lefse. But the festival is sponsored by the Twin Ports Rosemaling Society, so the rustic art that blossomed in rural Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries plays a major part in the event.