Course Instructors
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For more information contact: Dr.
Carol Colburn
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For more information contact: Ingebjørg
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Eli Vesaas Mjonoy Handcraft and Cultural Center, Vinje in Telemark email olav-ves@frisurf.no
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To
register contact the University of Northern Iowa, Study Abroad Center at (319)
273-7078 and ask for Aurelia Klink or visit their website at:
http://www.uni.edu/studyabroad
More information is also available on our 'Registration Information' page on this website.
Related links:
Mjonøy Handcraft and Cultural Center is the location of the stampa that is used to full the woven cloth into vadmel. It also has a wood fired bakery, camping cabins, an an exhibit space that serves as a gallery part of the year as well as a store which sells local traditional handcraft items.
One
of last year's students put up a web site on the course at http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-mvigander:
On this site, when you view each page you must scroll back to the top and then
scroll to the right to find the title of the next page.
Read
an article by course participant, Lila Nelson. Lila is the former curator of
textiles at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa. Lila
received the prestigious St. Olaf's medal from the Norwegian government for
her work in the preservation and dissemination of Norway's rich textile heritage.
Lila's article.