Folk Art Fair

Celebrate the creativity and heritage skills of Iowa artisans APRIL 25 • 10 a.m.–3 p.m. ADMISSION IS FREE! In recognition of America’s 250th birthday, we present the inaugural Folk Art Fair at Living History Farms. More than 50 artisans Demonstrating heritage arts and selling handmade items made with time-honored methods and materials throughout our 1876 town of Walnut Hill: Amy’s Creations Ann HK Books Barb’s Garden and Pantry Big Creek Home Bakery Bur Oak Timber Frames Buttercup Natural Soap By Wysteria Cigars to Guitars Clear Creak Orchard Comfort Critters Convivial Arts Crafty Creations Crafty MZ Creative Heart Crimson Moon Enchanted Oven Daughters of the Revolution Designed by Kanya Marie Designs by Ella M. Hall Drooly Days Emma Fust Art Fissle Wood Manner Soap Gaga Sheets Grand River Fudge Hand Werk Von Lisal Heavens Hands Crochets Hippy Dippy Dead & Scavenged Magic Studios Hunting Wood Works Iowa Wildcraft Jesus Earthly Jewels Katie Payton Creation L & J Crafts Layered Designs Lilac Valley Creations Make It & I Gnome It Mandy Widtfeldt Marsh-All Purpose Blend Maverick’s Pens Mid Iowa Wood Carvers Middle of Somewhere Midnight Kat Productions Morning Breads and Spreads Myrtle Tyrtle Creation Nature and Glass Oak and Ember Ohio Farm Baskets Paula Gray Profound Existence Herbs Pure Bliss Candle Co. RMA Pure Infusions Sip La Fresca Refreshers Sistine Stitches by Snapdragon The Pintail Workshop Victoria Knits Voss Working Gallery Watkin Barn Quilts Wild Flower Artisan List of artisans subject to change Scandinavian music and dancing Norwegian Bachelor Farmers—music, humor, and storytelling Fiddler David Swenson—traditional Scandinavian music Onion Creek Cloggers—traditional clogging and music Times and sites to be announced Presentations Laurann Gilbertson, chief curator of the Vesterheim National Norwegian-American Museum • Sacred Symbols: The Folk Art of Norway—Learn about the many symbols that have come down from ancient times and how they were used in Norway in the 19th century. • All Tradition is Change—Explore and expand your ideas of what is “tradition” and “traditional” while looking at historical objects and pieces made today by artists working “within the tradition.” Jim Dietz-Kilen, Living History Farms board member • How Ole & Ella May Tangen Came to Living History Farms—Through the lens of fictitious merchant residents of Walnut Hill, Jim will look at broader themes in Norwegian immigration to Iowa and offer tips for getting started with Norwegian genealogy. Times and sites to be announced Museum sites open Blacksmith Print Shop Millinery Broom Works Implement Dealer Tangen Home—Norwegian baking demonstrations Food and drink for sale From Main Street Bakery & Cafe ADD A CLASS! Sign up for an introduction to blacksmithing, broom making, letterpress printing, knitting, or Norwegian baking. Details Advance registration and payment required for classes...