Visit ASI for a day of basket weaving. Students will learn basket-weaving techniques using Minnesota-harvested plants to create a beautiful, natural basket perfect for spring.

Slöjd Studio is a program for children in grades 3–5. Participants will practice slöjd skills and explore new tools as they continue to nurture their lifelong love of handcraft. $25 ($20 ASI member) .

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Make a pair of custom-designed fused glass beachinspired plates that evoke the beauty, fun, and allure of the beach year-round.

Students will learn the fundamentals of glass design, cutting, decorating, fusing, and slumping by creating a pair of 6″ fused glass plates, in time for summer. No previous experience necessary.

Suitable for ages 18+. $75 ($65 ASI member) + $45 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Try out a basketry project by making a multipurpose tray out of willow.

Tension trays are useful, beautiful, and happen to be the perfect project for a first-time willow weaver. They can be used as trivets, soap trays, and even cooling trays for bread or cookies.

This class is excellent for anyone curious about this sustainable and versatile basketry material.

Suitable for ages 12-15 registered alongside an adult, or 16+. $75 ($65 ASI member) + $25 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Are you interested in foraging but don’t know where to start?

Join seasoned forager Maria Wesserle to learn more about general foraging guidelines, helpful tools and resources, and some good types of wild edibles to focus on when starting your foraging journey.

This class will include a lecture followed by a short visit outside to the ASI grounds to check out early spring edible greens, weather permitting.

$45 ($40 ASI member).

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Carve and paint your own game set in this one day workshop open to all skill levels.

Students will practice basic flat-plane and chipcarving techniques to create a game board and pieces for the Old Norse game of Hnefatafl, commonly known as Viking Chess. Students may embellish their work as they see fit with decorative carving and colorful paint, and should expect to leave with a set of pieces ready to use right away.

Ages 16+.  $115 ($100 ASI member) + $60 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Pick up a new hobby while being inspired by Swedish knitting traditions!

This workshop is for beginners or those who wish to refresh their dormant skills. Students will make a wrist warmer or cup cozy while learning to cast on, knit, purl, and finish.  The instructor will discuss Swedish knitting traditions, and each student will head home with needles, yarn, and inspiration to continue knitting.

$80 ($70 ASI member) + $35 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Looking for a paint with a long history, natural ingredients, and a durable finish? Milk paint, a powdered paint made from milk protein, lime, and natural pigments, is a great choice.

This class will cover basic techniques for mixing, applying, and f inishing milk paint to achieve a desired look and feel, and will make sample tiles for future reference.

Suitable for ages 16+. $125 ($110 ASI Member) + $60 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Join Liesl to learn more about the very old but accessible craft of kolrosing, a wood embellishment technique likened to tattooing wood.

Students will have the opportunity to practice making their own marks with a kolrosing knife and get a feel for the many possibilities that kolrosing offers anyone interested in woodworking, drawing, and traditional Scandinavian crafts.

Suitable for students ages 13+. $70 ($60 ASI member) + $15 materials fee payable to instuctor.

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Add color and texture to clothing in this daylong wool embroidery class.

Students will work in Dala-Floda style (påsöm), pulling inspiration directly from folk costumes in ASI’s collections to add folk art-inspired decoration to their own textiles.

Suitable for ages 11+. $115 ($100 ASI member) + $30 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Knit lace like a Victorian Swede! Working with silk yarn in a lace construction, knitters will create unique ruffled cuffs to adorn an existing garment or craft a bracelet.

Knitwear designer Wendy Johnson will also discuss the history of garment design in Sweden during the Victorian era, as well as the history of silk mills in Sweden.

Suitable for ages 16+ $75 ($65 ASI member) + $30 materials fee payable to instructor

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Starting with Slöjd is a monthly program for early elementary (K-2) students who want to start crafting! Whether it’s playing with wool, wire, paper, or more, this group will explore new tools, materials, and skills that prepare kids for a lifelong love of slöjd (handcraft).

Join ASI instructor Anna Ruhland to learn the basic techniques of rya weaving. Use the skills you learn to create a woven piece of art inspired by Handwoven: Between Chaos and Order. $20 non-member/$15 ASI member.

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Join herbalist Gigi Risberg Stafne to learn more about eight common medicinal trees and shrubs common in Nordic folk medicine traditions, and also found in the Upper Midwest.

Participants will have the opportunity to handcraft a tea, tincture, and sauna blend while learning about each tree’s myths, magic, food, shelter, and medicine.

Suitable for ages 14+. $90 ($80 ASI member) + $20 materials fee payable to instructor.

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Gather with other makers for a friendly and productive evening! Makers Night is a monthly opportunity every third Thursday for anyone interested in craft to work in community in our Berglund Studio Classroom.

Bring a project to work on and any tools you need, and be ready to share conversation, tips and questions. FREE

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Get started with Scandinavian-style flat plane figure carving in this three-week class. Carver Jock Holmen will get students started with basic knife safety and techniques for shaping figures’ bodies and faces.

Students may be interested in continuing with the intermediate class immediately following for seven weeks of carving.

Geared towards ages 18+ beginners. $135 ($120 ASI member) + $5 Materials fee payable to instructor.

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Join artist Tia Keobounpheng for a film screening of her latest project, GIEĐAIN, followed by an artist talk. In 2025, Tia returned to her ancestral village in Swedish Sápmi with her two sons. They lived with their elder and relative for two weeks, learning from his 70 years of experience carving and crafting. Their hands worked together to craft their own wooden cups and knives. GIEĐAIN speaks to the intrinsic knowing that was awakened in the process.

Pay what you can: $1, $5, $10, $20

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