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Community of Makers: Kurbits (Swedish Folk Art)

  • Amesbury Carriage Museum Suite 101, 5 Market Square Amesbury, MA 01913 (map)

Tina Rawson, Swedish Artist, and Contemporary Impressionist Painter will show you how to make a basic kurbits scroll, the key element of Swedish Folk Art from the 1700s, and tell you how it became so important. 

Kurbits is a Swedish folk art style characterized by colorful and elaborate paintings of plants, animals, and landscapes, as well as depictions of everyday life and scenes from the bible. She will share the history of Swedish kurbits with all its twists and turns!" (www.tinarawsonart.com)

$20 Members / $25 Non-members

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Amesbury Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Earlier Event: April 28
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