MEMBER NEWS, EVENTS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES Happenings Sons of Norway FROM THE HEART Hard work and talent pay off at a recent rosemaling event, led by instructor Lise Lorentzen at Noreg 3-466 in Marlboro, NJ . Rosemaling (meaning " rose painting " ) is the name of a form of decorative painting that developed in Norway around the 1700s. The first rosemalers were inspired by artists from continental Europe, but over time, different regions of the country developed their own distinctive styles. As with other Norwegian arts and crafts, rosemaling traveled to America with emigrants in the mid-1800s. But when American furniture styles and trends in home decor changed, the traditional art form began to disappear. It remained somewhat dormant in the United States and Canada until resurrected by Norwegian-American descendants in the 1950s. It has grown since that time to become a treasured form of cultural expression. @sonsofnorway Nov/Dec 2023 25