July 18, 19, 2009
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Lectures, Music, and Video
Zorn In America
(text from Zorn in America website)

Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860-1920) made seven trips to the United States between 1893 and 1911, painting and etching over one-hundred prominent Americans. The artist’s experiences in the United States have not been researched in great detail until now. Unlike many European portrait painters who traveled to America in the latter half of the nineteenth century, Zorn did not limit his activities to brief visits to the East Coast. He spent the equivalent of four years in the country, much of it in the Midwest, painting portraits in Chicago, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh, as well as in New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C.


William and Willow Hagans have just written a book entitled "Zorn in America". These authors will be attending the Festival and will provide a lecture on Saturday which will be repeated on Sunday. Their book will be available for sale. Willow Hagans is a native of Bemidji, Minnesota. After majoring in music at Wayne State University in Detroit, she studied advanced vocal technique in Florence, Italy. For the last eighteen years, she and her husband of thirty-four years, Bill, have been researching the life and work of Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860-1920). They have written "Zorn in America", which recounts for the first time in great detail Zorn’s exploits in the United States during his seven trips there (1893-1911). Their research includes previously unknown details concerning Zorn’s over one-hundred American subjects. Bill Hagans, an independent researcher, is a native of Detroit. He received his B.A. and Master of Music degrees from Wayne State University. He has written for Numismatic News and Coins Magazine, where he has specialized in coin designs by the circle of sculptors trained by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. He has also written extensively on Swedish numismatics, including articles on the coins in the collection of the Zorn Museum, the Swedish Royal Coin Cabinet, Swedish plate money, coin and medal designer Lea Ahlborn, and the medals of Carl Milles.
The Hagans will also present a lecture about Swedish numismatics.

Visit www.zorninamerica for more information.
Learn a Tune Workshops
with Peter Puma Hedlund

Several times during the Festival, Peter will be leading "Learn a Tune" workshops.
This is an opportunity for musicians, with any type of instrument, to attend a workshop where Peter will provide instruction and practice in order to learn a traditional Scandinavian tune. Peter is a world champion nyckelharpa player from Sweden who finds it quite rewarding to pass music along from one person to another.
Thanks to a grant from New York State Council on the Arts, anyone who comes to the Festival with their musical instrument in order to attend one of Peter's workshops will be admitted free.


(Photo of Peter Hedlund in Karen Larsson's home in Sweden taken by Don Sandy)
Learning the Swedish Language
by Allie Withers

Learn the Swedish language of our immigrant ancestors. Allie shares conversational Swedish through phrases, songs and prayers. She includes a display of many items which she received from Swedish relatives. Allie says "Practice and learn – it is always a lot of fun.

Ole Bull, His Pennsylvania Colony and His Music
by Julane Lund
In the mid-1800s, Ole Bull, an internationally acclaimed fiddle play from Norway, attempted to set up a Norwegian Utopian community. This dream, Oleana, located 117 miles from Jamestown, is just south of Coudersport, PA. Julane will present the story of Ole Bull and perform some of his music on her fiddle. For more information about Julane check the Entertainment tab of this website.
19th C. Swedish Immigration to Amerika
(Why they came and what they found)
by Dr. Julie Lindblom Boozer
Why did they come? What did they come to? Explore socio-economic reasons why Scandinavians left their beloved homeland in the 19th Century and immigrated to Amerika, often alone, even as singles in their late teens. What did they find in Swedish communities such as Chandlers Valley and Scandia or in cities such as Jamestown-Falconer, Kane or Warren? Let's share the immigration stories of our ancestors.
Building and Playing the Fretted Dulcimer
by Nils Caspersson
Learn about the Swedish connections between the fretted dulcimer and three Swedish psalmodikon, found in the Chautauqua County area. With a little practice you,too, can play Swedish fiddle tunes on the dulcimer.
The Swedish Jamestown that I Remember:
1940s and 1950s
by Tobie Anderson
Let’s all share our memories of Swedish Jamestown from early childhood to today. The people we know, the stories we heard, the places we went and the celebrations we enjoyed. Tobie will start with some memories and then invite the audience to join in and share their stories of the good old days.
35 Years of Minkkinen Photographs
by Arno Rafael Minkkinen
(Scharmann Theatre followed by reception in Sarita Weeks Gallery) Minkkinen is an internationally known photographer originally from Finland. He is presented here as a Distinguished Scandinavian Speaker. His appearance at the Festival is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information see the Special Events tab at this website.






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