Instructors

Jeff Bartol is a fine arts painter, trained in architecture and graphic design at the University of Minnesota. He currently lives in Forest Lake, MN, and his paintings can be viewed at JeffBartolArt.com. Born in rural Boulder CO, Jeff grew up surrounded by a pastoral farm life, shadowed by the Rockies and fed by Boulder…

Erin is a Twin Cities-based artist & educator. Book Arts has been their main creative expression for 20 years. Erin has been teaching at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts since 2010, and is pleased to bring the love of boxes to Marine Mills Folk School.

Through drawing, painting, and printmaking, Lindsey Reyes explores the magic inherent in our world, how people interpret this magic through our stories and art, and the creation of art as a human act. Lindsey graduated with a BFA in Integrated Studio Arts at Iowa State University and has taught students through ArtistYear, an AmeriCorps program.

Emily May is a Minneapolis-based social dance coach who runs Howdy Partner Dance. They have fifteen years of social dance experience and love to help folks discover their own personal style. At Howdy Partner, we believe that any floor is a dance floor with the right attitude. Dancing is for everyone, everywhere.

Josie is a weaver, focused on creating locally sourced, ecologically friendly, ethically produced textiles. She believes traditional crafts provide a connection to the feeling of a life well lived, and teach regularly to share this joy with others. Josie can be found teaching and demonstrating at Folk Schools and Gatherings across Minnesota. She is looking…

Laura Brown is a printmaker and textile artist who works with salvaged materials to make community-oriented artwork with a colorful and graphic sensibility. This takes the form of postcards, prints, quilts, and many other things that make people ask “is it art or is it a craft?” Laura holds an MFA in Studio Art from…

Rachel Payne of Saga Bookbinding, trained at the North Bennet Street School as a bench trained bookbinder and returned home to be a studio bookbinder in the Twin Cities, MN. She makes and repairs books and boxes,  loves do-it-yourself projects, figuring out puzzles, organizing, being in the classroom, and amateur nature photography. 

Lacey Prpić Hedtke is the founder of The Future, a shop in Minneapolis for witches and weirdos and artists working with magic. She has been studying astrology for 30 years, and offers astrology readings and workshops especially for artists and creative people. She is an artist, arts organizer, librarian and lover of astrology.

Coralette Damme works primarily as a printmaking artist and has a BFA in studio arts. She blends her passions for nature and the unusual into her work and believes creativity can be part of daily life.  Her classes offer hands-on experiences that can easily be replicated at home. www.craftyhag.com

Michelle Greenhouse leads textile workshops throughout the Twin Cities, including at Textile Center. She studied at Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science and graduated with a master’s degree in weaving, then worked in the corporate design industry for 20 years at Calvin Klein, Jack Lenor Larsen, and Target. Michelle also has a master’s degree in…

For more than 20 years, Linda has been a book designer for numerous publishers and authors. She has also hand bound her own sketchbooks, calendars, and photo albums using everything from expensive decorative papers, her own printed and designed papers, repurposed papers, miscellaneous fabrics, or whatever is lying around the house. Many of her handmade…

Etoile designs and creates beautiful wool items including wreaths, trivets, bowls, flowers, pine cone arrangements and pin cushions. Her most popular item is a hand-crafted wool rose that can be used as an essential oil diffuser. The beautiful colors and unique textures of wool provide great inspiration for her art. Her wool creations are made…

Linda M. Conroy, MSS, MLSP is a bioregional herbalist, myco-herbalist, traditional food educator, traditional skills educator and community organizer. She dedicates her life to connecting with the green world and sharing the earth’s wisdom. Her primary mentors are the plants who never cease to instill a sense of awe in her daily life. Linda has…

Marcia Dressel is a retired teacher-librarian with a lingering passion for picture books. She enjoys creativity in many forms including the kitchen arts, watercolor painting, old school correspondence, community choir, and play-acting.

Sara Wait is the founder of Slow Burn, a boutique beeswax candle company based in St. Paul, MN. With a background in mindfulness and sustainable practices, Sara creates handcrafted, locally sourced candles designed to inspire intentional living and a connection to nature. Her workshops invite participants to slow down, learn a timeless craft, and enjoy…

Stephanie Gard Buss is a mixed-media artist living and working in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. She loves working with both natural and vintage items and creating assemblage is her passion.

Cami Andersen (she/her) is a librarian and crafter located in North St. Paul, MN. She was born and raised in Brainerd, MN, and draws inspiration from the “Up North” lifestyle and nature aesthetics, as well as her undergraduate experiences living in Sweden. Her primary crafts include cross-stitching, Bargello embroidery, and bookmarks made of recycled books…

Kara Lundin is a Community Wellness Practitioner who focuses on both traditional folk and clinical approaches to herbalism. She holds a Certificate of Integrative Health from Red Rocks Community College in Denver, CO. Kara grows and forages most of the plant medicine she uses for herself, her family, and the community.

Karen has a lifelong interest in textiles, craft and art. She’s had an active and interesting life with a BS in Home Economics Ed., MA in Art History and M.Div. She’s a Women’s Army Corps veteran and retired Episcopal Priest. She’s lived in Italy and Germany and traveled a lot! Karen knits and sews and…

Mary Anne Kinane has been and still is an artist and art teacher (50 yrs).She has been showing her work regionally, nationally, internationally, won awards, and doesworkshops in many places in Minnesota. She is a graduate of Moorhead State University, and hastwo masters from St Mary’s University: BS, M Ed, M AA