Kim is a fine artist, graphic designer, illustrator and teacher. She attended the University of Wisconsin- Madison where she received a BS in Art Education. She has received additional training at the University of Minnesota, The Center for Book Arts and Minnetonka Center for the Arts. She has participated in many group, juried and one-person…

Kirsten Aune is a textile designer who handcrafts her work using silkscreen and stenciling techniques. She combines her love of color, pattern, and making by designing and sewing functional pieces for everyday use. Kirsten also shares her creative process through teaching, guiding others in hands-on textile and sewing projects. A graduate of the School of…

Kirsten Skoglund is a fixture in the Twin Cities knitting and yarn world. She has always known how to knit, as far as she can remember, and loves the whole creative process. In fact, she describes herself as compelled to knit and can’t imagine her life without knitting. Kirsten was co-owner of Lila and Claudine’s,…

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.

Kate and Laila are knitters with a shared love of whimsy and tradition. Together, they founded Knit & Gather to teach others the craft they cherish. Both have been knitting for over twenty years and enjoy experimenting with a variety of materials and techniques. With Norwegian roots, they feel deeply connected to folk art and…

Now retired, Larry Underkoffler taught Junior High Art for 25 years. He is a Marine Corps veteran who served in Viet Nam, Air Traffic Controller, Camping Director for 8 years, illustrator of children’s books and Sculpture and has served as the Superintendent of Art for the Washington County Fair for the past 18 years. He…

A teacher from Osceola, WI, Laurelei Creuzer has been teaching Psyanky Egg Dyeing for over thirty years.  Laurelei enjoys crafts of all kinds, including her newly acquired Nålbinding skill at a recent Marine Mills Folk School class!

Leslie Granbeck is a feltmaker and instructor born and raised in Minneapolis. Since 2007, Leslie has been sharing her knowledge of fibers and their magical transformation into felt. She teaches traditional wet felting, nuno felting, and her favorite – sculptural seamless felting. Her classes are full of color, creativity and adventure. They also include a…

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…

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…

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.

Lisa Peterson doesn’t remember a time when she hasn’t been making something. She is a spinner, knitter, quilter and weaver, creating rugs on an antique floor loom as well as doing free form weaving. She repairs and maintains old looms with her daughter, in addition to teaching weaving classes to all age groups and ability…

Liz Rog is a songleader in the global Ubuntu tradition which welcomes all voices to weave songs and community. Liz delights in helping people rediscover their ancestral birthright of group singing. She lives in the Driftless of Northeast Iowa and enjoys traveling to other towns and regions to help in the re-seeding of the earth with…

Lizabeth Towers is an experienced knitting teacher who has earned the two teaching certificates available from the Craft Yarn Council of America. A friend to every knitter, she enjoys making tough techniques accessible to average knitters, teaching rank beginners the joy of knitting, and best of all, learning from her students. She is found on ravelry.com as…

Lizzie Christian is a self-taught printmaker based in Minneapolis. She runs a one-woman art business under the name Rare Press, and focuses on blockprints, painting, and textiles. She loves sharing the joy of blockprinting with others through local workshops as well as through her Patreon community. Plants, portraits, and patterns are themes that weave through…