Director’s Gallery: Lillian Krcmar

Reception: August 11 • 5-8pm
On display through August 31

Craven Arts Council & Gallery is proud to present the work of Lillian Krcmar in the Director’s Gallery for the month of August. This exhibition features the work of local painter Lillian Krcmar. The opening reception will be during the ArtWalk on August 11 from 5-8pms.

Lilly Krcmar (ne Juta) will be displaying a series of nontraditional quilts in the Director’s Gallery in August. She was born and spent her childhood under colonialism in Paramaribo, Suriname. As a young teenager, she moved to what is now known as Indonesia, the home-country of her grandmother who had worked the sugar-cane plantations as an indentured servant. Thus, as a “half-cast,” life in Indonesia remained a challenge. When Indonesia gained its independence, and all those not “full-blooded” were removed, she became a refugee. The Netherlands briefly became home, followed by Brazil, and finally– the most coveted–a visa to the USA. Like many people, Covid found Krcmar with solitude. When daily life came to a total halt, taking everything away, her spirit was not to be defeated. She always loved, textiles, colors, their textures bringing life into her hands, and so started her creations, her stories, a gift from COVID.