The Lithuanian Folk Art Institute has held exhibitions in various cities in North America over the course of many years. There are many photos in the book Lietuvių tautodailės institutas, but they are mostly black and white. The photos in many individual members’ albums may lack captions, dates or an appropriate resolution for the web. We hope to collect a wide gallery of colour photos from chapters and individuals throughout North America, which we will categorize geographically. We encourage our fellow members from all centres to submit photos and captions of their work, members and exhibitions to gro.i1585708083aftl@1585708083tcatn1585708083oc1585708083. Please be sure to date and caption the photos as fully as possible.

Toronto Chapter

To begin this section of the Gallery, we present a few photos from the album of folk artist Lilė Nakrošienė, a long-time member of the Toronto Chapter.

 

  • From right – Toronto chapter president Aldona Vaitonienė, Arija Škėmienė, Greta Baltaduonienė, Aldona Zander, Lilė Nakrošienė, at an exhibition curated by the chapter (year unknown)

  • Lilė Nakrošienė with one of her specialty crafts – dolls wearing her hand-sewn national costumes, complete with amber beads and head-dresses. A collection of her dolls can be viewed at the Labdara Lithuanian Nursing Home in Toronto

  • LFAI members at an exhibition at the Lithuanian House in Toronto, 1988, possibly for the launch of one of the LFAI books by Anastazija and Antanas Tamošaitis. Seated (from left) – prof. Romas Vaštokas, Antastazija Tamošaitienė, Antanas Tamošaitis; standing, from left Irena Šernaitė-Meiklejohn, Audronė Kazanavičienė, Toronto chapter chair Aldona Vaitonienė, Lilė Nakrošienė, Greta Baltaduonienė, Hilda Lasienė, Onutė Taseckienė, Aldona Veselkienė

  • Toronto LFAI members at an exhibition displaying their handcrafted work tapestries, Easter eggs, sashes and dolls

  • A display of ceramic art by LFAI member Sofija Pacevičienė