7902 Steamboat Island Road Northwest
Olympia, WA 98502
USA
St. Christopher’s Church is hosting “America’s Non-Essentials”: 33 photographs by Thomas Kiefer, from his collection “El Sueño Americano”, will be on display at the church on Saturday and Sunday, September 15 & 16 from noon to 4pm each day. With permission from the artist, some of his photographic images were printed and mounted for the community to view.
As a janitor for Customs and Border Protection in Ajo, Arizona, Mr. Kiefer found, through serendipity, the confiscated and discarded belongings of migrants apprehended in the desert. Being a photographer, he collected these items and eventually decided to photograph them as “symbols of humanity”.
The event is free; however we will be accepting monetary donations for RAICES-Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services and CIELO-Centro Integral Educativo Latino de Olympia.