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 "The Chiapas Project” an exhibit by Photographer Richard Flamer at Webster University’s May Photography Gallery
This exhibit chronicles the daily struggle 30,000 displaced Mayan Indians face to get the most basic of human needs: water, food and shelter in Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico along the Guatemalan border. The Chiapas Project was organized by the Des Moines Catholic Workers to bring humanitarian aid to these Mayan Indians in the form of education, economic and housing development.
Richard Flamer spent 12 years in the 80s and 90s as a photojournalist in Central America working for Reuters, the U.N. and the Catholic Church He is also an accomplished carpenter and electrician and currently the Project Manager for the Chiapas Project.
When:
March 8 to April 5, 2002
Opening reception Friday, March 8, 5-7 p.m.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday;
Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Where:
May Photography Gallery
Sverdrup Building, Webster University
8300 Big Bend Blvd., 2nd Floor, West Wing
Cost:
Free and open to the public
More Info:
Call 961-2660, ext. 7673, or visit the website at www.webster.edu/~maygallery
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