Artist's Pillow Exhibit Draws Attention To Plight Of Undocumented Immigrants
(CBS) -- Artist Alejandro Figueredo Diaz-Perera sews eight pillows a day, as part of the "Soul Asylum" exhibit.
He is hoping to reach his goal of 34,000--a number he says represents the number of undocumented immigrants arrested each day in America.
The pillow materials comes from the clothing of undocumented immigrants in Chicago. There are workshops twice a week during which people can help create more pillows.
The pillows will be on view in the exhibition Soul Asylum at Weinberg/Newton Gallery, 300 W Superior St., until March 26.
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