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Rising Tile Mural
Monica Jahan Bose’s first ceramic sari, called “Rising,” was unveiled on March 9, 2025 in the Kalorama Triangle alley adjacent to her studio on the wall of the Miller/Farleys, behind 2015 and 2017 Belmont Rd NW, Washington DC. “Rising” speaks to our connection as humans...
Swimming Images
This public art project was installed for two weeks at Marie Reed Plaza in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC in June 2024. All images © Monica Jahan Bose, 2024. Funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Curator: Sarah Tanguy. DCPS Collaboration: Valerie Monfrini....
Smithsonian Summit
We had a wonderful two-day session, “Storytelling with Saris: Climate Art & Poetry Workshop,” on October 18 & 19, 2024, as part of the Smithsonian Women’s Environmental Leadership Summit. This annual conference is organized by the Smithsonian’s Center for Environmental Justice. This year it was...
Climate Hope film
We are thrilled to share the film “Climate Hope,” a collaboration with the Arlington Art Truck to engage with approximately 1000 people in Arlington, Virginia over a two-month period. Participants discussed climate change and wrote and illustrated climate pledges and six-word poems on saris from...
Public presentation of “STRETCH”
NOTICE REGARDING PROPOSED PUBLIC ART PROJECT “STRETCH” ARTIST: MONICA JAHAN BOSE The art project STRETCH proposes to stretch sari fabric (temporary) across the building and create a tile mural (permanent) at the exterior of 1724 California St NW, Washington, DC 20009. The saris are massive...
SWIMMING public art project
SWIMMING, a temporary public art project by Monica Jahan Bose, explores the deep and essential connections we have to water as our world faces increased flooding, drought, and rising sea levels due to climate change. Participants in DC and Bangladesh join workshops to co-create poetry...
SWIMMING launch
We had an online launch on December 13, 2023 to get started on SWIMMING, a new public art project that explores the deep and essential connections we have to water as our world faces increased flooding and rising sea levels due to climate change. When...
Nourish
The Nicholson Project presents Nourish: Storytelling with Saris by Monica Jahan Bose. This exhibition is an installation of video, drawings, poems, and saris inspired by plants and herbs. Touching the soil and growing food are grounding and nourishing. For the last two years, Bangladeshi-American artist...
Prokash Scroll @Boimela
“প্রকাশ “ পটচিত্র পারফরমেন্স মনিকা জাহান বোস মনিকা জাহান বোস একজন বাংলাদেশী-আমেরিকান শিল্পী, আইনজীবী ও মানবাধিকারকর্মী। তার কাজের মধ্যে চিত্রাঙ্কন, ভাস্কর্য, ফিল্ম ও ছাপচিত্র। ওয়েসলিয়ান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় এবং ভারতের শান্তিনিকেতনে তিনি শিল্পকলা বিষয়ে অধ্যয়ন করেন এবং কলাম্বিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে আইন বিষয়ে ডিগ্রী লাভ করেন। তার শিল্প...
সুইসুতা Shuishuta (Needle & Thread)
The sewing machines chattered loudly against the backdrop of trees on the University of Victoria campus. Two women labored to sew vibrant sari fabrics as quickly as possible. Soon others joined in to hand-sew and mend the saris, many of which had tears and rips...
