Join this three day symposium online from November 5 to November 7.  All details HERE. Monica will be part of the panel, Making Climate Change Visible, on Saturday November 6 at 2 PM- 3:15 PM ET.

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Making Climate Change Visible, on Saturday November 6 at 2 PM- 3:15 PM ET.In this session we will hear from a variety of people who produce climate-themed art and/or have the production or use of art at the center of their climate-oriented work. Panelists will explore the interface between art, science, and policy, discussing how their work exists at this interface and charting a course toward even more productive engagement. This conversation will be moderated by Maggie Stogner, Executive Director of the AU Center for Environmental Filmmaking.

Panelists Include:

• Lauren Bon, artist
• Jesse Ribot, scholar of environmental justice and artist
• Monica Jahan Bose, artist, lawyer, activist
• Signe Wilkinson, editorial cartoonist

Monica Jahan Bose
she/her/সে

Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting, printmaking, performance, film, and interdisciplinary projects. Her social practice work highlights the intersection of climate, racial, gender, and economic injustice through co-created workshops and temporary public art installations and performances. Her solo projects and performance/installations have been presented at such venues as the MACRO Contemporary Art Museum (Rome), the Bangladesh National Museum, Art Asia Miami, Twelve Gates Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, the DUMBO Arts Festival, (e)merge art fair, SELECT Art Fair Miami Beach, UNESCO (Paris), and the Smithsonian APA Center (Honolulu). She has received numerous grants, awards, and public art commissions.

Bose is the creator of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS, a long-term art and advocacy project with her ancestral village of Katakhali, Bangladesh. She partnered with the International Center for Climate Change and Development to present a climate knowledge sharing and adaptation workshop in Katakhali. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald, the Washington Post, Art Asia Pacific, the Milwaukee Sentinel, the Honolulu Star Advertiser, the Japan Times, and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan, India, and a JD from Columbia Law School.

We all need to be talking about and seeing climate change. Collaborative art that connects us to others and enhances community is critical to addressing the climate crisis. It can catalyze action on climate by making us feel empowered to make a difference.

Twitter: @monicajahan @storywithsari
Instagram: @mjbose @storywithsari