Join us for a plan ting\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nicholson Project’s garden. We wil l be cleaning and planting the garden with Kendra Hazel\, the new Garden M anager at Nicholson. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will lead us in creating poe try and art inspired by the garden. We will have more workshops in the sum mer with Monica followed by an exhibition and poetry slam at The Nicholson Project in September.

If you have joined prior Storytelling with Saris workshops\, p lease bring with you your folder of materials — journal\, pencil etc. Look ing forward to seeing you!

Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any ques tions or accommodation needs. ASL will be provided.

\n< p>Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladesh i-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printma king\, performance\, film\, and interdisciplinary projects. Her social pra ctice work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops and temporary public art i nstallations and performances. She is the creator of STORYTELLING WITH SAR IS\, a long-term art and advocacy project with her ancestral village of Ka takhali\, Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a J D from Columbia Law School.

Kendra Hazel is the 2023 Garden Manager at The Nicholson Project. She is an herb enthusiast\, urban garden educator\, and a plant b ased chef. She studied Health Science at Florida A&M University\, has work ed with neighborhood community gardens independently and as the Community Garden Spaces manager with City Blossoms\, and recently founded Green Thin gs Work where she shares her holistic approach to wellness.

The Nicholson Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn n eighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and the local artist community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authe ntic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and community-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.

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This project is sup ported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
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Image: Planting workshop for Sustain\, © 2022 Monica Jahan B ose\, photo credit: Paris Preston.
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