BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//74.208.236.71//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Storytelling With Saris X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20261101T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20270314T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4145@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T141651Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,poetry'\,workshop CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com\; storytellingw ithsaris.com DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a community workshop to create 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 installed in June 2024 at the Marie Reed Comm unity & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “pool” o f art-embellished saris\, along with a sound walk\, performances\, film sc reenings\, and poetry readings.  Artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose will introduce the project and then lead a poetry and art workshop wh ere we will create poetry and art inspired by the healing properties of wa ter and swimming and inequities in access. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Storytelling with Saris.  Started over a decade ago\, the project has fostered collaboration with women from Bose’s ancestral i sland in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and people around the world .\nTo learn more and become part of this exciting project\, please registe r using the Eventbrite link. \nASL interpretation will be provided. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation needs.\nCurator:  Sarah Tanguy.  Film/livestream: Paris Preston   Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.\nCommunity partners:  Marie Reed Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Morgan Partnership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.\nThis project is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi -American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmak ing\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work hig hlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injus tice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installati ons and performances. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (22 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more th an 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing decade-long collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has traveled to eight countries and 12 US states\ , engaging thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\ , the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Ho nolulu Star Advertiser\, the the Japan Times\, Prothom Alo and all major n ewspapers in Bangladesh. The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum has ac quired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and archival materials for its collection.  Monica has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesle yan University\, a post-graduate diploma in art from Santiniketan\, India\ , and a JD from Columbia Law School. \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com /e/795620070047?aff=oddtdtcreator. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T180000 LOCATION:Marie Reed Elementary School @ 2201 18th St NW\, Washington\, DC 2 0009 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Community Workshop for SWIMMING URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/launch-workshop-for-swimming/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2023/11/swimming-jpg-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://storyt ellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/swimming-jpg-300x207.jpg\;3 00\;207\;1\,large\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/20 23/11/swimming-jpg-1024x707.jpg\;960\;663\;1\,full\;https://storytellingwi thsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/swimming-jpg.jpg\;1092\;754\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

Please join us for a community workshop to create SWIMMI NG\, a new public art project that explores the deep and essential connect ions we have to water as our world faces increased flooding and rising sea levels due to climate change. When installed in June 2024 at the Marie Re ed Community & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “ pool” of art-embellished saris\, along with a sound walk\, performances\, film screenings\, and poetry readings.  Artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose will introduce the project and then lead a poetry and art work shop where we will create poetry and art inspired by the healing propertie s of water and swimming and inequities in access. SWIMMING is part of Bose ’s art and advocacy project Storytelling with Saris.  Started over a decad e ago\, the project has fostered collaboration with women from Bose’s ance stral island in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and people around th e world.

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To learn more and become part of this exciting project\, please register using th e Eventbrite link. 

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

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Curator:  Sarah Tanguy.  Film/livestream: Paris Preston   Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.

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Community pa rtners:  Marie Reed Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Ada ms Morgan Partnership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.

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This project is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanitie s.

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Monica Jahan Bose is a Banglad eshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, prin tmaking\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic i njustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary instal lations and performances. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (22 solo show s\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing decade-long collaborative project ST ORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has traveled to eight countries a nd 12 US states\, engaging thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington P ost\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the the Japan Times\, Proth om Alo and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. The Smithsonian Anacostia C ommunity Museum has acquired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and arch ival materials for its collection.  Monica 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. 

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Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/79562 0070047?aff=oddtdtcreator.

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