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-4251@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T152426Z 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. If weather permits\, the workshop wil be outdoors on the sidewalk.  When installed in June 2024 at the Marie Reed Community & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “pool” of art- embellished saris\, along with a sound walk\, performances\, film screenin gs\, and poetry readings.  Artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose w ill lead a poetry and art workshop where we will create poetry and art ins pired by the healing properties of water and swimming and inequities in ac cess. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Storytelling wit h Saris.  Started over a decade ago\, the project has fostered collaborati on with women from Bose’s ancestral island in Bangladesh as well as reside nts of DC and people around the world.\nASL interpretation will be provide d. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or acco mmodation needs.  Register for the event on Eventbrite. \nCurator:  Sarah Tanguy.  Photography/livestream: Paris Preston  Music & Sound Design: Soni a Herrero.\nCommunity partners:  Marie Reed Elementary School and Communit y & Aquatic Center\, Adams Morgan Partnership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calva ry Women’s Services.\nThis project is funded by the DC Commission on the A rts and Humanities.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist an d climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, perfor mance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work highlights the interse ction of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-cre ated workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and performance s. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (2 2 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Mu seum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing decade-long collaborative proje ct STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island vi llage has traveled to eight countries and 12 US states\, engaging thousand s of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Po st\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Adverti ser\, the the Japan Times\, Prothom Alo and all major newspapers in Bangla desh. The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum has acquired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and archival materials for its collection.  Monic a 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 Col umbia Law School. \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/872963757097?aff =oddtdtcreator. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T180000 LOCATION:DC Arts Center @ 2438 18th Street NW\, Washington\, DC 20009 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Community Workshop for SWIMMING URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/launch-workshop-for-swimming-3- 2/ 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. If weather permits\, the workshop wil be ou tdoors on the sidewalk.  When installed in June 2024 at the Marie Reed Com munity & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “pool” of art-embellished saris\, along with a sound walk\, performances\, film s creenings\, and poetry readings.  Artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose will lead a poetry and art workshop where we will create poetry and art inspired by the healing properties of water and swimming and inequitie s in access. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Storytell ing with Saris.  Started over a decade ago\, the project has fostered coll aboration with women from Bose’s ancestral island in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and people around the world.

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ASL interpretation w ill be provided. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any que stions or accommodation needs.  Register for the event on Eventbrite. 

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Curator:  Sarah Tanguy.  Photography/livestream: Par is Preston  Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.

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Community partner s:  Marie Reed Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Mo rgan 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 Humanities.

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Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi- American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaki ng\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work high lights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injust ice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installatio ns and performances. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (22 solo shows\, n umerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh Nati onal Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing decade-long collaborative project STORYTE LLING 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 Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the the Japan Times\, Prothom Al o and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. The Smithsonian Anacostia Commun ity Museum has acquired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and archival materials for its collection.  Monica has a BA in the Practice of Art (Pai nting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate diploma in art from Sant iniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School. 

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Tick ets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8729637570 97?aff=oddtdtcreator.

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