It’s time to celebrate Earth Day all month lon
g! Join us for a planting\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nicholson Pro
ject’s garden. We will be cleaning and planting the garden with Kendra Haz
el\, the new Garden Manager at Nicholson. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will le
ad us in creating poetry and art inspired by the garden. We will have more
workshops in the summer with Monica followed by an exhibition and poetry
slam at The Nicholson Project in September.
\n
If you have joined prior Storytelling wit
h Saris workshops\, please bring with you your folder of materials — journ
al\, pencil etc. Looking forward to seeing you!
\n
Please email storytellingwithsaris@gm
ail.com with any questions or accommodation needs. ASL will be provided.
\n
Monica Jahan
Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spa
ns painting\, printmaking\, performance\, film\, and interdisciplinary pro
jects. Her social practice work highlights the intersection of climate\, r
acial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops and t
emporary public art installations and performances. She is the creator of
STORYTELLING WITH SARIS\, a long-term art and advocacy project with her an
cestral village of Katakhali\, Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of
Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Diploma in Art from Santinike
tan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\n
<
strong>Kendra Hazel is the 2023 Garden Mana
ger at The Nicholson Project. She is an herb enthusiast\, urban garden edu
cator\, and a plant based chef. She studied Health Science at Florida A&M
University\, has worked with neighborhood community gardens independently
and as the Community Garden Spaces manager with City Blossoms\, and recent
ly founded Green Things Work where she shares her holistic approach to wel
lness.
\n
The
Nicholson Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden i
n Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide oppo
rtunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community
and the local artist community—particularly artists of color and those fro
m Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-based progra
mming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celeb
rating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Sout
heast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts an
d community-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant
communities.
\n
This project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and H
umanities.
Join us for a planting\, poetry\, and art wor
kshop at The Nicholson Project’s garden. We will be cleaning and planting
the garden with Kendra Hazel\, the new Garden Manager at Nicholson. Artist
Monica Jahan Bose will lead us in creating poetry and art inspired by the
garden. We will have more workshops in the summer with Monica followed by
an exhibition and poetry slam at The Nicholson Project in September.
\n
If you have joi
ned prior Storytelling with Saris workshops\, please bring with you your f
older of materials — journal\, pencil etc. Looking forward to seeing you!<
/span>
\n
Please emai
l storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation need
s. ASL will be provided.
\n
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and clima
te activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, performance\, film\,
and interdisciplinary projects. Her social practice work highlights the i
ntersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through
co-created workshops and temporary public art installations and performanc
es. She is the creator of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS\, a long-term art and ad
vocacy project with her ancestral village of Katakhali\, Bangladesh. She h
as a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Dip
loma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\n
Kendra Haz
el is the 2023 Garden Manager at The Nicholson Project. She is an herb ent
husiast\, urban garden educator\, and a plant based chef. She studied Heal
th Science at Florida A&M University\, has worked with neighborhood commun
ity gardens independently and as the Community Garden Spaces manager with
City Blossoms\, and recently founded Green Things Work where she shares he
r holistic approach to wellness.
\n
The Nicholson Project is an artist residency program
and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is
to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and cre
atives from our community and the local artist community—particularly arti
sts of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors thro
ugh community-based programming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub
and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infus
ing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire others to use simil
ar non-traditional arts and community-centered projects as a pathway towar
d stronger\, more vibrant communities.
\n
This project is supported in part by the DC Co
mmission on the Arts and Humanities.
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ose will lead a hands-on sari workshop with high school students at Georg
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s will discuss strategies for climate action and gender justice and draw\,
paint\, and write on a hand-woven cotton sari from Bangladesh. For over
ten years\, Bose has been co-creating saris with communities as part of he
r Storytelling with Saris art and advocacy project. The sari will be used
in installations and performances and worn by Bangladeshi women. This is a
private workshop for students at the school.
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an Bose will lead a hands-on sari workshop with high school students at G
eorgetown Day School addressing environmental and gender justice. Partici
pants will discuss strategies for climate action and gender justice and dr
aw\, paint\, and write on a hand-woven cotton sari from Bangladesh. For o
ver ten years\, Bose has been co-creating saris with communities as part o
f her Storytelling with Saris art and advocacy project. The sari will be u
sed in installations and performances and worn by Bangladeshi women. This
is a private workshop for students at the school.
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CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jahan B
ose will lead a hands-on sari climate pledge workshop as part of the exhib
ition To Live and to Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Washingto
n\, D.C. Participants will discuss strategies for climate action and draw
\, paint\, and write climate pledges and climate injustice stories on a ha
nd-woven cotton sari in solidarity with women farmers of coastal Banglades
h\, who are on the frontlines of climate change. For over ten years\, Bose
has been co-creating saris with communities as part of her Storytelling w
ith Saris art and advocacy project. The sari will be used in installations
and performances and worn by Bangladeshi women\, creating a direct physic
al and emotional connection that links communities together to fight clima
te injustice.\n\n \n \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sari-climate-
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n Bose will lead a hands-on sari climate pledge workshop as part of the ex
hibition To Live and to Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Wa
shington\, D.C. Participants will discuss strategies for climate act
ion and draw\, paint\, and write climate pledges and climate injustice sto
ries on a hand-woven cotton sari in solidarity with women farmers of coast
al Bangladesh\, who are on the frontlines of climate change. For over ten
years\, Bose has been co-creating saris with communities as part of her St
orytelling with Saris art and advocacy project. The sari will be used in i
nstallations and performances and worn by Bangladeshi women\, creating a d
irect physical and emotional connection that links communities together to
fight climate injustice.
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CONTACT:https://www.thenicholsonproject.org/
DESCRIPTION:Please stop by for the final day of “Nourish: Storytelling with
Saris”! Monica Jahan Bose will be there during gallery hours from noon t
o 4 pm and will be happy to give you a tour of the exhibition.\nNourish: S
torytelling with Saris\nLocation: The Nicholson Project\, 2310 Nicholson
Project SE\, Washington DC\, Bus B2 and many others\nExhibition Dates: Sep
tember 10-November 4\, 2023\nGallery Hours: Wednesdays 2-6pm + Saturdays 1
2 noon – 4pm\nLink to Washington Post Review.\nNourish: Storytelling with
Saris is an installation of video\, drawings\, poems\, saris\, and kanthas
inspired by plants and herbs. Touching the soil and growing food are grou
nding and nourishing. For the last two years\, Bangladeshi-American artist
Monica Jahan Bose and DC participants in her Storytelling with Saris proj
ect have been connecting with the soil and Earth and food justice issues b
y nurturing plants on windowsills and planting neighborhood vegetable gard
ens. This year they planted and harvested in the garden at The Nicholson P
roject. Bose led a series of planting workshops that included poetry and a
rt inspired by soil and plants. Using performance\, sari art\, writing\, a
nd film\, Storytelling with Saris\, which commenced in 2012\, links DC res
idents with Bangladeshi coastal women farmers in solidarity to address cli
mate and food injustice. There is a concurrent exhibition by Stephanie J
. Williams.\nMonica Jahan Bose bio: Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-Ame
rican artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\
, film\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highligh
ts the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice
through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations
and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitch
ed garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent wome
n’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work
extensively in the US and internationally (20 solo shows\, 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 collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farm
ers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 10 states and seven
countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the
Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sent
inel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and all major news
papers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from
Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, I
ndia\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\nThis project was supported by t
he DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
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LOCATION:The Nicholson Project @ 2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington DC
SEQUENCE:0
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Please stop by for the final day
of “Nourish: Storytelling with Saris”! Monica Jahan Bose will be there du
ring gallery hours from noon to 4 pm and will be happy to give you a tour
of the exhibition.
\n
Nourish: Story
telling with Saris
\n
Location: The Nicholson Project\, 2310
Nicholson Project SE\, Washington DC\, Bus B2 and many others
Nourish: Storytelling with Saris is an installation of video\
, drawings\, poems\, saris\, and kanthas inspired by plants and h
erbs. Touching the soil and growing food are grounding and nourishing. For
the last two years\, Bangladeshi-American artist Monica Jahan Bose and DC
participants in her Storytelling with Saris project have been connecting
with the soil and Earth and food justice issues by nurturing plants on win
dowsills and planting neighborhood vegetable gardens. This year they plant
ed and harvested in the garden at The Nicholson Project. Bose led a series
of planting workshops that included poetry and art inspired by soil and p
lants. Using performance\, sari art\, writing\, and film\, Storytelling wi
th Saris\, which commenced in 2012\, links DC residents with Bangladeshi c
oastal women farmers in solidarity to address climate and food injustice.
There is a concurrent exhibition by Stephanie J. Williams.
\n
Monica Jahan Bose bio: Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and cl
imate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performanc
e\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection
of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created
workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and performances. <
/span>Bose uses the sari — a precolonial
18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and never discarde
d — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She ha
s exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (20 solo sh
ows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) includin
g solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of C
ontemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing
collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her
ancestral island village has travelled to 10 states and seven countries an
d engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asi
a Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Ja
pan Times\, and all major news
papers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from
Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, I
ndia\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\n
This project was
supported by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
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CONTACT:info@entertainmentculturepavilion.org\; https://www.cop28.com/en/bl
ue-zone
DESCRIPTION: \nLocation: Entertainment + Culture Pavilion\, Expo City\, Blu
e Zone B7\, Building 90 (same building as Women & Gender and Youth Pavilio
n)\, Ground Floor.\nIf you are going to COP28 in Dubai and have a Blue Zon
e pass\, please join us at The Entertainment + Culture Pavilion (Blue Zone
) and check out my sari installation and all the amazing programming. I w
ill also be doing a performance for the opening ceremony of the E+C Pavili
on at around 10:30 am on November 30th and a multimedia storytelling and i
nteractive sari workshop on December 2 at 4:30 to 5:30 pm.\nMonica Jahan B
ose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans
painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her soci
ally engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender
\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, ins
tallations and performances. Monica uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-
long unstitched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to r
epresent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibi
ted her work extensively in the US and internationally including solo exhi
bitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary
Art Rome. Her decade-long collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS w
ith women farmers from her ancestral island village has traveled to eight
countries and 11 US states\, engaging thousands of people. She has a BA in
the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Diploma in Ar
t from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
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\n
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OP28 in Dubai and have a Blue Zone pass\, please join us at The Entertainm
ent + Culture Pavilion (Blue Zone) and check out my sari installation and
all the amazing programming. I will also be doing a performance for the o
pening ceremony of the E+C Pavilion at around 10:30 am on November 30th an
d a multimedia storytelling and interactive sari workshop on December 2 at
4:30 to 5:30 pm.
\n
M
onica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist who
se work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and installati
on. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, ra
cial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art
actions\, installations and performances. Monica uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garme
nt that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent women’s live
s and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work extensiv
ely in the US and internationally including solo exhibitions at the Bangla
desh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her decade-long collaborative project STORYT
ELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has
traveled to eight countries and 11 US states\, engaging thousands of peop
le. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan Universit
y\, a Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD fro
m Columbia Law School.
\n
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DESCRIPTION:Monica Jahan Bose will be presenting at the Bangladesh Pavilion
on December 1 at 3:30 to 5 pm.\nThe Pavilion is in Blue Zone B2\, Buildin
g 21\, ground floor.\nJoin internationally-acclaimed artist and climate ac
tivist Monica Jahan Bose for multimedia storytelling and art-making on a s
ix-meter-long Bangladeshi sari\nStorytelling with Saris connects people ar
ound the world through art with action steps to address climate change in
solidarity with women farmers from artist Monica Jahan Bose’s ancestral vi
llage on Barobaishdia Island\, Patuakhali District\, Bangladesh. Monica is
working to preserve the intangible heritage of these women’s folk dances
and oral tradition Bangla songs\, which may be lost due to climate change.
She will show images and video and share stories about climate impacts i
n coastal Bangladesh and the resilience of these communities even in the f
ace of losing crops\, land\, and intangible heritage. Everyone will join
in drawing and writing on a sari. This hands-on art workshop builds cross-
border community and climate resilience.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Banglades
hi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printm
aking\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work
highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic in
justice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, installations and per
formances. Monica uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched ga
rment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent women’s l
ives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work exten
sively in the US and internationally including solo exhibitions at the Ban
gladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her dec
ade-long collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers
from her ancestral island village has traveled to eight countries and 11 U
S states\, engaging thousands of people. She has a BA in the Practice of A
rt (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Diploma in Art from Santiniketa
n\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
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ion on December 1 at 3:30 to 5 pm.
\n
The Pavilion is in Blue Zone B2
\, Building 21\, ground floor.
\n
Join internationally-acclaime
d artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose for multimed
ia storytelling and art-making on a six-meter-long Bangladeshi sari
\n
Storytelling with
Saris connects people around the
world through art with action steps to address climate change in solidari
ty with women farmers from artist Monica Jahan Bose’s ancestral village on
Barobaishdia Island\, Patuakhali District\, Bangladesh. Monica is working
to preserve the intangible heritage of these women’s folk dances and oral
tradition Bangla songs\, which may be lost due to climate change. She will show images and video and share
stories about climate impacts in coastal Bangladesh and the resilience of
these communities even in the face of losing crops\, land\, and intangibl
e heritage. Everyone will join in drawing and writing on a sari. <
span style='font-weight: 400\;'>This hands-on art workshop builds cross-bo
rder community and climate resilience.
\n
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climat
e activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\,
and installation. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection o
f climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created wo
rkshops\, art actions\, installations and performances. Monica uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long un
stitched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represen
t women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her
work extensively in the US and internationally including solo exhibitions
at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Ro
me. Her decade-long collaborative
project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral isla
nd village has traveled to eight countries and 11 US states\, engaging tho
usands of people. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesl
eyan University\, a Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\n
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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the online launch of SWIMMING\, a new public
art project that explores the deep and essential connections we have to w
ater as our world faces increased flooding and rising sea levels due to cl
imate change. When installed in June 2024 at the Marie Reed Community & Aq
uatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “pool” of art-embe
llished saris\, along with a sound walk\, performances\, film screenings\,
and poetry readings. During the launch\, artist and climate activist Mon
ica Jahan Bose will introduce the project and then lead a poetry and art w
orkshop where we will create poetry and art inspired by the. healing prope
rties of water 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 island in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and people arou
nd the world.\nTo learn more and become part of this exciting venture\, pl
ease register using the Eventbrite link. \nHere is the Zoom link for the w
orkshop on December 13 at 4:30 PM (Eastern time): https://us02web.zoom.us
/j/85156753263?pwd=RlRlY0Y1a25HVDR3eTIzUC9TN2xnUT09\nIf you have joined pr
ior Storytelling with Saris workshops\, please have with you your folder o
f materials — journal\, pencil etc. In the spring we will be having in per
son workshops to finish the saris. Looking forward to seeing you! Here is
a link to our workshop. \nASL interpretation will be provided. Please ema
il storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation nee
ds.\nCurator: Sarah Tanguy. Film/livestream: Paris Preston Music & Sou
nd Design: Sonia Herrero.\nCommunity partners: Marie Reed Elementary Scho
ol and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Morgan Partnership BID\, DC Arts
Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.\nThis project is funded by the DC Comm
ission on the Arts and Humanities.\n \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com
/e/swimming-project-launch-workshop-for-public-art-project-tickets-7523654
44297?aff=oddtdtcreator.
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e to climate change. When installed in June 2024 at the Marie Reed Communi
ty & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “pool” of a
rt-embellished saris\, along with a sound walk\, performances\, film scree
nings\, and poetry readings. During the launch\, artist and climate activ
ist Monica Jahan Bose will introduce the project and then lead a poetry an
d art workshop where we will create poetry and art inspired by the. healin
g properties of water and swimming and inequities in access. SWIMMING is p
art 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 island in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and peop
le around the world.
\n
To learn more and become part of this excitin
g venture\, please register using <
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If you have joined prior Storytel
ling with Saris workshops\, please have with you your folder of materials
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our workshop.
\n
ASL interpretation will be provided. Please em
ail storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation ne
eds.
\n
Curator: Sarah Tanguy. Film/livestream: Paris Preston Mus
ic & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.
\n
Community partners: Marie Reed
Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Morgan Partnershi
p BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.
\n
This project is
funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
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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.
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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.
\n
To learn more and become part of this exciting project\,
please register using th
e Eventbrite link.
\n
ASL interpretation will be
provided. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions
or accommodation needs.
\n
Curator: Sarah Tanguy. Film/livestream:
Paris Preston Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.
\n
Community pa
rtners: Marie Reed Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Ada
ms Morgan Partnership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.
\n
This project is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanitie
s.
\n
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
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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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DESCRIPTION:We will be doing workshops and talks and an exhibition in Dhaka
and Patuakhali\, Bangladesh. Stay tuned for details.
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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 lead a poetry and art workshop where we will create poetry and a
rt inspired by the healing properties of water and swimming and inequities
in access. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Storytelli
ng with Saris. Started over a decade ago\, the project has fostered colla
boration with women from Bose’s ancestral island in Bangladesh as well as
residents of DC and people around the world.\nASL interpretation will be p
rovided. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions o
r accommodation needs. Register for the event on Eventbrite. \nCurator:
Sarah Tanguy. Film/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/swimming-art-and
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ator.
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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 lead a poetry and art workshop where we will create poetr
y and art inspired by the healing properties of water and swimming and ine
quities in access. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Sto
rytelling with Saris. Started over a decade ago\, the project has fostere
d collaboration with women from Bose’s ancestral island in Bangladesh as w
ell as residents of DC and people around the world.
\n
ASL interpreta
tion will be provided. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with a
ny questions or accommodation needs. Register for the event on Eventbrite.
\n
Curator: Sarah Tanguy. Film/livestream: Paris Preston
Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.
\n
Community partners: Marie
Reed Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Morgan Partn
ership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.
\n
This proje
ct is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
\n
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American a
rtist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\
, performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work highlights the
intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice throug
h co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and per
formances. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (22 solo shows\, numerous gr
oup exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museu
m 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. H
er 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 Alo and all
major newspapers in Bangladesh. The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
has acquired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and archival materials
for its collection. Monica has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) fro
m Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate diploma in art from Santiniketan\,
India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
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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 lead a poetry and art workshop where we will create poetry and a
rt inspired by the healing properties of water and swimming and inequities
in access. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Storytelli
ng with Saris. Started over a decade ago\, the project has fostered colla
boration with women from Bose’s ancestral island in Bangladesh as well as
residents of DC and people around the world.\nASL interpretation will be p
rovided. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions o
r accommodation needs. Register for the event on Eventbrite. \nCurator:
Sarah Tanguy. Film/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/swimming-art-and
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ator.
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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 lead a poetry and art workshop where we will create poetr
y and art inspired by the healing properties of water and swimming and ine
quities in access. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Sto
rytelling with Saris. Started over a decade ago\, the project has fostere
d collaboration with women from Bose’s ancestral island in Bangladesh as w
ell as residents of DC and people around the world.
\n
ASL interpreta
tion will be provided. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with a
ny questions or accommodation needs. Register for the event on Eventbrite.
\n
Curator: Sarah Tanguy. Film/livestream: Paris Preston
Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.
\n
Community partners: Marie
Reed Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Morgan Partn
ership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.
\n
This proje
ct is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
\n
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American a
rtist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\
, performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work highlights the
intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice throug
h co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and per
formances. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (22 solo shows\, numerous gr
oup exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museu
m 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. H
er 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 Alo and all
major newspapers in Bangladesh. The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
has acquired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and archival materials
for its collection. Monica has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) fro
m Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate diploma in art from Santiniketan\,
India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
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CONTACT:703-228-1850\; https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Arts/
Programs/Arlington-Art-Truck
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the Climate Hope project by Monica J
ahan Bose presented by the Arlington Art Truck of Arlington County Governm
ent. Curated by Cynthia Connolly\, eight activations will occur at variou
s locations across Arlington\, Virginia. Contribute to a community create
d art project by writing a poem\, pledge\, or an illustration directly ont
o an 18-foot-long cotton sari that is adorned by woodblocks from the artis
t’s ancestral village in Bangladesh. The poems and pledges will complete t
he sari which already includes climate themed wood block prints. On the la
st day\, the public is invited to join a procession with over 70 feet of s
aris through an Arlington neighborhood to a waterway. Here is the PRESS R
ELEASE.\nActivation dates:\nWednesday\, April 3 – Barcroft School\, not op
en to public \nSunday\, April 7 – 9 am -1 pm – Columbia Pike Farmers Marke
t\, 2820 Columbia Pike\nSaturday\, April 20 – 8 an -noon – Lubber Run Farm
ers Market opening day\, 4401 N Henderson Road\nSunday\, April 21 – 11 am
-5 pm – Earth Day\, Every Day\, 4500-4550 Cherry Hill Road\nSunday\, May 5
– 9 am -1 pm – Fairlington Farmers Market opening day\, 3308 S Stafford S
treet Special guest: Arlington Poet Laureate Courtney LeBlanc will be with
us 9-11am \nThursday\, May 16 – 3-7 pm – MoCA on the Move with MoCA Arlin
gton at MET Park\, South Elm Street between South 13th and South 14th Stre
ets \nCANCELLED DUE TO RAIN Saturday\, May 18 – 10 am -1 pm – Family Fun
Day in the Park\, Alcova Heights Park\, 901 S George Mason Drive. \nSatur
day\, May 25 – 11 am-2:30 pm – Shirlington Library\, 4200 Campbell Avenue
\; 11-1: activation outside-(drop by anytime)\, 1-2:30: artist talk in li
brary and community performance/procession from library to Jennie Dean par
k. There is limited space for the artist talk indoors. Free. Sign up here.
\nCheck here for latest information \nImage: Monica Jahan Bose in Wate
r Resistance performance\, Paris\, France\, 2019\, photo credit: Amirul Ar
ham
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240525T143000
LOCATION:Arlington Art Truck- various locations @ Arlington\, VA
SEQUENCE:0
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We are excited to announce the
Climate Hope project by Monica Jahan Bose presented by the Arlington Art T
ruck of Arlington County Government. Curated by Cynthia Connolly\, eight
activations will occur at various locations across Arlington\, Virginia.
Contribute to a community created art project by writing a poem\, pledge\,
or an illustration directly onto an 18-foot-long cotton sari that is ador
ned by woodblocks from the artist’s ancestral village in Bangladesh. The p
oems and pledges will complete the sari which already includes climate the
med wood block prints. On the last day\, the public is invited to join a p
rocession with over 70 feet of saris through an Arlington neighborhood to
a waterway. Here is the PR
ESS RELEASE.
\n
Activation dates:
\n
Wednesday\, April 3 – Barcroft School\, not open to public
\n
Sunday\, April 7 – 9 am -1 pm – Columbia Pike Farmers M
arket\, 2820 Co
lumbia Pike
\n
Saturday\, April 20 – 8 an -noon
– Lubber Run Farmers Market opening day\, 4401 N Henderson Road
Sunday\, May 5 – 9 am -1 pm – Fairlington
Farmers Market opening day\, 3308 S Stafford Street Special guest: Arlington P
oet Laureate Courtney LeBlanc will be with us 9-11am
<
b>CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN Saturday\, May 18 – 10 am -1 pm – Family Fun Day i
n the Park\, Alcova Heights Park\, 901 S George Mason Drive.
\n
Saturday\
, May 25 – 11 am-2:30 pm – Shirlington Library\, 4200 Campbell Avenue \; 11-1
: activation outside-(drop by anytime)\, 1-2:30: artist talk in library an
d community performance/procession from library to Jennie Dean park. There
is limited space for the artist talk indoors. Free. Sign up here.
Ima
ge: Monica Jahan Bose in Water Resistance performance\, Paris\, France\,
2019\, photo credit: Amirul Arham
\n
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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
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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.
\n
ASL interpretation w
ill be provided. Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any que
stions or accommodation needs. Register for the event on Eventbrite.
\n
Curator: Sarah Tanguy. Photography/livestream: Par
is Preston Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.
\n
Community partner
s: Marie Reed Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Mo
rgan Partnership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.
\n
This project is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
\n
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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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,earth day\,film\,gender
CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; 2025096282\; monicajahanbose@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:Join artist/filmmaker Monica Jahan Bose for the DC premiere of
“Darchira River\,” a new performance film. The film is based on a performa
nce about cimate change let by Monica in Katakhali Village\, Bangladesh\,
on the banks of the Darchira River\, which has been destroyed by climate c
hange. The stunning footage shows women farmers of the village engage in s
inging\, writing\, and rituals towards healing climate change. In this eco
feminist work\, the women reframe a Muslim ritual of writing wishes\, into
a feminist ritual of hope and renewal\, using writing\, turmeric and wate
r. The film features village women’s oral tradition songs along with an or
iginal score by DC musician and sound designer Sonia Herrero. Cinematograp
hy: Shefali Akhter Shetu. Editing: Shefali Akhter Shetu and Monica Jahan B
ose.\nJoin us at lunchtime on Friday for the DC premiere at Artomatic.\nRu
nning time 20 minutes\, followed by Q&A with artist\nArtomatic\, Friday\,
April 19 at 12:15 pm\, 6th floor\n2100 M St NW\, Washington\, DC (metro\;
Dupont Circle)
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T131500
LOCATION:Artomatic @ 2100 M St NW\, Washington DC 20037
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Darchira River film screening
URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/darchira-river-film-screening/
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Join artist/filmmaker Monica Jahan Bose
for the DC premiere of “Darchira River\,” a new performance film. The
film is based on a performance about cimate change let by Monica in Katak
hali Village\, Bangladesh\, on the banks of the Darchira River\, which has
been destroyed by climate change. The stunning footage shows women farmer
s of the village engage in singing\, writing\, and rituals towards healing
climate change. In this ecofeminist work\, the women reframe a Muslim rit
ual of writing wishes\, into a feminist ritual of hope and renewal\, using
writing\, turmeric and water. The film features village women’s oral trad
ition songs along with an original score by DC musician and sound designer
Sonia Herrero. Cinematography: Shefali Akhter Shetu. Editing: Shefali Akh
ter Shetu and Monica Jahan Bose.
\n
Join us at lunchtime o
n Friday for the DC premiere at Artomatic.
\n
Running time
20 minutes\, followed by Q&A with artist
\n
Artomatic\, F
riday\, April 19 at 12:15 pm\, 6th floor
\n
2100 M St NW\,
Washington\, DC (metro\; Dupont Circle)
\n
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DTSTAMP:20260416T114648Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,earth day\,gardening\,gender\,plant
s\,poetry'
CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; 2025096282\; monicajahanbose@gmail.com\; https:
//www.thenicholsonproject.org/
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a planting\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nicho
lson Project’s garden. We will be cleaning and planting the garden with Pe
ter Lewis\, the Garden Manager at Nicholson. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will
lead us in creating poetry and sari art.\nIf you have joined prior Storyt
elling with Saris workshops\, please bring with you your folder of materia
ls — journal\, pencil etc. Looking forward to seeing you! Please email st
orytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation needs.\n
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist wh
ose work spans painting\, printmaking\, performance\, film\, and interdisc
iplinary projects. Her social practice work highlights the intersection of
climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created wor
kshops and temporary public art installations and performances. She is the
creator of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS\, a long-term art and advocacy project
with her ancestral village of Katakhali\, Bangladesh. She has a BA in the
Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Diploma in Art fr
om Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\nPeter Lewis
is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been working with Nicholso
n Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact for garden activitie
s and distribution during peak growing season. Peter also manages seeds st
arts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Silver Sp
ring\, MD.\n\n\nMonica Jahan Bose bio: Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-
American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaki
ng\, film\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highl
ights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injusti
ce through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installatio
ns and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unsti
tched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent w
omen’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her wo
rk extensively in the US and internationally (20 solo shows\, numerous gro
up exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions
at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Ro
me. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women f
armers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 10 states and se
ven countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in t
he Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee S
entinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and all major n
ewspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) fr
om Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\
, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\n\n\nThe Nicholson Project is
an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn
neighborhood. 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 auth
entic 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.\nThis p
roject is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.\n\n\n
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-poetry-workshop-ticket
s-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreator.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240422T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240422T120000
LOCATION:The Nicholson Project @ 2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington DC
SEQUENCE:0
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\n
Join us for
a planting\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nicholson Project’s garden.
We will be cleaning and planting the garden with Peter Lewis\, the Garden
Manager at Nicholson. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will lead us in creating p
oetry and sari art.
\n
If you have joined prior Storytelling with Sar
is workshops\, please bring with you your folder of materials — journal\,
pencil etc. Looking forward to seeing you! Please email storytellingwiths
aris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation needs.
\n
Monica J
ahan 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 a
nd temporary public art installations and performances. She is the creator
of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS\, a long-term art and advocacy project with he
r ancestral village of Katakhali\, Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practic
e of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Diploma in Art from Santi
niketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\n
Peter Lewis i
s an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been working with Nicholson
Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact for garden activities
and distribution during peak growing season. Peter also manages seeds sta
rts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Silver Spr
ing\, MD.
\n
\n
\n
Monica
Jahan Bose bio: Monica Jahan Bose
is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans pai
nting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and public art. Her socially e
ngaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and
economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and tempo
rary installations and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment tha
t is always recycled and never discarded — to represent women’s lives and
the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work extensively in
the US and internationally (20 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\,
and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Banglades
h National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING
WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has travel
led to 10 states and seven countries and engaged 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 Japan Times\, and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA
in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-gradua
te Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law S
chool.
\n
\n
\n
The
Nicholson Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden
in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opp
ortunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community
and the local artist community—particularly artists of color and those fr
om Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-based progr
amming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor cele
brating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Sou
theast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts a
nd community-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant
communities.
\n
This project is supported by the DC Commission on th
e Arts and Humanities.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,poetry'\,workshop
CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com\; storytellingw
ithsaris.com
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an an art and poetry workshop to cocreate wo
rk for SWIMMING\, a new public art project that explores the deep and esse
ntial connections we have to water as our world faces increased flooding a
nd rising sea levels due to climate change. Our host is Moms Clean Air For
ce. In honor of Mental Health Month\, we will be focusing on healing\, poe
try\, and hands on art to increase mindfulness\, reduce climate anxiety\,
and improve mental health. When installed in June 2024 at the Marie Reed C
ommunity & 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 Jaha
n Bose will discuss the project and then lead a poetry and art workshop wh
ere we will create poetry and art on saris inspired by the healing propert
ies of water and swimming and inequities in access. SWIMMING is part of Bo
se’s art and advocacy project Storytelling with Saris. Started over a deca
de ago\, the project has fostered collaboration with women from Bose’s anc
estral island in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and people around t
he world.\nASL interpretation will be provided. Please email storytellingw
ithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation needs. Register fo
r the event on Eventbrite.\nCurator: Sarah Tanguy. Photography/livestrea
m: Paris Preston Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.\nCommunity partners
: Marie Reed Elementary School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Mor
gan Partnership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.\nThis pro
ject is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.\nMonica Ja
han Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work
spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her
socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, ge
nder\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\,
and temporary installations and performances. She has exhibited her work
extensively in the US and internationally (22 solo shows\, 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 STORYTELLING WITH SARIS wit
h women farmers from her ancestral island village has traveled to eight co
untries and 12 US states\, engaging thousands of people. Her work has appe
ared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Mi
lwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the the Japan Times\, Pr
othom Alo and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. The Smithsonian Anacosti
a Community Museum has acquired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and a
rchival materials for its collection. Monica has a BA in the Practice of
Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate diploma in art f
rom Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School. \nTickets: h
ttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/swimming-art-and-poetry-workshop-for-public-ar
t-project-tickets-884545418157.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T180000
LOCATION:Moms Clean Air Force @ 555 12th Street NW\, Washington\, DC
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Community Workshop for SWIMMING
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Please join us for an an art and poetry workshop
to cocreate work for SWIMMING\, a new public art project that explores the
deep and essential connections we have to water as our world faces increa
sed flooding and rising sea levels due to climate change. Our host is Moms
Clean Air Force. In honor of Mental Health Month\, we will be focusing on
healing\, poetry\, and hands on art to increase mindfulness\, reduce clim
ate anxiety\, and improve mental health. When installed in June 2024 at th
e Marie Reed Community & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will f
eature a “pool” of art-embellished saris\, along with a sound walk\, perfo
rmances\, film screenings\, and poetry readings. Artist and climate activi
st Monica Jahan Bose will discuss the project and then lead a poetry and a
rt workshop where we will create poetry and art on saris inspired by the h
ealing properties of water and swimming and inequities in access. SWIMMING
is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Storytelling with Saris. Start
ed over a decade ago\, the project has fostered collaboration with women f
rom Bose’s ancestral island in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and p
eople around the world.
\n
ASL interpretation will be provided. Pleas
e email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodatio
n needs. Regi
ster for the event on Eventbrite.
\n
Curator: Sarah Tanguy. Pho
tography/livestream: Paris Preston Music & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.\n
Community partners: Marie Reed Elementary School and Community & A
quatic Center\, Adams Morgan Partnership BID\, DC Arts Center\, Calvary Wo
men’s Services.
\n
This project is funded by the DC Commission on the
Arts and Humanities.
\n
Monica Jaha
n Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work sp
ans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her so
cially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gend
er\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, a
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\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the the
Japan Times\, Prothom Alo and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. The Smit
hsonian Anacostia Community Museum has acquired and group of her paintings
\, saris\, and archival 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 Scho
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MING\, a new public art project that explores the deep and essential conne
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ea levels due to climate change. We will be sewing together 22 saris for t
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h you how to hand sew or use a machine. When installed in June 2024 at the
Marie Reed Community & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will fe
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mances\, film screenings\, and poetry readings. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s
art and advocacy project Storytelling with Saris. Started over a decade a
go\, the project has fostered collaboration with women from Bose’s ancestr
al island in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and people around the w
orld. The workshop is generously hosted by The Line DC.\nTo learn more and
become part of this exciting project\, please register and add to your ca
lendar. ASL will be provided.\nPlease email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.co
m with any questions or accommodation needs.\nCurator: Sarah Tanguy. Film/
livestream: Paris Preston\nMusic & Sound Design: Sonia Herrero. Marketing
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o cocreate work for SWIMMING\, a new public art project that explores the
deep and essential connections we have to water as our world faces increas
ed flooding and rising sea levels due to climate change. We will be sewing
together 22 saris for the project. You do not need to have sewing experin
ce. We are happy to teach you how to hand sew or use a machine. When insta
lled in June 2024 at the Marie Reed Community & Aquatic Center in Washingt
on DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “pool” of art-embellished saris\, along wi
th a sound walk\, performances\, film screenings\, and poetry readings. SW
IMMING is part of Bose’s art and advocacy project Storytelling with Saris.
Started over a decade ago\, the project has fostered collaboration with w
omen from Bose’s ancestral island in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC
and people around the world. The workshop is generously hosted by The Lin
e DC.
\n
To learn more and become part of this exciting pr
oject\, please register and add to your calendar. ASL will be provided.
\n
Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any que
stions or accommodation needs.
\n
Curator: Sarah Tanguy. F
ilm/livestream: Paris Preston
\n
Music & Sound Design: Son
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\n
Community partners: Marie Reed Elementary School and Community & Aqua
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’s Services\, Moms Clean Air Force.
\n
This project is fun
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Storytelling with Saris team to help harvest the veget
ables from the Nicholson Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in th
e garden in the spring and and are thrilled to go back to see what has bee
n growing. We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and
work with the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis.\nPeter Lewis is an avid
gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been working with Nicholson Project
since 2022 and is the main point of contact for garden activities and dist
ribution during peak growing season. Peter also manages seeds starts and r
uns the Community Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.
\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist
whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and public
art. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, r
acial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art
actions\, and temporary installations and performances. Bose uses the sa
ri — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled
and never discarded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on
our planet. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internat
ionally (23 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 per
formances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum an
d MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing collaborative project
STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island vill
age has travelled to 12 US states and eight countries and engaged thousand
s of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington P
ost\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advert
iser\, the Japan Times\, and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. She has a
BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-gr
aduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia L
aw School.\n\n\n\n\nThe Nicholson Project is an artist residency program a
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o support\, provide opportunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and creat
ives from our community and the local artist community—particularly artist
s of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors throug
h community-based programming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub an
d community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusin
g 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.\nStortyelling with Saris is supported
by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.\n\n\nTickets: https://ww
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and and are thrilled to go back to see what has been growing. We will do
some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and work with the gardener
in residence\, Peter Lewis.
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Peter Lewis is an avid gardener\, art
ist\, and chef. He has been working with Nicholson Project since 2022 and
is the main point of contact for garden activities and distribution during
peak growing season. Peter also manages seeds starts and runs the Communi
ty Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.
\n
Monica
Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose wo
rk spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and public art. He
r socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\,
gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions
\, and temporary installations and performances. Bose uses the sari — a p
recolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and nev
er discarded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our pla
net. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally
(23 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performance
s) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO
Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTE
LLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has
travelled to 12 US states and eight countries and engaged thousands of peo
ple. 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-gra
duate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia La
w School.
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The Nicholson Project is an artist residency program and neighbor
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provide opportunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from o
ur community and the local artist community—particularly artists of color
and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community
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anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusing new vibra
ncy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-tradit
ional arts and community-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\,
more vibrant communities.
\n
Stortyelling with Saris is supported by
the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
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justice and draw\, paint\, and write on a hand-woven cotton sari from Ban
gladesh. For over ten years\, Bose has been co-creating saris with commun
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sari will be used in installations and performances and worn by Banglades
hi women. This is a private workshop for students at the GDS Policy Instit
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nder justice and draw\, paint\, and write on a hand-woven cotton sari from
Bangladesh. For over ten years\, Bose has been co-creating saris with co
mmunities as part of her Storytelling with Saris art and advocacy project.
The sari will be used in installations and performances and worn by Bangl
adeshi women. This is a private workshop for students at the GDS Policy In
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\n
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Storytelling with Saris team to help harvest the veget
ables from the Nicholson Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in th
e garden in the spring and and are thrilled to go back to see what has bee
n growing. We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and
work with the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis. Location: 2310 Nichol
son St\, SE\, Washington DC. Buses B2\, 32\, 36. Free street parking ava
ilable.\nPeter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been
working with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact
for garden activities and distribution during peak growing season. Peter
also manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koi
ner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-Americ
an artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, f
ilm\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highlights
the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice thr
ough co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and
performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched
garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent women’s
lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work ext
ensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numerous group exh
ibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at th
e Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. He
r ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers
from her ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US states and eight
countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the
Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sent
inel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and all major news
papers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from
Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, I
ndia\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\n\n\n\n\nThe Nicholson Project i
s an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn
neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\
, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and the local artis
t community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—whil
e engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Its vision i
s to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s aut
hentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope t
o inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and community-centere
d projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.\nStort
yelling with Saris is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Human
ities.\n\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-poetry-wor
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and and are thrilled to go back to see what has been growing. We will do
some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and work with the gardener
in residence\, Peter Lewis. Location: 2310 Nicholson St\, SE\, Washingt
on DC. Buses B2\, 32\, 36. Free street parking available.
\n
Peter
Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been working with Ni
cholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact for garden act
ivities and distribution during peak growing season. Peter also manages se
eds starts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Sil
ver Spring\, MD.
\n
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artis
t and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, pe
rformance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highlights the inte
rsection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-
created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and perform
ances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment
that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent women’s lives a
nd the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work extensively
in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions
\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangla
desh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoin
g collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from he
r ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US states and eight countri
es and engaged 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 Japan Times\, and all major newsp
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esleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, In
dia\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
The Nicholson Project is an artist
residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborho
od. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\, and ampli
fy 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 authentic iden
tity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire o
thers to use similar non-traditional arts and community-centered projects
as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.
\n
Stortyell
ing with Saris is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanitie
s.
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Storytelling with Saris team to help harvest the veget
ables from the Nicholson Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in th
e garden in the spring and summer\, and and are thrilled to go back to see
what has been growing. We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Ja
han Bose and work with the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis. Location:
2310 Nicholson St\, SE\, Washington DC. Buses B2\, 32\, 36. Free stree
t parking available.\nPeter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef.
He has been working with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main poi
nt of contact for garden activities and distribution during peak growing s
eason. Peter also manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting P
rogram at Koiner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangl
adeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, pr
intmaking\, film\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged wor
k highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic
injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary inst
allations and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-lon
g unstitched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to repr
esent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited
her work extensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numer
ous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhi
bitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary
Art Rome. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with
women farmers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US sta
tes and eight countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has app
eared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the M
ilwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and a
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inting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from San
tiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\n\n\n\n\nThe Nichol
son Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward
7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunit
ies\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and th
e 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 authentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast
DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and comm
unity-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant commun
ities.\nStortyelling with Saris is supported in part by the DC Commission
on the Arts and Humanities.\n\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gar
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Join the St
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on Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in the garden in the spring
and summer\, and and are thrilled to go back to see what has been growing
. We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and work with
the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis. Location: 2310 Nicholson St\,
SE\, Washington DC. Buses B2\, 32\, 36. Free street parking available.\n
Peter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been wo
rking with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact f
or garden activities and distribution during peak growing season. Peter al
so manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koine
r Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.
\n
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-A
merican artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmakin
g\, film\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highli
ghts the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustic
e through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installation
s and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstit
ched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent wo
men’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her wor
k extensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numerous grou
p exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions
at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rom
e. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women fa
rmers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US states and
eight countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in
the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwau
kee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and al
l major newspapers in Bangladesh. She 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.
\n
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The Nicholson Projec
t is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairl
awn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, enga
ge\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and the local ar
tist community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—w
hile engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Its visio
n is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s
authentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hop
e to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and community-cent
ered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.
\n
Stortyelling with Saris is supported in part by the DC Commission on
the Arts and Humanities.
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DESCRIPTION:Storytelling with Saris workshops will take place in February 2
025 in Bangladesh. The workshops will include sari printing\, new kantha
creations from worn saris from Storytelling with Saris\, new song creation
\, and performance.
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tha creations from worn saris from Storytelling with Saris\, new song crea
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CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:Storytelling with Saris is thrilled to announce our participati
on in World Pride DC 2025 and our receipt of a World Pride grant from the
Capital Pride Alliance.\n. Link to press release from Capital Pride and W
orld Pride DC 2025.\n\n\n\nWeaving Resistance: Storytelling with Saris\n\n
\n\nIn this moment of human rights crisis created by the current U.S. admi
nistration\, it is imperative to build community and fight back for LGBTQ+
rights without apology or retreat. This year’s World Pride theme is The F
abric of Freedom. Textiles have served as modes of resistance for centurie
s\, especially by women and other marginalized groups. Since 2012\, the St
orytelling with Saris collaborative art project has been using the cotton
sari — a 19-foot-long unstitched garment— as a site of community expressio
n of bodily autonomy and gender and climate justice. Cotton saris are cove
red in woodblock printing\, stencils\, painting\, drawing\, embroidery\, a
ppliqué\, and poetry and then used for large scale installations and perfo
rmances.\n\n\n\nOver the last decade\, Storytelling with Saris workshops\,
performances\, and installations have engaged thousands of people in 13 U
.S. states and 8 countries\, including Bangladesh\, Canada\, France\, Gree
ce\, and Italy. Recent Storytelling with Saris projects\, performances\, w
orkshops\, and roundtables in the U.S. and Bangladesh have specifically fo
cused on LGBTQ+ issues\, gender roles and identity\, bodily autonomy\, and
increasing understanding and acceptance of gender-nonconforming persons t
hrough discussion\, education\, and collaborative art and performance.\n\n
\n\nFor World Pride 2025\, Storytelling with Saris will present five heali
ng and empowering art and poetry workshops on gender/sexuality/identity to
foster greater inclusion\, empathy\, and pride in this difficult politica
l climate. The workshops will culminate in a community performance and mar
ch. We are partnering with Human Rights Campaign\, Moms Clean Air Force\,
and Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Group. ASL is avail
able for all events. All events in accessible spaces. Please contact stor
ytellingwithsaris@gmail.com for any accommodation requests.\n\n\n\nWeaving
Resistance: Storytelling with Saris Events\nRegister for all events at th
is link on EVENTBRITE.\n\n\n1. Workshop hosted by Moms Clean Air Force\, 5
55 12th Street NW\, May 16 from 5:30 to 7 pm. ASL confirmed.\n\n\n\nLink t
o register and details.\n\n\n\n2. Display of artwork Prokash/Reveal Sari S
croll on gender/sexuality/identity at World Pride Welcome Center\, 737 7th
Street NW (Gallery Place Metro). Washington\, DC 20021\, from May 17-June
8\, Open Saturday\, May 17th & Sunday\, May 18th12:00 PM – 8:00 PM\; Satu
rday\, May 24th & Sunday\, May 25th 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM\; May 30th – June
8th\, open daily from 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM\n\n\n\nLink to World Pride Welcom
e and Visual Arts Center\n\n\n\n3. Workshop hosted by Asian Pacific Island
er Domestic Violence Resource Group\, May 29 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm\; ASL re
quested.\nLink to register\n\n\n\n4. Drop in workshops at World Pride DC H
Q hosted by Human Rights Campaign\, 737 7th St NW\, May 31\, 12:00pm to 3:
00pm and June 1 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. Drop in and contribute to the Worl
d Pride saris with art and poetry. ASL requested.\nLink to register for w
orkshop on May 31\nLink to register for workshop on June 1\n5. Drop in wor
kshop at the Human Rights Conference at JW Marriott\, 1331 Pennsylvania Av
enue NW\, June 5 from 10 am to 2 pm\nLink to register for the Conference\n
\n\n\n6. Outdoor “Weaving Resistance” community sewing performance\, Marie
Reed Plaza\, 2201 18th St NW\, June 6 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm\nLink to Regis
ter for the June 6 Performance\n\n\n\n7. Culminating event: international
march with massive “Weaving Resistance” sari from Lincoln Memorial to the
Capitol on Sunday June 8\, from 10 am to 12 noon. Meet at Foggy Bottom Met
ro between 9:30 am & 10 am. Step off at 10 am to go to Lincoln Memorial.\n
Link to register to carry sari to the Capitol on June 8\n\n\n\n\n\nThe pro
ject is sponsored by Capital Pride Alliance. Community partners: Human R
ights Campaign\, Moms Clean Air Force\, and Asian/Pacific Islander Domesti
c Violence Resource Project. The project is also supported in part by th
e DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.\n\n\n\nTickets: https://www.ev
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Storytelling with Saris is thr
illed to announce our participation in World Pride DC 2025 and our receipt
of a World Pride grant from the Capital Pride Alliance.
In this
moment of human rights crisis created by the current U.S. administration\
, it is imperative to build community and fight back for LGBTQ+ rights wit
hout apology or retreat. This year’s World Pride theme is The Fabric of Fr
eedom. Textiles have served as modes of resistance for centuries\, especia
lly by women and other marginalized groups. Since 2012\, the Storytelling
with Saris collaborative art project has been using the cotton sari — a 19
-foot-long unstitched garment— as a site of community expression of bodily
autonomy and gender and climate justice. Cotton saris are covered in wood
block printing\, stencils\, painting\, drawing\, embroidery\, appliqué\, a
nd poetry and then used for large scale installations and performances.
\n\n\n\n
Over the last decade\, Storytelling with Saris workshops\, per
formances\, and installations have engaged thousands of people in 13 U.S.
states and 8 countries\, including Bangladesh\, Canada\, France\, Greece\,
and Italy. Recent Storytelling with Saris projects\, performances\, works
hops\, and roundtables in the U.S. and Bangladesh have specifically focuse
d on LGBTQ+ issues\, gender roles and identity\, bodily autonomy\, and inc
reasing understanding and acceptance of gender-nonconforming persons throu
gh discussion\, education\, and collaborative art and performance.
\n\n
\n\n
For World Pride 2025\, Storytelling with Saris will present five he
aling and empowering art and poetry workshops on gender/sexuality/identity
to foster greater inclusion\, empathy\, and pride in this difficult polit
ical climate. The workshops will culminate in a community performance and
march. We are partnering with Human Rights Campaign\, Moms Clean Air Force
\, and Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Group. ASL is av
ailable for all events. All events in accessible spaces. Please contact s
torytellingwithsaris@gmail.com for any accommodation requests.
\n\n\n\n
Weaving Resistance: Storytelling with Saris Events
2. Display
of artwork Prokash/Reveal Sari Scroll on gender/sexuality/identity at Wor
ld Pride Welcome Center\, 737 7th Street NW (Gallery Place Metro). Washing
ton\, DC 20021\, from May 17-June 8\, Open Saturday\, May 17th & Sunday\,
May 18th 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM\; Saturday\, May 24th & Sunday\, May 25th
12:00 PM – 8:00 PM\; May 30th – June 8th\, open daily from 12:00 P
M – 8:00 PM
4. Drop in workshops at World Pride D
C HQ hosted by Human Rights Campaign\, 737 7th St NW\, May 31\, 12:00p
m to 3:00pm and June 1 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. Drop in and contribute to t
he World Pride saris with art and poetry. ASL requested.
7. Culminating event: internatio
nal march with massive “Weaving Resistance” sari from Lincoln Memorial to
the Capitol on Sunday June 8\, from 10 am to 12 noon. Meet at Foggy Bottom
Metro between 9:30 am & 10 am. Step off at 10 am to go to Lincoln Memoria
l.
\nThe project is sponsored by Capital Pride Allia
nce. Community partners: Human Rights Campaign\, Moms Clean Air Force\,
and Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project. The proje
ct is also supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humaniti
es.
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s\,poetry'
CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; 2025096282\; monicajahanbose@gmail.com\; https:
//www.thenicholsonproject.org/
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a gardening\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nich
olson Project’s garden. We will be helping with setting up the soil beds i
n the garden with Peter Lewis\, the Garden Manager at Nicholson. Artist Mo
nica Jahan Bose will lead us in creating poetry and art inspired by care o
f the soil and Earth and each other.\nIf you have joined prior Storytellin
g with Saris workshops\, please bring with you your folder of materials —
journal\, pencil etc. Looking forward to seeing you! Sign up AT THIS LINK
.\n\nNicholson Project address:\n2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington\, DC 20
020\nMany buses go there including D10\, C15\, C31.\n\nPlease email storyt
ellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation needs.\nIf y
ou have joined prior Storytelling with Saris workshops\, please bring with
you your folder of materials — journal\, pencil etc. Looking forward to s
eeing you! Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any question
s or accommodation needs.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American art
ist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, perform
ance\, film\, and interdisciplinary projects. Her social practice work hig
hlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injus
tice through co-created workshops and temporary public art installations a
nd performances. She is the creator of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS\, a long-te
rm art and advocacy project with her ancestral village of Katakhali\, Bang
ladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan Unive
rsity\, a Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbi
a Law School.\nPeter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has
been working with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of c
ontact for garden activities and distribution during peak growing season.
Peter also manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting Program
at Koiner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.\n\n\nMonica Jahan Bose bio: Monica J
ahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work
spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and public art. Her
socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, ge
nder\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\,
and temporary installations and performances. Bose uses the sari — a pre
colonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and never
discarded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our plane
t. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (2
0 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 collaborative project STORYTELL
ING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has tr
avelled to 10 states and seven countries and engaged thousands of people.
Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asi
a Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Ja
pan Times\, and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Pr
actice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diplom
a in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\n
\n\nThe Nicholson Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood
garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, prov
ide opportunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from our co
mmunity and the local artist community—particularly artists of color and t
hose from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-base
d programming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anch
or celebrating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy i
nto 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.\nThis project is supported by the DC Commission on th
e Arts and Humanities.\n\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/care-ear
th-day-gardening-and-art-workshop-tickets-1987193583502?aff=oddtdtcreator&
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Join us for
a gardening\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nicholson Project’s garden
. We will be helping with setting up the soil beds in the garden with Pete
r Lewis\, the Garden Manager at Nicholson. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will l
ead us in creating poetry and art inspired by care of the soil and Earth a
nd each other.
\n
If you have joined prior Storytelling with Saris wo
rkshops\, please bring with you your folder of materials — journal\, penci
l etc. Looking forward to seeing you! Sign up AT THIS LINK.
\n
\n
Nicholson Project address:
\n
2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington\, DC 20020
\n
Many buses go there including D10\, C15\, C31.
\n
\n
Please email storytellingwithsa
ris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation needs.
\n
If you ha
ve joined prior Storytelling with Saris workshops\, please bring with you
your folder of materials — journal\, pencil etc. Looking forward to seeing
you! Please email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or
accommodation needs.
\n
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American a
rtist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, perfo
rmance\, film\, and interdisciplinary projects. Her social practice work h
ighlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic inj
ustice through co-created workshops and temporary public art installations
and performances. She is the creator of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS\, a long-
term art and advocacy project with her ancestral village of Katakhali\, Ba
ngladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan Uni
versity\, a Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Colum
bia Law School.
\n
Peter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and che
f. He has been working with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main p
oint of contact for garden activities and distribution during peak growing
season. Peter also manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting
Program at Koiner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.
\n
\n
\n
Monica Jahan Bose bio: Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and
climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performa
nce\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersecti
on of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-create
d workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and performances.
Bose uses the sari — a precolonia
l 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and never discar
ded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She
has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (20 solo
shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) includ
ing solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of
Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoin
g collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from he
r ancestral island village has travelled to 10 states and seven countries
and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art A
sia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the
Japan Times\, and all major ne
wspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) fro
m Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\,
India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\n
\n
\n
The Nicholson Project is an artist resi
dency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. I
ts mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\, and amplify ar
tists and creatives from our community and the local artist community—part
icularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our n
eighbors through community-based programming. Its vision is to serve as a
cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic 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.
\n
This project i
s supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
