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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,gender\,poetry'
CONTACT:Sierra Quitiquit\; sierra@timeforbetter.org\; https://www.timeforbe
tter.org/cop28hopehouse
DESCRIPTION:Monica Jahan Bose will create a sari installation called “Sari
Resilience” during the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. It will be part
of Hope House in the arts district and accessible to all (no blue or gree
n badge needed).\nDates: November 30-December 11\, \,2023.\nAddress: Jos
sa\, Warehouse 45 Alserkal Avenue – 17th St – Dubai – United Arab Emirates
\nInteractive Climate Sari workshop: November 30 from 7-10 pm at Open Hou
se (RSVP at link below)\nHope House is a “canvas for hope\,” a place of re
st\, resilience\, culture and inspiration set in a warehouse space in the
vibrant Alserkal arts district in Dubai. All visitors to COP28 are invite
d to come and join us. More details about Hope House at this link.\nWorks
hop details: Join artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose for inter
active storytelling and art-making on a six-meter-long Bangladeshi sari.
We will be composing short poems and making art together about climate hop
e in solidarity with coastal women farmers on Barobaishdia Island in Bangl
adesh. This hands-on art workshop builds cross-border community and clim
ate resilience as part of the decade-long Storytelling with Saris art and
advocacy project.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and
climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performa
nce\, and installation. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersec
tion of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-crea
ted workshops\, art actions\, installations and performances. Monica uses
the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always re
cycled and never discarded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of l
ife on our planet. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and in
ternationally including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum
and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. 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 fr
om Columbia Law School.
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Monica Jahan Bose will create a sari installation called “Sari Resi
lience” during the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. It will be part of
Hope House in the arts district and accessible to all (no blue or green ba
dge needed).
\n
Dates: November 30-December 11\, \,2023.
\n
Add
ress: Jossa\, Warehouse 45 Alserkal Avenue – 17th St – Dubai – United Ara
b Emirates
\n
Interactive Climate Sari workshop: November 30 from 7-
10 pm at Open House (RSVP at link below)
\n
Hope House is a “canvas f
or hope\,” a place of rest\, resilience\, culture and inspiration set in a
warehouse space in the vibrant Alserkal arts district in Dubai. All visi
tors to COP28 are invited to come and join us. More details about Hope House at this link.
\n
Workshop details: Join artist and climate activist Monic
a Jahan Bose for interactive storytelling and art-making on a six-meter-lo
ng Bangladeshi sari. We will be composing short poems and making art together about climate hope in solidarity with coastal
women farmers on Barobaishdia Island in Bangladesh. This hands-on art w
orkshop builds cross-border community and climate resilience as part of th
e decade-long Storytelling with Saris art and advocacy project.
\n
Mo
nica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whos
e work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and installatio
n. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, rac
ial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art a
ctions\, installations and performances. Monica uses the sari — a precolon
ial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and never disc
arded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. Sh
e has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally includi
ng solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of
Contemporary Art Rome. Her decade-long collaborative project STORYTELLING
WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has travel
ed 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 D
iploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia La
w School.
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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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,workshop
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jahan B
ose will lead a hands-on sari workshop with high school students at Georg
etown Day School addressing environmental and gender justice. Participant
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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Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jah
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.
\n
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate
CONTACT:https://climarte.org/project/electric-bangladesh/
DESCRIPTION:Please join me at this exhibition\, for which two of my works h
ave been commissioned. Five leading Bangladeshi artists are sending a mess
age to GE and demanding a fossil fuel free future\, with a new Boston-base
d art exhibition titled ‘Electric Bangladesh: Fossil Free Futures’. DETAI
LS HERE\nThrough our artwork\, we are calling on GE to end its greenwashin
g – claiming to be green while backing massive fossil gas projects – and i
nstead back clean renewable energy in Bangladesh.\nPresented by Climarte a
nd commissioned by Market Forces\, the exhibition will run from 1-4 August
at the Point Gallery at @CambridgeFoundry in Boston – right around the co
rner from GE’s new headquarters.\n \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e
/electric-bangladesh-fossil-free-futures-tickets-686861911467?aff=oddtdtcr
eator.
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LOCATION:The Foundry @ 101 Rogers Street\, Cambridge\, MA
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exhibition\, for which two of my works have been commissioned. Five leadin
g Bangladeshi artists are sending a message to GE and demanding a fossil f
uel free future\, with a new Boston-based art exhibition titled ‘Electric
Bangladesh: Fossil Free Futures’. DETAILS HERE
\n
Through our artwork\, we are calling on
GE to end its greenwashing – claiming to be green while backing massive f
ossil gas projects – and instead back clean renewable energy in Bangladesh
.
\n
Presented by Climarte and commissioned by Market Forces\, the ex
hibition will run from 1-4 August at the Point Gallery at @CambridgeFoundr
y in Boston – right around the corner from GE’s new headquarters.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate
CONTACT:monicajahanbose@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a short film and a feature length film followed by
Q&A with feminist filmmakers/artists Indrani Nayar-Gall and Monica Jahan B
ose.\nHappy hour starts at 6:30 pm and films start at 7:15 pm\nThere will
be wine and snacks provided but outside food and drink is welcome. Both f
ilms are fully captioned.\nString of Stories\na film by Indrani Nayar-Gall
(72 minutes) presents the ordeals of three women who have been victims of
the Devadasi tradition. The nonlinear treatment of the film provides a gl
impse into the insidious ways in which the system works\, especially how i
t has ruined their lives. These women\, who hail from the least privileged
sections of society\, have been sacrificed at the altar of this illegal p
ractice. Scarred by their experiences\, they find themselves stripped of t
he fundamental rights to safety and education. Will they be able to rise a
bove it and turn their lives around?\nDreaming In Green\na film by Leena J
ayaswal (in collaboration with Monica Jahan Bose) about the Storytelling w
ith Saris\necofeminist art project. Commissioned by the Smithsonian for th
e Futures exhibition (3:43 minutes)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: https://ww
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LOCATION:The Reach @ 1023 15th St NW suite 400 \, Washington\, DC 20005
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Join us for a short film and a feature length film followed by Q&A
with feminist filmmakers/artists Indrani Nayar-Gall and Monica Jahan Bose
.
\n
Happy hour starts at 6:30 pm and films start at 7:15 pm
\n
There will be wine and snacks provided but outside food and drink is welco
me. Both films are fully captioned.
\n
String of Stories
\n
a film by Indrani Nayar-Gall (72 minutes) presents the ordea
ls of three women who have been victims of the Devadasi tradition. The non
linear treatment of the film provides a glimpse into the insidious ways in
which the system works\, especially how it has ruined their lives. These
women\, who hail from the least privileged sections of society\, have been
sacrificed at the altar of this illegal practice. Scarred by their experi
ences\, they find themselves stripped of the fundamental rights to safety
and education. Will they be able to rise above it and turn their lives aro
und?
\n
Dreaming In Green
\n
a film by Leena Ja
yaswal (in collaboration with Monica Jahan Bose) about the Storytelling wi
th Saris
\n
ecofeminist art project. Commissioned by the Smithsonian
for the Futures exhibition (3:43 minutes)
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate
CONTACT:ACMWELSummit@si.edu\; https://anacostia.si.edu/welsummit
DESCRIPTION:Monica Jahan Bose will be participating in the the third annual
Women’s Environmental Leadership (WEL) summit taking place from Thursday
September 14 through Sunday September 17\, 2023\, in Washington D.C. The s
ummit is a signature program of The Center for Environmental Justice at th
e Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum (CEJ). Launched this past Earth
Day\, the Center builds on the work of the Urban Waterways Project\, whic
h for twelve years explored and documented the relationship between urban
waterways and their surrounding communities. WEL was launched in 2018 to b
uild capacity for future women environmental leadership. Through summits\,
community forums\, lectures\, and oral histories\, a national network of
environmental leaders and young women have explored the importance of ment
orship\, various educational and career opportunities\, and the multitude
of ways in which leadership is enacted. The launch of the Center and the W
EL summit are part of our museum’s focus on Our Environment\,\nOur Future\
, a year-long celebration of programming which includes the exhibition To
Live and Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Washington D.C.\, and
the first cohort of our Environmental Justice Academy. Over the course of
the summit\, we will welcome attendees for an opening Dinner & Discussion
\, two days of panels and workshops\, and a day of field trips\, all desig
ned to empower the next generation with the knowledge\, skillsets\, and in
spiration they need to take the next steps in their personal and professio
nal pathways.\nMonica will be a panelist on September 16\, for the session
\, The Arts\, Environmental Advocacy\, and Activism. Discussion will explo
re the role of the Arts in environmental advocacy and activism through an
exploration of how the environmental experiences of artists inform media a
nd messaging\, the various spaces such work can inhabit\, and how such eng
agement serves to make environmental practice more accessible.\nImage: Th
is digital artwork by Amir Khadar has been commissioned as a mural by the
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum for the exhibit To Live and Breat
he: Women and Environmental Justice in Washington\, D.C.
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LOCATION:The Renaissance Washington\, DC Downtown Hotel @ 999 9th St NW\, W
ashington\, DC 20001
SEQUENCE:0
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Monica Jahan Bose will be partic
ipating in the the third annual Women’s Environmental Leadership (WEL) sum
mit taking place from Thursday September 14 through Sunday September 17\,
2023\, in Washington D.C. The summit is a signature program of The Center
for Environmental Justice at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum
(CEJ). Launched this past Earth Day\, the Center builds on the work of the
Urban Waterways Project\, which for twelve years explored and documented
the relationship between urban waterways and their surrounding communities
. WEL was launched in 2018 to build capacity for future women environmenta
l leadership. Through summits\, community forums\, lectures\, and oral his
tories\, a national network of environmental leaders and young women have
explored the importance of mentorship\, various educational and career opp
ortunities\, and the multitude of ways in which leadership is enacted. The
launch of the Center and the WEL summit are part of our museum’s focus on
Our Environment\,
\n
Our Future\, a year-long celebration of program
ming which includes the exhibition To Live and Breathe: Women and Environm
ental Justice in Washington D.C.\, and the first cohort of our Environment
al Justice Academy. Over the course of the summit\, we will welcome attend
ees for an opening Dinner & Discussion\, two days of panels and workshops\
, and a day of field trips\, all designed to empower the next generation w
ith the knowledge\, skillsets\, and inspiration they need to take the next
steps in their personal and professional pathways.
\n
Monica will be
a panelist on September 16\, for the session\, The Arts\, Environmental A
dvocacy\, and Activism. Discussion will explore the role of the Arts in en
vironmental advocacy and activism through an exploration of how the enviro
nmental experiences of artists inform media and messaging\, the various sp
aces such work can inhabit\, and how such engagement serves to make enviro
nmental practice more accessible.
\n
Image: This digital artwork by
Amir Khadar has been commissioned as a mural by the Smithsonian’s Anacosti
a Community Museum for the exhibit To Live and Breathe: Women and Envi
ronmental Justice in Washington\, D.C.
\n
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,workshop
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-
workshop-tickets-715665263067?aff=oddtdtcreator.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230924T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230924T160000
LOCATION:Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum @ 1901 Fort Place\, SE Wash
ington\, DC
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SUMMARY:To Live and to Breathe Sari Workshop
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Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jaha
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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
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Excited to be back at GDS for an assembly for the
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Thank to the students for inviting me.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the book launch of Noorjahan Bose’s “Daughter of th
e Agunmukha” at Politics and Prose\, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washington
DC\, on Sunday\, October 29\, 2023 at 3 pm. Noorjahan Bose will be joined
by local activists Sunu Chandy and Krittika Ghosh along with the book’s ed
itor Monica Jahan Bose. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
We hope you will come and celebrate this major accomplishment with Noorjah
an\, who turned 85 earlier this year.\nAlso please support our wonderful l
ocal bookstore\, which is hosting this official event.\nhttps://www.politi
cs-prose.com/noorjahan-bose\nHow does a girl from a tiny Bangladeshi islan
d end up reading Tagore\, Marx\, and de Beauvoir and become a leading femi
nist campaigner?\nThis is the riveting personal story of Noorjahan Bose\,
born in 1938 in present-day Bangladesh to a farming family\, near the mout
h of the ferocious River Agunmukha—Fire Mouth River. Abused by male relati
ves and raised by a mother who was herself a child bride\, Noorjahan strug
gled for her education and autonomy. Nurtured joyfully and creatively by h
er mother\, and mentored by local activists\, she found her way into the p
rogressive movements that would one day take her around the world. From th
e pain of partition to her husband’s death when she was only 18 and pregna
nt\, to the devastating cyclones threatening her family’s home and livelih
ood\, Noorjahan’s life has not been easy. Yet her courage shines through t
he pages of her memoir\, whether she is promoting Bangla language rights\,
enduring Bangladesh’s liberation war\, or marrying outside her family’s f
aith. This moving\, gripping book tells a powerful story of trauma\, loss\
, resilience and empowerment.\nTranslated by Rebecca Whittington and edite
d by Monica Jahan Bose.\n\nBios:\nNOORJAHAN BOSE – Noorjahan Bose (she/her
) is a feminist writer\, social worker\, and activist\, living between the
US and Bangladesh. She is the founder of two US-based organizations to em
power South Asian women\, ASHA (now Ashiyanaa) and Samhati. She has a BA (
Honors) in Bangla literature from Dhaka University and a Masters in Social
Work from Catholic University in Washington DC. She worked for many years
as a social worker with refugees and the elderly at Catholic Charities\,
with foster children for Prince Georges Country\, MD\, and with ICU patien
ts at DC General Hospital. She also founded the first Bangla School in the
DC area\, running it out of her home for more than 10 years.\nHer first b
ook\, the autobiography Agunmukhar Meye\, was published in 2009 in Banglad
esh\, after coming out in serial form in the Janakantha newspaper. The boo
k became a bestseller\, and in 2009 was named one of the top 10 books in B
angladesh. In 2010\, Noorjahan received the Anannya Prize for the book\, g
iven to one woman writer every year in Bangladesh. The book has been the s
ubject of numerous reviews and panel discussions in Bangladesh and India.
In 2011\, Ananda Publishers brought out a new edition of the book in India
. In 2016\, the book won Bangladesh’s highest honor\, the Bangla Academy L
iterary Award (autobiography). Noorjahan has also published several travel
ogues and other books. The translation “Daughter of the Agunmukha” was pub
lished in 2023 by Hurst Publishers in the U.K. with distribution in the US
by Oxford University Press.\nSUNU P. CHANDY- Sunu P. Chandy (she/her) is
currently a Senior Advisor with Democracy Forward\, supporting work across
the teams to defend and build measures towards a more inclusive democracy
and to disrupt the policies that oppose this goal. Sunu is also the autho
r of an award-winning collection of poems\, My Dear Comrades\, published b
y Regal House in 2023\, and has created a wide-ranging book tour alongside
other authors\, artists\, and activists. Sunu is also a proud member of t
he board of directors for the Transgender Law Center\, and was honored to
be included as one the 2021 Queer Women of Washington.\nBefore joining Dem
ocracy Forward in September 2023\, she served as the Legal Director of the
National Women’s Law Center for six years. She led the Center’s litigatio
n efforts by expanding both the Center’s direct litigation and amicus brie
f program\, and there she coauthored several briefs to the U.S. Supreme Co
urt. Sunu provided guidance for the Center’s policy positions towards grea
ter workplace justice\, and often led the Center’s LGBTQ+ rights policy wo
rk including through testifying before the U.S. Congress. Before NWLC\, Su
nu led civil rights work through a range of government positions including
as the Deputy Director for the Civil Rights Division with the U.S. Depart
ment of Health and Human Services\, as the General Counsel of the DC Offic
e of Human Rights (OHR)\, and for 15 years as a federal litigator with the
U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the New York District Of
fice. Sunu began her legal career as a law firm associate representing uni
ons and individual workers in New York City at Gladstein\, Reif and Meggin
niss\, LLP. Sunu is cited as a legal expert on workplace civil rights laws
\, gender justice and LGBTQ+ rights including by The New York Times\, The
Washington Post\, LA Times\, Ms. Magazine\, the Advocate\, CSPAN\, NBC\, A
BC and NPR.\nSunu earned her B.A. in Peace and Global Studies/Women’s Stud
ies from Earlham College in Richmond\, Indiana\, her law degree from North
eastern University School of Law in Boston and later\, her MFA in Creative
Writing (Poetry) from Queens College/The City University of New York in 2
013. Sunu’s creative work can also be found in publications including Asia
n American Literary Review\, Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, Poets on Adoption\
, Split this Rock’s online social justice database\, The Quarry\, and in a
nthologies including The Penguin Book of Indian Poets\, The Long Devotion:
Poets Writing Motherhood and This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions fo
r Transformation.\nKRITTIKA GHOSH – Krittika Ghosh (she/her) is the Execut
ive Director of the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Proj
ect (DVRP). She has extensive experience working on gender-based violencei
n the US and Canada for the past 21 years. Krittika’s experience includes
developing innovative programming on prevention of gender-based violence (
GBV) in immigrant and refugee communities through transformative education
and outreach campaigns such as the development of graphic novels and phot
o novels highlighting sexual violence\, development of trauma art therapy
workshops and peer engagement in responding to GBV. She has deep experienc
e in community engagement\, policy development and program management. Kri
ttika was a founding member of Ontario’s Provincial Violence against Women
’s round-table and provided feedback to policies on the government’s GBV r
elated policies. Krittika is also a co-founder of the Shakti Peer group\,
a peer-based group responding to gender-based violence in New York City.\n
Krittika has been recognized for her work by the City of New York\, The Fi
lipino Women’s Network\, was one of Mother Board Magazine’s “Person of the
Year” in 2017 for her work in ending gender-based violence and is the rec
ipient of the 2021 Imagene Stewart Surviving Sprit Award. She graduated Ma
gna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Women’s Studies fr
om Simmons University\, Boston\, and with a Master’s degree in Gender Stud
ies from the London School of Economics & Political Science.\nMONICA JAHAN
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mate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance
\, public art\, and writing. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLIN
G WITH SARIS with women farmers from her mother’s ancestral village has tr
avelled to 11 US states and seven countries and engaged thousands of peopl
e. 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 newspapers in Bangladesh. She is a board membe
r of Samhati and currently manages the Katakhali eco-empowerment project.
She was the editor of Daughter of the Agunmukha. She has a BA in the Pract
ice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma i
n Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
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Join us for the book launch of Noorjahan Bose’s “Daughter of the Agunmukh
a” at Politics and Prose\, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washington DC\, on Su
nday\, October 29\, 2023 at 3 pm. Noorjahan Bose will be joined by local a
ctivists Sunu Chandy and Krittika Ghosh along with the book’s editor Monic
a Jahan Bose. Books will be available for purchase and signing. We hope yo
u will come and celebrate this major accomplishment with Noorjahan\, who t
urned 85 earlier this year. \nAlso please support our wonderful local
bookstore\, which is hosting this official event. \nhttps://www.politics-prose.com/noorjahan-bose\n
How does a gi
rl from a tiny Bangladeshi island end up reading Tagore\, Marx\, and de Be
auvoir and become a leading feminist campaigner?
\n
This is the riveting personal story o
f Noorjahan Bose\, born in 1938 in present-day Bangladesh to a farming fam
ily\, near the mouth of the ferocious River Agunmukha—Fire Mouth River. Ab
used by male relatives and raised by a mother who was herself a child brid
e\, Noorjahan struggled for her education and autonomy. Nurtured joyfully
and creatively by her mother\, and mentored by local activists\, she found
her way into the progressive movements that would one day take her around
the world. From the pain of partition to her husband’s death when she was
only 18 and pregnant\, to the devastating cyclones threatening her family
’s home and livelihood\, Noorjahan’s life has not been easy. Yet her coura
ge shines through the pages of her memoir\, whether she is promoting Bangl
a language rights\, enduring Bangladesh’s liberation war\, or marrying out
side her family’s faith. This moving\, gripping book tells a powerful stor
y of trauma\, loss\, resilience and empowerment.
\n
Translated by
Rebecca Whittington and edited by Monica Jahan Bose.
\n\n
Bios: \nNOORJAHAN BOSE – Noorjahan Bos
e (she/her) is a feminist writer\, social worker\, and activist\, living b
etween the US and Bangladesh. She is the founder of two US-based organizat
ions to empower South Asian women\, ASHA (now Ashiyanaa) and Samhati. She
has a BA (Honors) in Bangla literature from Dhaka University and a Masters
in Social Work from Catholic University in Washington DC. She worked for
many years as a social worker with refugees and the elderly at Catholic Ch
arities\, with foster children for Prince Georges Country\, MD\, and with
ICU patients at DC General Hospital. She also founded the first Bangla Sch
ool in the DC area\, running it out of her home for more than 10 years.\n
Her first book
\, the autobiography Agunmukhar Meye\, was published in 2009 in Bangladesh
\, after coming out in serial form in the Janakantha newspaper. The book b
ecame a bestseller\, and in 2009 was named one of the top 10 books in Bang
ladesh. In 2010\, Noorjahan received the Anannya Prize for the book\, give
n to one woman writer every year in Bangladesh. The book has been the subj
ect of numerous reviews and panel discussions in Bangladesh and India. In
2011\, Ananda Publishers brought out a new edition of the book in India. I
n 2016\, the book won Bangladesh’s highest honor\, the Bangla Academy Lite
rary Award (autobiography). Noorjahan has also published several travelogu
es and other books. The translation “Daughter of the Agunmukha” was publis
hed in 2023 by Hurst Publishers in the U.K. with distribution in the US by
Oxford University Press.
\n
SUNU P. CHANDY- Sunu P. Chandy (she/her) is currently a Seni
or Advisor with Democracy Forward\, supporting work across the teams to de
fend and build measures towards a more inclusive democracy and to disrupt
the policies that oppose this goal. Sunu is also the author of an award-wi
nning collection of poems\, My Dear Comrades\, published by Regal House in
2023\, and has created a wide-ranging book tour alongside other authors\,
artists\, and activists. Sunu is also a proud member of the board of dire
ctors for the Transgender Law Center\, and was honored to be included as o
ne the 2021 Queer Women of Washington.
\n
Before joining Democracy Forward in September 2
023\, she served as the Legal Director of the National Women’s Law Center
for six years. She led the Center’s litigation efforts by expanding both t
he Center’s direct litigation and amicus brief program\, and there she coa
uthored several briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sunu provided guidance f
or the Center’s policy positions towards greater workplace justice\, and o
ften led the Center’s LGBTQ+ rights policy work including through testifyi
ng before the U.S. Congress. Before NWLC\, Sunu led civil rights work thro
ugh a range of government positions including as the Deputy Director for t
he Civil Rights Division with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv
ices\, as the General Counsel of the DC Office of Human Rights (OHR)\, and
for 15 years as a federal litigator with the U.S. Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) in the New York District Office. Sunu began her legal ca
reer as a law firm associate representing unions and individual workers in
New York City at Gladstein\, Reif and Megginniss\, LLP. Sunu is cited as
a legal expert on workplace civil rights laws\, gender justice and LGBTQ+
rights including by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, LA Times\,
Ms. Magazine\, the Advocate\, CSPAN\, NBC\, ABC and NPR.
\n
Sunu earned her B.A. in Peace
and Global Studies/Women’s Studies from Earlham College in Richmond\, Ind
iana\, her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston
and later\, her MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Queens College/The
City University of New York in 2013. Sunu’s creative work can also be foun
d in publications including Asian American Literary Review\, Beltway Poetr
y Quarterly\, Poets on Adoption\, Split this Rock’s online social justice
database\, The Quarry\, and in anthologies including The Penguin Book of I
ndian Poets\, The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood and This Bridge
We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation.
\n
KRITTIKA GHOSH – Krittika Ghosh (she
/her) is the Executive Director of the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Vio
lence Resource Project (DVRP). She has extensive experience working on gen
der-based violencein the US and Canada for the past 21 years. Krittika’s e
xperience includes developing innovative programming on prevention of gend
er-based violence (GBV) in immigrant and refugee communities through trans
formative education and outreach campaigns such as the development of grap
hic novels and photo novels highlighting sexual violence\, development of
trauma art therapy workshops and peer engagement in responding to GBV. She
has deep experience in community engagement\, policy development and prog
ram management. Krittika was a founding member of Ontario’s Provincial Vio
lence against Women’s round-table and provided feedback to policies on the
government’s GBV related policies. Krittika is also a co-founder of the S
hakti Peer group\, a peer-based group responding to gender-based violence
in New York City.
\n
Krittika has been recognized for her work by the City of New York\,
The Filipino Women’s Network\, was one of Mother Board Magazine’s “Person
of the Year” in 2017 for her work in ending gender-based violence and is t
he recipient of the 2021 Imagene Stewart Surviving Sprit Award. She gradua
ted Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Women’s Stud
ies from Simmons University\, Boston\, and with a Master’s degree in Gende
r Studies from the London School of Economics & Political Science.
\n
MONICA JAHAN BOSE-
Monica Jahan Bose(she/her) is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate ac
tivist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, publ
ic art\, and writing. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH
SARIS with women farmers from her mother’s ancestral village has travelled
to 11 US states and seven countries and engaged thousands of people. Her
work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pac
ific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan T
imes\, and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. She is a board member of Sa
mhati and currently manages the Katakhali eco-empowerment project. She was
the editor of Daughter of the Agunmukha. She 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.
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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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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.
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supported by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
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CONTACT:Georgetown Univ. Lab for Global Performance & Politics\; 202-687-07
99\; globallab@georgetown.edu\; https://globallab.georgetown.edu/
DESCRIPTION:The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics in collabora
tion with the Earth Commons presents\, When Will the Water Come – an eveni
ng of readings\, short plays\, monologues\, poetry\, and music about water
and our environment\, featuring students from Professor Derek Goldman’s T
PST/ CULP 2036 Global Performance and Politics course\, as well as profess
ional guest artists\, curated and directed by Ashanee Kottage\, Lab/Earth
Commons Fellow.\nLocation: 1801 35th St NW\, Washington\, DC 20007 (the o
ld Fillmore School\, in Glover Park)\nDate/Time: Monday November 6\, 2023
\, 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Monica Jahan Bose’s short performance is in the very
beginning.\nThe performance brings together an expansive range of cultural
perspectives\, theatrical forms\, and narratives to explore the scientifi
c\, political\, elemental\, and intimately personal dimensions of water. T
his multi-disciplinary performance and roundtable event features material
from the recently launched We Hear You–A Climate Archive\, a global perfor
mance project exploring youth perspectives on the climate emergency and th
e 2023 Climate Change Theater Action a worldwide festival of short plays a
bout the climate crisis presented biennially to coincide with the United N
ations COP meetings. This event is also part of an ongoing suite of activi
ties featuring student and professional performances curated by The Lab le
ading up to COP 28\, including the forthcoming conference Sustaining the O
asis: Envisioning the Future of Water Security in the Gulf\, to be held at
the Georgetown campus in Qatar.\nWe are honored that the following guest
artists and students will share their work with us and join us for a round
table discussion (moderated by Prof. Derek Goldman and Ashanee Kottage) an
d reception with some light refreshments at the end of the performance.\nM
onica Jahan Bose\nJan Ellis Menafee\nNadia Nazar\nChantal Bilodeau – Found
er of CCTA\nLubDub Theater (Miranda Rose Hall\, Caitlin Nasema Cassidy (We
Hear You Project Director)\, Robert Duffley (We Hear You Project Dramatur
g)\, Geoff Kanick)\nWe Hear You Stories:\nNadia’s story\, THE HORIZON\nMic
hael’s story\, COME BACK ANOTHER DAY\nRebecca’s story\, MANTA MAGIC\nSwedi
an’s story\, WHEN WILL THE WATER COME?\nCCTA Plays:\nWild Parsnips by Tira
Palmquist\nla jiao pang xie\, shao la (“chilli crab\, less spicy”) by Dia
Hakim K\nUndertow by Keith Barker\nA Hummingbird’s Ululation by Aleya Kas
sam\n(up)rooted by Caity Shea-Violette\nTo request an accommodation\, inqu
iries about accessibility\, or if you have any questions/ issues getting t
o the space please email us at globallab@georgetown.edu.\nTickets: https:/
/www.eventbrite.com/e/when-will-the-water-come-tickets-735991358967?utm_ex
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The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics in collaborat
ion with the Earth Commons presents\, When Will the Water Come – an evenin
g of readings\, short plays\, monologues\, poetry\, and music about water
and our environment\, featuring students from Professor Derek Goldman’s TP
ST/ CULP 2036 Global Performance and Politics course\, as well as professi
onal guest artists\, curated and directed by Ashanee Kottage\, Lab/Earth C
ommons Fellow.
\n
Location: 1801 35th St NW\, Washington\, DC 20007
(the old Fillmore School\, in Glover Park)
\n
Date/Time: Monday Nove
mber 6\, 2023\, 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Monica Jahan Bose’s short performance is
in the very beginning.
la jiao pang xie\, shao la (“chilli cr
ab\, less spicy”) by Dia Hakim K
\n
Undertow by Keith Barker
\n
A Hummingbird’s Ululation by Aleya Kassam
\n
(up)rooted by Caity Shea
-Violette
\n
To request an accommodation\, inquiries about accessibil
ity\, or if you have any questions/ issues getting to the space please ema
il us at globallab@georgetown.edu.
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231211T170000
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SEQUENCE:0
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\n
If you are going to C
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
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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.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,gender\,poetry'
CONTACT:Sierra Quitiquit\; sierra@timeforbetter.org\; https://www.timeforbe
tter.org/cop28hopehouse
DESCRIPTION:Join Monica Jahan Bose for an interactive sari workshop during
the open house for Hope House in the Arts District. The event and Monica
’s sari installation will take place during the COP28 climate conference i
n Dubai. It will be part of Hope House in the arts district and accessibl
e to all (no blue or green badge needed).\nAddress: Jossa\, Warehouse 45
Alserkal Avenue – 17th St – Dubai – United Arab Emirates\nInteractive Clim
ate Sari workshop: November 30 from 7-10 pm at Open House (RSVP at link h
ere)\nHope House is a “canvas for hope\,” a place of rest\, resilience\, c
ulture and inspiration set in a warehouse space in the vibrant Alserkal ar
ts district in Dubai. All visitors to COP28 are invited to come and join
us. More details about Hope House at this link.\n7:00 pm – 10:00 pm: OPEN
(HOPE) HOUSE – A warm welcome to COP28 UAE from Time for Better and celeb
ration of Earth featuring an interactive media opportunity to share your c
limate story with Imagine5. Women’s Environmental and Climate Action (WECA
N) will provide an Earth Dedication to inspire optimistic outcomes at COP2
8 UAE. *Hope House guests are welcome to bring rocks\, soil\, and water fr
om their homelands to combine into vessels which will symbolize our collec
tive efforts to make a positive difference.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangla
deshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, pri
ntmaking\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged wo
rk highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic
injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, installations and
performances. Monica 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 ex
tensively in the US and internationally including solo exhibitions at the
Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her
decade-long collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farme
rs from her ancestral island village has traveled to eight countries and 1
1 US states\, engaging thousands of people. She has a BA in the Practice o
f Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Diploma in Art from Santinik
etan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
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all (no blue or green badge needed).
\n
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45 Alserkal Avenue – 17th St – Dubai – United Arab Emirates
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culture and inspiration set in a warehouse space in the vibrant Alserkal
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\n
7:00 pm – 10:0
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and celebration of Earth featuring an interactive media opportunity to sh
are your climate story with Imagine5. Women’s Environmental and Climate Ac
tion (WECAN) will provide an Earth Dedication to inspire optimistic outcom
es at COP28 UAE. *Hope House guests are welcome to bring rocks\, soil\, an
d water from their homelands to combine into vessels which will symbolize
our collective efforts to make a positive difference.
\n
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nica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whos
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n. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, rac
ial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art a
ctions\, installations and performances. Monica uses the sari — a precolon
ial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and never disc
arded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. Sh
e has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally includi
ng solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of
Contemporary Art Rome. Her decade-long collaborative project STORYTELLING
WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has travel
ed 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 D
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T170000
LOCATION:Bangladesh Pavilion\, Expo City\, Blue Zone B2\, Building 21 @ Exp
o City\, Dubai\, UAE
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Rising Up to Climate Change at BD Pavilion
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Monica Jahan Bose will be presenting at the Bangladesh Pavil
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.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,poetry'\,workshop
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T180000
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Please join us for the online launch of SWIMMING\, a new
public art project that explores the deep and essential connections we ha
ve to water as our world faces increased flooding and rising sea levels du
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 <
a style='color: #0000ff\;' href='https://www.eventbrite.com/e/swimming-pro
ject-launch-workshop-for-public-art-project-tickets-752365444297?aff=oddtd
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\n
Here is the Zo
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1a25HVDR3eTIzUC9TN2xnUT09
\n
If you have joined prior Storytel
ling with Saris workshops\, please have with you your folder of materials
— journal\, pencil etc. In the spring we will be having in person workshop
s to finish the saris. Looking forward to seeing you! Here is a link to
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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CONTACT:(312) 929 - 3911\; info@saichicago.org\; https://www.saichicago.org
/exhibition/the-paglees-between-reason-and-madness
DESCRIPTION:South Asia Institute is pleased to announce its new exhibition\
, “The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness\,” in collaboration with the Pa
glees.\nThe Paglees is a feminist collective of artists of South Asian ori
gin living across the United States. Paglee or pagli means crazy woman in
a number of South Asian languages. The Paglees are: Fawzia Khan\, Indrani
Nayar-Gall\, Monica Jahan Bose\, Nirmal Raja\, Pallavi Sharma\, Renluka Ma
haraj\, and Shelly Bahl.\nIn their debut exhibition\, The Paglees investig
ate – with fierceness\, beauty\, and wit – the impact on women of generati
ons of patriarchy\, religion\, white supremacy\, colonialism\, violence\,
capitalism\, and environmental plunder.\nThe title of the exhibition deriv
es from Rosa Parks’ words: “There is just so much hurt\, disappointment an
d oppression one can take. The bubble of life grows larger. The line betwe
en reason and madness grows thinner.” (Rosa Parks: Writings\, Notes and St
atements\,1956-58).\nFeaturing mixed-media works on paper\, fabric\, and c
anvas\, sculpture\, performance\, photography\, installation\, and moving
image\, The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness\, questions and reframes t
he labeling of non-conforming women as crazy and the marginalization of im
migrant women of color. This collective exhibition presents new decolonial
narratives that center the reason and wisdom of brown women of the Global
South and diaspora\, and provide pathways to a creative feminist future.
The Paglees believe in working in collaboration with other marginalized co
mmunities to build bridges and demand social\, environmental\, and legal j
ustice for all.\nTickets: https://www.saichicago.org/exhibition/the-paglee
s-between-reason-and-madness.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T180000
LOCATION:South Asia Institute @ 1925 S Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Chicago Paglees Show
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South Asia Institute is pleased t
o announce its new exhibition\, “The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness\,
” in collaboration with the Paglees.
\n
The Paglees is a feminist col
lective of artists of South Asian origin living across the United States.
Paglee or pagli means crazy woman in a number of South Asian languages. Th
e Paglees are: Fawzia Khan\, Indrani Nayar-Gall\, Monica Jahan Bose\, Nirm
al Raja\, Pallavi Sharma\, Renluka Maharaj\, and Shelly Bahl.
\n
In t
heir debut exhibition\, The Paglees investigate – with fierceness\, beauty
\, and wit – the impact on women of generations of patriarchy\, religion\,
white supremacy\, colonialism\, violence\, capitalism\, and environmental
plunder.
\n
The title of the exhibition derives from Rosa Parks’ wor
ds: “There is just so much hurt\, disappointment and oppression one can ta
ke. The bubble of life grows larger. The line between reason and madness g
rows thinner.” (Rosa Parks: Writings\, Notes and Statements\,1956-58).
\n
Featuring mixed-media works on paper\, fabric\, and canvas\, sculptur
e\, performance\, photography\, installation\, and moving image\, The Pagl
ees: Between Reason and Madness\, questions and reframes the labeling of n
on-conforming women as crazy and the marginalization of immigrant women of
color. This collective exhibition presents new decolonial narratives that
center the reason and wisdom of brown women of the Global South and diasp
ora\, and provide pathways to a creative feminist future. The Paglees beli
eve in working in collaboration with other marginalized communities to bui
ld bridges and demand social\, environmental\, and legal justice for all.<
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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. When installed in June 2024 at the Marie Reed Comm
unity & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “pool” o
f art-embellished saris\, along with a sound walk\, performances\, film sc
reenings\, and poetry readings. Artist and climate activist Monica Jahan
Bose will introduce the project and then lead a poetry and art workshop wh
ere we will create poetry and art inspired by the healing properties of wa
ter and swimming and inequities in access. SWIMMING is part of Bose’s art
and advocacy project Storytelling with Saris. Started over a decade ago\,
the project has fostered collaboration with women from Bose’s ancestral i
sland in Bangladesh as well as residents of DC and people around the world
.\nTo learn more and become part of this exciting project\, please registe
r using the Eventbrite link. \nASL interpretation will be provided. Please
email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation
needs.\nCurator: Sarah Tanguy. Film/livestream: Paris Preston Music &
Sound Design: Sonia Herrero.\nCommunity partners: Marie Reed Elementary
School and Community & Aquatic Center\, Adams Morgan Partnership BID\, DC
Arts Center\, Calvary Women’s Services.\nThis project is funded by the DC
Commission on the Arts and Humanities.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi
-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmak
ing\, film\, performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work hig
hlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injus
tice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installati
ons and performances. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and
internationally (22 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more th
an 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National
Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing decade-long
collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her
ancestral island village has traveled to eight countries and 12 US states\
, engaging thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\
, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Ho
nolulu Star Advertiser\, the the Japan Times\, Prothom Alo and all major n
ewspapers in Bangladesh. The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum has ac
quired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and archival materials for its
collection. Monica has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesle
yan University\, a post-graduate diploma in art from Santiniketan\, India\
, and a JD from Columbia Law School. \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com
/e/795620070047?aff=oddtdtcreator.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T180000
LOCATION:Marie Reed Elementary School @ 2201 18th St NW\, Washington\, DC 2
0009
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Community Workshop for SWIMMING
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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
ORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has traveled to eight countries a
nd 12 US states\, engaging thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington P
ost\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the the Japan Times\, Proth
om Alo and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. The Smithsonian Anacostia C
ommunity Museum has acquired and group of her paintings\, saris\, and arch
ival materials for its collection. Monica has a BA in the Practice of Art
(Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate diploma in art from
Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
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CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:We will be doing workshops and talks and an exhibition in Dhaka
and Patuakhali\, Bangladesh. Stay tuned for details.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240311T184700
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We will be doing workshops and talks and an exhibition in D
haka and Patuakhali\, Bangladesh. Stay tuned for details.
“চলমান” প্রদর্শনীতে শিল্পী মনিকা জাহান বোস তুলে ধরেছেন শাড়ি\,
চলচিত্র এবং কৃতকলার মাধ্যমে তাঁর দীর্ঘমেয়াদী প্রকল্প “শাড়ীর মধ্যে
জীবনগাথা”। এই চলমান প্রকল্পে তিনি কাজ করছেন জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন এবং নারী\, খাদ
্য ও পরিবেশের উপরে এর বিরূপ প্রভাব নিয়ে। তিনি এক দশক ধরে তার মায়ের গ্রাম (কাটাখালী গ্রাম\, বড়বাইশদিয়া
দ্বীপ\, পটুয়াখালী জেলা)\, আমেরিকা এবং ইউরোপে বসবাসরত নারীদের যৌথ সহযোগিতায়
জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন সম্পর্কিত চিত্র\, লেখা\, এবং আলোচনা দিয়ে শিল্প করেছেন| “চলমান” শব্দটির বাংলা প্রচলিত সমার্থক অর্থ হল\, অগ্রসরমান\, অনবর
ত\, অবিরাম\, নিরন্তর ইত্যাদি\, বিশেষ করে যা ব্যবহৃত হয় চলমান চলচিত্রের ক্ষ
েত্রে।
Choloman pres
ents an in progress snapshot of Monica Jahan Bose’s ongoing Storytelling w
ith Saris collaborative art project\, addressing climate change and its im
pact on women\, food\, and our environment through saris\, film\, and perf
ormance. The word “choloman” in Bangla means ongoing\, moving\, or continu
ous and is especially used to refer to films that are running. Monica has
worked for more than a decade with women farmers from her ancestral villag
e in Katakhali\, Barobaishdia Island\, Patuakhali District along with resi
dents of her home in Washington DC and others around the world.
\n
Cu
rator: Ruxmini Choudhury.
\n
The exhibition will run from 3pm to 9pm
everyday from 1-9 March\, 2024.
\n
Venue: Shala\, Aloki\, 211 Guls
han – Tejgaon Link Road\, Dhaka -1208
\n
You are cordiall
y invited to the inauguration of the exhibition চলমান on 1st March\, 2024
at 4pm.
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American art
ist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\,
performance\, and installation. Her socially engaged work highlights the i
ntersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through
co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and perfo
rmances. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationa
lly (26 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 perform
ances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MA
CRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing decade-long collaborative
project Storytelling with Saris with women farmers from her ancestral isl
and village has traveled to eight countries and 12 US states\, engaging th
ousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washing
ton Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star A
dvertiser\, the Japan Times\, Prothom Alo and all major newspapers in Bang
ladesh. The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum is acquiring a collecti
on of her paintings\, saris\, and archival materials. Monica was an artist
delegate to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai\, presenting sari insta
llations\, workshops\, and film screenings. She has a BA in the Practice o
f Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate diploma in art
from Santiniketan\,India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\n
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UID:ai1ec-4221@storytellingwithsaris.com
DTSTAMP:20260312T223439Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,poetry'\,workshop
CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com\; storytellingw
ithsaris.com
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a community workshop to create SWIMMING\, a
new public art project that explores the deep and essential connections we
have to water as our world faces increased flooding and rising sea levels
due to climate change. When installed in June 2024 at the Marie Reed Comm
unity & Aquatic Center in Washington DC\, SWIMMING will feature a “pool” o
f art-embellished saris\, along with a sound walk\, performances\, film sc
reenings\, and poetry readings. Artist and climate activist Monica Jahan
Bose will 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.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T173000
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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
-poetry-workshop-for-public-art-project-tickets-823843186147?aff=oddtdtcre
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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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)
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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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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.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240422T120000
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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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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.
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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
nd temporary installations and performances. She has exhibited her work ex
tensively in the US and internatio
nally (22 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 perfo
rmances) including solo exhibition
s at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art R
ome. Her ongoing decade-long colla
borative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has traveled t
o 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 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
ol.
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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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Please join us for the final workshop t
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
ded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
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CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com\; storytellingw
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DESCRIPTION:SWIMMING\, a temporary public art project by Monica Jahan Bose\
, explores the deep and essential connections we have to water as our worl
d faces increased flooding\, drought\, and rising sea levels due to climat
e change. Participants in DC and Bangladesh join workshops to co-create po
etry and art inspired by the healing properties of water and swimming and
by inequities in access. Featuring 22 blue Bangladeshi saris arranged to e
voke a swimming pool and a massive wave\, the exhibit is augmented by a Vi
deoSoundwalk with QR codes that interweave poetry with sounds of water\, n
ature\, and music and images of Bose and participants creating\, wearing\,
and interacting with the saris. The project is part of the ongoing clima
te justice collaboration Storytelling with Saris.\n\n\n\nMarie Reed is the
former Morgan school\, which was desegregated along with the Adams school
\, giving the name to the Adams Morgan neighborhood. The Marie Reed pool i
s now being used by DC to teach swimming to children from various schools\
, a project that aims to redress racial discrimination in access to swimmi
ng. SWIMMING is a visual representation of sustainability\, inclusion\, an
d resilience and is part of Bose’s ongoing climate justice collaboration S
torytelling with Saris.\n\nLead Artist: Monica Jahan Bose\nCurator: Sarah
Tanguy\nDCPS Collaboration: Valeria Monfrini\, Art Teacher\, Marie Reed E
lementary School\nPhotography/Livestream: Paris Preston\nSound design & Mu
sic: Sonia Herrero\nMarketing design/Social media: Jen Saavedra\nInstalla
tion support: Timotheo Murphy and Maps Glover\nPress/media inquiries: Kell
y Davidson. Email: info@kellymavenmedia.com. Phone: 301-300-4011\nFunded b
y the DC Commission on the Arts are Humanities\, Public Art Building Commu
nities Grant Program.\nCommunity partners: The Adams Morgan Partnership BI
D\, Marie Reed Elementary School & Aquatic Center\, The DC Arts Center\, C
alvary Womens Services\, and Moms Clean Air Force.\nExhibition Schedule [A
ll dates weather dependent]:\nLocation: Marie Reed Plaza\, 2201 18th St N
W\, Washington\, DC 20009\nExhibition dates June 6-20\, 2024\, outdoor exh
ibition\, open 24 hours.\nFriday\, June 7\, 2024 @ 5-8 PM: Opening Event.
Dedication\, poetry recital\, and livestream starting at 6 pm. [We are go
ing with our raindate: June 7]\nSaturday\, June 8\, 2024 @ 3-5 pm: Artist/
curator walkthrough talk at site\nTuesday\, June 11\, 2024 @ 7:30 pm: Walk
through tour and screening “Swimming” short film as part of Adams Morgan M
ovie Night (film at dusk).\nSaturday\, June 15\, 2024 @ 5 pm: Performance
\nTuesday\, June 18\, 2024 @ 7:30 pm: Walkthrough tour and screening short
film as part of Adams Morgan Movie Night\nJune 20\, 2022 Final Day – Moni
ca will be there from 8-10 pm for photo shoot and dancing under the saris!
\nPRESS RELEASE \nBROCHURE/ESSAY \nSari art\, poetry\, and fabrication W
ashington DC: \nSonja Berry\, Elizabeth Brandt\, Sherri Gales\, Lala Forb
es\, Rashika Johnson\, Philip Mecham\, Lia Totty\, Hasini Shyamshundar\, I
saiah Washington\, Kathryn Wichmann\, Julia Rosenbaum\, Marjorie Thomas\,
Ashanee Kottage\, Maria Crupi\, Joel Groomes\, Niquida Browne\, Nyrabia\,
Janet Gao\, Sam Schmitz\, Stephanie Reese\, Reese Wilkerson\, Rowin Wilker
son\, Paris Burton\, Hakim\, Liam Toohey\, Leo Toohey\, Elena Sholomitskay
a\, Anne Simmons\, Emilio Ramos\, Manuel Ramos\, Sofia Maria Ramos\, Hersc
hel\, Jenia\, Estephane Gomez\, Alexa Gomez\, Thomas Belcher\, Ava Belcher
\, Sarah Christie\, Isaac Martin\, VEnessa Acham\, Sara Akbar\, Kayed Akba
r\, Austin Ray\, Ann Farley\, Raine Jeff\, Isabel Fowlkes\, Eleshia Simms-
Harris\, Neko Harris\, and many others.\nSWIMMING Bangladesh Team:\nProjec
t assistant: Moumita Nabila\nProject support and song transcription: Sune
tra\nSari artists/singers: Noor Sehera\, Nasima\, Shahida\, Zulekha\, Zaki
a\, Parveen\, Hawa\, Shima\, Fatema\, Sarbanu\, Aleya\, Rekha\, and many o
thers.\nWatch the Livestream of the Dedication:\n\nAbout Monica Jahan Bose
: Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist
whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and install
ation. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\,
racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, ar
t actions\, and temporary installations and performances. She has exhibite
d her work extensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, five
public art projecs\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 30 perfor
mances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and M
ACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing decade-long collaborativ
e project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral is
land village has traveled to eight countries and 12 US states\, engaging t
housands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washin
gton 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 g
roup of her paintings\, saris\, and archival materials for its collection.
Monica has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan Universi
ty\, a post-graduate diploma in art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD f
rom Columbia Law School. \nAbout Sarah Tanguy: Washington\, DC-based Sarah
Tanguy is an independent curator and arts writer\, who believes in hands-
on\, face-to-face collaboration with artists and the power of art to conne
ct with the general public and our lived experience. Many of her projects
have explored the intersection of art with such topics as science\, food\,
tools\, and books\, inspiring new ways to engage the world around us. Rec
ent exhibitions include At One with the Elements\, Reveal: The Art of Reim
agining Scientific Discovery\, and Traces\, in Washington\, DC\; and Syner
gy Unbound\, the last of an ongoing series at the American Center for Phys
ics\, College Park\, MD. From 2004-2019\, Sarah was a curator for Art in E
mbassies\, U.S. Department of State\, where she curated over 100 exhibitio
ns and 12 permanent collections featuring U.S. and host country artists fo
r U.S. diplomatic facilities overseas. The daughter of a U.S. diplomat\, T
anguy holds a BA in Fine Arts from Georgetown University\, and a MA in Art
History from the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill.\n
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SWIMMING\, a temporary public
art project by Monica Jahan Bose\, explores the deep and essential connec
tions we have to water as our world faces increased flooding\, drought\, a
nd rising sea levels due to climate change. Participants in DC and Banglad
esh join workshops to co-create poetry and art inspired by the healing pro
perties of water and swimming and by inequities in access. Featuring 22 bl
ue Bangladeshi saris arranged to evoke a swimming pool and a massive wave\
, the exhibit is augmented by a VideoSoundwalk with QR codes that interwea
ve poetry with sounds of water\, nature\, and music and images of Bose and
participants creating\, wearing\, and interacting with the saris. The pr
oject is part of the ongoing climate justice collaboration Storytelling wi
th Saris.
\n\n\n\n
Marie Reed is the former Morgan school\, which was
desegregated along with the Adams school\, giving the name to the Adams M
organ neighborhood. The Marie Reed pool is now being used by DC to teach s
wimming to children from various schools\, a project that aims to redress
racial discrimination in access to swimming. SWIMMING is a visual represen
tation of sustainability\, inclusion\, and resilience and is part of Bose’
s ongoing climate justice collaboration Storytelling with Saris.
\n\n
Lead Artist: Monica Jahan Bose
\n
Curator: Sarah Tanguy
\n
DCPS
Collaboration: Valeria Monfrini\, Art Teacher\, Marie Reed Elementary Sc
hool
\n
Photography/Livestream: Paris Preston
\n
Sound design &
Music: Sonia Herrero
\n
Marketing design/Social media: Jen Saavedra<
/p>\n
Installation support: Timotheo Murphy and Maps Glover
Funded
by the DC Commission on the Arts are Humanities\, Public Art Building Com
munities Grant Program.
\n
Community partners: The Adams Morgan Partn
ership BID\, Marie Reed Elementary School & Aquatic Center\, The DC Arts C
enter\, Calvary Womens Services\, and Moms Clean Air Force.
Location: Marie Reed
Plaza\, 2201 18th St NW\, Washington\, DC 20009
\n
Exhibition dates
June 6-20\, 2024\, outdoor exhibition\, open 24 hours.
\n
Friday\, Ju
ne 7\, 2024 @ 5-8 PM: Opening Event. Dedication\, poetry recital\, and liv
estream starting at 6 pm. [We are going with our raindate: June 7
]
\n
Saturday\, June 8\, 2024 @ 3-5 pm: Artist/curator walkt
hrough talk at site
\n
Tuesday\, June 11\, 2024 @ 7:30 pm: Walkthroug
h tour and screening “Swimming” short film as part of Adams Morgan Movie N
ight (film at dusk).
\n
Saturday\, June 15\, 2024 @ 5 pm: Performance
\n
Tuesday\, June 18\, 2024 @ 7:30 pm: Walkthrough tour and screenin
g short film as part of Adams Morgan Movie Night
\n
June 20\, 2022 Fi
nal Day – Monica will be there from 8-10 pm for photo shoot and dancing un
der the saris!
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Fatema\, Sarbanu\, Aleya\,
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