Please email storytellingwithsaris@gm
ail.com with any questions or accommodation needs. ASL will be provided.
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.
\nThe 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.
\nThis project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and H umanities.
\nImage: Planting workshop for Sustain\, © 2022 Monica Jahan Bose\, photo credit: Paris Preston.
\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/n ourish-planting-and-poetry-workshop-tickets-607639986557.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nourish-planting-and-poetry-work shop-tickets-607639986557 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4051@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T144119Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,earth day\,gardening\,plants\,poetr y' CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose or Allison Nance\; storytellingwithsaris@gmail.co m\; https://www.thenicholsonproject.org/ DESCRIPTION: Join us for a planting\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nich olson Project’s garden. We will be cleaning and planting the garden with K endra Hazel\, the new Garden Manager at Nicholson. Artist Monica Jahan Bos e 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 an d poetry slam at The Nicholson Project in September.\nIf you have joined p rior Storytelling with Saris workshops\, please bring with you your folder of materials — journal\, pencil etc. Looking forward to seeing you!\nPlea se email storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodati on needs. ASL will be provided.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-Americ an artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, p erformance\, film\, and interdisciplinary projects. Her social practice wo rk highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops and temporary public art installat ions and performances. She is the creator of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS\, a l ong-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 from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from C olumbia Law School.\nKendra Hazel is the 2023 Garden Manager at The Nichol son Project. She is an herb enthusiast\, urban garden educator\, and a pla nt based chef. She studied Health Science at Florida A&M University\, has worked with neighborhood community gardens independently and as the Commun ity Garden Spaces manager with City Blossoms\, and recently founded Green Things Work where she shares her holistic approach to wellness.\nThe Nicho lson Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in War d 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportuni ties\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and t he local artist community—particularly artists of color and those from War d 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-based programming . Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebratin g Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and com munity-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant commu nities.\nThis project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Art s and Humanities.\nImage: Planting workshop for Sustain\, © 2022 Monica Ja han Bose\, photo credit: Paris Preston.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: https: //www.eventbrite.com/e/nourish-planting-and-poetry-workshop-tickets-627930 626407. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T130000 LOCATION:The Nicholson Project @ 2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington\, DC 200 20 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Nourish: Planting & Poetry Workshop URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/nourish-earth-day-planting-poet ry-workshop-2/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2023/04/DSC02213-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://storytell ingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DSC02213-200x300.jpeg\;200\;30 0\;1\,large\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ DSC02213-683x1024.jpeg\;683\;1024\;1\,full\;https://storytellingwithsaris. com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DSC02213-scaled.jpeg\;1707\;2560\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nIf 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>
\nPlease emai l storytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation need s. ASL will be provided.
\nMonica 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.
\nKendra 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.
\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 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.
\nImage: Planti ng workshop for Sustain\, © 2022 Monica Jahan Bose\, photo credit: Paris P reston.
\nTickets: htt ps://www.eventbrite.com/e/nourish-planting-and-poetry-workshop-tickets-627 930626407.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nourish-planting-and-poetry-work shop-tickets-627930626407 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4273@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T144119Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,earth day\,gardening\,gender\,plant s\,poetry' 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. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231104T160000 LOCATION:The Nicholson Project @ 2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington DC SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:“Nourish” Exhibition Closing URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/nourish-exhibition-closing-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-10-31-at-8.53.45 PM-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\ ,medium\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Scre enshot-2023-10-31-at-8.53.45 PM-300x223.png\;300\;223\;1\,large\;https://s torytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-10-31- at-8.53.45 PM-1024x761.png\;960\;713\;1\,full\;https://storytellingwithsar is.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-10-31-at-8.53.45 PM.png\ ;1984\;1474\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
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.
\nNourish: Story telling with Saris
\nLocation: The Nicholson Project\, 2310 Nicholson Project SE\, Washington DC\, Bus B2 and many others
\nExhi bition Dates: September 10-November 4\, 2023
\nGallery Hours: Wednesdays 2-6pm + Saturdays 12 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 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.
\nMonica 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.
\nThis project was supported by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4130@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T144119Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,gender\,plants\,poetry'\,workshop CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:We will be doing workshops and talks and an exhibition in Dhaka and Patuakhali\, Bangladesh. Stay tuned for details. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240212T174700 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240311T184700 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Workshops in Bangladesh URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/workshops-in-bangladesh-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2022/03/IMG_7856-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://storytell ingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_7856-300x225.jpeg\;300\;22 5\;1\,large\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ IMG_7856-1024x768.jpeg\;960\;720\;1\,full\;https://storytellingwithsaris.c om/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_7856.jpeg\;1210\;907\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
We will be doing workshops and talks and an exhibition in D haka and Patuakhali\, Bangladesh. Stay tuned for details.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4292@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T144119Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,earth day\,film\,gender CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; 2025096282\; monicajahanbose@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Join artist/filmmaker Monica Jahan Bose for the DC premiere of “Darchira River\,” a new performance film. The film is based on a performa nce about cimate change let by Monica in Katakhali Village\, Bangladesh\, on the banks of the Darchira River\, which has been destroyed by climate c hange. The stunning footage shows women farmers of the village engage in s inging\, writing\, and rituals towards healing climate change. In this eco feminist work\, the women reframe a Muslim ritual of writing wishes\, into a feminist ritual of hope and renewal\, using writing\, turmeric and wate r. The film features village women’s oral tradition songs along with an or iginal score by DC musician and sound designer Sonia Herrero. Cinematograp hy: Shefali Akhter Shetu. Editing: Shefali Akhter Shetu and Monica Jahan B ose.\nJoin us at lunchtime on Friday for the DC premiere at Artomatic.\nRu nning time 20 minutes\, followed by Q&A with artist\nArtomatic\, Friday\, April 19 at 12:15 pm\, 6th floor\n2100 M St NW\, Washington\, DC (metro\; Dupont Circle) DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T131500 LOCATION:Artomatic @ 2100 M St NW\, Washington DC 20037 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Darchira River film screening URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/darchira-river-film-screening/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2024/04/Imports-2-of-5-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://sto rytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Imports-2-of-5-300x167.j peg\;300\;167\;1\,large\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uplo ads/2024/04/Imports-2-of-5-1024x571.jpeg\;960\;535\;1\,full\;https://story tellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Imports-2-of-5-scaled.jpeg \;2560\;1428\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
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.
\nJoin us at lunchtime o n Friday for the DC premiere at Artomatic.
\nRunning time 20 minutes\, followed by Q&A with artist
\nArtomatic\, F riday\, April 19 at 12:15 pm\, 6th floor
\n2100 M St NW\, Washington\, DC (metro\; Dupont Circle)
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4141@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T144119Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,earth day\,gardening\,gender\,plant s\,poetry' CONTACT:Monica Jahan Bose\; 2025096282\; monicajahanbose@gmail.com\; https: //www.thenicholsonproject.org/ DESCRIPTION:Join us for a planting\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nicho lson Project’s garden. We will be cleaning and planting the garden with Pe ter Lewis\, the Garden Manager at Nicholson. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will lead us in creating poetry and sari art.\nIf you have joined prior Storyt elling with Saris workshops\, please bring with you your folder of materia ls — journal\, pencil etc. Looking forward to seeing you! Please email st orytellingwithsaris@gmail.com with any questions or accommodation needs.\n Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist wh ose work spans painting\, printmaking\, performance\, film\, and interdisc iplinary projects. Her social practice work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created wor kshops and temporary public art installations and performances. She is the creator of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS\, a long-term art and advocacy project with her ancestral village of Katakhali\, Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a Diploma in Art fr om Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\nPeter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been working with Nicholso n Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact for garden activitie s and distribution during peak growing season. Peter also manages seeds st arts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Silver Sp ring\, MD.\n\n\nMonica Jahan Bose bio: Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi- American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaki ng\, film\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highl ights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injusti ce through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installatio ns and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unsti tched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent w omen’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her wo rk extensively in the US and internationally (20 solo shows\, numerous gro up exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Ro me. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women f armers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 10 states and se ven countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in t he Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee S entinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and all major n ewspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) fr om Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\ , India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\n\n\nThe Nicholson Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and the local artist community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s auth entic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and community-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.\nThis p roject is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.\n\n\n Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-poetry-workshop-ticket s-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreator. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240422T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240422T120000 LOCATION:The Nicholson Project @ 2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington DC SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Earth Day Gardening & Art Workshop URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/gardeningworkshop/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2023/11/DSC08360-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://storytelli ngwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSC08360-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\ ;1\,large\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DS C08360-1024x683.jpg\;960\;640\;1\,full\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/ wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSC08360-scaled.jpg\;2560\;1707\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Join us for a planting\, poetry\, and art workshop at The Nicholson Project’s garden. We will be cleaning and planting the garden with Peter Lewis\, the Garden Manager at Nicholson. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will lead us in creating p oetry and sari art.
\nIf 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.
\nMonica 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.
\nPeter 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.
\nMonica 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.
\nThe 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.
\nThis project is supported by the DC Commission on th e Arts and Humanities.
\nJoin the St orytelling with Saris team to help harvest the vegetables from the Nichols on Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in the garden in the spring and and are thrilled to go back to see what has been growing. We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and work with the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis.
\nPeter Lewis is an avid gardener\, art ist\, and chef. He has been working with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact for garden activities and distribution during peak growing season. Peter also manages seeds starts and runs the Communi ty Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.
\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose wo rk spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, performance\, and public art. He r socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions \, and temporary installations and performances. Bose uses the sari — a p recolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and nev er discarded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our pla net. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performance s) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTE LLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US states and eight countries and engaged thousands of peo ple. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\ , the Japan Times\, and all major newspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-gra duate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia La w School.
\nThe Nicholson Project is an artist residency program and neighbor hood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from o ur community and the local artist community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community -based programming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusing new vibra ncy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-tradit ional arts and community-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.
\nStortyelling with Saris is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
\nTick ets: h ttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-poetry-workshop-tickets-87770641 2507?aff=oddtdtcreator.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-poetry-workshop-ti ckets-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreator END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4373@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T144119Z 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 the Storytelling with Saris team to help harvest the veget ables from the Nicholson Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in th e garden in the spring and and are thrilled to go back to see what has bee n growing. We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and work with the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis. Location: 2310 Nichol son St\, SE\, Washington DC. Buses B2\, 32\, 36. Free street parking ava ilable.\nPeter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been working with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact for garden activities and distribution during peak growing season. Peter also manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koi ner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-Americ an artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, f ilm\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice thr ough co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work ext ensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numerous group exh ibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at th e Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. He r ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US states and eight countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sent inel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and all major news papers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, I ndia\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\n\n\n\n\nThe Nicholson Project i s an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\ , and amplify artists and creatives from our community and the local artis t community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—whil e engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Its vision i s to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s aut hentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope t o inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and community-centere d projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.\nStort yelling with Saris is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Human ities.\n\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-poetry-wor kshop-tickets-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreator. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T113000 LOCATION:The Nicholson Project @ 2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington DC SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Harvest Time! URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/harvest-time/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2023/11/DSC08360-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://storytelli ngwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSC08360-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\ ;1\,large\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DS C08360-1024x683.jpg\;960\;640\;1\,full\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/ wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSC08360-scaled.jpg\;2560\;1707\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin the St orytelling with Saris team to help harvest the vegetables from the Nichols on Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in the garden in the spring and and are thrilled to go back to see what has been growing. We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and work with the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis. Location: 2310 Nicholson St\, SE\, Washingt on DC. Buses B2\, 32\, 36. Free street parking available.
\nPeter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been working with Ni cholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact for garden act ivities and distribution during peak growing season. Peter also manages se eds starts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Sil ver Spring\, MD.
\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artis t and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmaking\, film\, pe rformance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highlights the inte rsection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co- created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installations and perform ances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstitched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent women’s lives a nd the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numerous group exhibitions \, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangla desh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoin g collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from he r ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US states and eight countri es and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwaukee Sentinel\ , the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and all major newsp apers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from W esleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Santiniketan\, In dia\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\nThe Nicholson Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborho od. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, engage\, and ampli fy artists and creatives from our community and the local artist community —particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic iden tity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire o thers to use similar non-traditional arts and community-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.
\nStortyell ing with Saris is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanitie s.
\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-p oetry-workshop-tickets-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreator.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-poetry-workshop-ti ckets-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreator END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4435@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T144119Z 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 the Storytelling with Saris team to help harvest the veget ables from the Nicholson Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in th e garden in the spring and summer\, and and are thrilled to go back to see what has been growing. We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Ja han Bose and work with the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis. Location: 2310 Nicholson St\, SE\, Washington DC. Buses B2\, 32\, 36. Free stree t parking available.\nPeter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been working with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main poi nt of contact for garden activities and distribution during peak growing s eason. Peter also manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting P rogram at Koiner Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangl adeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, pr intmaking\, film\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged wor k highlights the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustice through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary inst allations and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-lon g unstitched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to repr esent women’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her work extensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numer ous group exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhi bitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women farmers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US sta tes and eight countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has app eared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the M ilwaukee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and a ll major newspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Pa inting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from San tiniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.\n\n\n\n\nThe Nichol son Project is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunit ies\, engage\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and th e local artist community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Its vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and comm unity-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant commun ities.\nStortyelling with Saris is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.\n\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gar dening-and-poetry-workshop-tickets-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreator. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T120000 LOCATION:The Nicholson Project @ 2310 Nicholson St SE\, Washington DC SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Harvest Time! URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/harvest-time-3/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2023/11/DSC08360-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://storytelli ngwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSC08360-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\ ;1\,large\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DS C08360-1024x683.jpg\;960\;640\;1\,full\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/ wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSC08360-scaled.jpg\;2560\;1707\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin the St orytelling with Saris team to help harvest the vegetables from the Nichols on Project neighborhood garden. We helped out in the garden in the spring and summer\, and and are thrilled to go back to see what has been growing . We will do some earthing exercises with Monica Jahan Bose and work with the gardener in residence\, Peter Lewis. Location: 2310 Nicholson St\, SE\, Washington DC. Buses B2\, 32\, 36. Free street parking available.\n
Peter Lewis is an avid gardener\, artist\, and chef. He has been wo rking with Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact f or garden activities and distribution during peak growing season. Peter al so manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koine r Farm in Silver Spring\, MD.
\nMonica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-A merican artist and climate activist whose work spans painting\, printmakin g\, film\, performance\, and public art. Her socially engaged work highli ghts the intersection of climate\, racial\, gender\, and economic injustic e through co-created workshops\, art actions\, and temporary installation s and performances. Bose uses the sari — a precolonial 18-foot-long unstit ched garment that is always recycled and never discarded — to represent wo men’s lives and the cycle of life on our planet. She has exhibited her wor k extensively in the US and internationally (23 solo shows\, numerous grou p exhibitions\, and more than 25 performances) including solo exhibitions at the Bangladesh National Museum and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rom e. Her ongoing collaborative project STORYTELLING WITH SARIS with women fa rmers from her ancestral island village has travelled to 12 US states and eight countries and engaged thousands of people. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald\, the Washington Post\, Art Asia Pacific\, the Milwau kee Sentinel\, the Honolulu Star Advertiser\, the Japan Times\, and al l major newspapers in Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Pai nting) from Wesleyan University\, a post-graduate Diploma in Art from Sant iniketan\, India\, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
\nThe Nicholson Projec t is an artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairl awn neighborhood. Its mission is to support\, provide opportunities\, enga ge\, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and the local ar tist community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—w hile engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Its visio n is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic identity\, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hop e to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and community-cent ered projects as a pathway toward stronger\, more vibrant communities.
\nStortyelling with Saris is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite .com/e/gardening-and-poetry-workshop-tickets-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreato r.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-and-poetry-workshop-ti ckets-877706412507?aff=oddtdtcreator END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4390@storytellingwithsaris.com DTSTAMP:20260316T144119Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,climate\,gardening\,workshop CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Storytelling with Saris workshops will take place in February 2 025 in Bangladesh. The workshops will include sari printing\, new kantha creations from worn saris from Storytelling with Saris\, new song creation \, and performance. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250215T153100 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250223T163100 LOCATION:Katakhali @ Patuakhali District\, Bangladesh SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Workshops in Bangladesh URL:https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/workshops-in-bangladesh-3/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/upl oads/2024/03/IMG_3489-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://storytell ingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3489-300x225.jpeg\;300\;22 5\;1\,large\;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ IMG_3489-1024x768.jpeg\;960\;720\;1\,full\;https://storytellingwithsaris.c om/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3489-scaled.jpeg\;2560\;1920\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Storytelling with Saris workshops will take place in Februa ry 2025 in Bangladesh. The workshops will include sari printing\, new kan tha creations from worn saris from Storytelling with Saris\, new song crea tion\, and performance.
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