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Floating/Drowning installation
FLOATING/DROWNING an installation by Monica Jahan Bose coconuts, banana and coconut fronds, handprinted cotton sari; dimensions variable Location: Satellite Art Show, outside front patio of Parisian Hotel, 1510 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida Dates: December 1-4, 2016 The coconuts symbolize climate resilience. More than 100...
Floating/Drowning
Floating/Drowning, a performance, installation, and art action by Monica Jahan Bose, is a a collective response to climate change. Bose collaborates with women from her ancestral village in Bangladesh as well as residents of Miami to create a transborder physical and emotional link between coastal...
Day of the Girl Celebration in DC!
Did you know that October 11 is International Day of the Girl? The day was announced by the United Nations a few years ago, around the same time that Malala Yusuf was shot by the Taliban for daring to go to school. I was lucky...
Inspiration at Sierra Club Activist Workshop!
I was honored to be invited to lead a group of young leaders for Sierra Club’s Activist Weekend in a workshop on Gender and Climate. The participants were between the ages of 16 -26 and had been selected by Sierra Club from across the United...
Water Exhibition in Richmond
“Water” a solo exhibition by Monica Jahan Bose at the Capital One Gallery in Richmond, Virginia. May 10- June 30, 2016. Curated by Naoko Wowsugi. Bangladeshi-American artist and activist Monica Jahan Bose uses painting, performance, video, photography, printmaking, and community engagement to address climate change....
Climate Talk and Workshop in Richmond
Six yards of aqua green handloom cotton sari, handprinted with a hot pink woodblock vine border and the Bengali word for Water repeated to create a border in silver on the other edge. The words for water “Pani” and “Jal” repeated in woodblock across the...
DARCHIRA RIVER Performance in Katakhali Village
DARCHIRA RIVER a performance/installation by Monica Jahan Bose in collaboration with the women of the Katakhali Cooperative January 2, 2016 duration: 2 hours. location: banks of Darchira River, Katakhali Village, Rangabali Union, Patuakhali District, Bangladesh On January 2, 2016, I created a new performance piece...
Climate Workshop in Katakhali
On December 30, 2015, we held a Climate Change Knowledge Sharing Workshop for the greater community in Katakhali Village, Barobaishdia Island, Patuakhali District. We invited the whole community to the workshop by phoning key persons and asking them to spread the word. We asked the...
A Solar Power Sari
When I visited Katakhali Village, Patuakhali district in 2013, I immediately noticed small solar panels on several homes and even on the fishing boats. I asked the women where they got them, and they explained to me that they were purchased on a three year...
First Series of Climate Change Saris
It was a huge pleasure to work with Hawa and Shima on this blue sari with undulating waves. Hawa and Shima and other women of Katakhali Village taught me woodblock printing in 2012 and 2013. I recently designed a new set of woodblocks about climate...
