Archive for the ‘climate change’ Category

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Rising Tile Mural

Monica Jahan Bose’s first ceramic sari, called “Rising,” was unveiled on March 9, 2025 in the Kalorama Triangle alley adjacent to her studio on the wall of the Miller/Farleys, behind 2015 and 2017 Belmont Rd NW, Washington DC. “Rising” speaks to our connection as humans...

by Monica Bose on March 12th, 2025
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Swimming in East City Art

Check out this feature by Ian Kibria. Follow this link to read full article. https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/east-city-swimming-.pdf

by Monica Bose on August 19th, 2024
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Business Standard feature

An extensive feature article in Business Standard publication in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Click to see the publication.

by Monica Bose on April 1st, 2024
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TV feature Channel-i

by Monica Bose on March 9th, 2024
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NTV feature in Bangladesh

by Monica Bose on March 1st, 2024
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SWIMMING launch

We had an online launch on December 13, 2023 to get started on 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...

by Monica Bose on January 6th, 2024
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Nourish

The Nicholson Project presents Nourish: Storytelling with Saris by Monica Jahan Bose. This exhibition is an installation of video, drawings, poems, and saris inspired by plants and herbs. Touching the soil and growing food are grounding and nourishing. For the last two years, Bangladeshi-American artist...

by Monica Bose on November 11th, 2023
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Sustain Installation & Dedication

The SUSTAIN installation at The LINE DC and Unity Park was an epic 10 day experience, starting on May 31 and ending on June 10, 2022. There was a dedication with poetry and music, a film screening, another poetry event at the farmers market, artist...

by Monica Bose on October 1st, 2022
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Pink Power (Carbon Free)

The Pink Power (Carbon Free) installation at the Katzen Center at American University engaged many people during the four-week exhibition as well as in the process of creation. The site-specific installation of six saris hanging from the rotunda included two climate pledge saris that were part...

by Monica Bose on September 10th, 2022
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Sustain in Dhaka Courier

Follow this link for the full article. SUSTAIN Ushers in a Decade of the Climate Justice Project Storytelling with Saris by Jumoke Opeyemi The SUSTAIN public art installation transformed a building’s six columns into monumental women clad in saris, holding up the world. 

by Monica Bose on June 28th, 2022
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