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WorldPride March & Rally
Even on a day with forecast of rain and extreme heat, so many of us showed up for the WorldPride DC Human Rights Rally & March. The “Weaving Resistance: Storytelling with Saris” team worked hard during WorldPride DC 2025, holding five public workshops, an exhibition...


World Pride DC Project
Storytelling with Saris is thrilled to announce our participation in World Pride DC 2025 and our receipt of a World Pride grant. Link to press release from Capital Pride and World Pride DC 2025. Weaving Resistance: Storytelling with Saris In this moment of human rights...


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...


A dreamy project!
The Concrete Dreams public art installation was a fantastic four day event in Adams Morgan at the DC Arts Center, culminating many months of work on the project by people from DC to Katakhali Village, Bangladesh. The saris were installed on the roof of the...


Concrete Dreams!!
Join us to experience CONCRETE DREAMS at the exterior and sidewalk in front of the DC Arts Center in May 2021. Tentatively scheduled for May 20-23, 2021. Dates may shift based on weather. Check here for latest updates. Location: DC Arts Center (exterior/sidewalk), 2438 18thStreet,...


Sound Piece “Slow/Lent/আস্তে/Miadana”
Our new musical soundpiece Slow/Lent/আস্তে/Miadana was released today as part of a radio conversation hosted by Karen Baker on the Behind the Mind Show on We Act Radio in Washington DC. Washington-DC based artist Monica Jahan Bose and Paris-based musician Nirina Lune have collaborated on...


Driveway Art Salon
We had 29 people join us over various time slots for the first outdoor driveway/garden salon behind my studio. It was a beautiful breezy evening for our Driveway Art Salon. We had a book launch for RENEW and screened three new short films based on...


Conversation with Nirina Lune
Catherine Bay, Artistic Director of the Window, invited artists Monica Jahan Bose and Nirina Lune to have a public conversation in the gallery on June 7, 2019 during the exhibition/project SUBSISTANCE. The conversation was filmed by Leena Jayaswal.


Super Brooklyn Launch!
We had a fantastic day in Brooklyn today with the support of Open Source Gallery, Arts & Democracy, the Brooklyn Ladies Club, and the Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts. First, I visited Open Source Gallery in South Slope, Brooklyn, NY for my second site visit...


Climate Pledge Performance
Monica Jahan Bose presents an interactive performance to raise awareness about climate change and the global implications of our individual use of energy. She has created a number of saris in collaboration with coastal women from her native Bangladesh (who stand to lose their homeland...