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Final Bus Stop Bangladesh
June twentieth marked the end of three public installation performances known as Bus Stop Bangladesh. The saris of Roxana, Parveen, Zakia, and Zulekha were hung from Mt. Rainier City Hall. Reactions by the public to the performance ranged from local residents baffled by their surroundings...
Bus Stop Bangladesh Part II
On June 12th, 2013, the second performance of Bus Stop Bangladesh was held. Outside of Mt. Rainier City Hall, commuters poured off the bus, bleary-eyed and tired. Dazzling visions of red, pink, black, and white cloth blew around in the steamy summer air, filling their...
Press Release for Bus Stop Bangladesh
For Immediate Release from Art Lives Here: BUS STOP BANGLADESH is a three-part public intervention held on June 4th, 12th, and 19th from 5 to 7:30 pm outside the bus stop at Mt. Rainier City Hall featuring the stories and art of 12 women from...
New article in Anannya Magazine!
A three-page article about Storytelling with Saris has just come out in a leading women’s magazine in Bangladesh called Annanya. The article is in Bengali and describes the collaboration and the trip to Katakhali in great detail and includes several photos. The article starts with...
Launch of film trailer and Kickstarter!
Nandita and I have been working hard on the trailer for the film and an appeal video for Kickstarter. Here is the link to both videos and our Kickstarter page. Please watch it and pledge your support and tell your friends! Thanks so much! Monica...
Cyclone Mahasen causes storm damage
I just spoke with our friends in Katakhali. Cyclone Mahasen in coastal Bangladesh caused a big storm in Katakhali during the last 30 hours. Thankfully, all the villagers took shelter in the Samhati Health Center and no one was hurt. However, there was extensive damage...
Spring Sari Party in DC!
Nandita and I have spent two days this week (first in New York and then in DC) working on a video for our Kickstarter campaign. Then we had a Spring Sari Party to Celebrate Storytelling with Saris on Saturday May 4 at my home in...
Talk in NYC
We had a full-house for the panel discussion organized by SAWCC at the Asian American Writer’s Workshop on April 29, 2013. The panel, “Illuminating Contemporary Feminisms in South Asia,” included a presentation by Monica Jahan Bose and Nandita Ahmed on “Storytelling with Saris” and a...
Update 10: Website Launch…
Update 10: Website Launch, Performance, and Talk! Dear friends, I have several exciting pieces of news. First, we have launched a website for Her Words: Storytelling with Saris. Check out the bios of the 12 Kathakhali women working with me on the project. Much more...
Project Update Talk & Demo
Big thanks to all of you who made it to my project update talk and printmaking demonstration at the Brentwood Arts Exchange on March 16 from 3- 5 pm! It was a full house and what a nice surprise to see so many new faces....
