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Gender & Climate Workshop

When: June 3, 2017 @ 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: Sierra Club's Youth Activist Weekend, 18th St NW, Washington, DC, USA

We are very excited to be presenting another workshop on gender and climate for the Sierra Club’s Youth Activist Weekend 2017 in Washington, D.C. This year’s workshop will include a pre-view screening of a scene selects from the upcoming film RISING UP TO CLIMATE CHANGE:...

by Monica Bose on May 14th, 2017
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Smithsonia’s Ae Kai Culture Lab

When: July 7, 2017 @ 12:27 AM – July 9, 2017 @ 1:27 AM
Where: Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center presents “Ae Kai,” a culture lab on convergence Dates: July 7-9, 2017, 11 am to 9 pm Location: Site of former Foodland, Ala Moana Shopping Center, Honololu, Hawai’i I will be presenting RECLAIM, an installation and interactive language and climate...

by Monica Bose on May 13th, 2017
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Film Screening and Q&A

When: April 6, 2017 @ 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Where: Earthjustice, 48 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, USA

A 16-minute sample preview of the upcoming film “Rising up to Climate Change: Storytelling with Saris” along with the UN film “Thirty Million” will be screened in the NY offices of Earthjustice and shown via webinar to their offices around the country. The screening will...

by Monica Bose on April 6th, 2017
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“Power” Installation

When: March 9, 2017 @ 7:00 PM – April 30, 2017 @ 5:00 PM
Where: Takoma Park Civic Center, 7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912, USA

The sari installation in the atrium is called “Power” and is part of the “4 + 1” Exhibition curated by Shanthi Chandrasekar. The opening is at 7 pm on March 9, 2017. The show is up through April 30th. Hours from 8:30 am to 9:30...

by Monica Bose on March 8th, 2017
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Vision DC 2017 Art and Innovation Summit

When: April 24, 2017 @ 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Where: Arena Stage, 1101 6th St SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA

For the VISION DC Arts and Urban Innovation Summit 2017, Monica Jahan Bose will create a video installation called TOGETHER. TOGETHER speaks to climate change with collaborative saris made in Bangladesh and Washington, D.C. as well as a new video work. There are panels, performances,...

by Monica Bose on March 6th, 2017
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Empowerment Workshops in Anacostia

When: February 28, 2018 @ 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Where: Anacostia River, Historic Anacostia, Washington, DC 20020, USA

Monica Jahan Bose will be leading a series of empowerment workshops with women at a shelter in Anacostia. The women are learning about climate change and making a collaborative sari with woodblock, writing, and painting. This project is funded by the DC Commission on the...

by Monica Bose on March 3rd, 2017
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Empowerment Workshops in Anacostia

When: August 28, 2017 @ 1:51 PM – September 1, 2017 @ 3:00 PM
Where: Anacostia River, Historic Anacostia, Washington, DC 20020, USA

Monica Jahan Bose will be leading a series of empowerment workshops with women at a shelter in Anacostia. The women are learning about climate change and making a collaborative sari with woodblock, writing, and painting. The workshops will culminate in public performance on the banks...

by Monica Bose on March 3rd, 2017
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Talk: From Bangladesh to Brooklyn

When: February 17, 2017 @ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Where: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Talk title: “From Bangladesh to Brooklyn: Transnational Art Practices” by Monica Jahan Bose Abstract: Monica Jahan Bose has lived in Bangladesh, the U.K., the United States, Japan, France, Pakistan, and India. Using the sari as a symbol for women’s lives, she has presented her work...

by Monica Bose on December 12th, 2016
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1.5 Degrees Installation/Ward 12

When: December 8, 2016 @ 6:30 PM – December 17, 2016 @ 4:00 PM
Where: S&R Foundation Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect St NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA

1.5 • C installation at Ward !2 Group Exhibition of S&R Studio Program fellows Site specific video installation with woodblock printed saris, lightbulbs, and snowglobes Exhibition dates: December 7-December 17, 2016 (daily from 1-4 pm). Register for viewing after the opening. Click for more details....

by Monica Bose on November 23rd, 2016
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Floating/Drowning

When: December 3, 2016 @ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Where: Superfine!, 56 NE 29th St, Miami, FL 33137, USA

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...

by Monica Bose on November 23rd, 2016
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