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GDS Assembly Talk

When: October 13, 2023 @ 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM

Excited to be back at GDS for an assembly for the entire high school.  I will give an interactive talk and poetry performance! Thank to the students for inviting me. -MJB  

by Monica Bose on October 12th, 2023
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Textiles/Fashion Town Hall in NY

When: September 21, 2023 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Mercury Store, 131 8th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) welcomes you to attend and participate in September’s Town Hall on Fashion and Textiles in celebration of Textile Month and Fashion Week in NYC. We’ll be hosted by Mercury Store in Brooklyn, NY. The history of textile arts is as old as human civilization; our...

by Monica Bose on August 23rd, 2023
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Prokash scroll performance at DC Boimela

When: August 27, 2023 @ 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Where: Holiday Inn Washington Dulles, 45425 Holiday Drive, Sterling, VA 20166

Please join us at the DC Boimela (Bangla Bookfair) for a 30 minute performance/talk by Monica Jahan Bose showcasing the “Prokash” community scroll on gender and identity created in 2021 with intergenerational Bangladeshi residents of New York City.  The scroll was created as the final...

by Monica Bose on August 19th, 2023
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Nourish Exhibition

When: September 10, 2023 @ 4:00 PM – November 4, 2023 @ 4:00 PM
Where: The Nicholson Project, 2310 Nicholson St SE Washington, DC 20020

Nourish: Storytelling with Saris Exhibition Dates: September 10-November 4, 2023 Opening Reception with Poetry Slam:  September 10 from 4-6 pm Artist Talk: October 21 from 2-3 pm Gallery Hours: Wednesdays 2-6pm + Saturdays 12 noon – 4pm Nourish: Storytelling with Saris is an installation of...

by Monica Bose on August 8th, 2023
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Nourish Exhibition – Artists’ Talk

When: October 21, 2023 @ 2:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Where: The Nicholson Project, 2310 Nicholson St SE Washington, DC 20020

Nourish: Storytelling with Saris Exhibition Dates: September 10-November 4, 2023 Artist Talk: October 21 from 2-3 pm featuring artists Monica Jahan Bose and Stephanie J. Williams Gallery Hours: Wednesdays 2-6pm + Saturdays 12 noon – 4pm In this artist talk, former Artist-in-Residence Stephanie J. Williams...

by Monica Bose on August 8th, 2023
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Feminist Film Night

When: August 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Where: The Reach, 1023 15th St NW suite 400, Washington, DC 20005

Join us for a short film and a feature length film followed by Q&A with feminist filmmakers/artists Indrani Nayar-Gall and Monica Jahan Bose. Happy hour starts at 6:30 pm and films start at 7:15 pm There will be wine and snacks provided but outside food...

by Monica Bose on July 26th, 2023
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Electric Bangladesh: Fossil Free Futures Exhibition

When: August 1, 2023 @ 4:00 PM – August 4, 2023 @ 8:00 PM
Where: The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA

Please join me at this exhibition, for which two of my works have been commissioned. Five leading Bangladeshi artists are sending a message to GE and demanding a fossil fuel free future, with a new Boston-based art exhibition titled ‘Electric Bangladesh: Fossil Free Futures’.  DETAILS...

by Monica Bose on July 24th, 2023
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Sari workshop with students

When: July 7, 2023 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose will lead a hands-on sari  workshop with high school students at Georgetown Day School addressing environmental and gender justice.  Participants will discuss strategies for climate action and gender justice and draw, paint, and write on a hand-woven...

by Monica Bose on June 30th, 2023
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Smithsonian Women’s Environmental Leadership Summit

When: September 15, 2023 @ 9:00 AM – September 16, 2023 @ 1:00 PM
Where: The Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel, 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

Monica Jahan Bose will be participating in the the third annual Women’s Environmental Leadership (WEL) summit taking place from Thursday September 14 through Sunday September 17, 2023, in Washington D.C. The summit is a signature program of The Center for Environmental Justice at the Smithsonian’s...

by Monica Bose on June 30th, 2023
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Public art presentation to ANC1C

When: June 7, 2023 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: Zoom,  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85075682967?pwd=aGQ1bzBrZktZT0JueGZhbmpIZ21IQT09 

NOTICE REGARDING PROPOSED TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART PROJECT “SWIMMING” ARTIST:  MONICA JAHAN BOSE The art project SWIMMING proposes to hang sari fabric art in the plaza in front of the Marie Reed Elementary School and Marie Reed Aquatic and Recreation Center at 2201 18th St, NW, and 2154...

by Monica Bose on May 30th, 2023
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