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Film Screening in Brittany

When: August 4, 2022 @ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Where: Art au Bar, 22 Rue du Général de Gaulle, 35870 Le Minihic-sur-Rance, France

Join us for a film screening and Bengali meal at Art au Bar in Brittany, France on August 4, 2022 at 8 pm.  We will be showing “Water Resistance” and “Subsistance” addressing climate change and impacts on agriculture and food. The chef will be preparing...

by Monica Bose on July 5th, 2022
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Futures Exhibition

When: November 21, 2021 @ 10:00 AM – July 6, 2022 @ 11:00 PM
Where: Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington DC

Arts and Industries Building 900 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC Part exhibition, part festival, FUTURES presents nearly 32,000 square feet of new immersive site-specific art installations, interactives, working experiments, inventions, speculative designs, and “artifacts of the future,” as well as historic objects and discoveries from 23 of...

by Monica Bose on June 28th, 2022
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Fragile Beauty Exhibition

When: May 9, 2022 @ 9:00 AM – July 1, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

I St Gallery of DCCAH 200 I Street SE, Washington, DC Curator: Sarah Gordon Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm ET Masks are required May 9 – July 1, 2022 With social injustice a common theme around the world, we are also currently...

by Monica Bose on June 11th, 2022
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To Live and to Breathe Sari Workshop

When: September 24, 2023 @ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Where: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE Washington, DC

Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose will lead a hands-on sari climate pledge workshop as part of the exhibition To Live and to Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Washington, D.C.  Participants will discuss strategies for climate action and draw, paint, and write...

by Monica Bose on June 11th, 2022
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Fragile Beauty Sari Workshop

When: June 27, 2022 @ 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Where: DCCAH Gallery - park across the street, 200 I Street, SE, Washington DC

Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose will lead a hands-on sari climate pledge workshop as part of the closing of Fragile Beauty. The workshop will be outdoors (unless it rains), allowing us to connect with the Earth. Participants will discuss strategies for climate...

by Monica Bose on June 11th, 2022
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Light Your Fire

When: June 11, 2022 @ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Where: Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden, Independence Ave SW &, 7th St SW, Washington, DC 20560

Join us for Light Your Fire, a project with teens from Coolidge High School in DC. They have  worked with  Monica Jahan Bose on poetry and a community scroll and will unveil their work and do a collective performance on Saturday, June 11 in the...

by Monica Bose on June 11th, 2022
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Climate Can’t Wait

When: May 19, 2022 @ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Where: Corner of 1st St NE and D Street NW, Corner of 1st St NE and D Street NW, Washington DC

Storytelling with Saris has joined forces with Moms Clean Air Force and will be leading a Climate Art Action Thursday, May 19 at 4-6 pm near the Senate offices.  The address is: corner of 1st St NE and D St NE, Washington DC near Lower Senate...

by Monica Bose on May 19th, 2022
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Storytelling with Saris Earth Day 2022 Event

When: April 22, 2022 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Where: online

STORYTELLING WITH SARIS EARTH DAY 52 CLIMATE ART EVENT April 22, 2021 11 am – 1 pm EDT, 9 pm Bangladesh, 4 pm London, 5 pm Paris/Rome, 6 pm Athens, 11 pm Bangkok/Manila. Live from Washington DC, Storytelling with Saris celebrates Earth Day 52 through...

by Monica Bose on April 11th, 2022
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Art, Climate Journalism, and Performance Workshops

When: February 16, 2022 @ 7:25 PM – February 22, 2022 @ 8:25 PM
Where: Katakhali Village, Patuakhali Distrist

We will be doing daily workshops in Katakhali on sari art, climate justice, climate advocacy writing, recording intangible heritage, and climate photo journalism.  The culmination will be a performance with over a dozen girls on bikes on the banks of the Darchira River.  

by Monica Bose on March 3rd, 2022
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Women’s Day Sari Art & Poetry Workshop

When: March 8, 2022 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Where: Eaton Hotel, Chrystal Room, 1201 K St NW, Washington DC

March 8 is International Women’s Day.  We will be creating climate and food justice saris in solidarity with women farmers of Katakhali Village, Bangladesh.  Please join us for an in person sari art & poetry workshop with Storytelling with Saris. The workshop is led by...

by Monica Bose on March 3rd, 2022
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