Events

Sep
20
Fri
2024
DC Art Now
Sep 20 @ 9:00 AM – Dec 13 @ 11:28 AM
DC Art Now

“DC Art Now” Exhibition

DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, I St Gallery, 200 I Street, SE, Washington DC; metro: Waterfront

Hours: Monday -Friday, 9 am to 5:30 pm, from September 20-December 13, 2025

This is an exciting exhibition of art by DC area artists being considered for the Washington DC Art Bank public art collection to be displayed in DC government buildings.  There are dozens of artists in the show, selected by a panel of 18 judges. We are thrilled to see the collaborative “Capitol Kantha” on display. It is made from a sari that was part of the 2019 WRAPture installation, then later worn by a Bangladeshi woman farmer on Barobaishdia Island, and then cut, layered in three, and embroidered, painted and printed by women of the island and Monica Jahan Bose. The original sari also has woodblock by people of DC. Saris are never discarded. When worn thin or torn, they are cut, layered in three, and embroidered into blankets, swaddles, shawls, and wall hangings called kanthas.

 

Jan
5
Sun
2025
Workshops in Bangladesh @ Katakhali
Jan 5 @ 3:31 PM – Jan 12 @ 4:31 PM
Workshops in Bangladesh @ Katakhali

Storytelling with Saris workshops will take place in January 2025 in Bangladesh.  The workshops will include sari printing, letter writing to the government, new song creation, and performance.

May
22
Thu
2025
Paglees show in Charlotte! @ McColl Center
May 22 @ 6:00 PM – Jun 29 @ 7:00 PM
Paglees show in Charlotte! @ McColl Center

Stay tuned for the Paglees show in North Carolina!