Warming Waters
Warming Waters
C&O Canal, Georgetown, Washington, DC
July 2020
Monica Jahan Bose, in partnership with Robin Bell, presents WARMING WATERS, a public art project that links communities in Washington D.C. and Katakhali Village, Bangladesh to create climate-themed saris and video projections celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day in Georgetown, Washington D.C. Monica Jahan Bose is an artist, environmental activist, and the creator of Storytelling with Saris. For several years, she has used art and experiential workshops to draw attention to the damning impact of climate change, with a particular focus on its greater devastation to women and communities of color across the globe.
"WARMING WATERS highlights the climate crisis and the warming and rising waters with an installation of 22 blue and white saris and projections of the community coming together to build this project. Sitting in isolation on #EarthDay50 I am aware that both climate change and COVID-19 more negatively impact people of color and those in lower-income communities. In the midst of these challenges, art is especially important to give us hope, empowerment, and healing.” - Monica Jahan Bose
The project was supported by a Public Art Building Communities Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
