About this Event
Join us in celebrating Earth Day at The Nicholson Project! Get your hands dirty as we clean and plant alongside Peter Lewis, the Garden Manager. Artist Monica Jahan Bose will lead us in creating poetry and art inspired by the garden.
If you have joined Monica's prior Storytelling with Saris workshops, please bring with you your folder of materials -- journal, pencil etc.
Please email [email protected] with any questions or accommodation needs. ASL will be provided.
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Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi-American artist and climate activist whose work spans painting, printmaking, performance, film, and interdisciplinary projects. Her social practice work highlights the intersection of climate, racial, gender, and economic injustice through co-created workshops and temporary public art installations and performances. She is the creator of STORYTELLING WITH SARIS, a long-term art and advocacy project with her ancestral village of Katakhali, Bangladesh. She has a BA in the Practice of Art (Painting) from Wesleyan University, a Diploma in Art from Santiniketan, India, and a JD from Columbia Law School.
Peter Lewis is an avid gardener, artist, and chef. He has been working with The Nicholson Project since 2022 and is the main point of contact for our garden activities and distribution during peak growing season. In addition to being our Garden Manager, Peter manages seeds starts and runs the Community Composting Program at Koiner Farm in Silver Spring, MD.
The Nicholson Project is a paid artist residency program and neighborhood garden in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood. Our mission is to support, provide opportunities, engage, and amplify artists and creatives from our community and the local artist community—particularly artists of color and those from Ward 7 and 8—while engaging our neighbors through community-based programming. Our vision is to serve as a cultural hub and community anchor celebrating Ward 7’s authentic identity, while infusing new vibrancy into Southeast DC. We hope to inspire others to use similar non-traditional arts and community-centered projects as a pathway toward stronger, more vibrant communities. Learn more at .
This project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Nicholson Project, 2310 Nicholson Street Southeast, Washington, United States
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