Public Art Project Drapes Saris Over C&O Canal Wall In Georgetown

GEORGETOWN, MD — Artist and climate activist Monica Jahan Bose along with multimedia artist and video journalist Robin Bell are presenting the temporary public art project called Warming Waters July 23-25. The installation will drape the C&O Canal wall in Georgetown behind Blue Bottle Coffee with massive, colorful cotton fabric saris from Bangladesh covered with printmaking and writing about climate change by residents of Washington and Katakhali Village, Bangladesh. There also will be video projections on the saris in the evening.

The temporary installation will be open for viewing from sunrise until 10 p.m. Projections will be from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., weather permitting. Click here for free tickets to the evening projections, which are limited due to social distancing. Visitors must wear masks and social-distancing circles will be marked on the ground for households to sit together away from others. A dedication and projections also will be livestreamed.