The Human Body Canvas Project will return to Pacific University once again after a one-year hiatus.
The event will be taking place on Oct. 29 in the Tom Miles Theater at 7:30 p.m.
The event that was originally started by the Center for Gender Equity (CGE) in the spring of 2013 will now be cohosting the event for the first time ever with Pacific’s Art Club.
The Human Body Canvas Project is an event in which students with artistic backgrounds paint portraits and scenes on the naked bodies of other students. Each artist participating in the event is assigned a body canvas and is given three hours to paint something on that human canvas that reflects the theme of the show.
This year’s theme will be The Monster Within, which was chosen by the CGE and Art Club since Halloween is right around the corner.
After the painters have finished their work, the painted body canvases will take the stage of Tom Miles Theatre.
One by one the human canvases will go in front of their peers to express themselves and show off their beautiful bodies.
The individuals who have been painted will then address the audience and explain why they love their body and how they have come to feel comfortable in their own skin.
“This event is a celebration of the human body,” CGE Co-Chair Esbeida Ramos said. “The human canvases become a part of a bigger canvas and overall theme.
They are able to show others how they have overcome a lot of obstacles and challenges in the past to finally be able to start loving themselves.”
After all of the painted body canvases have been presented, members from the audience are then encouraged to take the stage as well and share what they love about their own body.
This event not only promotes the talented artwork of Pacific students but it is also a way for the school and students to support and accept all body types.
“I want people to have fun at the show,” Art Club president Kayla Wiley said. “I hope the show reminds people not to judge others and embrace that we are all different and unique.”
A professional photographer will be present at the show on Thursday night taking pictures of all of the painted body canvases. Although it is not confirmed, Ramos hopes the prints will be hung in the art gallery of Scott Hall this January so those who will miss the show can still see them.
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