Be-you{tiful}
Organized through a partnership between Illinois State University's Student Counseling Services and University Galleries, this open-invitational exhibition features a variety of artworks dealing with media representations of the body and the cultural norms of body image. Students currently enrolled at Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Lincoln College, and Heartland Community College were invited to participate. Be-You{tiful} occurs during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February 23 – March 1) to help prevent eating disorders and negative body image.
Student Counseling Services is coordinating additional events:
• Monday, February 25: Mirrorless Monday in the residence halls on campus
• Wednesday, February 27, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Photobooth at Bone Student Center
• Wednesday, February 27, from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.: Fitness class at the Student Fitness Center Sports Courts
• Thursday, February 28: Bulletin Board Contest in residence halls on campus
• Friday, March 1, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. : Giveaways and media literacy displays outside the Watterson Dining Center
• Wednesday, March 6, at 6:00 pm: America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments film screening in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center, featuring a discussion with the documentary’s director Darryl Roberts. Free admission.
Exhibition Documentation
Events & Programming
Exhibition reception
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.