Featured Project: Exploring Gender and Sexuality

Four students teamed up with SOU’s Queer Resource Center to implement an art project exploring how each of us interprets our own gender and sexuality. Student clubs and individuals were asked to decorate large boxes with images and words that best described their sexuality and/or gender. The boxes were then displayed in two venues: SOU Student Union and Ashland’s Downtown Plaza. In both instances, the boxes opened up a dialogue about gender and sexual identity with the student team and those who passed by. Visitors were also encouraged to write down their own feelings about gender and sexuality and then attach these drawings and notes to the boxes. This is a project that could easily transfer into a classroom or other group setting.