International Women’s Day: Torso Casting
March 10th, 2010 by Vanessa (mini-v) Vegter
I am a volunteer at the Women’s Resource Center at the University of Calgary and every year the center celebrates the diversity of women by torso casting 15 different women and allowing them to paint their own set on International Women’s Day (March 8th). The reviews of the torso casting are mixed, but I think it’s amazing to see the diversity of the female form, and to share that diversity.
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I’m always amused to see how certain things in the life awaken people’s creative energy:)) So cool!
I think that IWD is a beautiful day when you can show your appreciation and love to the women in your life. To congratulate our company’s ladies I’ve shot a greeting video (you can see it in my blog) – though it’s not about women torsos:)) and probably has too much local IT-humour, it’s also pretty cute and creative.
By the way, I don’t know why but I was surprised to find out that International Women’s Day is paid attention to in other countries that just Russia and CIS countries. I thought that it was something taken from Soviet culture and not celebrated anywhere else, and when I found several notes about it in the White House’s blog at whitehouse.gov, it was cool:)