Television will come alive Tuesday night when the Student Union Board presents its own version of the popular television show “Project Runway” at the Memorial Union.

Katherine Brown, senior in arts and design and SUB director of fine arts, said she is looking forward to the event because last year was a “trial year” for Project Runway.

“It’s completely based off the show,” Brown said, although she admitted it’s “not as intense.”

Even though Project Runway was held last fall and spring semester, Brown said now it will be held only in the fall because many textiles and clothing majors will be busy with the spring fashion show.

There are eight teams participating in the event, with four to five participants in each team. The teams are mostly art and design or textile and clothing students, but students from other majors are also participating, Brown said.

Each team has a $30 budget. Thread, needles and three sewing machines are among some of the supplies provided to each team.

Like the show, there is a theme to the garment each team designs. An e-mail is sent out the night before the event to the teams, revealing the theme.

“Whatever comes through our heads that we think will be entertaining, that’s what we go with,” Brown said of theme ideas.

Last year’s theme was an idea from an episode of Project Runway involving designing a garment for a celebrity of their choice.

Brown is on her toes during the entire event, supervising the teams during the time they have for constructing their garments from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Gallery of the Memorial Union. At 6 p.m., judging will begin.

At 8 p.m., there will be a runway show- open to students -in the Maintenance Shop, where Brown said she helps backstage with garments.

“In the end, to see how well the model can wear it is when you can see if it works out,” Brown said. She said the runway show is her favorite part of the event.

Volunteers are involved in the event, Brown said, whether helping set up for the show or answering questions participants have during construction.

There will be three judges for the event: Andrea Stackhouse, director and publisher of Core Magazine in Des Moines; Ashley Canney, director of affiliates for Greater Des Moines Community Foundation; and Sarah Dornink, wedding dress and gown designer for Dornink DM NY.

The winning team will receive a feature and photo shoot in Iowa State’s fashion magazine, Trend.

Brown said it’s fun to see “the craftsmanship, creativity and the incorporation of the theme all come together.”

“The more people that are there [at the runway walk], the more entertaining it will be,” Brown said.

Letitia Kenemer, Brown’s adviser and program coordinator for the Memorial Union, is a fan of the television show and is impressed with past participants’ commitment.

“It’s amazing that the students can come up with a finished design in the amount of time they have,” Kenemer said.

Sarah Moyle, sophomore in kinesiology, found the concept of the event exciting but has never seen the television show.

“It sounds interesting,” Moyle said. “It’s something that I couldn’t do.”