First look! A sneak peak at first GOCA wearable art fashion show
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Two professional Colorado designers featured in the "House of GOCA: Psychedelic Garden" fashion show met with KRDO13 Monday morning with a first look at some of their featured dresses ahead of the sold out runway event.
"We love to find different ways to activate the exhibition. To give our audiences different ways to understand the art and engage with it," said Galleries of Contemporary Art (GOCA) director Dr. Joy Armstrong.
It is the first time GOCA at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) has hosted a wearable fashion show. Armstrong said it is the start of an annual tradition.
Every dress from all nine Colorado Springs and front range designers are inspired by GOCA's exhibit, "Psycullescence", created by world-famous artist and Colorado Springs native Patrick Shearn.
Artist Chelsea Boucher put together one of her dresses on the spot for KRDO Monday morning, while professional designer Karen Holloway brought three of her models wearing her runway dresses.
"This is really like a painting to me. It's beautiful." model Ava Drews said.
Drews joined Michelle Pointer and Gracin Johnson. The show is Friday, February 28. It is sold out, but you can watch the video to see the three models in Holloway's custom dresses alongside Boucher, who tried the dress on herself for the first time.
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