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By Kate Jonuska

flaunt-insetOn a runway, you need to move forward. You rarely stand still.

So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that “Flaunt: Fashion Under the Bridge,” one of the region’s hottest art-fashion shows, has evolved.

After a hibernation in 2008, on Saturday the space under the Colorado Avenue bridge will present the metamorphosis of this popular fundraiser for FutureSelf.

Now called “Flaunt: Evolution,” the multimedia, collaborative, one-night-only art exhibition benefits FutureSelf, the Gallery of Contemporary Art and TheatreWorks.

“It’s FutureSelf reinvigorating ‘Flaunt’ and also building community with other arts organizations,” says Amber Coté, executive director of FutureSelf, a nonprofit that strives to introduce the power of art to underprivileged youths.

Featuring performance art, video, music and installation pieces in addition to fashion, the new incarnation of “Flaunt” will “push (the audience’s) perceptions a little bit and help them see how much they can like other forms of art, how much they can be intrigued by art.”

CLICK HERE to read the full text of this article, which published in the Sept. 11, 2009 GO! section of The Gazette.