Eastchester Artist Holds Free Art Show in Bronxville

Cara Garcia-Bou has always had an interest in art and currently studies art history and studio art at Bates College in Maine, where she will start her senior year this fall.

But on Friday Garcia-Bou, of Eastchester, is taking a more active approach to her art appreciation by curating an art show for the first time. The Pop-Up Art Show is just Friday night from 7-10 p.m., located at 112 Kraft Avenue in Bronxville. The show is free.

“The experience of all the artists varies, but everyone in the show is an emerging artist,” she said. “They’re all finding their ground.”

The show contains work from 15 artists, some Garcia-Bou met in college and high school, as well as others who submitted work after got the word out about the show.

“It was kind of crazy how many people responded that they were interested in the show,” she said. “I sent out a huge blast email. Most of the people that responded are in the show.”

The artists submitted drawings, paintings, photographs and one 3-D piece.

Garcia-Bou said the location was donated for the show realtor.

“This one, I thought, would be really great because it’s right when you get off the train,” she said. “It’s really big and empty.”

Garcia-Bou, who paints and draws, interns in the communications department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and works as an attendant at her college’s art museum, also helping out with some behind-the-scenes aspects for shows.

For Garcia-Bou, who has a drawing in the show, it will be the first public show she has art in, as well as most others who have work showing on Friday.

“It really is a way to get your own work out there,” she said, adding that as an artist, you want to find a way to get your work out to an audience.

Garcia-Bou added that a few other artists in the show have expressed interest in curating their owns shows in the future, which she thinks could be a good way for younger artists to help each out.

“It’s a great way to learn from other artists and see what other people are working on,” she said. “It’s hard at this point to have an outlet to show art.”