BRIDGEPORT — The Cardboard Show, a pop-up gallery featuring works from more than 100 artists, is returning to the Bridgeport Art Center.
"Prices start at $5 and there's nothing priced over $100, so if you're looking for something for your aunt and uncle, there you go," said Mike Pocius, a Bridgeport photographer and artist who has organized the event for the last 12 years with his brother Al.
The show takes place from 6-11 p.m. Friday at Project Onward, located on the fourth floor of the Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W. 35th St. Admission is free.
Like last year, this year's show benefits Project Onward, a Bridgeport-based organization that helps promote the work of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
About 50 artists from Chicago, and about 50 more from Project Onward, have contributed works — all fashioned from cardboard.
"It's a collector's paradise," Pocius said.
Proceeds from the art sale will be split between artists and Project Onward. Some artists have donated their pieces outright to the nonprofit group.
The show has its roots in the beginnings of the Bridgeport art scene, when the Pocius brothers would ask fellow artists to mail them 5-by-7 pieces of cardboard art. Then they'd collect the contributions, clear out Al's apartment in the 3200 block of South Racine Avenue, and invite all the artists over for a one-night-only party, putting the pieces on display and for sale.
Now that the event has found a new home, it will last just a bit longer — whatever's left after Friday's show will be put on display through Nov. 26.
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