28th Annual Gala Art Auction: Bloom

The 28th Annual Gala Art Auction: Bloom, Benefitting Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art is Friday, May 15 at The Newberry!

2026 Cornerstone Honor Recipient: Julia Becker

Get ready to bloom with The Square. Enjoy a live auction, silent auction, dinner by Enbär, and live music by The Lucky Valentines. Celebrate The Square’s inaugural Cornerstone Honor awarded to a lifelong supporter of the arts and the museum.

Thank you to our generous donating auction artists:

Jessie Albrecht • John Armstrong • Julia Becker • Kyle No Nayme Daugherty • Josh DeWeese • Stephen Glueckert • Robert Harrison • Nona Jane Kendall • Ken Kohoutek • Morton Levin* • Cristina Marian • Sara Mast • Gordon McConnell • Janina Myronova • Nan Parsons • Louis Still Smoking • Geoffrey Stocking • Richard Swanson • Peter Voulkos* • Theodore Waddell • Brenda Wolf

*Denotes artwork donated to this fundraiser from generous private collections