Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.com From left, Robbie Boyd, Phyllis Smedley and Morris McCain are just some of the artists with pieces available in the GumTree Gala’s silent auction this weekend. By W. Derek Russell Daily Journal TUPELO – Dinner, doors, dancing and decorations will be just some of the highlights of this year’s annual GumTree Museum of Art gala. The cocktail-attire event is the signature fundraiser for the museum, which publicity chairman Betty Harris calls a community treasure. “The GumTree Museum of Art guild of volunteers is responsible for organizing this event, the proceeds from which are turned over to the museum to continue its work,” Harris said. The fundraiser, hosted at the Tupelo Country Club, offers an evening of fine-dining and live entertainment with silent auction items from local artists including Jane Black, Charles Buckley, Mary Ann Caldwell, Dot Courson, Jimmy Criddle, Brent Farrar, Ke Francis, Lucy Gaines and William Heard, just to name a few. “Many of the artists will be on hand to discuss their artwork and the pieces they have provided,” Harris said. The main showcase items of the auction are three doors, designed by Morris McCain, Buffy Smedley and Robbie Boyd. Boyd, who designed the “Field Road” door has been doing part- and full-time work in the art community for the past 45 years and said she was honored to be asked to submit a piece. “Out past Love’s truck stop on (Highway) 78 I saw this big field of cotton that I just had to get a better look at,” said Boyd, of Pontotoc.
Annual Gumtree Museum Gala Promises Enchanting Evening
W. Derek Russell, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Thu, 04/27/2017 - 7:31am
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Mississippi Lee County Tupelo
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