City Listings - Art (January 11

ART

Opening This Week

ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union. Second Floor. 621-5123. Opening January 11 and continuing through February 23: The Material and the Dream Can Join, featuring paintings by Barbera Crisp, Deborah McMillion-Nering and Judith Walsh. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY. 6536-A Tanque Verde Road, La Plaza Shops. 722-4412. Opening January 15 and continuing through March 11: New Beginnings, mixed-media works by various artists. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Opening January 12 and continuing through February 9: Picture This, an exhibit of photograpic works by renown artists, including William Wegman, to be auctioned off at the UA Department of Art's black-tie fundraiser on the evening of February 9. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Continuing

Arizona Historical Society. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Continuing through December 31, 1996: Emergence: The South Park Story, 1940-1950, a photo exhibit tracing the development of the South Park neighborhood, located along Park Avenue south of 22nd Street. Continuing through December 31, 1996: A Memento for My Descendants: The Buehman Studio Perspective, featuring the photographic works of German immigrant Henry Buehman. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through January 20: The Inescapable Girly Show, a series of C-prints made from collaged film by Barry Baldridge; and Limited Warranty, a series of sewn photographic collages by Pam Deutschman. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night. Call 792-0313 for information.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through January 27: Three Ring Circus, photographic installations in three rooms by Jill Susan Kelly, Gail Hewlett and Ruth K. Marblestone. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night, Thursday Night Art Walk and by appointment.
THE CROSSING. 44 W. Sixth St. 318-1599. Continuing: painting and photography by Dana A. Bonner, mixed-media furniture and accessories by Eric Lee Cooper, and painting, printmaking and mosaics by Robin Riley. Gallery hours are 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Downtown Saturday Night.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through January 20: Arizona, featuring paintings by James Cook and sculpture by Mark Rossi. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DEGRAZIA GALLERY. Little Gallery. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9192. Continuing through January 19: Our Wonderful World, animals, people and places by Grace Nowell, artist and author. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through January 27: the Dinnerware Members' Exhibition, vibrant, mixed media paintings and three-dimensional works by nine member artists. Continuing through January 27: sculpture by Susan Vancas and oil on canvas paintings by Scarlett Decker. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Continuing through January 31: National Small Works Juried Competition Exhibit, featuring mixed media emphasizing diversity and technique. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Continuing through January 18: Paintings of the Sonoran Desert, a juried exhibition of water-based media by the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Admittance is free with museum admission.
JCC GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through February 11: Persuasive Moments, oil paintings by Bruce Horn and Tucson and San Diego Series, watercolors by Diana Schwartz. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through February 10: Mascaras Pintadas: Retratos Intimos, works in gouache on paper by Cristina Cardenas, and acrylic paintings by Gonzalo Espinoza. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 6 to 9 p.m. Downtown Saturday Night or by appointment.
LOCAL 803, INC. 803 E. Helen St. 882-4625. Continuing through February 10: fiber installation by Julia Latané, fiber sculpture by Melinda Morey and non-silver photography by Elaine Querry. There will be an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, January 20. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through January 31: designs by Rammed Earth Development, Inc., featuring the Meyer Avenue Project, located in Bario Viejo and Barrio Santa Rosa. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
PHANTOM GALLERY. 38. E. Congress St. Continuing through February 15: acrylic paintings of children, animals and other natural subjects by Monika Rossa.
PHILABAUM GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through January 27: Desert Heat: Glass Artists of the Southwest, featuring works by artists from New Mexico and Arizona. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through February 10: recent paintings by Joe Forkan and Heather Green. Forkan's works are painterly multi-image large-scale paintings. Green's works are nostalgic, enigmatic representations influenced by travel and impossibilities. There is an artists' reception at 7 p.m. Saturday, January 13. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday Art Walk.
TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-8210. Continuing through February 7: clay and iron by Kevin Osborn. There is an opening reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 12. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through January 29 in the Main Gallery: Small Wonders: An Exhibition of Miniature Doll Quilts, a juried exhibition of works by Arizona artists. Continuing through January 14 in the Exhibition Hall: Portraits of Clay: Pottery in Mata Ortiz, photographs by Sandy Smith depicting works by 14 potters from this small pueblo in northern Chihuahua. Regular gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is a $2 donation.
TUCSON/PIMA ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through February 23: Beauty and the Bead: The Many Facets of Beadwork and Pure Color, a combined exhibition featuring the work of members of the Tucson Bead Society and local pastel artists. There is an artists' reception from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, January 13. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Thursday Night Art Walk.
Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through February 12: A Gift of Vision, a collection of works donated by the Small family. Continuing through January 21: Covering the West, works by 64 Southwest Art magazine cover artists. Admission to the museum is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and students, free for members and children under 12. Free for all on Tuesdays. Docent-led tours of the TMA Historic Block are offered at 11 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UA Museum of Art. UA campus, Speedway east of Park Avenue in the Fine Arts Complex. 621-7567. Continuing through January 28: Joseph DiGiorgio: Prospect Park, a visual diary of changes through the year's in Brooklyn's famous Prospect Park. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed on Saturdays and University holidays. Admission is free.
WINGSPAN GALLERY. 422 N. Fourth Ave. 624-1779. Continuing through January 31: black and white photography by Robert A. MacMahon. Artists interested in exhibiting their works at Wingspan may call 624-1779 or Robert MacMahon at 571-8783. Call for gallery hours.

Last Chance

Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through January 13: paintings by Gail Marcus-Orlen and Eriks Rudans and photographs by Vicki Ragan. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday Night.

Announcements

PICTURE THIS. Tickets are currently on sale for the UA Department of Art fundraiser Picture This, scheduled for February 9. This black-tie event features cocktails, dinner and a live auction of works by renowned Arizona photographers, and works by internationally known photographer William Wagman. Tickets range from $100 to $150 per person. Call the UA Fine Arts box office at 621-3117 for tickets and information.
ART LECTURE. Arizona Health Sciences Center DuVal Auditorium. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. The free Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society lecture series continues at 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 15. Film-maker Anne Makepeace and project consultant Hartman Lomawaima present a lecture and discussion of photographs of the Hopi by Edward Curtis. Call 327-7235 for information.
QUILTERS CONFERENCE. UA Extended University and Arizona Historical Society host Patterns of the Past, a three-day conference for historians, quiltmakers, quilt and antique collectors, fiber artists and admirers of the art, scheduled for January 19 through 21 at the Quality Hotel and Suites, 475 N. Granada Ave. Conference coincides with the Tucson Quilters Guild annual show at the Tucson Convention Center. Call Susan Dick at 626-2235 for registration and information.
POSTER CONTEST. Submissions are currently being accepted for the first annual Tucson Open International Question Authority Poster Contest. $50 first prize. Entries will not be returned. Send a copy of the poster with name and address to: Question Authority, Box 1176, 2509 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719. Deadline is March 15. Call Dr. Justin Kase at 321-8776 for information.
HUMANITIES GRANTS. The Arizona Humanities Council offers grants for projects that help the public understand and appreciate the humanities. Formats may include: conferences, lectures and discussions; oral histories, field trips and research; radio and video productions; exhibitions and publications; interpretations of performances; teacher seminars and in-service programs; and planning for future AHC projects. All non-profit organizations are eligible. Individuals may apply for research projects only. General grants, Proposal development grants and resource center grants are available. Write to: Arizona Humanities Council, The Ellis-Shackelford House, 1242 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004-1887. Call (602) 257-0335; or fax (602) 257-0392 for information.
A.R.T.S. ANONYMOUS. Become a productive artist. Artists Recovering through the Twelve Steps meets from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Sunday at the Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave. Call 327-5194 or 795-9030 for information.
CALL FOR ARTISTS. Local 803, Inc., a cooperative contemporary art gallery, seeks submissions from visual artists working in any medium and living in the Tucson area for the upcoming season, to run August 1996 through July 1997. Send 10 or more slides, resume and SASE to: Local 803, Inc., P.O. Box 40488, Tucson, AZ 85717; or deliver directly to the gallery at 803 E. Helen St. Installation and performance artists should submit both a visual and written proposal in addition to slides of previous work. Video submissions are also welcome. Deadline is January 31.
CALL FOR MEMBERS. Desert Artisans Cooperative gallery seeks artists for membership. All media except video and performance art are considered. Immediate openings are available for three dimensional work. Deadline for application is February 2. Send SASE for prospectus to: Desert Artisans, 6536 Tanque Verde Road, No. 120, Tucson, AZ 85715. Call 722-4412 for information.
ART TALK. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., offers the following free lecture at 1:30 p.m. in the Education Building: Dr. Sheila Mortonson presents El Greco's Distortions: The Result of Defective Vision? on January 11. Marilyn Olander discusses Art Deco Art on January 15. On January 18, Vergie Miller presents Taos Through the Eyes of Victor Higgins. Call 624-2333 for information.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Los Alamos County Art in Public Places Board is soliciting entries for its second annual sculpture competition and exhibit June 7 through September 8. The juried competition is open to New Mexico and regional sculptors. Criteria for selection will be artistic merit, however, suitability for public display will be considered. Artists may submit up to three slides of their sculptures. Entry forms may be obtained by writing: Fuller Lodge Arts Center, P.O. Box 790, Los Alamos, NM 87544; or by calling (505) 662-9331. Deadline for submissions is March 1.
TEMPLE TOURS. ATC hosts tours of the historic Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., at 11 a.m. every Monday and at 10 a.m. every Saturday through May 18, 1996. Tours begin in the courtyard and are guided by ATC docents. Reservations are not needed for these free public tours. Group tours may be arranged by calling Hope Towner at 884-8210.
ART WALK. Visit the Downtown Arts District from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, with free docent-led Art Walk tours beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Park Inn Suite Santa Rita Hotel, 88 E. Broadway. Call 624-9977 for information and a listing of participating galleries.
DEMONSTRATION. Watch glassblowers practice their craft at the downtown studio of Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass, 711 S. Sixth Ave. Call 884-7404 to confirm the day's schedule or if there are more than six people in your party.

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