ART Opening This Week PCC WEST CAMPUS ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6385. Opening January 23, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., and continuing through February 20: Photo and Foundry, an invitational exhibition of alternative process photography by Linda Poverman, Keith Schreiber and Todd Walker, and cast metal sculpture by Susan K. Johnson, Susan Krause, Joe Harris and Don Haskin. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Opening January 18 and continuing through March 17: Arizona Designer Craftsmen '96: A Treasury of Fine Craft, a juried exhibition featuring jewelry, furniture, art quilts, handmade books, fiber art and clay. Continuing through January 29 in the Main Gallery: Small Wonders: An Exhibition of Miniature Doll Quilts. 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 $2. UA Museum of Art. UA campus, Speedway east of Park Avenue in the Fine Arts Complex. 621-7567. Opening January 20 and continuing through March 10: Robert Beckman: The Body of a House, featuring eight large paintings detailing the 2.3 seconds of destruction of a house during the 1953 nuclear bomb test in Nevada. Continuing through January 28: Joseph DiGiorgio: Prospect Park, a visual diary of changes spanning 24 months. 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. 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. 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. DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY. 6536-A Tanque Verde Road, La Plaza Shops. 722-4412. 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. DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through January 27: the Dinnerware Members' Exhibition, a nine-artist show of mixed-media paintings and three-dimensional works. 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 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. JCC ART 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. JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through February 9: Picture This, an exhibit of photographic 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. 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. 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 commentaries and observations. Green's painting is inspired by travel and impossibilities. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday 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. 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. Announcements Frida Kahlo LECTURE. Sarah Lowe, independent curator, art historian and author, presents Frida Kahlo's Diaries at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 25, in the UA College of Architecture auditorium, located at the south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Lowe will address the Mexican artist's construction of identity in her personal diaries, which have recently been reprinted. Free admission. Call 621-7570 for information. ART LECTURE. A free lecture by Marilyn Zeitlin, entitled The Reflecting Pool, meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 18, in the UA College of Architecture auditorium. Zeitlin, Curator for the ASU Art Museum, will discuss Bill Viola: Buried Secrets, an exhibit of multi-media video installations she curated for the 1995 Venice Biennial. Call 621-1251 for information. MURAL TOUR. The Associates of Art History and the UA Art Department host a bus tour of Tucson's murals at 10 a.m. Sunday, January 28, leaving from the Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House parking lot, 151 S. Granada Ave. Jane Hallet, a specialist on local mural art, will narrate the tour. Proceeds benefit the UA Associates of Art History, and are partially tax-deductible. Cost is $35, $25 for members, and includes a catered lunch at the Fremont House Museum. Register by January 20. Call 577-6793 for registration and information. CALL TO ARTISTS. The Eclectic Gallery seeks artists to exhibit realist paintings and sculptures in February/March. Hyper-realists are encouraged. Open to any media and subject matter except Clichéd Southwestern subjects. Any dimensions except those too big to fit in the door. Submissions are also being accepted for a juried show of abstract works scheduled to open April 20. Call 620-1668 for an appointment and information. CALL TO ARTISTS. G.A.S.P. Gallery seeks proposals for group and solo exhibitions. All media accepted. Include up to 20 slides and support material with SASE and send to: Linda Poverman, G.A.S.P. Gallery, Utterback Fine Arts Magnet School, 3233 S. Pinal Vista, Tucson, AZ 85713. CALL TO ARTISTS. The PCC West Campus Gallery is accepting submissions for upcoming shows. Works by two to four artists are usually exhibited for four-week periods. College provides announcements and a reception. Interested artists should send 10 35mm slides, slide list, resume, other pertinent information, and SASE to: Linda Rosenfield, Gallery Coordinator, Arts Division, Pima Community College, 2202 W. Anklam Road, Tucson, AZ 85709-0001. Call Linda at 884-6385 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. ART TALK. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., offers the following free lectures at 1:30 p.m. in the Education Building: January 18, Vergie Miller presents Taos Through the Eyes of Victor Higgins; January 22, Kay Henderson presents Dining with the Impressionist; and Cynthia Murr discusses The Getty Museum on January 25. Call 624-2333 for information.

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