City Listings - Art (February 15

ART

Opening This Week

DE GRAZIA GALLERY. Little Gallery. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. Opening February 18, with a reception from noon to 4 p.m., and continuing through March 1: Visions of the Southwest, an exhibit of oil and watercolor paintings by Grace Calterone. Continuing through February 16: Neon Pueblos and Native Cacti, an exhibition of brightly colored watercolors by Cal Cook. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Opening February 15 and continuing through March 2: The M.E.Ch.A. Scholarship Fundraiser Exhibit, featuring 38 seriagraphs from the Rick Meyer collection of East Los Angeles based Self-Help Graphics. Proceeds benefit scholarship funds for freshmen and graduate art students. Artists' receptions will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, February 17 and 24. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 6 to 9 p.m. Downtown Saturday Night or by appointment.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Opening February 15 and continuing through March 9: The Maybelline Fantasy Series: Works by Alan Bloom, pastels, oil monoprints and charcoal drawings. Artist's reception is at 7 p.m. Saturday, February 17. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday Art Walk.

Continuing

ALAMO GALLERY. 101 W. Sixth St. 795-6225. Continuing through February 29: sculpture in stone and bronze by Ed Davenport and photographs, paintings and welded steel lamps by Martin Levowitz. Call for gallery hours.
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave., Studio C. 791-3505. Continuing through February 29: paintings by Sarah Kucerova. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ART DEPARTMENT GALLERY. Art Building. UA campus. Located at the south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through February 27: Identities: Contemplating A Room With No View, works by MFA candidates Marlys Kubicek, Savio Aquiar and Caitlin Masley. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd Street. 748-1551. Continuing through March 1: an exhibition by the UA art community featuring works by Josh Goldberg, Bart Morse, Andrew Rush and Richard Schaffer. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, Second Floor. 621-5123. Continuing through February 23: The Material and the Dream Can Join, paintings by Barbera Crisp, Deborah McMillion-Nering and Judith Walsh. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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 February 24: mixed-media photo-constructions and sculptural books by Sharon Holnback and Patricia Katchur. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
Center for Creative Photography. UA Fine Arts Complex, southeast of the pedestrian underpass at Speedway and Park Avenue. 621-7968. Continuing through March 10: Points of Entry: Tracing Cultures, featuring 12 contemporary American artists who explore themes central to the definition of multi-culturalism in the 1990s. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through February 28: Merged Realities: A Synthesis of Art and Science, a national juried exhibition with more than 70 science-inspired pieces by artists from 22 states. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night, Thursday Night Art Walk and by appointment.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through March 2: new paintings by Bruce McGrew and drawings and sculpture by Judith Stewart. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY. 6536-A Tanque Verde Road, La Plaza Shops. 722-4412. Continuing through March 11: New Beginnings, an exhibition of works by various local artists. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through February 24: an exhibition of four new mixed media works on paper by Laura LaFave. Continuing through February 24 in the small gallery: drawings by Diane Ferris. 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 March 15: an exhibit of realist works by Tucson artists. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Thursday Night Art Walk, Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERY. 4280 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 5. 299-2139. Continuing through February 23: paper pieces and acrylic mixed-media on canvas by Greg Benson. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through March 30: paintings by Nancy Tokar Miller and Simon Donovan, and drawings by Fred Rhoads. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. Utterback Middle School. 3233 S. Pinal Vista. 617-6100. G.A.S.P Gallery is Tucson's only student-run gallery, and is supervised by art instructor Linda Poverman and UA Museum of Art Curator of Education, Josh Goldberg. Continuing through March 5: Eleven From ABC Multi-Media Art, painting, printmaking and ceramics by 11 members of the Artists' Black Community (ABC). Regular gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
HUNTER GALLERY. 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Suite 15. 298-8270. Continuing through March 30: drawings by American fashion illustrator Gregory Weir-Quiton, works by nine contemporary artists, and early California "plein air" artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and Monday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Tuesday.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Continuing through February 23: Above and Beyond, acrylic paintings of extraterrestrial landscapes by Dr. William K. Hartman. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Admittance is free with museum admission.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through March 8: Shanghai Ink, works by contemporary Shanghai artists Li Hou, Chen Xing, Wang Tiande, Zhi-pin Lu and Wang Jieyin. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through March 31: Line and Space: Projects and Process, featuring architectural drawing and models by Les Wallach and his firm. Regular gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. St. Philip's Plaza. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through March 24: jewelry by Michael Boyd, Jude Clarke and Diane Egbert; tapestry art by Amy Weber work in handmade paper by Nancy Wilkoff and new drawings by Mary Ryan. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
PCC WEST CAMPUS ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6385. Continuing through February 20: Photo and Foundry, 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. Regular 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.
PHILABAUM GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through April 27: Southwest Invitational IX: Homo Vitreus, featuring twenty artists' interpretations of the human form in glass. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
PLATINUM GALLERY. Hacienda Del Sol. 5601 Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. Continuing through March 15: platinum photographic printmaking by Gary Auerbach. Call for gallery hours.
SUNDT GALLERY. College of Architecture. UA campus. located at the south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-6751. Continuing through February 25: The New Movement in the Netherlands 1924-1936, a traveling exhibit featuring the work of Johannes Duiker. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union. Third Floor. 626-4215. Continuing through March 14: Interstices, recent photography by Kye Bajakian contrasting civilization and the wilderness that surrounds it. Call for gallery hours.
TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-8210. Continuing through March 20: monotypes and pastels by Jim Waid. An artist's reception gathers from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 16. 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 March 11 in the Main Gallery: black and white photography of Yosemite National Park, Monument Valley and Death Valley by Allen "Ike" Fordye. 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. Regular gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. A $2 donation is requested.
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 works by members of the Tucson Bead Society. Also showing are a collection of pastel drawings by TMA students of Gail Marcus-Orlen. 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 March 10: A Gift of Vision, a collection of works donated by the Small family. 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. 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 February 29: La Raza: Diversity and Identity in Mexican and Mexican American Art, an exploration of the cultural contributions of Hispanic artists from both sides of the border. Continuing through March 10: Robert Beckman: The Body of a House, eight large-scale paintings detailing the 2.3 seconds of a house's destruction during the 1953 nuclear bomb test in Nevada. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed on Saturdays and UA holidays. Admission is free.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union. 626-4215. Continuing through March 7: Photographs From Africa, silver gelatin prints of scenes from Rwanda, Mali and the Masai Mari by Richard Laugharn. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Announcements

SYMBOLS IN ART. UA visiting artist David Rubin presents Symbolism and Controversy in Contemporary Art at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 22, at the UA Architecture auditorium. Rubin will address symbols tied to political and social issues. Admission is free. Call 621-1251 for information.
APA KICKOFF PARTY. The Arizona Production Association, a non-profit organization for theatre, film and video professionals and support services, hosts a kickoff party celebrating the formation of the Southern Arizona APA chapter at 7 p.m. Friday, February 16, at Good Earth Restaurant, 6366 E. Broadway. Cost is $7, $5 for members. The 1996 APA directory is available and a buffet meal is provided. Call 884-4346 for information.
STUDIO ART. Art's for Me Studio and Gallery offers multi-media art classes Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $5 for a two- to three-hour class. Studio hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with rates at $2.50 per hour. Call 293-4919 for information.
THE ARTIST'S WAY. The Artist's Way is a 12-week group workshop exploring the creative self through structured activities. Classes meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning February 21, at the Center for Expressive Art and Psychotherapy, 3400 E. Speedway, No. 204. Sandra Wortzel, MA, CET, a certified Expressive Arts Therapist, instructs. Cost is $20 per week. Call Sandra at 325-7795 for registration and information.
SOUTHWEST ARTS CONFERENCE. The Arizona Commission on the Arts hosts the Southwest Arts Conference March 7 through 10 at Arizona State University. Early registration is $35 and must be postmarked by February 22. Registration after February 22 is $45. Send checks to: Arizona Commission on the Arts, 417 W. Roosevelt St., Phoenix, AZ 85003. Call (602) 229-8225 for registration and information.
ARTS CONFERENCE. Drawing Down the Muse, the International Conference for Women in the Arts, meets March 15 through 17 at the WomanKraft Castle, 388 S. Stone Ave. Workshops are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Attending rtists and workshop facilitators will present their works and offer critiques Friday and Saturday evenings and all day Sunday. Cost is $150. A limited number of $50 grants are available through T/PAC. Call 629-9976 for registration and information.
AIDS COMMEMORATION. The Tucson Committee for a Better Tomorrow requests NAMES Project participants and all those who wish to remember a life taken by AIDS to be a part of the Southern Arizona display. The NAMES Foundation allows for special requests for quilts, but it does take time. Write the Tucson Committee for a Better Tomorrow at 7409 E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 316, Tucson, AZ 85715; or call 886-8724 for information.
NON-PROFIT GRANTS. The Endowment for the Arts of Tucson, a program of the Tucson Community Foundation, seeks applications from qualified arts groups and organizations for its unrestricted grants programs and low-interest loans. Funds/loans are generally between $250 and $2,000. Applications are available at the TCF office, 6601 E. Grant Road, and T/PAC, 240 N. Stone Ave. Call Laura Almquist at 722-1707 for information. Deadline is February 29.
NON-PROFIT GRANTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council, 240 N. Stone Ave., has grants available for non-profit organizations whose primary focus is to provide arts programs to the Tucson area. Applications may be picked up at the T/PAC office. Deadline is March 15. Call Albert Soto at 624-0595, ext. 18, for information.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Austin Heart of Film Festival is currently accepting screenplay entries for the Film Screenwriters' Conference and Film Festival scheduled for October 10 through 13 in Austin, Texas. Categories include: Adult/Mature themes (feature length), Children/Family theme (feature length) and Student Short (under 30 minutes). Deadline is June 17. Entry fee is $30. Send SASE to: Austin Heart Film Festival, 707 Rio Grande, Suite 101, Austin, TX 78701; or call (800) 310-FEST for information.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Ironwood Gallery at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is reviewing submissions for The Great Saguaro, an exhibition featuring saguaros in their various stages of life, scheduled for May 5 through July 31. All media will be considered. Submit five to 10 slides, artist's statement and SASE to: Tina McNearney, Ironwood Gallery, ASDM, 2021 N. Kinney Road, Tucson, AZ 85743. Deadline is March 5.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Southern Arizona Arthritis Foundation is currently accepting original art for their 1996 holiday greeting cards. Any subject matter suitable for a holiday card (to be reproduced in 5 x 7 format) will be considered. Original works or color transparencies may be submitted. Deadline is April 30. Call Ann-Eve Cunningham at 290-9090 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Entries for a juried show of abstract works are being accepted for an exhibit scheduled to open April 20. Send SASE for prospectus to: Eclectic Gallery, P.O. Box 2066, Tucson, AZ 85702. Deadline for entries is March 25. First, second and third cash prizes will be awarded. Non-refundable entry fee of $15. Call 620-1668 for an appointment and information.
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 led 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. Guided tours end at 7 p.m. Call 624-9977 for information and a listing of participating galleries.
ART TALK. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., offers the following free lectures at 1:30 p.m. in the Education Building: On February 15, George Wilson talks about painter/sculptor Frederick Remington; Sandy Cord discusses Such Was Life In The Wild Wild West on February 19; and Edie Prescott presents Native Americans Through the Eyes of Western Painters February 22. Call 624-2333 for information.

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