City Listings - Art (February 20

ART

Opening This Week

JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through March 15, with an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, February 22: Trabajo de la Tierra, a solo exhibition of paintings, including commissioned works by the late Cesar Chavez, by Detroit-area artist Nora Chapa Mendoza. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and from 6 to 9 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. Joseph Gross Gallery building, southeast corner of Speedway and Park Avenue. 626-4215. Opening February 20 and continuing through March 26: Alternate Realities, mixed-media sculpture, paintings and ceramics by Muriel Pacheco and Shawn Hensley. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Continuing

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through March 15: 7 Painters, a group show of small paintings by Simon Donovan, Gene Hall, Sarah Kucerova, Kelly B. Morris, Lynn O'Brien and William Wheelan. Paintings by Jo Anderson will also be on display. Regular gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, second floor. 621-6142. Continuing through February 27: From the Center, mixed-media collage by Kathryn Maxwell. Regular gallery hours are 8 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday.
ART!!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 745-8586. Continuing through March 1: Arabesque of the Southwest, acrylic, oil and watercolor paintings. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ARTERY FINE ART GALLERY. 4609 N. Oracle Road. 887-1614. Continuing through April 11: paintings, prints and pottery by 40 local artists. Gallery hours are noon to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Continuing through March 9: works by Dot Beeson, Wanda Hein and Gretchen Huff. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
BARKSDALE GALLERY. 500 N. Fourth Ave. 884-7541. Continuing through March 9: Sunset, a retrospective exhibition of black and white photography by William E. Barksdale. Gallery hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through March 1: new photographic works by Todd Walker, Ann Simmons-Myers and Elaine Querry. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night. Call 792-0313 for information.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Continuing through March 3: Catch The Spirit. Gallery hours are from 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. 792-4503. Continuing through March 1: Dinnerware Contemporary Art's Seventh Biennial Seven-State Juried Exhibition, featuring works by 14 regional artists. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 7 p.m. Thursday.
DU VALL GALLERY. 967 N. Alvernon Way. 323-6566. Continuing: works by local artists Janet Reue, Michelle Keilin, Anne Everett, Wanda Zolan, Christy Daniels, Ellie Hawkins, Ron Fleetwod Johson, Marion VanHatala and Marilyn Du Vall. Call 323-6566 for gallery hours.
EL CENTRO CULTURAL GALLERY. 40 W. Broadway. 629-9536. Continuing through February 28: works by Belen Ramirez, Molly Romo, and Ana Maria Yanez.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 1421 E. Broadway. 903-0577. Continuing through April 10: works by Cecilia de Medeiros. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and by appointment.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through March 29: recent paintings by Bailey Doogan, Holly Roberts and Chris Rush. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and from 7 to 10 p.m. on Downtown Saturday Nights.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. 3233 S. Pinal Vista, Utterback Middle School. 617-6100. Continuing through March 4: SLAVERY: My Dress is on Backwards, paintings by Judith Stafford. This traveling exhibition is organized by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. G.A.S.P. (Great Art by Students and Professionals) Gallery is the only student-run gallery in Tucson.
IT'S A BLAST! GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway. 327-7879. Continuing through March 31: pierced and carved glass by Phil Kindler and Marsha Jacquay. Also continuing: works by 18 local and regional artists in watercolor, fiber, ceramics, glass, metal and jewelry. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
JCC GALLERY. Corner of Dodge Boulevard and River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through February 28: Earthy Pleasures: The Garden As Source, paintings and photographs by Barbara Rogers. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
LAS MAÑANITAS GALLERY. 1070 E. Miles St. 388-9911. Continuing through February 28: paintings by Frank Gething and Peter Carruthers. Las Mañanitas is a private gallery devoted to showing works by talented non-professional artists who have turned to painting upon retirement or as an avocation. Gallery hours are from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and by appointment.
MELIORA ARCHITECTURAL GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through February 28: Twenty Years of Rammed Earth, a photographic exhibit of buildings by Quentin Branch, a pioneer in rammed earth technology. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through March 29: Obsidian Gallery's annual Gem Show, featuring various jewelry artists in addition to natural wood and mixed-media sculpture by Roger Asay. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through February 28: Images, a collection of photographic works by seven Tucson photographers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6942. Continuing through March 3: geometric assemblages by Simon Donovan, stoneware sculptures by Jane Kelsey-Mapel, and oil paintings by Paul Waid. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and during weekend performances at the Center for the Arts.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Various downtown locations. The pervasive impact of birds on people is the theme of Marian Leone Kozachik's acrylic paintings on display at 38 E. Congress St. Terra-cotta sculpture by Martin Martinez is on display at 221 N. Court Ave. Lillian Kinslow's "Egg-Topia," stoneware and porcelain images playing off the power of the egg, takes over 221 S. Church Ave., in La Placita Village. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information on other Phantom Gallery locations.
PHANTOM MURALS. Various downtown locations. The following outdoor murals are located in the Arts District: Ofrenda, by Martin Hernandez, 111 S. Sixth Ave; Homage To Tucson, by Lydia D'Amico, 400 N. Fourth Ave; Cats, by Monika Rossa, 36 E. Congress St.; Daisy Eyes No. 2, A Transformation of Deliberate Ambiguity, by Jon Matheson, 25 E. Congress St.; mythical muscular figures by Gustavo Rocha behind Johnny Gibson's in Arizona Alley; Drawn to the Light, by Luna Lee Ray, corner of Broadway and Stone Avenue; and The Thinkers, by Eleanor Kohloss, Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through March 9 at the Congress Street location: gemstone jewelry by Joryel Vera, functional Southwestern pottery by Helen Helwig, and colorful, handpainted mirrors by Sticks. Continuing through March 9 at the Tanque Verde location: Desert Finds, whimsical ceramic sculpture by Linda Brewer. Congress gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Downtown Saturday Nights. Tanque Verde gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, second floor. 621-5123. Continuing through February 27: works on paper by UA faculty associate Anne Schutte. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 623-2577. Continuing through March 2: The Marriage of Mr. Marshmallow and Mrs. Bear, an installation by Kirsten Hassenfeld. Hours for this exhibit are 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays, 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through March 9: Seven Years in Tibet, historic photographs by Heinrich Harrer and sand mandala construction by Tibetan monks. Continuing through March 9 in the Fish-Nye House: The Best of the West Women Artists of the West Show and Sale VII. Continuing through March 23: People, Places, and Things: Thirty Years of Photography, an exhibit of the extensive works of Dr. John P. Schaefer. Continuing through March 23: Lasting Impressions, drawings by Thomas Hart Benton. Continuing through March 23, in the Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House: El Nacimiento, more than 200 hand-painted Mexican miniature figures in an elaborate nativity scene arranged by Maria Luisa Tena. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and students, and free for children under age 12. Admission is free for all on Tuesdays.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through March 30: Missions, Shrines and Holy Places, photographs by Arizona artists depicting places of petition and thanksgiving; plus milagros, santos, and retablos. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through February 21: Faux Post, an exhibition featuring "art stamps": miniature art works which mimic the look of postage stamps. Continuing through March 2: Cliff Benjamin: Eclipse, demonstration of a mural-sized work-in-progress to be completed on the museum's South Gallery wall. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor. 621-5123. Continuing through February 27: Social Predators, mixed-media works and installation by Brad Evans and Tim Jag. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Last Chance

CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through February 22: Old Friends/New Work, an exhibition featuring Bernadette Bellomo, Sarah Grew, and Joan Sullivan Marum. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through February 22: Pastels, works on paper by Charlotte Bender, Lynn Taber-Borcherdt and Thomas Chapin. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 742-3815. Continuing through February 24: colorful watercolors and mixed-media works by Deanna Thibault. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon Sunday and by appointment.
MARATHON GALLERY. Plaza Palomino. 2920 N. Swan Road. 323-1138. Continuing through February 24: Winter Group Show featuring regional and international art. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through February 22: Sugar, Snakes and Puppy-Dog Tails, recent paintings by George E. Huffman. Continuing: Love To Hate-Hate To Love, a show of miniature works by the T.A.G. group. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night, Thursday Art Walk and by appointment.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through February 26: magical-realist and iconographic paintings by Sirrkka Liisa Smith. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances. Call 624-7370 for information.

Announcements

ART TALKS. Tucson Museum of Art, Education Building. 140 N. Main. 624-2333. Visit the Museum's Education Building at 1:30 p.m. Monday, February 24, for a free lecture on Cezanne, presented by Dorothy Hampel. Call 624-2333 for information.
GROTESQUE IN ART. The UA Art History Graduate Student Association, with support from several community and UA galleries and organizations, presents the eighth annual Graduate Student Symposium The Grotesque In Art. Critic/writer A.D. Coleman presents the keynote lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 27, at Etherton Gallery, 135 S. Sixth Ave. Symposium is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, February 28, in the UA Center for Creative Photography auditorium, south on the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Both events are free. Call the Art History Graduate Student Association at 621-1253 for information.
ART WALK. Visit the Downtown Arts District between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, with free docent-led tours of public art displays and participating galleries 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.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts council is sponsoring a Call to Artists for a mural project at Keeling Elementary School. Artists interested in directing the painting of a community mural on panels to be installed at Remco TV, 2822 N. Stone Ave., should stop by the T/PAC office at 240 N. Stone Ave. for an application. Deadline is Friday, February 28. Call 624-0595, ext. 18, for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Applications are now being accepted by the Tucson/Pima Community Arts Council for their 1997-1998 Community Gallery space. The gallery, located at 240 N. Stone Ave., offers more than 2,500 square feet for exhibitions by Pima County artists, associations and guilds. Call Sara Mattison, T/PAC Gallery Coordinator, at 624-0595 for proposal guidelines and information. Deadline for submissions is Friday, March 7.

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