City Listings - Art (February 22

ART

Opening This Week

DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Opening February 27 and continuing through March 23: mixed media paintings on paper by Monica Jost. Continuing through February 24: an exhibition of 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.
LOCAL 803, INC. 803 E. Helen St. 882-4625. Opening February 22 and continuing through March 23: paintings by Beata Wehr, sculpture by Timothy Cleary and photography by Angus Chassels, Jr. There will be an artists' reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 2. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Opening February 23 and continuing through March 24 in the John K. Goodman Pavilion: the sixth annual Women Artists and the West Show and Sale featuring works focusing on Western and traditional realist themes. All works are for sale. 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.

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 St. 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 Historical Society. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Continuing through December 31: 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; and A Memento for My Descendants: The Buehman Studio Perspective, 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.
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.
DE GRAZIA GALLERY. Little Gallery. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. Continuing through March 1: Visions of the Southwest, an exhibit of oil and watercolor paintings by Grace Calterone. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY. 6536-A Tanque Verde Road, La Plaza Shops. 722-4412. Continuing through March 11: New Beginnings, an exhibition of works by 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.
ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Continuing through March 15: 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.
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. Continuing through March 5: Eleven From ABC Multi-Media Art, painting, printmaking and ceramics by 11 members of the Artists' Black Community (ABC). 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. 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.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through March 2: The M.E.Ch.A. Scholarship Fundraiser Exhibit, featuring 38 serigraphs from the Rick Meyer collection of East Los Angeles based Self-Help Graphics. Proceeds benefit scholarship funds for freshman and graduate art students. There will be an artists' reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, February 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.
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, 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 EAST GALLERY. PCC East Campus Student Union. 8181 E. Irvington Road. 722-7626. Continuing through March 22: Art in the Halls featuring works by PCC students and members of the Pima Painting Club. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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 20 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. Ongoing: a rotating show of platinum photographic prints by Gary Auerbach. Call for gallery hours.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through March 9: recent paintings by Joe Forkan and Heather Green. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday Art Walk.
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. 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.
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.

Last Chance

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 and 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.

Announcements

ART TALK. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., offers the following free lectures at 1:30 p.m. in the Education Building: February 22, Edie Prescott presents Native Americans Through the Eyes of Western Painters; February 26, Joan Jacobson discusses Ten Centuries of Worldwide Tapestry; and Fran Betteridge presents Mexican Folk Art on February 29. Call 624-2333 for information.
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.
TAPESTRY DEMONSTRATION. Olga Neuts demonstrates tapestry weaving on a loom from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, February 24, at Tohono Chul Park, Exhibition Hall, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. Call 742-6455 for information.
SPIRIT OF THE SOUTHWEST. Spirit Weavers present the Spirit of the Southwest arts and crafts festival February 23 through 25 at Foothills Mall, 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. Event features an artisans mercado, rodeo raffle, music and wild west entertainment. The Sunset Stampede Opening Night Celebration is from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, February 23. Hours are 1 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Partial proceeds benefit the Brewster Center's Domestic Violence services program. Call 529-2072 for information.
SOUTHWEST WOODCARVERS. The Southwest Woodcarvers offer a show and sale February 23 through 25 at El Con Mall, 3601 E. Broadway. Items for sale and exhibit include birds, animals, relief work, walking sticks, turnings, caricatures and carving tools and supplies. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Regular meetings are the first Saturday of the month at the Elk's Lodge, 2402 E. River Road. Call 299-4036 for event and membership information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative is accepting slides for the artists roster. Being included on the roster makes an artist eligible for exhibitions and the Directors' Board at Dinnerware. Applicants must work in the visual arts, be Tucson residents, pay a monthly dues of $35, and be willing to contribute time to the Cooperative. Individuals pursuing a degree are ineligible. To receive an application and instructions send a business size SASE to: Dinnerware Roster, 135 E. Congress St., Tucson, AZ 85701.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Jose Galvez Gallery is accepting slides of works by artists 25 years old and younger for the Menos 25 Juried Exhibition scheduled for July 31 through August 31. Open to Latino artists residing in AZ, CA, CO, NM and TX, and to non-Latino artists who submit works reflecting a Latino theme. Submit eight to 10 slides, resume and SASE to: Jose Galvez Gallery, Attn: John, 743 N. Fourth Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705. Deadline is March 31.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Arizona Media Arts Center is currently accepting entries for the 1996 Arizona International Film Festival scheduled for April 18 through 28 in Tucson. Work submitted must be Arizona premieres. Narrative, documentary, animation and experimental work of any length produced between January 1995 and March 1996 in the formats of 35mm and 16mm in film and 3/4" and 1/2" in video is eligible for consideration. Deadline for submission is March 11. For an application write to: Arizona International Film Festival, P.O. Box 40638, Tucson, AZ 85717; or fax 628-1737. Call 628-1737 for information.
CALL TO PERFORMANCE ARTISTS. Applications are currently being accepted for Arizona-based performing artists and companies commited to continuing or expanding their touring activities in the Western U.S. Artists may apply for Commission sponsorship to attend and exhibit at the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators (W.A.A.A.) annual conference, September 2 through 7, in Portland, Oregon. This is the Western-region booking conference, bringing artists and presenters together for professional development and booking. Call Mollie Lakin-Hayes, Presenting and Touring Director, at (602) 229-8221 for guidelines and application form.
CALL FOR EXHIBITS. Tucson/Pima Arts Council is accepting proposals for exhibits by artist guilds, associations and collaborative groups. Individual exhibits will not be considered. Applications may be picked up at the T/PAC office, 240 N. Stone Ave., between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Approximately 2,500 square feet of gallery space is available for six-week exhibitions beginning in September. Submit application, SASE and not more than five slides of each of artist's works to: T/PAC Community Gallery, 240 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701. Deadline is April 1. Call Maryjane Dorofachuk at 624-0595, ext. 16, for information.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS. The Tucson Arts District Partnership seeks proposals for Brown Bag Concerts and Downtown SaturDay/Nights programming for the 1996-97 season. There is an informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Park Inn Santa Rita Hotel, Olmec Room, 88 E. Broadway. Call 624-9977 for 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 artists 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.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Austin Heart of Film Festival is 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.
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 grant 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 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.

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