City Listings - Art (February 27

ART

Opening This Week

ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, second floor. 621-6142. Opening with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, February 28, and continuing through March 14: Eye On Diversity, works by students entered in the Eye On Diversity photo contest. 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. Opening Tuesday, March 4, and continuing through March 31: oil paintings, pastels, and colored pencil works by Irene Ferguson. 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.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Opening Tuesday, March 4, and continuing through April 5: new photographic works by Gordon Stettinius. There will be an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 7. Continuing through March 1: new photographic works by Todd Walker, Ann Simmons-Myers and Elaine Querry. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA campus, on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7968. Opening Thursday, February 27, and continuing through April 13: The Waving of Foliage and the Coming and Going of Ships, live projections by Richard Torchia. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Opening Saturday, March 1, and continuing through March 29: Death: A Round Trip Ticket, works, words and images celebrating death by 35 artists. There will be a reception for the artists from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 8. Regular gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Opening Wednesday, March 5, and continuing through May 3: Reflections, a mixed-media exhibit featuring watercolor and oil paintings, pottery and sculpture. Continuing through March 3: Catch The Spirit. 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. 792-4503. Opening Tuesday, March 4, and continuing through March 29: The Dance, ceramic sculptures and drawings by Gary Benna, and A Collaborative Portrait of Diane Marie Ferris, photographed by Ann Simmons-Myers. There will be an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 7. Continuing through March 1: The 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.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Opening with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, February 28, and continuing through June 2: Desert Reflections, a juried exhibition of Southern Arizona Clay Artists, in conjunction with an Invitational Glass Arts installation. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, free with museum admission.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Opening Thursday, February 27, and continuing through April 5: Animal Writes, paintings and drawings by William T. Wiley. There is an artists' reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, February 28. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Opening Thursday, February 27, and continuing through April 5: The Last Retablo, recent oils, watercolors and prints by Prescott artist Doug Weber. Continuing through April 30: 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.

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.
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.
EAGLES NEST GALLERY. 2420 N. Pantano Road. 290-6115. Continuing through March 31: originals and prints by Cal Cook and Elena Bennett. Also on display are photographs by R.C. Gorman, G.E. Mullan and Ted DeGrazia. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
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 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights.
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.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through March 15: 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 6 to 9 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. Joseph Gross Gallery building, southeast corner of Speedway and Park Avenue. 626-4215. 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.
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.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through April 26: Southwest Invitational X: Regions of the Flame, works by More than 40 glass artists. Call for regular gallery hours.
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.
PRIMITIVE ARTS GALLERY. 3026 E. Broadway. 326-4852. Continuing through March 31: giant Huichol Indian beaded prayer bowls by the Ruiz family, and Amazon jungle headdresses of the Kayapo, Tapirapé, and Xingu peoples. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through March 28: works by the 1997 Visual Arts Fellowship award recipients and finalists. There is an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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 March 2: Cliff Benjamin: Eclipse, demonstration of a mural-sized work-in-progress to be completed on the museum's South Gallery wall. Continuing through March 16: Taos Modernist, works by artist Beatrice Mandelman. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing through March 29: Women Artists Return From the Darkness, featuring paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, photographs and more. There is a reception for the artists from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 1. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

Last Chance

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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.

Announcements

CALL TO ARTISTS. WomanKraft Gallery is seeking woman artists for a juried exhibit to run in April and May. Call Gerrie at 629-9976 for information. Deadline is March 19.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council is sponsoring an artists call for the Pueblo Gardens Gateway project which includes the design and construction of two straw bale facades for the Gateway, located on South Campbell between Cherrybell and 36th Streets. The Pueblo Gardens Neighborhood Association is seeking an artist and an assistant to direct and supervise 12 youth in the design and construction of the facades. Call T/PAC at 624-0595, ext. 18, or stop by 240 N. Stone Ave. for an application and information. Deadline is Friday, March 7.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Artists interested in submitting works for possible inclusion in the 1997 Arizona Biennial may pick up a prospectus at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave. Entries for the Biennial, the only juried exhibition open to all artists and craftspeople living in Arizona, will be accepted through April 1. Call 624-2333 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Empire Café and Lounge, in association with Bero Gallery, invites artists working in all media--including video, performance, sculpture and installation--to participate in an artists' collective. Artists will create work for changing thematic exhibitions hosted by Empire Café and Lounge, at 61 E. Congress St. Call Bero Gallery at 792-0313 for information. Deadline for submissions is March 31.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Art!! Gallery, a cooperative of artists, is currently accepting new members. Call 881-0129 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. Take advantage of the wealth of fine artists and galleries here in Tucson. Visit the Downtown Arts District between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, and enjoy 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 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.
ESTATE OF THE ART. Support your local museum with The Tucson Museum of Art's fundraiser Designer Showhouse 1997 and Estate of the Art Raffle. The chosen home is dated 1936, and located in the Colonia Solana neighborhood. Decorated by more than 20 local ASID designers, the home will be the raffle's first prize. Tours of the home, located at 3233 E. Via Palos Verdes, will continue through March 14. Home tours are $10 at the door. Food and drink will be available for purchase from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., high tea from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Estate of the Art Raffle tickets are $125 each. Call the TMA at 624-2333 for tickets and information.
GLASSBLOWING 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.
WOMANKRAFTSALE. WomanKraft Gallery. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Support local women artists and visit the Basket and Silk Flower benefit sale from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 1. Funds raised from the event will help with the mortgage payments on the WomanKraft "Castle". Call 629-9976 or 624-8157 for information.

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