ART
Opening This Week
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA campus, south
end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue.
Opening with a reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6,
and continuing through May 24: Sea Change: The Seascape in
Contemporary Photography, including works by 18 photographic
artists. Join contributing artists for The Sea in Context,
a slide lecture, and The Sea As Subject, a panel discussion,
from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 7. 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. Opening
with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and continuing
through March 28: my pet 2, featuring juried works in all
media by national artists. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, and during Thursday evening Art Walk and Downtown
Saturday Night.
DE GRAZIA GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9192. Opening
with a reception from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 8, and continuing
through March 20: works by the Open Sketch Group. Gallery hours
are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878.
Continuing through March 11: The José Galvez Gallery and
the Mexican American Cultural Arts Center present the third annual
Self-Help Graphics Print exhibition. 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.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist
Church. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 615-8625. Opening March 5 and
continuing through March 31: The Dance of Form and Spirit,
monotypes by Sylvia Garland. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Opening
March 7 and continuing through April 11: jewelry by Jude Clarke
and Peggy Eng. Continuing through March 21: colorful jewelry by
Michael Boyd and Diane Egbert, and metal jewelry by Shana Kroiz.
Also continuing: Combined Visions, works by beadmakers
and jewelers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through
Saturday.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Opening
March 5 and continuing through March 31: handpainted black-and-white
photographs by David Franck; metal sculpture by Henry Dupere;
and functional pottery by Jerry Pollari. Gallery hours are 10
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday;
and 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY EAST. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995.
Opening March 5 and continuing through March 31: "story people"
by Brian Andreas; ceramics by Ann Hoff; and ceramics by Andree
Richmond. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Opening March
5 and continuing through April 8: Her Garden: Objects and Sites
Remembered, an exhibit of paintings by Barbara Rogers. There
is a reception for the artist from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March
6. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday,
and prior to ATC performances. Call 624-7370 for information.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455.
Opening March 11 and continuing through April 27: You Can't
Judge a Book by Its Cover, an exhibit of unique, handmade
books. Continuing through April 12: Trappings of the
Cowboy: Boots, Saddles, Hats & More. Gallery hours are
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. Sunday.
Continuing
APPAREL GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 798-1952. Continuing:
Traveling Abroad, a multi-media exhibit combining art pieces
and vintage clothing to evoke a thematically coherent exploration
of travel. Gallery hours are 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM GALLERY. 2021 N. Kinney Road.
Continuing through April 22: Animals of the Sonoran Desert,
an exhibition of origami by Michael LaFosse. Gallery hours are
8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Admission is free with museum ticket.
Call 883-2702 for information.
ARTERY FINE ARTS. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. Continuing through
March 31: Reflections from a Sunlit Land, a multi-media
exhibit by members of the Southwestern League of Fine Arts. Gallery
hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 327-6094 for information.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427.
Continuing through March 28: paintings by Rudy Nadler and Debra
Salopek, and mixed-media paintings and collages by David Pennington.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing
through March 28: sculpture by John Davis. There is a reception
for the artist from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 7. Gallery hours
are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday,
and Downtown Saturday Nights.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing
through March 28: paintings by Nancy Tokar Miller; and glass art
by Preston Singletary and Benjamin Moore. Gallery hours are noon
to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and
Downtown Saturday Nights.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. 3233 S. Pinal Vista, Utterback Middle
School. 617-6100. Continuing through March 24: The Works of
Trena Howard, recent paintings and mixed-media. 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 a student-run gallery.
IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway. 327-7879. Continuing:
hand-blown glassware by Phil Kindler and Marsha Jacquay; watercolors
and prints by Jean Beck; industrial/deco metal furnishings by
Damion Velasquez; and silver jewelry by Stephanie Boardly. Gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
JCC GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through
March 26: regional black-and-white photography by Ben Golden,
and desert landscapes in watercolors and oils by Farzad Nakhai.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Campus, located on the southeast
corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 626-4215. Continuing through
April 2: Abject Lands: Personal Horizons, an exchange exhibition
of work by faculty and students from the University of Western
Australia, the Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia, and
the University of Arizona. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. Gross Gallery Building. UA Fine
Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway
east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through March 13: a
juried, group exhibition of figurative, abstract, vessel and mixed-media
artworks by 25 graduate and undergraduate students of UA ceramics
classes. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
MARATHON MILAGRO GALLERY. 2920 N. Swan Road. 323-1138.
Continuing through March 31: paintings by Eva Arenas, Nathan Solano,
Katalin Ehling and Deborah Hiatt. Call for gallery hours.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church.
4440 N. Campbell Ave. 298-0586. Continuing through April 2: natural
history photography by Bishop "Skip" McDonald; and southwestern
wildlife in watercolor and mixed-media by Don Fillenberg. Gallery
hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
OLD PUEBLO GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing
through April 3: Nine Views in Watermedia, an exhibit by
Les Neuf, with works by Perdita Andrews, Diana Davis, Kathi Doudnik,
Joanne Garry, Barbara Lewis, Lois L. McDonald, Cindy Reves, Ann
Rodgers and Joan Shaw. 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. 206-6942. Continuing
through March 24: jewelry and wall sculpture by Lucinda Brogden;
photography by Susann Tolan; and capes and tapestries by Katherine
Uetz. 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. Continuing at the Tucson Arts District
Partnership, 4 E. Congress St.: paintings by Jennifer Sullivan
Carney; and painted wood sculptures and Prismacolor drawings by
Joan Sullivan Marum. Continuing at 45 N. Sixth Ave.: Aloha
Shirts, a project by students at Flowing Wells Junior High
School. Continuing at 221 N. Court Ave.: watercolors by Palmer
Butler. Continuing at 110 S. Church Ave.: whimsical enamel-on-glass
paintings by Janet Miller. Call 624-9977 for information on other
Phantom Gallery locations.
PHANTOM MURALS AND SCULPTURE. 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.;
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. Ned Egan's
Blue Steel Bouquet, the first in the Phantom Sculpture
Spring Series, can be found next to the Julian Drew building on
Broadway between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The newest addition
to the Phantom Sculpture Series, 2B by Konried Muench,
is in front of the Bank of America Plaza at 33 N. Stone Ave. Call
the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404.
Continuing through April 25: Philabaum's Southwest Invitational
XI, Deep Relief--Carved Glass, with works by 11 artists.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123.
Continuing through March 26: Living On Rocky Ground: Views
of the Sonoran Desert, paintings by Trish Wann. Gallery hours
are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing
through March 31 at Casa Cordova: Maria Luisa Tena's El Nacimiento,
elaborate and varied scenes of the nativity. Museum hours
are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 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.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass
on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through
March 15: Five Decades in Print: Ed Colker. Continuing
through April 1: Robert Wick: Campus Outdoor Sculptures. Gallery
hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to
4 p.m. Sunday.
WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing
through March 29: Drawing Down The Muse, works in all media
by participants in the Drawing Down The Muse workshop.
Join the artists at a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March
7. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Last Chance
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall
east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through March 12: Sleep
In, recent paintings by Eddie Shea. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.
to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church.
4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Continuing through March 6: CyberVisions,
computer-enhanced photographs by Nile Root. Gallery hours are
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
DE GRAZIA GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9192. Continuing
through March 6: Desert to Sea, featuring works by gallery
artists Patty Hermann, L.P. Laber and Lucy Potter. Gallery hours
are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577.
Continuing through March 7: video works and film stills by Sylvie
Fleury. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
PATANIA'S THUNDERBIRD GALLERY. 3000 E. Broadway. 795-0086.
Continuing through March 7: silver jewelry by Samuel Patania and
watercolors by Joel Grushkin. Call for gallery hours.
Out Of Town
55 MAIN GALLERY. 55 Main St., Bisbee. Continuing through
March 31: a retrospective of works in oil and pencil by Tucson
artist Tony Quesada, from 1939 to 1997. Call 1-520-432-4694 for
information.
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero, Tubac. 398-8014.
Continuing through March 29: The Winter Members' Show and Festival,
featuring works in all major media by the 26 artist-members. Gallery
hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
ORACLE FINE ART WEEKEND. The town of Oracle presents their
annual Fine Art Weekend Friday through Sunday, March 6 through
8. Artists' studios will be open for the public to stop in and
view works and artists' demonstrations. Call 1-520-896-2935 for
information.
Announcements
ARTS BRIGADE. Calling Community and Neighborhood Artists:
Want to have some fun and help your community? The Tucson Arts
Brigade is a multi-cultural, intergenerational collective of community-based
cultural workers. For participation information, weekly events,
donations of art supplies, or commissioning the Arts Brigade for
a project or program, call 791-9359; or email ArtBrigade@aol.com.
ARTIST DEMONSTRATION. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del
Norte. Artist Paul VerBerg, whose works are currently on display
in Trappings of a Cowboy exhibit, will demonstrate his
techniques from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Cost is $2.
Call 742-6455 for information.
ART TALKS. Tucson Museum of Art Education Auditorium. 140
N. Main Ave. The following free lectures are offered at 1:30 p.m.:
On March 9, join Gwen Piercy for Leroy Neiman: An American
in Paris; and on March 12, join Vida Thomas for The Pre-Raphaelites:
Passionate Romantics. Call 624-2333 for information.
ART WALK. Fine artists and galleries await on the weekly
Art Walk, a self- or docent-guided stroll through the Downtown
Arts District between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Free tours of
public art displays and participating galleries begin 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 Community
Gallery offers five, five-week exhibition dates to Tucson and
Pima County-based artist groups. Artist associations, cooperatives,
guilds, groups and organizations, of three or more, are asked
to submit applications by March 16. Call 624-0595, ext. 16, for
application information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Guidelines and applications for Local
Origination Grants for Independent Producers are now available
at the Tucson-Pima Arts Council, 240 N. Stone Ave. There are two
awards of $10,000; and multiple awards of $5,000 for finishing
funds for eligible recipients from previous rounds. Application
deadline is March 15. Mini-grants are also available, with awards
of $500. Application deadline is March 7. Call T/PAC at 624-0595,
ext. 13, for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Center Arts Gallery at the UA Campus
Christian Center seeks art in all media for wall display during
the 1998-'99 season. Interested artists should send 10 35mm slides
representative of their work, slide list and résumé
to: The Campus Christian Center, 715 N. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ
85719. Submission deadline is April 15.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Midvale Park Chevron is accepting
applications for its first annual Art and Craft Festival on March
27 and 28. Call 529-1946 for information.
CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP. The Group for Photographic Intentions
is accepting applications for membership from Tucson area artists.
GPI is a non-profit artists' organization which provides a forum
for the exchange of ideas and information about contemporary photographic
concerns. For an application, send SASE to: GPI, P.O. Box 1691,
Tucson, AZ 85702. Application deadline is March 31. Call 578-3058
for information.
DIE-METAL WORKSHOP. Shana Kroiz leads a workshop on the
die forming of metals on March 14 and 15 at Obsidian Gallery,
4340 N. Campbell Ave. For registration and information, call Jeanne
McAninch at Pima County Parks and Recreation, 791-4063.
EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS. WomanKraft Castle Art Center. 388
S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. WomanKraft continues its Neighborhood
Arts Empowerment Workshop Series from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.
Workshops are $10, free to anyone making less than $15,000 a year,
carless or homeless. Children who are capable of working independently
are welcome; others must have adult supervision. Pre-registration
is required. Call 629-9976 for registration or for a schedule
of upcoming workshops.
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.
WAREHOUSE WALKS. Take a tour of Tucson's Historic Warehouse
District with The Tucson Arts District Partnership. Tours run
the second Saturday of each month, and meet at 8:50 a.m. in the
lobby of the Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Group size is
limited, with RSVPs requested by 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to
the tour. Participants should dress comfortably, and plan on being
outdoors. Call 624-9977 for reservations and information.
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