City Listings - Art (March 7

ART

Opening This Week

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave., Studio C. 791-3505. Opening March 12, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., and continuing through April 20: Reciprocal Impacts: Contemporary Landscape Photography, featuring Amey Broeker, Greg Huston, David Elliot, Thomas Grubba, Sean Justice, Larry Wilson and Keith Schreiber. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Opening March 7 and continuing through April 13: stone sculpture by George Ehnat and photodrawings by Harold Jones. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERY. 4280 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 5. 299-2139. Opening March 7 with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m., and continuing through March 30: composite in oil, acrylic and mixed-media by Lynne Loshbaugh. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Opening March 7 and continuing through April 13: Grabados/Engravings, a joint exhibition of contemporary Mexican printmakers Artemio Rodriguez, Jesus Angel Perez Valverde and Israel Rodriquez. 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.
TUCSON/PIMA ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through March 29: the Visual Arts Fellowship exhibit. There is as artists' reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Thursday Night Art Walk.

Continuing

ART!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 745-8586. Continuing through March 14: pastels and watercolors by Kris Burgess. 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. Continuing through March 30: Myths, Milagros and Magic, an exhibit by New Mexico photographer Judith Vejvoda of photo transfers on linen stretched over canvas in celebration of the Goddess. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through March 30: 13 Easy Pieces, a members' exhibition. There will be an artists' reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 16. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night, Thursday Night Art Walk and by appointment.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through March 23: mixed media paintings on paper by Monica Jost. 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: 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.
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 April 25: an exhibition by the second generation potters of Mata Ortiz, featuring ceramics, photographs and demonstrations. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Admittance is free with museum admission.
JCC ART GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through March 25: Angels and Ancestors, lithographs, etchings and monotypes by Leonard Baskin, including the Native American series Angels to the Jews. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
LOCAL 803, INC. 803 E. Helen St. 882-4625. Continuing through March 23: paintings by Beata Wehr, sculpture by Timothy Cleary and photography by Angus Chassels, Jr. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
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 April 27: clay works by Donna and Wesley Anderegg and natural fiber baskets by Gail Campbell. 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.
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. Glass-blowing demonstrations are usually given from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call ahead to verify schedule.
PCC WEST CAMPUS ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6385. Continuing through March 28: The PCC high school invitational features works by Tucson-area High School students. 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.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through March 13: 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.
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 Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through March 24: Celebrations of Form and Color, a mixed media exhibition by children in grades K through 8. Continuing through March 24 in the John K. Goodman Pavilion: the sixth annual Women Artists and the West Show and Sale, 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.

Last Chance

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, works by 12 contemporary American artists exploring 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.
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.
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.
UA Museum of Art. UA campus, Speedway east of Park Avenue in the Fine Arts Complex. 621-7567. 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.

Announcements

ART AUCTION. The Green Fields Country Day School annual art auction, Create for Change, is Saturday, March 9, at the Arizona Historical Society, 949 E. Second St. Preview begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by a live auction at 7:30 p.m. Local artists donating works include Moira Geoffrion, Andrew Rush, Lance Patigian and Barbara Brandel. Tickets are $20 and include wine, dessert and coffee. Proceeds benefit the Phineas Anderson Visual Art Scholarship Endowment. Call Green Fields at 297-2288 for information.
STUDY IN ITALY. Study art for up to six weeks this summer in Florence, Italy, with artist Catherine Nash. Creating artist books of mixed media and handmade paper with innovative structure and content is the focus of this unique workshop. There is a free slide lecture at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Very reasonable package rates offered through non-profit ARTIS (Art Research Tours and Independent Study). Call 740-1673 for details and meeting location.
PAPERMAKING CLASS. Artist Catherine Nash offers Papermaking from Plants March 23 and 24. This two-day intensive workshop includes papermaking from cooked plant fibers, beating, Western/Japanese techniques and pulp painting. Call 740-1673 for registration and information.
ART TALK. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., offers the following free lectures at 1:30 p.m. in the Education Building: March 7, Thomas Hart Benton by Glen Hamilton; March 11, Rodin: The Sculptor of Genius, by Betsy Dablow. 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.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The City of Tucson is accepting written proposals for professional design services from combined civil engineering architecture and public art design teams for a construction design plan, including artwork, for pedestrian and transit stop improvements along Park Avenue from 18th Street to 36th Street. There is a meeting for those interested from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at Empire Cafe, 61 E. Congress St. Bring at least five slides of recent work to describe to others in attendance. Call Keith Walzak, Department of Transportation, at 791-4372 or Beth Hancock, T/PAC at 624-0595 ext. 21, for 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 FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Arizona Media Arts Center is 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: Arizona International Film Festival, P.O. Box 40638, Tucson, AZ 85717; or fax 628-1737. Call 628-1737 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 orientation/informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Olmec Room at Park Inn Santa Rita Hotel, 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.
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.
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.

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