Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (March 12

ART
Opening This Week
Listings DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Opening March 17 and continuing through May 17: Harmony and Contrast, an exhibit featuring the works of local artists in various media. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERIES. St. Philip's Plaza. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 299-2139. Opening March 17 and continuing through April 17: Burst of Spring, featuring new works by gallery artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday or by appointment.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. Opening March 13 and continuing through May 2: Works by Alice Stepanek and Steven Maslin. The show features highly detailed landscape paintings combining formal and conceptual theory. Meet the artists at a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 13. Gallery hours are from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Opening March 14 and continuing through April 4: The Road To Mexico, photographs from Tucson to Sonora by Maeve Hickey. There's a reception for the artist from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 14. 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.
MARATHON-MILAGRO GALLERY. Plaza Palomino. 2920 N. Swan Road. 323-1138. Opening March 14 and continuing through March 31: works by Barbara Gurwitz, Dwight Haigh, Diana Madaras and Diane Redhair. There's a reception for the artists from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 14. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Opening March 14 and continuing through April 25: works in fiber by Linda Lewis. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Continuing
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through May 2: Clay & Mosaic, a group exhibition featuring the works of David Aguirre, Maurice Grossman, Ann Hoff, Robert Hoffman, Joy Holdread, James A. Jones, Anna Keefer, Jim Pollack, Sherrie Posternak and Dan Wilhelm. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
APPAREL GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 798-1952. Continuing: Traveling Abroad, a multi-media exhibit that combines art pieces and vintage clothing to evoke a thematically coherent exploration of travel. Gallery hours are 12 to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.
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.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson. 4831 E. 22nd St. 323-6791. Continuing through March 29: an annual, multi-cultural show featuring the works of Trena Howard, Armando Montano, Guadalupe Montano, Alfred Quiroz, George Welch, Angelique Feldman, Susan Mendosa and Anna Vasilyeva. There will be a reception for the artists from noon until 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Gallery hours are 9 a.m to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through April 11: photographs and handmade books by Alice Cummings and Cynthia Laureen Vogt. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday nights, and by appointment.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Continuing through May 24: Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography, including works by 18 photographic artists. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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.
DE GRAZIA GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9192. Continuing through March 20: works by the Open Sketch Group. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through March 28: sculpture by John Davis. 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 during 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 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 615-8625. 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.
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.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. 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; and Combined Visions, works by beadmakers and jewelers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OLD PUEBLO GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through April 3: Nine Views in Waterside, an exhibit by Lees 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.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. 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; from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY EAST. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. 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 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
PRESS 101.101 W. Fifth St. 884-0278. Continuing through April 1: paintings by Matt Cotton and Kevin Johnson. Call for gallery hours.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through March 31: The Tablet Series, recent works by Susan Rider. These large oil paintings seem to be torn from a child's diary. Continuing: Love to Hate, Hate to Love II, an exhibition of miniature works by the group TAG in the RAW windows. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, until 7 p.m. during Thursday Night Art Walk, from 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
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.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through April 8: Her Garden: Objects and Sites Remembered, an exhibit of paintings by Barbara Rogers. 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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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 the 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 more information.
ART TALKS. Education Center at the Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. Join Miles Prescott as he walks you through a lesson in the art history and architecture of Mexico: Criss-Crossing Mexico: Oaxaca to Teotihuacan. The lecture topic spans Olmec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Toltec and Aztec cultures, and will be presented from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 16. Call 624-2333 for more information and to confirm the schedule.
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 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. 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.
PUBLIC ART LECTURE. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council sponsors Dearly Beloved Public Art: A Marriage of Ethics and Aesthetics, a lecture by public-art critic Patrice Clark Koelsch, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 16. The lecture will be held at T/PAC, 240 N. Stone Ave. Call 624-0595 for information.
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. Call 624-9977 for reservations and information.