City Listings - Art (April 25

ART

Opening This Week

JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Opening April 25 and continuing through May 18: Barrio Scenes, a photographic illustration of life in Arizona's Mexican-American "barrios" by Jose Galvez. There is an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 27. 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.
TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-8210. Opening April 25 and continuing through May 31: aerial photographs by Adriel Heisey. Meet the artist at a reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union. Third Floor. 626-5123. Opening April 25, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., and continuing through May 8: Art and the Self--Art and Its Relationship to the Individual, a juried student art exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union. 626-4215. Opening April 25, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., and continuing through May 3: ComiCAzine, a comics and sequential art show. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 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 by German immigrant Henry Buehman. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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 May 15: Intimate Desire--Removed Control, a mixed media exhibit by students Lisa Bergh and Diane Stapleton. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ART!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 745-8586. Continuing through May 14: A Hot Time in El Mercado, by Lea Teague. 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 May 11: A Requiem for Conscience, new photographic constructions by Robert Sidur. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
Center for Creative Photography. UA Fine Arts Complex, southeast of the pedestrian underpass at Speedway and Park Avenue. 621-7968. Continuing through June 30: Reconstruction: William Christenberry's Art, a traveling exhibit celebrating the life's work of this interpreter of the American South. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through May 18: an exhibit by member artists John Davis, Ann Keuper and Joanne Kerrihard. Also showing, the Sonoran People's Tapestry Project. Meet the artists at a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Ann Keuper discusses tapestries at 7 p.m. Monday, April 29. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through June 1: Gallery Mix, a group show of recent paintings and sculptures. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY. 6536-A Tanque Verde Road, La Plaza Shops. 722-4412. Continuing through May 5: Unique Expressions, a mixed-media show 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 June 8: Abstractions, a nationwide juried exhibition of 16 artists working in media ranging from fabric to food to photography. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Thursday Night Art Walk, Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERY. 4280 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 5. 299-2139. Continuing through May 31: To Celebrate Spring, Worrell acrylic paintings, sculpture and jewelry by E. Shaw and Michele deLong, and fine art jewelry by K. Smith. Also new works by national and regional artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through June 1: Black and White/Six Photographers in Mid-Career, works by Dick Arentz, Linda Connor, Mark Klett, Jay Dusard, Jody Forester and Debbie Fleming Caffery. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through May 10: the Graduate Thesis Exhibition Part I, featuring works by Patricia Aylward, Tom Carlson, Analee Lively and Kelly Morris. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
LOCAL 803 GALLERY. 803 E. Helen St. 882-4625. Continuing through May 4: multiple-etchings collage by Brett Colley, sculpture by Joseph Marshall, and blue-tone photography by Josephine Thomason. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through May 31: 12 Years of Building in the Desert: A Focus on the Vernacular, new and renovative projects of rammed earth, straw bale, native stone and adobe by Design Building Consultants. 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 May 25: paintings and works on paper by Theresa Smith and jewelry by Alexandra Etchelecu and Radmila Stavek. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
PCC WEST CAMPUS ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6385. Continuing through May 9: the PCC Student Art Exhibition. 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.
PHANTOM MURALS. Various downtown locations. The Case of the Book that Grew Roots and Its Leaves Blew Away, by Kirsten Hassenfeld, is located 38 E. Congress St. Drawn to the Light, by Luna Lee Ray, is located at the corner of Broadway and Stone Avenue. The Thinkers, by Eleanor Kohloss, is located at Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through May 19 in the Exhibit Hall: Bloom: Interpretations by Eight Artists. 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 June 2: New Figuration: Selections from the Eli Broad Family Foundation, 22 works of figurative art. Continuing through May 26: Conservation by Design, a traveling exhibition of environmentally-conscious works of art. Continuing through May 3: a collection of pre-Columbian art donated by Paul and Alice Baker. Continuing in Goodman Pavilion: Western American art from the museum's permanent collection. 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.
TUCSON/PIMA ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through May 17: The Human Form: Five Perspectives, painting, sculpture and photography incorporating the human form. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Thursday Night Art Walk.

Last Chance

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave., Studio C. 791-3505. Continuing through April 27: Reciprocal Impacts, photographic works by 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.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through April 27: Space, Time & Process, drawings, prints and models by John Dutton, transitional work by Dorothy Weichbrod and prints and plates by Gloria Isak-Morton. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night, Thursday Night Art Walk and by appointment.
JCC ART GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through April 29: Impressions of the Holocaust, an exhibition of works by Gale DuBrow, Sheila Kanter and Michael Schwartz. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
MARATHON GALLERY. Plaza Palomino. 2970 N. Swan Road. 323-1138. Continuing through April 30: pastel and mixed media paintings by Susan Imwalle. Also showing are works by 22 Southwest artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 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.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through April 27: The Shadow Years, paintings by Rose Johnson. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday Art Walk.

Announcements

THRIVING IN THE ARTWORLD. Join Michael Levine, gallery owner, art fabricator, art consultant and artist, presents The Art World According to Mike at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the UA School of Architecture auditorium, UA campus. Levine shares insight and perspective on how to survive and thrive as a professional artist. Admission is free. Call 626-4215 for information.
BORDER WORKSHOP. Tucson/Pima Arts Council's Heritage Program presents a free, in-depth Borders Workshop on International Programs from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 27, at 240 N. Stone Ave. This is an interactive workshop focusing on international exchanges between Mexico and the U.S., specifically Tucson. Information on funding, border issues, insurance, festivals, creating a Pima County roster of artists and other concerns will be covered. Presenters include artists, administrators, legal representatives and other border experts. Reservations are recommended. Call Annabelle Nuñez at T/PAC at 624-0595 ext. 14, for reservations and information.
CHRISTENBERRY LECTURES. The following free lectures are given in conjunction with Reconstruction: William Christenberry's Art, on display at the UA Center for Creative Photography: Thomas W. Southall presents Beyond Time and Place: Surrealism, Memory, and Dreams in the Art of William Christenberry, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the auditorium. A Mary Okoye, Director of the City of Tucson's Intergovernmental Affairs Program, moderates a panel discussion entitled The Klan Room: Other Voices, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2. Panel members discuss issues raised by the Klu Klux Klan, the subject of Christenberry's The Klan Room, its role and character in Southern culture and its effect on African Americans' experiences and identities. Panel members are Leonard Dinnerstein, UA professor of History and Director of Judaic Studies, Robert Houston, novelist and Director of the UA Creative Writing Program, and Ella M. Ray, Research Associate with the UA's Southwest Institute of Research on Women. Call the Center for Creative Photography at 621-7968 for information.
PUBLIC ART TOUR. Learn about your favorite downtown artwork's history and imagery, and discover new works of public art during an insider's tour of downtown Tucson at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, beginning at Tucson/Pima Arts Council, 240 N. Stone Ave. David Hoyt Johnson, Director of T/PAC's Public Art Program, hosts this guided tour in the air-conditioned comfort of a shuttle bus, with plenty of time to experience the artwork up close. Cost is $4, $2 for children under 12. Reservations recommended. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595 ext. 21 for reservations and information.
DOCENTS NEEDED. The Tucson Museum of Art hosts a spring coffee for prospective docents from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, April 26, at the Corbett House, 180 N. Main Ave. This is an opportunity to learn more about the art world and share it with others. Call Marilyn Olander at 615-9151 for information.
ARTISTS/TEACHERS NEEDED. Tucson/Pima Arts council is accepting applications for artists/teachers for the 1996 Arts Education Summer Youth Program, June 3 through July 26. Positions include: mural artists, computer animators, ceramic tile artists, sculptors, landscape artists and computer graphics instructors. Call Lorraine Hernandez at 624-0595, ext. 10, for application and information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Bisbee Repertory Theatre seeks submissions of all media for Humor in Art, scheduled to open May 9. Open to Arizona artists of any age. All pieces should be ready to show, with a limit of two pieces per artist, and be delivered between 6 and 9 p.m. Monday, April 29, to BRT Theatre, 94 Main St., Bisbee. Call (520) 432-3786 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Jose Galvez Gallery seeks submissions by women for their third annual Día de los Muertos juried exhibition, La Mujer y SIDA/Women and AIDS, scheduled for October 23 through November 16. All mediums accepted. Works must deal with the subject of AIDS/HIV and their effect/impact on the lives of women. Send 3 to 5 slides, a one page biography, and SASE to: "La Mujer y SIDA," Jose Galvez Gallery, 743 N. Fourth Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705. Photos and proposals also accepted. Deadline is July 1. Call E. Liane Hernandez at 624-6878 for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Tucson/Pima Library is accepting slides for jury review for an exhibit scheduled to open June 16. Open to individuals and non-profit organizations. Pick up a prospectus at the Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., or call Rona Rosenberg at 791-4393 for information. Deadline is April 27.
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.
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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