ART Opening This Week JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Campus. South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway Boulevard east of Park Avenue. Opening May 15 and continuing through June 28: Graduate Student Thesis Exhibition II, featuring works by Haleh Armstrong and Guillermo Gonzalez. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 579-7094. Opening May 10 with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. and continuing through June 7: clay wall pieces by Agnes Reiser Gallery. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon Sunday and by appointment. LOCAL 803 GALLERY. 803 E. Helen St. 882-4625. Opening May 15 with a reception May 18 from 7 to 9 p.m., and continuing through June 22: Arizona Women's Caucus for Art, an exhibit by Tucson members. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment. Continuing ACCESS TUCSON GALLERY. 124 E. Broadway. 624-9833. Continuing through May 31: Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds--Photographs from the Tropics, by Alex Webb. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. 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. BERTA WRIGHT GALLERY. 260 E. Congress St. 882-7043. Foothills Mall. 742-4134. Continuing through May 23: All That Glitters, glass art from studios of the West. Downtown gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday ArtWalk; Foothills gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. 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. 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 June 30: Impressions of Tucson. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 1:30 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. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday ArtWalk and Downtown Saturday Night. 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 ArtWalk, 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. IRONWOOD GALLERY. 2021 N. Kinney Road. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 883-2702. Continuing through July 31: The Great Saguaro, artistic interpretations of the saguaro cactus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Free with museum admission. JCC ART GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through June 11: Color My World, mixed media and oil paintings by Jennifer Sullivan Carney, and oil paintings by Beata Wehr. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday. JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through May 18: Barrio Scenes, a photographic illustration of life in Arizona's Mexican-American barrios by Jose Galvez. 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. 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 renovated 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. PHANTOM MURALS. Various downtown locations. Mural depicting mythical muscular figures, by Gustavo Rocha, is located at 11 S. Sixth Ave. 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. PHILABAUM GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through August 31: Interior Motives II, an annual gathering of artists showcasing the best in glass art for the home. 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 June 2: Wholesome, paintings, drawings and ceramics by Coby Ellison. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday Art Walk. TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-8210. Continuing through May 31: aerial photographs by Adriel Heisey. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances. 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 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 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. 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. TUSD ART SHOW. 63 E. Congress. Continuing through May 10: the TUSD High School/Middle School Spring Art Show. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Announcements PAPERMAKING FROM PLANTS. Artist Catherine Nash presents a two-day intensive workshop on papermaking from cooked plant fibers, Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19. Call 740-1673 for information. SAVE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE! (SOS). Professional conservator John Griswold presents a free slide lecture on Tucson's public sculpture at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Tucson/Pima Arts Council, 240 N. Stone Ave. Griswald addresses the importance of community involvement in public art maintenance issues. Call 624-0595, ext. 21, for information. CALL TO ARTISTS. The Eclectic Gallery, 69 E. Pennington St., seeks quality artwork for a seven-week Artiste du Jour rotating series beginning July 20. Tucson artists working in all media are encouraged to bring in slides or examples of their art as soon as possible for consideration. Selected artists will have approximately 25 to 30 feet of wall space and exhibit for 1 to 2 weeks. Call Bill Tishe at 620-1668 for information or stop by the gallery. CALL TO ARTISTS. Tucson/Pima Arts Council is offering up to $1,800 for works by Tucson artists for display in Tucson City Hall. Work may be in any media, yet be at least 30 inches by 30 inches, be intended for wall display and weigh less than 60 pounds. Send up to four slides, slide list with title, year, dimensions and price of each work, and artist's resume or biographical summary to: Art for City Hall, Tucson/Pima Arts Council, 240 N. Stone Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701-1212. Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, May 10. Call Beth Hancock at T/PAC at 624-0595 ext. 21 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 three to five 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. ART WALK. Visit the Downtown Arts District from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, with free docent-led ArtWalk 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 FOR ENTRIES. The Austin Heart of Film Festival is accepting screenplay entries for the Film Screenwriters' Conference and Film Festival scheduled October 10 through 13 in Austin, Texas. Categories include: Adult/ Mature themes (feature length), Children/Family theme (feature length) and Student Short (under 30 minutes). Deadline is June 17. Entry fee is $30. Send SASE to: Austin Heart of Film Festival, 707 Rio Grande, Suite 101, Austin, TX 78701; or call (800) 310-FEST 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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