ART
Opening This Week
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing
through June 28: Mimesis 4, a group exhibition of prints.
There's an artists' reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June
6. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday,
and during Thursday evening Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing
through June 20: paintings and drawings by Gary Swimmer, William
Blomquist and Michael Chittock. There's an artists' reception
from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
June 6. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday,
noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878.
Continuing through June 28: a solo exhibition by painter Ezequiel
Esperza. There's an artist's reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday,
June 6. 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.
MERCADO GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 298-1812. Opening with
a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 6, and continuing
through June 27: watercolors and caricatures of Del Sutton. Gallery
hours are 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave.
577-3598. Opening June 6 and continuing through August 29: Summer
1998 Exhibition, featuring hand-crafted furniture, accessories
and sculpture for indoor and outdoor living. Gallery hours are
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road.
885-0746. Opening with a reception from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday,
June 6, and continuing through June 27: Sonoran Visions,
paintings of Victor W.W. Stevens. 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.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Opening
with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 5, and continuing
through June 28: Classy Creations, a collection of works
by Pink Adobe Art Workshop students. 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.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing
through July 3: Raices Nuevas: Spaces Revisited, a group
exhibition. There's an artists' reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
June 6. Gallery hours are
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Continuing
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall,
east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through August 5: Paintings,
by Anthony Pessler. Gallery hours are
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM. 2201 N. Kinney Road. 883-3077.
Continuing through August 26: The Calendar Series: A Landscape
Diary, paintings by John A. Louder. Gallery hours are from
8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
BAHTI INDIAN ARTS. St. Philip's Plaza. Continuing: works
by Elizabeth Abeyta, Gordon Van Wert and Jack Tobaahe Gene. Gallery
hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812
N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through July 11: Tucson
Collection '98, the sixth small works invitational featuring
art by 45 Tucson artists. 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 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412.
Continuing through August 16: Creative Impulses. Gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577.
Continuing through June 13: Three Small Paintings, works
by Bisbee artist Peter Young. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing
through July 15: The Arizona Tribes: Vintage Photographs and
Native Crafts, a regional exhibition of collected photographs
and native crafts from 1870 to 1930. Gallery hours are noon to
5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and
Downtown Saturday Nights.
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.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Fine Arts Complex. South end of
the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215.
Continuing through August 12: Sculptors '98. Regular gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m.
Sunday. Closed Saturdays.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. UA Joseph Gross Gallery Building.
UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on
Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through August
14: works by Kristin Decker, M. Kathryn Hoover and Zoë Schreiber.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Continuing at 221 N. Court Ave.: watercolors
by Palmer Butler. Continuing at 110 S. Church Ave.: abstract,
shaped canvases by Mike Stack. 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; and The Thinkers, by Eleanor
Kohloss, Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street; Building Community
Mural, by multi-age classes from Miles Exploratory Learning
Center City Annex Building. 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 August 15:
Esprit de Corps, featuring new works by the glass artists
of Tucson. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123.
Continuing through August 13: Variations on a Theme, recent
paintings by Grace Ramirez Ciotti. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to
10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing
through June 14: Sing Down the Rain, illustrations by Michael
Chiago from the book of the same name. Also continuing: ReVisions:
Art From Recycled Materials, the found-object art of Steve
Montes. Exhibit hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2. Call 742-6455 daily events schedule.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave.
624-2333. Continuing through June 21: Directions: Point of
Fracture, an installation by Amy Zuckerman combining photographs
and tape recordings of the families of murder victims. Continuing
through August 2: El Alma del Pueblo: Spanish Folk Art and
its Transformation in the Americas, a folk-art exhibition
of more than 300 objects depicting the enduring Spanish influence
on Latino communities in the Americas. Admission is $2 for adults,
$1 for seniors and students, and free for children under age 12.
Admission is free for all on Tuesdays. Museum hours are from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday
and closed Mondays.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass
on Speedway east of Park Avenue.
621-7567. Continuing through August 9: Immersions, paintings
by David Andres and photographs by Ann Simmons-Myers. Summer gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon
to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor. 621-5123.
Continuing through August 17: Specimens/Artifacts, work
by Mary Bates. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
Last Chance
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing
through June 6: The Summer Season Finale, an all-media
group show by previously featured Apparatus artists. Gallery hours
are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gallery
will be closed from June 7 through September 1.
JCC GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through
June 5: works by Acacia Alder, Marlene Burns and W. James Dumble.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and
Sunday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road.
885-0746. Continuing through June 5: It's All Apples and Oranges,
pastels by Donna Helms. 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.
WINGSPAN GALLERY. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Continuing
through June 7: mixed-media works by Richard Helmich. Call
for gallery hours.
Announcements
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Upstairs Film is currently accepting
submissions for the new short film screening series, Mixed-Media
Mondays, at the Club Congress. Acceptable formats are 8mm,
16mm and VHS tape. Films should be 40 minutes or less, and independently
produced. Send submissions to: Upstairs Film, P.O. Box 43098,
Tucson, AZ 85733. Include SASE if you want materials returned.
Call 622-1751 for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Desert Botanical Gardens announces
a call for entries for the third annual Art In Bloom exhibit.
Participating artists are required to submit for-sale works inspired
by the Southwest desert environment, valued from $25 to $2,000,
as well as one work valued at $125 for the silent auction. Call
Jim Sudal (602) 754-8104 for applications. Deadline for entries
is July 1.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Encroachment: Nowhere to Hide,
a national juried exhibition inspired by urban sprawl in the Sonoran
Desert, seeks entries in all media from artists 18 and older.
Application fee for up to three slides is $25. Deadline for entries
is July 20. Send SASE to: Encroachment, Central Arts Collective,
188 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85701.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. T/PAC Community Gallery announces
pre-submission meetings for memorial artwork for Tucson House,
a residential facility for older adults and those with disabilities.
The $30,000 commission is supported by the Community Services
Department. There is a pre-submission meeting for prospective
participants at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, at Tucson House, 1501
N. Oracle Road. Complete proposals are due June 30. Complete proposals
for the Freedom Park commission are due June 11; proposals for
the University Transit Hub Project are due June 15. Participants
contact T/PAC, 240 N. Stone Ave., or call Beth Hancock at 624-0595,
ext. 21., for information and application instructions.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE. The International Arts Center is accepting
applications for Artists-In-Residence from all disciplines, beginning
in fall 1998. Applications are available between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m. Monday through Friday at the center, 516 N. Fifth Ave. Call
903-0918 for information.
ARTISTS' WORKSHOPS. Tucson/Pima Arts Council. 240 N. Stone
Ave. Atlatl, Inc., in conjunction with T/PAC, presents a series
of three summer workshops intended to assist Native artists with
the following topics: Marketing Indian Arts, Portfolio Development
and Developing an Artist's Statement or Résumé.
The first workshop, Marketing Indian Arts, meets from 8:45
a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13. Cost is $20
for both days. Fee reductions and scholarships are available for
a limited time. Call Maryjane Dorofachuck at 624-0595, ext. 19,
or email atlatl@artswire.org for registration and information.
SUMMER WORKSHOP SERIES. Pink Adobe Gallery. 6538 E. Tanque
Verde Road. Pink Adobe owner Jean Thomasson announces a series
of summer art workshops at the gallery, including furniture and
glass painting, ceramic sculpture, drawing faces, doll making
and wheel-thrown pottery. Fees vary. Call 298-5995 for specific
information about dates, times and costs of individual workshops.
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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