City Listings - Art (June 6

ART

Opening This Week

BERTA WRIGHT GALLERY. 260 E. Congress St. 882-7043. Foothills Mall. 742-4134. Opening June 6 and continuing through June 25: Summer Safari, Oaxacan and African animal carvings and masks. Downtown gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday Art Walk. 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.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Opening June 6 and continuing through July 27: Tucson Collection '96 Part I, the fourth annual small works invitational of painting and sculpture by leading Tucson artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. 577-3598. Opening June 8 and continuing through August 24: a three-artist show including narrative tile wall pieces by Bisbee artist Toni Sodersten; found-object and painted boxes by Jack Olson; and metal jewelry by Daniel Ptasnik. Works by Theresa Smith and Alexandria Etchelecy are also on display. Summer gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 577-3598 for information.

Continuing

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through June 30: Redeemed Objects, by Steven G. Derks. Regular gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union. 621-5123. Continuing through June 28: Four Directions--Paintings from the Desert, by Joyce Robertson. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through 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 June 28: Convergence: Security, Society, Surrealism, paintings, sculpture and installation by Mary Fran Le Blanc, Emily Tellez and Amanda W. Yopp. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ART!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway 745-8586. Continuing through June 15: Magic Moments, an exhibit by watercolorist Gretchen Huff. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
BARKSDALE GALLERY. 500 N. Fourth Ave. 884-7541. Continuing through June 14: photographic works by The Vision Alliance, a Tucson-based artist group. Gallery hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through June 15: Mimesis 2, featuring works by various University of Arizona printmakers. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night, Thursday Night Art Walk and by appointment.
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.
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 June 15: mixed-media/ alternative printmaking by Anna Poe. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk 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.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through June 15: Saints and Monsters, paper and mixed-media works by Analee Lively. 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.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Campus. South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 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.
LOCAL 803 GALLERY. 803 E. Helen St. 882-4625. 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.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Various downtown locations. Zoomorphic sculptures by Ed Davenport are on display at 38 E. Congress St. Reverse glass paintings by Janet Miller are on display at 221 N. Court Ave. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information on other Phantom Gallery locations.
PHANTOM MURALS. Various downtown locations. The following outdoor murals are located in the Arts District: mythical muscular figures by Gustavo Rocha at 11 S. Sixth Ave.; The Case of the Book that Grew Roots and Its Leaves Blew Away, by Kirsten Hassenfeld, at 38 E. Congress St.; 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. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through August 31: Interior Motives II, an annual gathering of artists showcasing the best in contemporary art glass 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.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. Continuing through June 28: Mindscapes, paintings by Lynn Smith and Sherri Ettkin. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through August 25: Just Travelin' Through, paintings about travel and tourism in Arizona. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through August 11: Pre-Columbian Art from the Collection of Paul and Alice Baker. Continuing in the 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.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union. 626-4215. Continuing through June 28: Damaged Goods, a mixed-media exhibit featuring works by Sean O'Donnell and Janet de Berge Lange. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
University of Arizona Museum of Art. Located at the southeast corner of Speedway and Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through June 30: Reconstruction: William Christenberry's Art, a companion exhibit to the retrospective show of the same name at the UA Center for Creative Photography. Admission is free. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Last Chance

ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Continuing through June 8: Abstractions, a national juried exhibition by 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.
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.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 579-7094. 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.
PCC WEST CAMPUS ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6385. Continuing through June 11: The Chicano Connection: Prints from the MARS Artspace and Self-Help Graphics, works by Chicano artists from California, Arizona and Texas. 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.
Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through June 9: New Figuration: Selections from the Eli Broad Family Foundation, works on loan from a major Los Angeles collection of contemporary art.

Announcements

WOMANKRAFT DEDICATION. 254 E. Congress St. WomanKraft and the Tucson Arts District Partnership will present a dedication of their mural project, Storytelling In Tiles, at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 13, in the Arizona Alley. The mural was created by adults and children with varying degrees of artistic background.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Ironwood Gallery is accepting slides for review for Plants and Their Pollinators, an exhibition of natural science illustrations of plants and their pollinators. All media will be considered. Submit up to five slides, artist statement and SASE to: Mrill Ingram and Gary Nabhan, Ironwood Gallery Pollinators Exhibition, ASDM, 2021 N. Kinney Road, Tucson AZ 85743. Deadline is June 28.
ART!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 745-8586. Join local ceramists Ann Penton and Jerry Vaughan as they demonstrate the art of carving Kokopellis and painting pottery from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8. Call 745-8586 for information.
ART WALK. Visit the Downtown Arts District between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, with free docent-led tours of public art displays and participating galleries beginning 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.
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. AISF is seeking submissions for the Albany International Short Film Festival October 17 through 20. Films of all genres/styles are acceptable. Submissions must be 45 minutes or less and in 35mm, 16mm or video format. All winning films will be screened for the press, industry and public in New York City at the Third Annual Award Winning Shorts. Entry fee is $30, and the deadline is July 5. For information contact Michael D. Ellenbogen, Passport Cinemas, 542 Yates St., Albany, NY 12208; or call (518) 453-1000 or email aisff@pass-cine.com.
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 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 one to two weeks. Call 620-1668 for information, or stop by the gallery.
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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