ART
Opening This Week
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Opening
June 16 and continuing through July 16: Creative Visions I:
Art Work by School Children of the Catalina Foothills District.
Continuing through June 14: Sing Down the Rain, illustrations
by Michael Chiago from the book of the same name. Continuing through
June 21: ReVisions: Art From Recycled Materials, a multi-artist,
found-object art exhibit. Gallery 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.
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 through
June 30: 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.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA Fine Arts Complex.
South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park
Avenue. 621-7968. On display in the CCP Library through June 30:
memorabilia of the late Senator Barry Goldwater, including letters,
photographs and ephemera from the UA Library's Special Collections.
Library hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon
to 5 p.m. Sunday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing
through June 28: Mimesis 4, a group exhibition of prints.
Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, during
Thursday evening Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Nights.
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.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St.
792-4503. Continuing through June 20: paintings and drawings by
Gary Swimmer, William Blomquist and Michael Chittock. 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 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.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave.
624-6878. Continuing through June 28: a solo exhibition by painter
Ezequiel Esperza. 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.
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.
MERCADO GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 298-1812. 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. 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. 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.
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, is 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 Tucson glass 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 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; and from 10 a.m. to
7:30 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
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.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing
through July 3: Raices Nuevas: Spaces Revisited, a group
exhibition. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
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 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.
Out of Town
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero. Tubac, Arizona. (520)
398-8014. Continuing through September 28: Long Hot Summer
Art Show, a collection of works by 25 of the gallery's artists
and craftsmen. Summer gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday
through Sunday.
Announcements
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Upstairs Film is currently accepting
submissions for the new short film screening series, Multi-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 $20, not $25 as previously
published. 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. Complete proposals are due June 30. Deadline for the
Freedom Park commission is June 11; deadline for the University
Transit Hub Project is June 15. Participants should contact T/PAC,
240 N. Stone Ave., or call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, ext. 21.,
for information and application instructions.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Large and small bodies of representational
work in oils, acrylic and watercolor are being accepted for a
new space in the Manning House, for exhibition in 1998-'99. Send
slides or photographs with size, medium and production date to:
Elizabeth Cherry, c/o The Manning House, 450 W. Paseo Redondo,
Tucson, AZ 85701. Deadline for submissions is June 27. Call 903-0577
for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. La Phoeniquiera, an annual
juried exhibit celebrating the diversity of Arizona artists, seeks
submissions for an exhibit July 10 through 31 at the MARS Artspace,
126 S. Central, in Phoenix. Resident Arizona artists over 18 years
of age may submit entries of original design in any media. Call
(602) 253-3541 for details and a copy of the prospectus, or visit
the website www.mars-artspace.org/.
CALL FOR ARTISTS. San Vincente Artists of Silver City,
NM, is soliciting submissions of original arts and crafts for
the Sixth Annual Art Fair, held September 5. Application deadline
is July 1. Contact San Vincente Artists of Silver City, P.O. Box
1911, Silver City, NM 88062; or call Diana (505) 388-5725, or
John (505) 388-4309, for an application or information.
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.
ARTS BRIGADE. Calling community and neighborhood artists:
Want to have some fun and help your community? The Tucson Arts
Brigade is a multi-cultural, inter-generational collective of
community-based cultural workers. For participation information,
weekly events, donations of art supplies, or to commission the
Arts Brigade for a project or program, call 791-9359; or email
ArtBrigade@aol.com.
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.
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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