ART
Opening This Week
ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774.
Opening June 30 and continuing through January 15: Lines Drawn
in Sand and Water: Postcards of the Mexican-American Border,
a presentation of photographic and illustrative postcards spanning
the 20th century. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St.
792-4503. Continuing through July 18: Drawing from the Figure,
a juried exhibition of watercolors and monoprints by the 43 artist
associates of The Drawing Studio. There's an opening reception
from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 27. Gallery hours are noon to
5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and
Downtown Saturday Nights.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577.
Opening June 25 and continuing through August 1: Artists of
the Gallery, works by Sylvie Fleury, Valerie Galloway, Frank
Kozik, Cecilia de Medeiros, Olivier Mosset, Alice Stepanek &
Sten Maslin, and Peter Young. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m.
Friday and Saturday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road.
885-0746. Opening with a reception from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday,
June 28, and continuing through July 31: Journey Through the
Southwest, paintings by Cynthia Wearden. 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.
VENTURE FINE ARTS. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-2258.
Opening June 24 and continuing through August 31: a group exhibition
featuring the work of Caroline Norton, Keith Christie, Richard
Fillhouer, Alfred Vetromile, Dan Bates, Gary Price Richard Brunson,
Michael Norton and Katie Hazen. There's an artists' reception
from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 27. Gallery hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and by appointment.
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.
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.
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.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave.
577-3598. Continuing through August 29: Summer 1998 Exhibition,
featuring handcrafted furniture, accessories and sculpture for
indoor and outdoor living. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday through Saturday.
PHANTOM GALLERY. The following installations are sponsored
by the Tucson Arts District Partnership: sculptural objects by
Peter Korbel, 221 N. Court Ave.; pastel drawings by Deezie Manning-Catron,
4 E. Congress St.; abstract canvases by Mike Stack, 110 S. Church
Ave.; and acrylic paintings by Robert Barber and Jenny Kilb,
260 S. Church Ave. 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; The Thinkers, by Eleanor Kohloss,
Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street; and Building Community
Mural, by multi-age classes from Miles Exploratory Learning
Center, City Annex Building. Ned Egan's Blue Steel Bouquet
is next to the Julian Drew building on Broadway between Fifth
and Sixth avenues. The newest additions to the Phantom Sculpture
Series are three sculptural pieces by Stephen G. Derks, 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.
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. Opening
June 25 and continuing through August 20: new acquisitions of
baskets, rugs and pottery from the Agnes T. and Don Leigh Smith
Collection. Continuing through July 16: Creative Visions I:
Art Work by School Children of the Catalina Foothills District.
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.
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 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.
Last Chance
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 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 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.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave.
624-6878. Continuing through June 28: a solo exhibition by painter
Ezequiel Esparza. 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. Continuing
through June 27: watercolors and caricatures of Del Sutton. Gallery
hours are 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road.
885-0746. Continuing through June 27: Sonoran Visions,
paintings by 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.
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.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing
through June 28: Classy Creations, 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.
Announcements
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Upstairs Film is accepting submissions
of short film for the Multimedia Mondays series 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. 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. 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 is accepting
entries for the upcoming exhibition Rural Artists of Pima County,
for display at the T/PAC Community Gallery, 240 N. Stone Ave.
Artists must be 18 years or older and reside outside of the Tucson
city limits, but within Pima County. Submissions deadline is July
31. Call Maryjane Dorofachuk 624-0595, ext. 19, for applications
and information.
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 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.
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.
OPEN HOUSE. Downtown Arts Academy. La Placita Village,
Building No. 1, Suite 1160. The Downtown Arts Academy, the only
downtown middle school for the integration of academics and the
arts, opens its doors to the public from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
July 1. Call Steve at 882-9144 for 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 on dates, times and costs of individual workshops.
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