ART Opening This Week ART DEPARTMENT GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Opening with a reception at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, and continuing through August 15: The Other Side, works by Tracy Skinner and Deb Fisher. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Opening Wednesday, July 10, and continuing through August 15: Six Sculptors, works by six graduate students. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 N. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Opening with a reception at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 6, and continuing through August 31: Making Waves In The Sky, an exhibit examining border issues. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. Continuing ACCESS TUCSON GALLERY. 124 E. Broadway. 624-9833. Continuing through September 30: Mexican Indian Altars, photographs by Dana Salvo. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday. ART!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway 745-8586. Continuing through August 14: Water Works, a multi-media exhibit by member artists. 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 August 10: Platinum Photographs, a singe-artist show by Joseph Labate. Summer gallery hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday and by appointment. Call 792-0313 for information. DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. 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. DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536A E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Continuing through September 8: Hot Flash, a collection of paintings and sculpture. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through August 31: Black and White/Six Photographers in Mid-Career, works by Dick Arentz, Linda Connor, Mark Klett, Jay Dusard, Jody Forester and Debbie Fleming Caffery. Summer hours by appointment only. DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through July 13: Concept to Completion: An Artistic Journey, sculpture, monoprints and paintings by Aurore Chabot, Janine Klees and Stephen Hayes. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night. THE ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Continuing through July 18: Human Beings, Human Doings, an exhibit of textural, narrative and figurative works by printmaker Jo Valandry and sculptor Gerrie Young. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night. OLD PUEBLO GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through Saturday, July 27: Spirit of the Land, acrylic paintings by Robert Genovese. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment. IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 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. HARRISON HURWITZ PHOTOGRAPHY. 621 S. Main Ave. 770-9543. Continuing through July 30: The Harmonic Nudes. Summer gallery hours are by appointment. JCC FINE ART GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through July 29: Photo Opportunity, photographs by Bill Baker, Don Clouse, Danelle Kornberg and Susan Lynne. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday. OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. 577-3598. Continuing through August 24: narrative tile wall pieces by Bisbee artist Toni Sodersten 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. PHANTOM GALLERY. Various downtown locations. Bright, large-scale acrylic paintings by Elizabeth Elequin are on display at 38 E. Congress St. Terra cotta sculpture by Martin Martinez are on display at 221 N. Court Ave. Wood assemblages by Kyle Johnson are on display at 110 S. Church Ave. in La Placita. 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: 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.; Daisy Eyes No. 2, A Transformation of Deliberate Ambiguity, by Jon Matheson, 25 E. Congress St.; mythical muscular figures by Gustavo Rocha behind Johnny Gibson's in Arizona Alley; 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. 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 18: Pre-Columbian Art from the Collection of Paul and Alice Baker. Continuing through August 18: Selections from the Collections, recent acquisitions including Western American art, ceramics from Asia, Mexico and the United States and Mexican folk art. 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. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Announcements 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. CALL TO ARTISTS. ArtHaven International needs professional, emerging visual artists for a creative art competition. All styles are welcome. Send SASE to: ArtHaven International, 1685 Parkline Drive, Suite 12, Pittsburgh, PA 15227; or email to inarthaven@aol.com for entry form and guidelines. Deadline is August 16. CALL TO ARTISTS. The City of Tucson is renovating two branch libraries. Artist proposals are being accepted for public art for the Woods Memorial Library and the Valencia branch library. A pre-submission meeting for the Woods Library will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at 3455 N. First Ave. in the Community Meeting Room; pre-submission meeting for the Valencia branch is at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11, at 202 W. Valencia Road in the Community Meeting Room. Artists may submit ideas for one or both projects. Application deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 31. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, ext. 21, for information. CALL TO ARTISTS. The Downtown-Lohse Family YMCA invites Tucson artists to display artwork for a nine-month period in the Y facility in exchange for a nine-month YMCA membership. Submit up to four slides of recent artwork available for display from late-July 1996 to April 1997. Artwork must include sale price or value to be considered. Send slides, name, address, phone number, and an SASE to: Art for the Y, 60 W. Alameda St., Tucson, AZ 85701; or call Bobbie McKinney at 623-5200 for information. Deadline is July 10. CALL TO ARTISTS. The City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department seeks artists to join the project design team for the new Quincie Douglas Center. The selected artist will create a plan for multi-year public art development. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, ext. 21, for information. Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, July 9. CALL FOR ENTRIES. VideoLOCAL, encouraging the art of local video makers, is accepting entries for VideoTENSIONS, a presentation of works concentrating on a socio-political issue. Youth-produced media especially sought. Entries must be less than 25 minutes, completed after May 1994, and in VHS format. Send name and length of work, address, phone number, a 25-word description of the piece and a biographical artist statement to: "VideoTENSIONS," c/o Vikki Dempsy, P.O. Box 454, Tucson, AZ 85702. Call 621-7352 for information. Deadline is July 5. 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. 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 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.

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