ART Opening This Week ARIZONA GALLERY. UA campus, on the north side of the Mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Opening Thursday, July 11, and continuing through August 15: Works on paper by Sharon Forsmo. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. BERTA WRIGHT GALLERY. 260 E. Congress St. 882-7043. Foothills Mall. 742-4134. Opening Thursday, July 11, and continuing through July 27: Miniatures, miniature turned wooden vases from Doug Crawforth; Horsehair baskets from Papago Donna Mendez; and carved fetishes from Zuni Pueblo. 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. UNION GALLERY. UA campus, north side of the Mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Opening Thursday, July 11, and continuing through August 15: Concerning Landscape, mixed-media photographic works by Thomas Strich. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Center for Creative Photography. UA campus, located on the southwest corner of Park Avenue and Speedway in the Fine Arts Complex. 621-7986. Opening with a reception at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 14, and continuing through September 15: Mexican Tableaux: photographs from the Aaron Siskind and Max Yavno Archives. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA campus, on the north side of the Mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Opening Thursday, July 11, and continuing through August 16: Domestic Compositions, paintings by Catherine Tuttle. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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 DEPARTMENT GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. 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. 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. 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. 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 are by appointment only. HARRISON HURWITZ PHOTOGRAPHY. 621 S. Main Ave. 770-9543. Continuing through July 30: The Harmonic Nudes. Summer gallery hours are 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. 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. JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Continuing through August 15: Six Sculptors, works by six graduate students. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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. 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. WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 N. Stone Ave. 629-9976. 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. 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 is on display at 221 N. Court Ave. Wood assemblages by Kyle Johnson are on display at 110 S. Church Ave., in La Placita village. 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. There will be a companion exhibit, Postcard Open House, from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 13. Members from the Tucson Post Card Exchange Club will be on hand for a show and tell on their Arizona-themed postcards. 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. University of Arizona Museum of Art. Located on the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 621-7567. Opening Sunday, July 14, and continuing through September 8: Under Influence, neo-expressionist drawings and paintings by George Arntz and paintings and mixed-media scuplture by Victoria Looper-Horne. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 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. The Canyon Culture Guild is now accepting applications for the fourth annual arts and crafts fair in December. For information send an SASE to Canyon Culture Guild, P.O. Box 87, Black Canyon City, AZ 85324. Deadline is September 1. 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 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. FOOTHILLS FLASHBACK. Foothills Mall, Ina and La Cholla Roads. 529-2072. Spirit Weavers' Spirit of Summer continues with a Blast From The Past, from 4 to 10 p.m. Thursday, July 11. There will be 50 nifty artisans selling their wares throughout the mall, not to mention live music, prizes, sock hop and the folks from Little Anthony's Diner. Move your hips at 8 p.m. at the hula hoop and twist contest, then shake your socks at the sock hop at 9 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Northwest YMCA. Admission and parking are free. Call 529-2072. 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. PAINT CITY HALL. The City of Tucson, with help from the Tucson/Pima Arts Council, is creating a permanent art collection in the City Hall building. At 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, there will be a reception for artists Gail Marcus-Orlen and Charlotte Bender, whose paintings have been chosen for inclusion in the collection. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, ext. 21, for information. Out Of Town COCONINO CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Flagstaff, Arizona. The 16th annual Festival of Native American Arts continues through Sunday, August 11. At 8 p.m. Saturday, July 13, hear Navajo singer/songwriter Sharon Burch. Tickets prices vary. Call (520) 779-6921 for directions and information. MARS ARTSPACE. 126 South Central Ave. Phoenix. 602-253-3541. Opening with a reception at 7 p.m. Friday, July 12, and continuing through August 9: La Phoeniquera XVI, an exhibit of works by Arizona artists juried by David Rubin. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

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