ART Opening This Week THE ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Opening with a reception at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 20: the Artiste du Jour series. This exhibition features 11 different artists' work in two- to three-week intervals. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night. OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. 577-3598. Opening Saturday, July 20, with the Gallery's annual Outdoor Art and Monsoon Party (see announcements), and continuing through September 30: mixed-media figurative work by Elizabeth Frank. Continuing through August 24: narrative tile wall pieces by Bisbee artist Toni Sondersten and metal jewlery by Daniel Ptaqsnik. 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, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Call 577-3598 for information. 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. ARIZONA GALLERY. UA campus, on the north side of the Mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through August 15: Works on paper by Sharon Forsmo. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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. BERTA WRIGHT GALLERY. 260 E. Congress St. 882-7043. Foothills Mall. 742-4134. Continuing through July 27: Miniatures, miniature turned wooden vases from Doug Crawforth; horsehair baskets by Papago Donna Mendez; and carved fetishes from the 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. Center for Creative Photography. UA campus, located on the southwest corner of Park Avenue and Speedway in the Fine Arts Complex. 621-7986. 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. 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 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. 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. 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 Johnston 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. 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. ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA campus, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through August 16: Domestic Compositions, paintings by Catherine Tuttle. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 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. UNION GALLERY. UA campus, north side of the UA mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. 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. UA Museum of Art. Located on the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 621-7567. 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. 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. Announcements ART AND MORE. The Open University has many classes starting in July. Learn about music, dance, writing and more. Call 622-0170 for a class schedule. 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 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. 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 FILMMAKERS. Bero Gallery. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Bero Gallery is looking for submissions from filmmakers for a series of screenings October 8 through 12. Works may deal with any subject matter in any format, including super-eight, video, 16 mm and installational. Non-traditional and experimental projects are especially encouraged. Call 792-0313 for information. Deadline is September 22. 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. MONSOON ART PARTY. Obsidian Gallery. 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. 577-3598. Celebrate summer and the cool monsoons at the Gallery's annual Outdoor Art Show and Monsoon Party at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 20. There will be hot dogs and beer, not to mention sculpture, furniture and objects by nine local artists. Call the gallery at 577-3598 for information.

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