ART
Opening This Week
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall,
east of Old Main. 621-5123. Opening August 11 and continuing through
September 22: new work by David Brown. Gallery hours are
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch
Resort. 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. Opening with an artist's
reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, August 9, and continuing through
September 22: Dance of Form and Spirit, by Sylvia
Garland. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Call 299-1501
for information.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. Opening August 7
and continuing through August 20: Summer Student Exhibition.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Call
624-2333 for information.
Continuing
ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774.
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.
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 8 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ARTERY FINE ARTS GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. Continuing
through October: Sunset Shadows. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church.
4831 E. 22nd St. Continuing thorough September 4: Fleeting
Visions, an exhibit of digitized photography by Niles Root.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Call Abigail Root at 885-5179 for information.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA Fine Arts Complex.
South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway, east of Park
Avenue. 621-7968. Continuing through October 4: Lauren Greenfield's
Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood. On
display in the CCP library: In Concert: Photographs and Musicians;
and memorabilia of Senator Barry Goldwater, including letters,
photographs and ephemera from the UA library's Special Collections.
Center hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday though Friday, and noon
to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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.
GALVEZ GALLERY/MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. 743
N. Fourth Ave.
624-6878. Continuing through September 5: Three Visions of
Nogales, photography by José Galvez, Will Monahan and
Amy Zuckerman. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through
Friday, and 6 to 8 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights.
IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway. 327-7879. Currently
featuring serigraphs of Marilyse Goulet, as well as handmade paper
by Betsy Farmer; contemporary sterling silver jewelry by Tracey
Hale; industrial/deco metal furnishings by Damion Velasquez; and
functional porcelain bowls and stoneware by Matthew Payton. Gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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.
Continuing through August 19, with a birthday reception honoring
Lionel Rombach at1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 13: Lionel Rombach:
70 Years of Woodwork. 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, 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, 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.
Summer gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through
August 29: Monotype, recent monotype prints by TAG artists.
Also on exhibit: TAG artists present Hot Objects, an exhibition
of small works in the RAW windows. Summer gallery hours are 7
to 10 p.m. during Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
TALLER DU MANÚ. 611 S. Sixth Ave. 882-8423. Continuing:
Tineo/Manú, a two-artist show. Gallery hours are
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing
through August 14: ArtWORKS!, an exhibition featuring works-in-progress
by more than
60 youths employed by T/PAC through the ArtWORKS program. Gallery
hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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.
VENTURE FINE ARTS. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-2258.
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. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, and by appointment.
WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing
through August 29: Millennium Melting Pot, paintings by
Perry McCauley. Other works in the exhibit include "Our Big
Flat Selves," a series of life-sized paper dolls made by
Womankraft artists. Gallery hours are 1 to
5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Last Chance
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, and 1 to 4
p.m. Sunday. Closed Saturdays.
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. Continuing
through August 20: new acquisitions of baskets, rugs and pottery
from the Agnes T. and Don Leigh Smith Collection. Continuing through
August 13: Creative Visions II: Art Work by School Children
of the Catalina Foothills School District. 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 for a daily events schedule.
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.
Out Of Town
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero. Tubac, Arizona. 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. Call (520) 398-8014
for information.
THE SUBWAY. 43 Brewery Gulch. Bisbee, Arizona. Opening
August 8: Where the Sky Touches the Earth, photographs
by Charles Ferguson, Robert Cook and Carol Wallace. Gallery hours
are 1 to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Call 1-888-632-4716 for
information.
Announcements
CALL TO ARTISTS. T/PAC Rural Arts Program is accepting
applications from teaching artists of various disciplines to teach
in the Pima County Youth Arts After School Program. Deadline is
August 24. Call Maryjane Dorofachuk at 624-0595 for application
and information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The International Library of Photography
is seeking submissions for its annual International Open Amateur
Photography Contest. To enter, send one photograph in one of the
following categories: people, animals, nature, action, humor,
portraiture or other. The photo must be a color or black-and-white
print (unmounted), 8x10 or smaller. All entries must include photographer's
name and address on the back, as well as the category and title
of the photo. Photos cannot be returned. Send entries to the International
Library of Photography, Suite 350-9001, 10045 Red Run Blvd., Owings
Mills, MD 21117. Entries must be postmarked by August 31.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Museum of Contemporary Art (Tucson)
is accepting slides or photographs of work by contemporary artists
for possible inclusion in its first exhibition. Send 8 x10 images
to the Museum of Contemporary Art, 197 E. Toole Ave., Tucson,
AZ 85701. Deadline is August 15. Call Julia Latane at
624-5019 for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Equipoise Gallery seeks submissions
for a juried exhibit titled Portrait: Tucson & Pima County,
to be held at the Stillwell-Twiggs House, 134 S. Fifth Ave. Participants
must submit three slides of work representative of impressions
of Tucson/Pima County. Fees are $21 for the first three slides,
and $5 for each additional slide. Send entries to Equipoise Gallery,
Inc., P.O. Box 26445, Tucson, AZ 85726-6445. Deadline is August
14. Send SASE to the above address for a prospectus.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Upstairs Film is accepting short
film submissions for its 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. Desert Artisans' Cooperative Gallery.
6536-A E. Tanque Verde Road.
722-4412. The Desert Artisans' Cooperative seeks applicants with
three-dimensional work. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope
to Membership Committee, Desert Artisans' Cooperative Gallery,
6536-A E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 120, Tucson, AZ 85715; or call
the above number for a prospectus.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Tucson/Pima Arts Council. 240 N.
Stone Ave. T/PAC is seeking submissions from individual artists
and artist teams for two projects at the El Pueblo Center: tile
work for the upper facades in entry archways; and glass art for
the community rooms. Total commission award is $6,000. Call Beth
Hancock at T/PAC 624-0595, ext. 21, for application information.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE OPENINGS. 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.
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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