City Listings - Art (September 12

ART

Opening This Week

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Opening with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, September 14, and continuing through November 9: works by more than two-dozen artists in a variety of functional and fine art, including steel, glass, ceramics, painting and photography. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Opening with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, September 12, and continuing through October 7: Sonoran Desert Signatures, color photographs by Nile Root. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 885-5179 for information.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Opening with a reception at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 12, and continuing through October 12: an exhibition of photography by local photographers Brion McCarthy and Ruth Marblestone. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northwest Tucson. 742-3815. Opening with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, September 13, and continuing through October 11: storm photographs by Norman R. Carlson. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon Sunday and by appointment.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. 577-3598. Opening Saturday, September 14, and continuing through November 2: The annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibition, featuring works in clay, mixed-media, shrines, paintings, glass, jewelry and more by various Tucson artists. Continuing through September 30: mixed-media figurative work by Elizabeth Frank. 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.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 623-2577. Opening with a reception Saturday, September 14, and continuing through October 28: Denise Grimes: An Exhibition of New Paintings. Hours are Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment only.

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 Student Union, north side of the mall east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through October 4: The Figure Reinvestigated, oil paintings by Jeff Bertoncino. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday.
ART!!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 745-8586. Continuing through October 14: Mythical Beasts, an exhibit including literary and imaginary beasts by member artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
BERTA WRIGHT GALLERY. 260 E. Congress St. 882-7043. Foothills Mall. 742-4134. Continuing through September 28: Celebration of Stitchery, featuring Peruvian apilleras, an appliqué form traditionally drawing from village life, festivals, bullfights and farming. Downtown gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 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.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE GALLERY. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through September 19: PACT: Life through Art, an exhibit of donated works by local artists. All pieces will be for sale at the PACT: Life Through Art auction on Friday, September 20, at the Double Tree Hotel. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536A E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Continuing through November 3: Tapestries of Techniques. 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 October 5: paintings by Michael Chittock and Betina Fink, and mixed-media works by Margaret Louderback. There will be an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 14. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
THE DRAWING STUDIO. Stillwell-Twiggs House. 134 S. Fifth Ave. The latest exhibition from The Drawing Studio will be open to the public from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Stillwell-Twiggs House. Call 620-0947 for information.
THE ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Continuing: 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. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through November 9: Kissing, a group photographic exhibition. Also continuing: Fragments of A Former Life, a mixed-media exhibit by Mayme Kratz. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
Flandrau Science Center. UA campus on the corner of University Boulevard and Cherry Avenue. 621-STAR. Continuing through January of 1997: Shamanism, Magic and the Busy Spider, Abenaki Indian carvings. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday evenings. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children ages 3 to 14, free with the purchase of a planetarium or laser-light show ticket.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. 3233 S. Pinal Vista, Utterback Middle School. 617-6100. Continuing through October 3: Re-Framing The Border, a photographic exhibition of work by José Galvez, Miguel Gandert, Oscar Monroy Avila and Jeffrey Scott. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. G.A.S.P. (Great Art by Students and Professionals) Gallery is the only student-run gallery at a public middle school in Tucson.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Continuing through October 10: Plants and Their Pollinators, an invitational exhibition of natural science illustrations. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Free with museum admission.
JCC FINE ART GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through September 30: A new exhibit featuring the works of 11 Jewish artists. 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. 626-4215. Continuing through September 27: Warriors and Dreamers, collaborative paintings by Suzanne Kloz and Gonzalo Espinosa, with interpretive poetry by Bridget Carroll and documentary photography by Fred Gonzales. Also continuing through September 27: Picture This Too, photographic works by William Wegman and various Arizona photographers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6942. Continuing through October 1: drawings of the human experience by Susan Beck Conaway; sculptor Barbara Jo McLaughlin's current work, Landforms/Lifeforms; and large scale acrylic paintings by Kevin McLaughlin. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and for weekend performances at the Center for the Arts.
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 November 9: Massiccio: A Tribute to Loredano Rosin. Call for regular gallery hours.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through September 30: new acrylic paintings by John Francis Green, colorful ceramics by Janice Cook and silver and gemstone jewelry by Pat Carey. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Downtown Saturday Nights.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY EAST. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through September 30: wooden story-people sculptures by Brian Andreas; and mixed-media sculpture by Elden Mathews. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through October 12: recent works by Cliff Finity and Trent Edwards. There will be a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, September 7. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday Night Art Walk or by appointment.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA campus, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through September 26: Elizabeth Claiborne: Recent Paintings. 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 November 18: It's A Small World, miniatures of Tohono O'odham baskets, Kachina dolls, and more. Continuing through September 29: Navajo Code Talkers, a photographic exhibition by Kenji Kawano. 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 November 3: Symbols of Life: Ceremonial Art of the Amazon People, including featherpieces, costumes, weapons and sculptures from some of the 64 tribes residing in the Amazon. 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.
UNION GALLERY. UA campus, north side of the UA mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through September 26: Impression, works by Phoenix artist Dorothy Rissman, focusing on the imagery of clothing as a historical reference to time and place. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
WINGSPAN GALLERY. 422 N. Fourth Ave. 624-1779. Continuing through September: Watercolor paintings by Suzy Forevermore. Call for gallery hours.
WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 338 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing through October 26: the Robin & Francesca Pearce Exhibit. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, and 7 to 10 p.m. the first Downtown Saturday Night of each month.

Last Chance

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. Sunday.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through September 14: Gallery Mix, works by guest artists George Arntz and Lee Chensy; and recent works by gallery regulars Charlotte Bender, Albert Kogel, Bruce McGrew and others. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through September 13: the traveling Rural Artists Exhibition showcasing a variety of two- and three-dimensional visual art from all over Pima County. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Announcements

ART AUCTION. DoubleTree Hotel, Grand Ballroom. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200. PACT's (People With AIDS Coalition of Tucson) Life Through Art auction is at 7 p.m. Friday, September 20. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance at the PACT office, Borders Books and Bookman's. Call 629-8220 for information.
ART FOR ALL. WomanKraft at the Castle. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. WomanKraft presents its Neighborhood Arts Empowerment Project, a series of workshops covering everything from creating art to marketing and developing a portfolio. All workshops are at the castle, and are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Saturday, September 14, Gayle Swanbeck and Caroline Latron teach Remaking More Paper Products. Classes are $10, free to those who are homeless, carless, or who make less than $15,000 a year. Call 629-9976 for information.
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. On Thursday, September 12, Art Walk presents an indoor special with a visit the Tucson Museum of Art's new exhibit, Symbols of Life: Ceremonial Art of the Amazon People, with live music by the Homero Cerón duo. Call 624-9977 for information and a listing of participating galleries.
BROWN BAG ART. Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 791-4393. The Downtown Forums free Brown Bag Series continues from noon to 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, September 18, with: Tucson Arts District: What is it? Where is it going? They'll discuss the Arts District Partnership, downtown art and artist studio space and receive a fall schedule of events. Beverages will be provided. Call Beth Hancock at the Tucson/Pima Arts Council at 624-0595, ext. 21, for information.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. Applications are being accepted for the Phantom Gallery's upcoming exhibition season. Tucson-area visual artists working in diverse media are encouraged to apply. Phantom spaces currently include: 38 E. Congress St.; 221 N. Court Ave.; 110 S. Church Ave.; and 32 N. Stone Ave. Due to the large surface area directly exposed to sunlight, work selected for these sites must be "throw away" art. Size limitation for two dimensional works is 3-by-4 feet. Galleries in the Tucson Convention Center may be available for large works suitable for hanging on a wall. Minimum size is 4-by-5 feet, with larger works encouraged. Call 624-9977 for specific application procedures. Deadline is September 30.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Eclectic Gallery is accepting entries for the second annual Small Works Juried Exhibition to take place December 7 through January 16. Dimensions should not exceed 12 inches. Entry fee is $15. Send SASE for prospectus to P.O. Box 2066, Tucson, AZ 85702; or call 620-1668 for information. Deadline is November 8.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Wingspan Gallery is seeking gay artists interested in participating in the second annual OUTober Fest Art Show. Call Bob Mac Mahon at 571-8783 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Central Arts Collective, a member directed gallery, is accepting new members. For an application form and further information send SASE to: Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85701; or call 623-5883.
CALL TO FILMMAKERS. Bero Gallery, 41 S. Sixth Ave., 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.

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