Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (October 2

ART

Opening This Week

ARTERY FINE ART GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Opening October 4 and continuing through October 31: fine art in all media. There is an artist's reception Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5, during business hours. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Listings CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Opening with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, October 4, and continuing through October 25: River of Voices, In Honor of Elders, a living installation of stories, voices, water, and life. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
EVERYDAY MYSTERIES HEALTH CENTER. 135 S. Fifth Ave. 629-0959. Opening with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, October 4, and continuing through October 31: Birth Art, featuring works in all media. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. Opening with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, October 5, and continuing through November 6: paintings by Robert Goldman. Gallery hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Opening with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, October 5, and continuing through October 30: impressionistic-style acrylic paintings by Leslie Schultz; and oil portraits and landscapes by Tony Quesada. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6942. Opening with a reception from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, October 6, and continuing through November 4: quilts of geometric simplicity by Ruth Garrison; clay constructions by Andrée Richmond; and press photographs of the 1996 Summer Olympics from the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and during weekend performances at the Center for the Arts.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Opening October 2 and continuing through October 31: ceramic music boxes by Joyce Canaan; silver and beaded jewelry by Joan Dulla; and watercolors by Margie Bassler. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Opening October 2 and continuing through October 31: Judaica jewelry by Wendy Silver; ceramic plates by David McDonald; and metal sculpture by Henry Dupere. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
RED GALLERY. 1139 E. Sixth St. 628-9921. Opening with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, October 4, and continuing through October 31: paintings, assemblage, and 1950s-inspired furniture by Anne and Todd Winkler. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.
SPLINTER TOUR. 911 N. 13th Ave. Splinter Group Studios celebrates its grand opening with an Artists' Open Studio Tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 4. Artists Leon Allemon, Allen Burke, Ed Davenport, Elizabeth Frank, Kevin Mills, and Ted Silverman will exhibit sculpture, lighting, mixed-media works and paintings. Call Janelle Curry at 620-0280 for information.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Opening October 3 and continuing through November 29: Images of Mission San Xavier del Bac, an exhibition celebrating the Bicentennial of Mission San Xavier. Continuing through October 26: Grand Canyon Suite, 24 consecutive panels depicting the Grand Canyon by George DiGeorgio. Continuing through October 17: Familiar Places, black and white photographs by Cy Lehrer. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and students, and free for children under age 12. Admission is free for all on Tuesdays.
WINGSPAN GALLERY. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Opening with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, October 4, and continuing through October 31: Wingspan's Third Annual OUToberFEST Juried Exhibition. Call 624-1779 for gallery hours.

Continuing

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through November 1: Illumination & Steel Sculpture, luminarios, lamps, candelabras, and sculpture incorporating light. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through October 16: Still Lifes and Other Cultural Icons, black-and-white Tucson photography by José Galvez. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through October 25: digital photography by Joseph Labate. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
CAMPUS CHRISTIAN CENTER. 715 N. Park Ave. 623-7575. Continuing through October 18: portraits and travel scenes by Kate Frohlich Bell. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call for weekend hours.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through November 1: Monoprints, a survey of monoprint techniques by five artists in abstract, figure and landscape themes. 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. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Continuing through November 9: Search For Tranquillity, paintings, sculpture, and mixed-media creations. 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 November 8: paintings by Gail Marcus-Orlen; photographs by Christopher Burkett; and paintings by Owen Williams. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
FRAMED TO PERFECTION GALLERY. Park Mall. 5870 E. Broadway. 571-1963. Continuing: Hale-Bopp photography by Flandrau astronomer Michael Terenzoni; 3-D wall sculptures and wall puzzles by Syd Clayton-Seeber; and landscape photography by Bill Lesch. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. 3233 S. Pinal Vista, Utterback Middle School. 617-6100. Continuing through October 10: Reality Check, 12 artists' perspectives on realism. 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 a student-run gallery.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Continuing through November 16: Desert Paintings, works by Juan Rios Ce-Acatl. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, free with museum admission.
JCC GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through October 27: clay works by Pamala and Tim Ballingham; and portraits and still-lifes in oils and pastels by Virginia Reilly. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through October 25: mosaics by Las Artes, a youth program encompassing community art projects, reintroduction to secondary education, and problems facing dropouts and "at risk" youth. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through November 6: Surface Tension, an installation by Phoenix artist Laurie Lundquist. There is a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, October 3. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. Gross Gallery Building. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through October 17: Displaced Perspectives, featuring works by Emily Tellez and Mark Seely. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
M. REVAK & CO. 1440 N. Stone Ave. 624-3445. Continuing through October 30: Urban Landscapes and Other Discoveries, works by Cynthia Savage, Kristen Muench and Christina Lytwynczuk. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through November 1: El Día de los Muertos/ Day of The Dead Multi-Media Exhibition, featuring works by more than 30 artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Various downtown locations. "Light boxes" by Robert Renfrow are on display at 38 E. Congress St. Paintings by Elizabeth Elequin highlight the Tucson Arts District Partnership office, 4 E. Congress St. Photographs taken by the children participating in Club Randolph, a Tucson Parks and Recreation Department summer program, are on display at 45 N. Sixth 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; 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. Ned Egan's Blue Steel Bouquet, the first in the Phantom Sculpture Spring Series, can be found next to the Julian Drew building on Broadway between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through November 8: Molten Marriage, Combinations of Metal and Glass, featuring works by 14 artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through October 11: Recent paintings and prints by Katie Cooper, including simple iconographic monoprints and images on canvas. Also continuing through November 22: Raw Light, an exhibition of miniature works by the group T.A.G., in the Raw windows. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, until 7 p.m. for Thursday Night Art Walk, Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 623-2577. Continuing through October 12: recent sculpture and drawings by Megan DeArmond. Gallery hours are during Downtown Saturday Nights and by appointment.
ST. GREGORY ART GALLERY. 3231 N. Craycroft Road. Continuing through October 31: photographs by Don Clouse. There is an artist's reception from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, October 3. Call Barbara Rosenberg at 749-1162 for information.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through October 15: Saints and Sinners, mixed-media and works on paper by Daniel Martin Diaz. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances. Call 624-7370 for information.
TUCSON PIMA LIBRARY. 101 N. Stone Ave. 791-4393. Continuing through October 30: Mixed Media Monotypes, Etcetera, works by Sheila Chambers, Chris Bondante, and Acacia Alder. Exhibit space is open during regular library hours.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through April 1: Robert Wick: Campus Outdoor Sculptures. Continuing through October 10: Memories of Childhood: So We're Not The Cleavers or The Brady Bunch. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor. 621-5123. Continuing through October 13: mixed-media works by Jeff Falk. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing through October 25: Visible For A Change, paintings celebrating lesbian sexuality by Lorraine Inzalaco. An artist's reception meets from 7 to 10 p.m. October 4. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Last Chance

ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Continuing through October 3: Friends and Family, a series of non-traditional portraits in oil, acrylic, and mixed-media by Georgie Quinn. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
BARKSDALE GALLERY. 500 N. Fourth Ave. 884-7541. Continuing through October 5: Watercolors of the Southwest, works by Mary Argueta and Grace Calterone. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through October 4: Facing Dharma, paintings and sculpture by Trent Edwards. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursdays, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through October 5: Flying High Over the Four Corners: Aerial Photographs by Adriel Heisey. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Out Of Town

OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero, Tubac. Continuing through November 23: Views of the Santa Cruz Valley, featuring works by Shirley Flynn, Margaret Johnson, Mary Langston, and Rea Ragatz. Call 398-8014 for gallery hours and information.
SEDONA SCULPTURE WALK. The Sedona Arts Center presents the 10th Annual Sedona Sculpture Walk Friday through Sunday, October 3 through 5. The Walk offers visitors one of the West's most renowned celebrations of sculpture, with forms from Native American and Western themes, to contemporary and abstract images in wood and metal. Exhibit hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5, free for children under 12. Food and beverages will be available. For tour bus, travel agency arrangements and other information, call the Sedona Arts Center at 1-520-282-3809.

Announcements

ARCHITECTURE WEEK. Explore historic downtown Tucson with an eye for architecture at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday, October 5. In honor of Architecture Week, two tours will be leaving the Tucson Museum of Art: the first travels north through the El Presidio neighborhood; the second travels as far south as the Sosa-Carillo-Frémont House. Tours are free, but reservations are required. Call 622-6248 for reservations and information.
ART WALK. A wealth of fine artists and galleries await you with the weekly Art Walk, a self- or docent-guided stroll through the Downtown Arts District between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Free tours of public art displays and participating galleries begin 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.
ARTIST LOANS. Applications are available for the fall cycle of the Tucson Arts District's Art Space Development Loan Program, designed to preserve existing spaces and stimulate the development of new spaces. Projects resulting in equity positions for artists and/or arts organizations, and those resulting in the renovation of existing buildings for long-term art uses, will be given preference. Amounts of up to $5,000 are available for acquisition, renovation, and/or rehabilitation of downtown-area property. Application deadline is Wednesday, October 8. Applications and information are available by calling the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery is accepting slides for its artist roster. Inclusion on the roster confers eligibility for exhibitions and membership in the artists' cooperative. To qualify, applicants must work professionally in the visual arts (not working toward a degree), be Tucson residents, pay monthly dues of $35, and be willing to contribute time and energy to the Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative. For application and information, send a business-sized SASE to: Dinnerware Roster, 135 E. Congress St., Tucson, AZ 85701.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson Jewish Community Center is accepting proposals from artists in two-dimensional media for the 1998 Fine Art Gallery exhibition schedule. Proposals are reviewed by the TJCC Visual Arts Committee. Application materials include 10 slides, completed prospectus form, résumé, SASE, and $10 fee. Submission deadline is October 15. Call Lori Lantz, gallery coordinator, at 299-3000 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council seeks proposals from artists to create free-standing work and/or other artistic enhancements in conjunction with planned roadway improvements on west Silverlake Road between I-10 and Mission Road. Submission deadline is October 16. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, ext. 21, for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson International Mariachi Conference seeks submissions for the Bank One Tucson International Mariachi Conference Poster. Artists are invited to submit original artwork, sketches, or three slides, completed within the last two years. An honorarium of $1,000 will be awarded. Work should reflect the 1998 Conference theme: Aires Mexicanos--its impact and culture significance, in an abstract or representational style. Posters from the last 15 years can be seen at La Frontera Center, 502 W. 29th St. Submission deadline is December 15. Call Lolie Gomez at 884-9920, ext. 243, for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council seeks proposals for four site walls along Broadway in downtown Tucson. Individual artists and teams may apply for one or more walls. All four have large, unrusticated surfaces. Any durable, safe medium, two- or three-dimensional, will be considered. Artwork may project out beyond the reveal so long as it does not interfere with traffic safety. Submission deadline is Tuesday, October 7. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, ext. 21, for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Subway Gallery in Bisbee seeks submissions for the Day of the Dead Altarpiece Show, to run October 31 through November 2. Open to all Arizona artists; altarpieces with Day of the Dead theme accepted. Call 1-888-632-4716 for prospectus.
CALLING COMMUNITY ARTISTS. The Tucson Arts Brigade is a multi-cultural, intergenerational collective of community-based cultural workers. They're seeking artists interested in collaborating on neighborhood and community-based art projects. Current projects include a series of posters and murals on Communities in Transformation--Healing Themselves, Healing Others. For information on weekly design and brainstorming sessions, commissions and donations of art supplies, call 791-9359; or email ArtBrigade@aol.com.
DOWNTOWN DOCENTS. Learn all about art, history, shopping and dining in the Downtown Arts District by becoming a Tucson Arts District Partnership docent. TADP needs volunteers for weekdays and weekends. Fall orientation/docent training program consists of five sessions: October 8, 16, 22, 29, and November 6. Call Herb Stratford at 624-9977 for more information.
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.
WAREHOUSE WALKS. Take a tour of Tucson's Historic Warehouse District with The Tucson Arts District Partnership. Tours run the second Saturday of each month, and meet at 8:50 a.m. in the lobby of the Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Tour groups are limited, and RSVP's are requested by 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to the tour. Participants should dress comfortably, and plan on being outdoors. Call 624-9977 for reservations and information.