City Listings - Art (October 24

ART

Opening This Week

DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Opening Friday, October 25, and continuing through November 23: paintings, drawings and sculptures by new member artists Trent Edwards, Ellen Harper and Gary Swimmer. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Opening Thursday, October 24, and continuing through November 16: La Mujer y El SIDA/Women and AIDS, contemporary works by women artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 6 to 9 p.m. Downtown Saturday Night or by appointment.

Continuing

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through November 9: works by more than 24 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.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through December 18: Mnemonics, recent paintings by Trude Parkinson. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ART!!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 745-8586. Continuing through January 1997: paintings, collages, photos, prints, pottery, wall hangings and more by member artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Continuing through November 3: Visual Poetry, works by Joy Brooks, Betsy Farmer and Agnes Paulsen. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through November 16: Photo Retro: Black and White Photography by Steven Meckler; New York, 1976-1978 and Tucson 1978-1980, edgy and surreal vintage photographs ranging from Coney Island carnival workers to male strippers in Tucson. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night. Call 792-0313 for information.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway, east of Park Avenue. 621-7968. Continuing through December 1: Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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.
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 and Tuesday, 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. 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 November 22: paintings, collage, watercolor and pastels by the 24 members of The Drawing Studio. 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 in Tucson.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. 577-3598. Continuing through November 16: jewelry by Lisa Fidler and Debra Colonna. Continuing through November 2: the annual Día De Los Muertos (Day of The Dead) exhibition, featuring shrines, paintings, works in glass, ceramics and jewelry by various Tucson artists. 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.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6942. Continuing through November 5: sewn photographic collages by Pam Deutschman, pastel drawings by Pat Dolan and mixed-media sculpture by Dana Fritz. 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.
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. 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.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through November 30: new paintings by Phoenix artists Rose Johnson and Jim Cherry. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night, Thursday Art Walk or by appointment.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA campus, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through November 25: Ma Table Cuisine, photographs and other works on paper by Marilyn Szabo. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday.
TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through November 29: Domestica: Children Series, figurative paintings incorporating mixed-media elements, by Cynthia Miller. There will be an artist reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 25. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to performances.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through December 1: For The Birds, ornithologically inspired contemporary art by 16 Arizona artists. Continuing through November 18: It's A Small World, miniatures of Tohono O'odham baskets, Kachina dolls, and more. 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. Continuing through November 8: Rediscovering the Landscapes of the Americas, contemporary landscape paintings by 73 living artists from Canada, Mexico and the United States. 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.
T/PAC GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through November 1: Clear Visions, a multi-media showcasing by artists from Tubac's Otero Street Gallery cooperative. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
UNION GALLERY. UA campus, north side of the UA mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through November 7: Zoo-Anthropomorphic Stories, recent paintings by Sarah Zimmerman. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Last Chance

ART DEPARTMENT GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through October 31: Personal Dialogues: A Non-Figurative Drawing Exhibition, works by students in the classes of art faculty Barbara Penn and Barbara Rogers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE GALLERY. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through October 26: an invitational show by 14 guest artists. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through October 26: paintings by Jennifer Sullivan Carney and Tim Murphy. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
THE DRAWING STUDIO. Tucson-Pima Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. Continuing through October 30: Experiments in Visual Thinking, an exhibit of multi-media works by The Drawing Studio. Other works 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.
JCC FINE ART GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through October 31: View and Re-View, an exhibition of photo-drawings by UA art professor Harold Jones. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Continuing through October 31: a 15-artist Sumi exhibit including paintings by the Sumi Artists Group. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through October 31: Point of View, paintings by Cynthia Juliano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday or by appointment.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through October 31: functional and decorative pottery by Richard and Celia Swanson; metallic sculpture by Diane Shaw and wooden, "story-people" sculpture by Brian Andreas. 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 EAST. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through October 31: the "Kid's Korner," featuring handcrafted wooden toys and puzzles by Tim and Connie Long, and puppets by Sunny Stansbury. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 623-2577. Continuing through October 28: Denise Grimes: An Exhibition of New Paintings. Hours are Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment only.
WINGSPAN GALLERY. 422 N. Fourth Ave. 624-1779. Continuing through the month of October: OUTober Fest '96. Call 571-8183 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.

Announcements

ART AT ST. PHILIP'S. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Enjoy works by more than 50 artists and juried craftspeople from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, October 27, at St. Philip's in the Hills. There will also be refreshments and a chance to meet the artists. Admission is free.
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, October 26, Madeline Travis and Linn Lane will discuss participants' portfolios while over-glazing pieces made during More Clay Crafts. 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!! CELEBRATION. Art!! Gallery. 6328 E. Broadway. 745-8586. The Art!! Gallery celebrates its anniversary with an open house celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, October 25. The special anniversary exhibit will include a miniature show and many new works in a multitude of media by member artists. This event is open to the public. Call 745-8586 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. Call 624-9977 for information and a listing of participating galleries.
BURIED TREASURE? Obsidian Gallery. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Tucson is one of 20 national sites chosen for the ceremonial burial of a boxed collection of fine craft art pieces by Thomas Mann, including works from selected regional artists, to be exhumed and exhibited in the year 2000. The project is designed to show the relationship between craft, art and culture, as well as to commemorate the turn of the century. The local burial/display box is currently on display. There will be a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 16, followed by the burial on November 17, at the Pima Air and Space Museum. Call the Obsidian Gallery at 577-3598 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Art Council seeks proposals for public art for the soon-to-be constructed Southeast Branch Library and Police Substation. This combined-use facility will be located at Golf Links and Harrison Roads. There is a pre-submission meeting at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 30, at the Eastside City Hall, 7575 E. Speedway. Proposal deadline is November 13. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, Ext. 21, for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Art Council seeks proposals for a bronze sculpture in honor of the Ping Welch Ladies Professional Golf Association Tournament held annually at Randolph Golf Course. The artwork will be permanently displayed in the pedestrian plaza of the course complex. There is a pre-submission meeting at 3:30 p.m. Monday, October 28, at the Randolph Golf Course Complex, 600 S. Alvernon Way. Completed proposals are due November 14. Call David Hoyt Johnson at 624-0595, ext. 15, for more information.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Central Arts Collective is seeking works for My Pet, a serious, comic, emotional and conceptual look at our involvement with pets. This juried exhibition is open to artists 18 and over in Arizona, California, Indiana, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Organ, Washington and Wyoming. All media accepted. Contact curator Gail Hewlett at 623-5883, or send SASE to: My Pet, Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85701 for more information. Deadline is November 30.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Eclectic Gallery is accepting entries for its 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. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council is accepting artist proposals for work with city engineers in the design of a bicycle/pedestrian bridge to span Broadway. The bridge is a planned component of the downtown segment of the Barraza-Aviation Parkway and will connect the bicycle/pedestrian path south of Broadway with Arroyo Chico, north of Broadway and west of Euclid Avenue. Call Beth Hancock at T/PAC at 624-0595, ext. 21, for applications and information. Deadline is November 12.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council seeks submissions to create an outdoor memorial wall in Mansfield Park, adjacent to the Northwest Neighborhood Center. The theme for the memorial is Harambee, a Swahili word meaning "coming together." Proposals should consider the surrounding community's cultural history and diversity. Call Beth Hancock at T/PAC at 624-0595, ext. 21. Deadline is November 7.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery seeks submissions for the seventh Biennial Seven State Juried Exhibition. This exhibition is open to all professional artists, 18 and older, residing in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. Drawings, mixed-media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video are eligible. Call Dinnerware Gallery at 792-4503 for a detailed exhibition requirement list. Deadline is December 2.
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.
THUNDERBIRD CRAFT SHOW. Continental Plaza, Green Valley. There will be paintings, stone carving, pencil and pastel drawings, sculptures in bronze, clay, copper, and metal, pottery, stained glass, photography, and much more at the Thunderbird Artists juried fine art and craft show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, October 25 through 27. This show is free and open to the public. Call 625-5005 for information.

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