City Listings - Art (October 31

ART

Opening This Week

CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE GALLERY. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Opening with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 2, and continuing through November 30: paintings by Ned Gray and works by printmakers Garth Wallrich and Jeff Wood. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Opening Thursday, October 31, and continuing through Saturday, November 2: Exploring My Demons, works by world-renowned physicist Dr. Peter Carruthers. Also included in the exhibit are works by Phil Merkle and Scott Leick. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. Opening Sunday, November 3, and continuing through November 29: recent watercolors, oils and collages by Jeff Van Maren. Call 299-1501 for gallery hours.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Opening with a reception at 5 p.m. Saturday, November 2, and continuing through January 1997: A Sonoran Celebration: Flora and Fauna of the Southwestern Desert, the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild's third annual juried exhibition. 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.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Opening Friday, November 1, and continuing through November 30: Harlequin Flute, paintings by Mina Conant. An artist reception meets from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, November 2. 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.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. Located on the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 621-7567. Opening with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, November 3, and continuing through January 1997: La Cadena Que No Se Corta: Las Artes Tradicionales de la Communidad Mexicoamericana de Tucson/The Unbroken Chain: The Traditional Arts of Tucson's Mexican-American Community. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Continuing

ACCESS TUCSON GALLERY. 124 E. Broadway. 624-9833. Continuing through November 30: El Camino del Diablo, photographs by Richard Laugharn. 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.
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.
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.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through November 23: paintings, drawings and sculptures by new member artists Trent Edwards, Ellen Harper and Gary Swimmer. There is a reception for the artists at 7 p.m. Saturday, November 2. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday 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 mall, 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.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through November 16: La Mujer y El SIDA/Women and AIDS, contemporary works by women artists. A special Day of the Dead reception is from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, November 2. 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 and by appointment.
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.
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.
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 and Thursday Night Art Walk or by appointment.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, second floor. 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 by Cynthia Miller incorporating mixed-media elements. 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.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor. 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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Out Of Town

THE GREY GHOST GALLERY. 4221 E. Bronco Lane. 825-9081. Opening with a reception from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, November 2: paintings and sculpture by Joe Ventura. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and by appointment.
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM. 1625 N. Central Ave. Phoenix. (602) 257-1880. Continuing through November 24: Tucson artists Ken Riley, Howard Terpning and Don Crowley exhibit their works at the Cowboy Artists of America's 31st annual exhibition. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
RANCHO LINDA VISTA GALLERY. 1955 Linda Vista Road. Oracle. (520) 896-2406. Opening with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, November 3, and continuing through December 1: Celebrations, prismacolor and ink-on-paper works by Jenny Kilb. Call (520) 896-2406 for gallery hours and information.
TUBAC CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. Continuing through November 10: Popular Mexican Religious Art--Colonial to Contemporary, an interpretive exhibit created by and for the Mexican people, inspired by Western European iconography and styles. Call (520) 398-2371 for gallery hours and information. The Tubac Center of the Arts offers a free Artwalks series of informal lectures and discussions, led by docents from the Tucson Museum of Art. Call the Center for a detailed schedule of October events.

Announcements

ART IN THE MORNING. Tucson/Pima Arts Council. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Grab a cup of coffee and find out more about ongoing opportunities for public art in Tucson. T/PAC sponsors Maquettes, Models and More: Making Public Art Presentations, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, November 2. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, ext. 21, for information.
ART AUCTION EXTRAVAGANZA. Tucson Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Works by Agam, Miro, Picasso, Tarkay, Chagall, and others will be included in the JCC's State of the Art auction at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 2. Three-dimensional and wearable art will also be featured. Viewing begins at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the JCC and Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. Call Linda Yankow at 299-3000 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 meet from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Saturday, November 2, Gerrie Young and Madeline Travis teach Feet of Clay, the art of creating clay figures. 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. Call 624-9977 for information and a listing of participating galleries.
BISBEE FIBER ARTS FEST. Bisbee is full of fabrics during the fourth annual Bisbee Fiber Arts Festival, Altered Surfaces, beginning Tuesday, November 5, and continuing through November 11. There will be workshops, demonstrations, presentations by the Bisbee Quilters, and a display of Arizona contributions to the National AIDS Quilt. Call (520) 432-5028 for a daily schedule of events.
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- and 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. Proposal deadline is November 13. Call Beth Hancock at 624-0595, ext. 21, for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts 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. Completed proposals are due November 14. Call David Hoyt Johnson at 624-0595, ext. 15, for more information.
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 FOR ENTRIES. 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 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 Tohono Chul Park gallery is accepting submissions from glass artists for their exhibition Clearly Elegant: Functional Glass by Arizona Artists. Works created in the past two years are eligible. For information, send SASE to: Peggy Hazard, Assistant Exhibit Curator, Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, Tucson, AZ 85704.
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, 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.
CALL TO PERFORMANCE ARTISTS. Central Arts Collective seeks musicians, poets, and others for their December "coffee house" fundraiser. The format will be acoustic and casual. Call Jill at 320-9844 for information. Deadline is November 22.
CRAFT MARKET. WomanKraft. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Get a jump on your holiday shopping with a visit to the WomanKraft castle between 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, November 1. There will be loads of arts and crafts for sale as well as a variety of alternative healing treatments to help prepare you for the holiday stress ahead. Call WomanKraft at 629-9976 for information.
FLAIR A-FAIR. Visit Trail Dust Town at Tanque Verde and Grant roads Friday through Sunday, November 1 through 3, for the seventh annual Southwest Flair A-Fair, Tucson's premier juried fine arts and crafts fair benefiting Big Brothers and Sisters of Tucson. There will be yummy edibles, raffles, free gift-wrapping and more. Call 624-2447 for 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.
POTTERY DEMONSTRATION. Tribal Earthworks. 415 N. Fourth Ave. 623-5733. Internationally renowned potters Ruben and Jesus Lozano demonstrate their award-winning pottery-making techniques from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, November 2 and 3. There will be a reception welcoming the artists from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, November 1. Call 623-5733 for information.

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