City Listings - Art (November 7 - November 13, 1996)

ART

Opening This Week

ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Opening with a reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, November 10, and continuing through December 8: Beautiful Writing, calligraphic works by the Southern Arizona Scribes. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
BERTA WRIGHT GALLERY. 260 E. Congress St. 882-7043. Foothills Mall. 742-4134. Opening Thursday, November 7, and continuing through November 21: Art of Personal Adornment, works by Arizona artists and jewelers. 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.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536A E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Opening with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 9, and continuing through January 5: Different Dimensions, traditional paintings and sculpture. 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. Opening Tuesday, November 12: the 15th Anniversary Exhibition, paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture. There will be a reception from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, November 16. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6942. Opening with a reception from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 12, and continuing through December 12: Essential Elements, fabric sculptures by Shelly White, mixed media ceramics by Dora Hernandez, and metal and fabric art by Patty Haberman. 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 EAST. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Opening with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 9, and continuing through December 7: Hearts of Silver...Hands of Steel, an exhibit of contemporary metal sculpture and jewelry. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Opening Monday, November 11, and continuing through January 3: The Southern Arizona Ceramic Artists annual juried show including the works of more than 150 ceramic artists. There will be a reception for the artists from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 16. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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.
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.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE GALLERY. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. 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.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through December 7: Landscape paintings by Philip Melton and still life paintings by Diane Meyer Melton. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
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. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk 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. 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.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. 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.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through December 12: In The Mouth of the Jaguar: An Impotent Sacrifice, M.F.A. thesis work by Julia Benites Arriola. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. 577-3598. Continuing through November 16: jewelry by Lisa Fidler and Debra Colonna. 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.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through November 30: Harlequin Flute, paintings by Mina Conant. 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.
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.
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.
SEDAN GALLERY. 197 E. Toole Ave. 620-1381. Continuing: Jewelry and sculpture by Lisa Krikawa, Industrial Arts and furniture by Kevin Mills and Stefan Schwab. Gallery hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday 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.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. Located on the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 621-7567. 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.

Announcements

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.
ARCHITECTURE WALK. Celebrate Architecture Week with a free walking tour of downtown hosted by the Tucson chapter of the American Institute of Architects. UA Architecture Archives curator Brooks Jeffrey and architect/lecturer Annie Nequette lead two tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday, November 10. Walks begin at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave. Reservations are required. Call 622-6248 by Saturday, November 9, for reservations and information.
BASKET DISPLAY. The Arizona State Museum on the University of Arizona campus presents Hopi Baskets Today, a two-day presentation and lecture series from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10. There will be basket weaving demonstrations by Hopi weavers throughout the weekend. Call 621-6302 for a complete schedule and information.
BISBEE FIBER ARTS FEST. Bisbee is full of fabrics during the fourth annual Bisbee Fiber Arts Festival, Altered Surfaces, 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.
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 Tohono Chul Park gallery is accepting submissions from glass artists for an exhibition entitled 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 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 320-9488 for information. Deadline is November 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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