Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (November 20

ART
Opening This Week
Listings CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA Campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass. Opening November 21 and continuing through January 11: Mexico City 1941: Photographs by Helen Levitt. Also opening November 21 and continuing through January 11: Foto/Auto/Bio: The Charles Harbutt Archive. There is a reception for the artists from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, November 21. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERIES. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 299-2139. Opening November 20 and continuing through December 3: photographs by Abigail Gumbiner and Carol Hayden from their book Vacant Eden: Roadside Treasures of the Sonoran Desert. There is a reception for the artists from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, November 22. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
MEDICINE MAN GALLERY. 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Suite 7. 722-7798. Opening with a reception from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, November 21, and continuing through January 21: paintings and sculpture by more than 20 artists featured in Donald J. Hagerty's book Leading the West: 100 Contemporary Painters and Sculptors. There is a book signing with the author and artists from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, November 22. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. Opening November 22 and continuing through January 22: monotypes printed on antique linen damask napkins, tea towels and other textiles by Carolyn Zarr. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
THUNDERBIRD MUSEUM & GALLERY. 300 E. Broadway. 795-0086. Opening November 20 and continuing through December 12: works by Navajo painter Glory Tacheenie-Campoy. Also continuing: works in silver and gold by Samuel Patania. There is an artists' reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 21. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Continuing
191 GALLERY. 191 E. Toole. 628-7881. Continuing thorough November 30: A State of Mind, a group exhibition featuring the works of Vicki Bynum, Cassie C. Davis, Julie Brunner, Sarah Hamilton and John Poole. Gallery hours are by appointment.
ACCESS TUCSON GALLERY. 124 E. Broadway. 624-9833. Continuing through February 1: Ars Moriendi (The Art of Dying), works by Daniel Martin Diaz. Gallery hours are noon to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 3 to 11 p.m. Saturdays.
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through December 27: Assemblage, a group exhibition of works in three-dimensional collage by David Adix, Diane Mansfield Colligan, David Elliott, Lorin Lambardee, Michael Longstaff, Cantrell Maryott, Joel Murphy and Julie Sasse. There is a closing reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, December 13. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
APPAREL GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 798-1952. Continuing through December 15: The Lady Wore Red, a mixed-media exhibition by several local artists. Gallery hours are 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through December 11: The Relevance of The Beautiful, photographs by Diane Mansfield Colligan and poems by Charles Gillespie. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ARTERY FINE ART GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Continuing through November 30: Desert Images, featuring fine art in all media by more than 40 local artists of the Southwestern League of Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Continuing through December 5: Where East Meets West, paintings and drawings by George and Linda Goh. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through December 20: an exhibition by Group for Photographic Intentions, featuring works by 11 artists. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 2:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday and from noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 East Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through November 29: drawings and sculpture by Moira Geoffrion; monoprints and paintings by Melinda Morey; and paintings and watercolor sketches by Charles Rosenthal. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through December 13: paintings on paper sacks by Herb Gilbert; paintings on canvas by Albert Kogel; and wood and metal sculpture by Barbara Jo McLaughlin. 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 January 11: Warm Colors for Winter, 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 January 24: photographs by Graciela Iturbide and Kate Breakey, and mixed-media works by Elizabeth Ernst. 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 December 12: Ghosts of A Chance, monoprints and mixed-media works by 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 a student-run gallery.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through November 29: Galvez Gallery's fourth annual Día de los Muertos group exhibit. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Downtown Saturday Nights and by appointment.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through December 11: The University of Arizona's Annual BFA Senior Exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 742-3815. Continuing through November 30: Alien Ancestors...Gods, Goddesses and Powerful Beings from Elsewhere. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon Sunday and by appointment.
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 December 12: Idea Image Object Action, a group showing by students from the New Genre class. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
MR. LULU'S. 110 E. Congress St. 882-9265. Continuing through November 27: The Living Room Boys, a series of photographs created from manipulated Polaroids by Miro Gudelsky. Hours are from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Sunday; from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday; from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday; and by appointment.
MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through November 30: For The Love of Drawing, architectural works by Doug MacNeil. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through December 27: paintings by Simon Donovan; mixed-media figures by Elizabeth Frank; and contemporary steel mirrors and mixed-media jewelry by Thomas Mann. There is an artists' reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, November 22. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through November 28: Paper Poetry, an exhibit of works by fiber artist Betsy Farmer. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Continuing through December 11: drawings by Michael Contreras; paintings by Kay Emig; and three-dimensional collages by Diane Mansfield Colligan. 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. Continuing through December 2 at 221 S. Church Ave.: marble, alabaster and limestone sculptures by Ed Davenport. Continuing through December 2 at 221 N. Court Ave.: oils and alkyds by Mary Theresa Dietz. Continuing through December 15 at 38 E. Congress St.: "Lost Glove" installation by Janet Bardwell. Continuing at the Tucson Arts District Partnership, 4 E. Congress St.: neo-primitive paintings by Elizabeth Elequin. Continuing at 45 N. Sixth Ave.: works by student artists from Carrillo Intermediate School. 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. The newest addition to the Phantom Sculpture Series, 2B by Konried Muench, is in front of the Bank of America Plaza at 33 N. Stone. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through January 24: Temporal Discord, psychological studies of contemporary life rendered in works on paper by Daryl Childs, and works by eight glass artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through November 30: silver, gold and gemstone jewelry by Tara Kemp; ceramic dog bowls and birdhouses by Janine Bennette; and photography by Jim Nilson. 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. Continuing through November 30: handcrafted wood sushi trays and chopsticks by Roger Combs; functional pottery by Mike Howard; and silver, gold and gemstone jewelry by Elizabeth Rodgers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
RED GALLERY. 1139 E. Sixth St. 628-9921. Continuing through November 28: multi-media sculpture by R. William Winkler and paintings and monotypes by M. Nolan Winkler. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.
ROSENQUIST GALLERIES. 1615 E. Fort Lowell Road. 327-5729. Continuing through November 30: A Marketplace of This 'N' That, featuring watercolors, oils, sculpture, graphics and prints. Call for regular gallery hours.
ST. GREGORY ART GALLERY. 3231 N. Craycroft Road. Continuing through November 29: works by watercolor artist Sue Stevens. Call Barbara Rosenberg at 749-1162 for information.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through November 30: a juried exhibition by members of the Arizona Colored Pencil Society. 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 January 4: Contemporary Southwest Images XII: The Stonewall Foundation Series, featuring works by Emmi Whitehorse. Continuing through January 11: the 22nd annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies exhibition. Continuing through November 30: Images of Mission San Xavier del Bac, an exhibition celebrating the Bicentennial of Mission San Xavier. Also continuing through November 30: Blue Ring, a video installation by Andrea Hull. 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.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through January 27: bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection. There is a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, November 23. Continuing through April 1: Robert Wick: Campus Outdoor Sculptures. 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 December 15: Tucson Connection, the University of Arizona's annual alumni exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
UNITY GALLERY. Unity of Tucson. 3700 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. Continuing through November 30: works by 22 members of the Collage Association of Southern Arizona. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
WINGSPAN GALLERY. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Continuing through November 30: mixed-media works by Darin Q. Schoeny. Gallery hours are from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Last Chance
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through November 22: large scale mixed-media portrait paintings by Michael Chittock. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
LAS MAÑANITAS GALLERY. 1070 E. Miles St. 388-9911. Continuing through November 22: designs in stained glass by Peter Franken. Gallery hours are by appointment.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through November 26: photographs by Judith Golden. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances. Call 624-7370 for information.
Out Of Town
DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM. 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg. 1-520-684-2272. Continuing through December 7: Western Academy of Woman Artists third-annual show and sale. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
RANCHO LINDA VISTA GALLERY. 1955 W. Linda Vista Road, Oracle. 1-520-896-9201. Continuing through November 30: Alter Echo, paintings and drawings by Tina McNearney. Call for gallery hours.
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero, Tubac. 398-8014. Opening November 25 and continuing through January 25: Cornucopia of Color and Form, featuring works by Diana Davis and Pat Marohn. Gallery hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
Announcements
ART WALK. Fine artists and galleries await on 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.
BEAD ART. Piney Hollow. 427 N. Fourth Ave. In celebration of the store's 25th anniversary, Piney Hollow presents an exhibition of artistic expression. Originally working only with jewelry and beads, these current and former Piney employees have extended into paints, sculpture, photography and music. The exhibit opens with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, November 22, and continues during store hours through December 10. Call 623-4450 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Central Arts Collective, an artist/member run gallery, is accepting applications for new membership. Applications may be picked up from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, downtown Saturday Night or Thursday night Art Walk, at 188 E. Broadway. Application deadline is December 15. Call 623-5883 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Applications are now available for the Tucson Arts District Partnership's Warehouse District Loan Program. Eligible projects must leverage or support the creation of new art space in privately owned commercial properties in the warehouse area. Projects can be mixed use, but arts uses must be compatible with additional uses. Loans of up to $50,000 are available. Application deadline is December 3. Call 624-9977 for applications and information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson International Mariachi Conference seeks submissions for the Tucson International Mariachi Conference poster. Submit original artwork, sketches, or three slides of work 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 cultural 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.
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.
EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS. WomanKraft Castle Art Center. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. WomanKraft continues its Neighborhood Arts Empowerment Workshop Series with Making Cards, on November 22. Classes meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Workshops are $10, free to anyone making less than $15,000 a year, carless or homeless. Children who are capable of working independently are welcome; others must have adult supervision. Pre-registration is required. Call 629-9976 for registration or for a schedule of upcoming workshops.
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.
TRAVELING EXHIBIT. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council's Rural Arts Traveling Exhibit runs from December through July, and exhibits two- and three-dimensional works by artists living outside of Tucson city limits in Pima County. Submission deadline is December 2. Interested artists may call Maryjane Dorofachuk at 624-0595, ext. 19, for information.
OPENING BENEFIT. Venture Fine Arts. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-2258. Venture Fine Arts announces the 10th annual Season Opening Benefit from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, November 22. Works by more than 20 artists will be displayed. Event includes valet parking and refreshments. A portion of all proceeds will benefit the Las Familias Center for Child Sexual Abuse Treatment. Call 298-2258 for information.
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. Group size is limited, with RSVPs 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.