Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (November 26

ART
Opening This Week
Listings ARTERY FINE ARTS GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Opening December 1: Small Gems, a miniature show. Continuing through November 29: the Southwestern League of Fine Arts all member show. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Opening November 29 and continuing through December 29: an exhibit of watercolors by Carolyn Beehler, and oil paintings by Linda Dobkin. There's an artists' reception from 2 to
4 p.m. on Sunday, November 29. Gallery hours are 2 to
4 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Opening December 1 and continuing through December 31: A Lighter Side of Art, whimsical paintings, sculpture and assemblages by various artists. There is a reception from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, December 5. 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.
SANDERS GALLERY. 6420 N. Campbell Ave. Opening November 27 and continuing through December 5: Artists of the Southwest. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Continuing
ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Continuing through December 5: Day of the Dead, photographs by David Burckhalter. Continuing through January 15: Lines Drawn in Sand and Water: Postcards of the Mexican-American Border, a presentation of photographic and illustrative postcards spanning the 20th century. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7968. Continuing through December 6: Comparative Concepts: Photographs by August Sander, Karl Blossfeldt, Albert Renger-Patzsch, and Bernd and Hilla Becher, organized by the Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany. On display in the CCP library: In Concert: Photographs and Musicians. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday though Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759. Continuing through December 5: Allegories, featuring paintings by DeAnn Melton and Joanne Kerrihard, and sculpture by Judith Stewart. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Continuing through January 19: Southwestern Imagery. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
DINNERWARE CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through December 19: ceramic sculpture by Gary Benna; collage by Monique Mynlieff; gum-bichromatic prints by Denise Kramer; and paintings by Cindi Laukes. There's an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, December 5. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. www.cherry-art.com. Continuing through January 9: black-and-white photographs by Valerie Galloway. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and by appointment.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through January 16: Figurative Allegories, paintings and sculpture by Eriks Rudans, painted photographs by Holly Roberts, and paintings by Daniel Diaz. Continuing through December 2: Vestiges: Wilderness in Arizona and New Mexico, an exhibit by Michael Berman. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and during Downtown Saturday Nights.
ERIC FIRESTONE GALLERY. 308 E. Congress St. 622-3350. Continuing through January 30: A Retrospective of Early Tucson Artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway. 327-7879. Ongoing: serigraphs by Marilyse Goulet; handmade paper by Betsy Farmer; contemporary sterling silver jewelry by Tracey Hale; industrial/deco metal furnishings by Damion Velasquez; and functional porcelain bowls and stoneware by Matthew Payton. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Campus. Southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 626-4215. Continuing through December 16: Intent and Process, the fifth-annual Bachelor of Fine Arts senior exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and
1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. UA Campus. Southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 626-4215. Continuing through December 16: Buttocks, Bowels, Belly Aches and Bandages, paintings and prints by Greg Porcaro. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
MEDICINE MAN GALLERY. 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Suite 7. Continuing through December 24: Lifeworks by Western artist Maynard Dixon. Gallery hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Call 722-7798 for information.
MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ART CENTER. 222 E. Sixth St. 624-6878. Continuing through December 5: The Fifth-Annual Día de los Muertos Group Exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through January 2: Annual Holiday Exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OLD STEINFELD WAREHOUSE. Alamo Gallery. 101 W. Sixth St. 882-9490. Continuing through December 12: Fifty Pieces by the Pound, recent scrap-metal sculpture and oil paintings by Claude Bailey. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily.
OROBOROS STONE ART GALLERY. 101 W. Sixth St. Continuing: sculptural stone art by Ed Davenport. Gallery hours are 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment. Call 622-3699 for information.
PCC ART GALLERY. West Campus. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Continuing through December 10: work by Marietta Patricia Leis, Donna McGinnis, and Lynn O'Brien. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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; The Thinkers, by Eleanor Kohloss, Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street; and Building Community Mural, by multi-age classes from Miles Exploratory Learning Center, City Annex Building. Ned Egan's Blue Steel Bouquet has become a permanent installation at Art2. Three sculptural pieces by Stephen G. Derks stand in front of the Bank of America Plaza, 33 N. Stone Ave., through November. Sculptors and property owners wishing to participate in the Phantom Sculpture Program may contact the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through January 22: Vase or Vaaz: Questioning the Vessel. Call 884-7404 for gallery hours.
PRESS 101. 101 W. Fifth St. Continuing: architectural text and diagrams concerning community living by Jason Sellers; street photography by Michael Rose; and steel and wood sculpture by John Mueller. Call 884-0278 for information.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. Memorial Student Union. UA campus. 621-6142. Continuing through January 21: Journeys, works in handmade paper by Betsy Farmer. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
SAGUARO ARTISANS. Sonora Plaza. 2850 W. Ina Road. 792-3466. Continuing through December 29: the Saguaro Artisans Holiday Gift Show. Gallery hours are
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
SALONQ. Café Quebec. 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 325-9066. Continuing through January 3: Beast-Mas, a multi-media, multi-artist exhibit. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to
11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.
STUDIO 113. 113 E. Broadway. 623-5167. Ongoing: This working studio gallery features sculpture, drawings, and paintings by Susan Kay Johnson-Hanon. Call for an appointment or knock between 12:30 and 10:30 p.m. daily. Also open during Downtown Saturday Nights. Call 623-5167 for information.
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through January 10: Drawing on the Desert: Images in Pastel and Colored Pencil.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through December 18: Nested Between Covers, a diverse group of artists investigating the medium of the artists' books. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 7005 S. Plumer Ave. Continuing through January 31: When the Iron Bird Flies, paintings by Virginia Hall. Call 573-8100 for information.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. Goodman Pavilion. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through January 3: Tucson Collects: Tribal Rugs from Arizona Collections. Continuing through January 3: Sanctus, an exhibit by Daniel Martin Diaz. Continuing through March 31: El Nacimiento, the traditional Mexican nativity scene in the Sosa-Carillo-Frémont House Museum. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through January 3: Robert Colescott: Recent Paintings. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UNION GALLERY. Memorial Student Union. UA Campus. 621-6142. Continuing through December 16: Colorprint USA, original prints by 53 artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
WINGSPAN ART WALL. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Continuing through December 5: ar*te*fact, drawings, paintings and assemblages by Kurt Joachim von Behrmann. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Last Chance
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through November 25: Barry Goldwater: A Master Photographer, photographs taken by the late Barry Goldwater. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM GALLERY. 2021 N. Kinney Road. Continuing through November 30: Under the Sun, aerial photographs of the Sonoran Desert by Adriel Heisey. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Admission is free with museum ticket. Call 883-2702 for information.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway Blvd. Continuing through November 28: Reconfiguration, new works in sculpture, photography, and mixed media by Moira Marti Geoffrion and Gail Hewlett. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday,and during Downtown Saturday Nights. Call 623-5883 for information.
DE GRAZIA'S LITTLE GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. Continuing through November 27: Sonoran Cacti, acrylic and plaster paintings by Terry Bustamante. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. Utterback Middle School. 3233 S. Pinal Vista. 617-6100. Continuing through November 30: Watercolor Painting: Observing the World Around Us. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. G.A.S.P. (Great Art by Students and Professionals) is a student-run gallery.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 Hacienda Del Sol Road. 299-1501. Continuing through November 30: French Influence, an exhibit of new watercolors by Diana Maderas. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
MERCADO GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway Blvd. Continuing through November 28: original watercolors by Barry Sapp. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 577-7888. Continuing through November 26: Rockwell Jackson and Lorraine Hiscox present their work. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Phantom Gallery shows art work of Tucson artists in a number of locations. The following installations are sponsored by the Tucson Arts District Partnership: an exhibit by ceramist Donna Eyde entitled Arizona Highways Revisited, continuing through November 30 at 221 N. Court Ave.; oils on canvas by Loretta Derus-Sprigings, shaped canvases by Mike Stack, and abstract oil paintings by Grace Ciotti, at the Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. and charcoal and graphite drawings by Kate Frohlich Bell, continuing through November 30 at 4 E. Congress St. Call 624-9977 for information.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. La Plaza Shoppes. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through November 30: hand painted wood sculpture by Bill and Karen Norris, decorative ceramics by Steve McGovney and Tammy Camarot, and gold and silver jewelry by Ed Levin. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND ART. 330 S. Scott Ave. Continuing through December 2: Vestiges: Wilderness in Arizona & New Mexico, by Michael P. Berman. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to performances. Call 624-7370 for information.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. Goodman Pavilion. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through November 29: Artist of the Year: Bob Kuhn. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Out Of Town
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 51 Camino Otero. Tubac, Arizona. Continuing through December 5: a new show to welcome winter visitors, featuring work by 25 gallery members. There is a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, December 5. The Craft Gallery, an adjunct, features original two- and three-dimensional handcrafts by local and regional artisans. An alcove offers small, framed works measuring under 12 inches. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. For further information about the gallery, call 1-520-398-8014; or visit the website at http://personal.riverusers.com/~twinhills/otero/.
RANCHO LINDA VISTA BARN GALLERY. Oracle. 881-1465. Continuing through November 30: works by Nadia Hlibka, Kyle Johnston and Richard Rogers.
Announcements
ART WALK. Free, docent-led Art Walk tours of downtown galleries and public spaces are offered every Thursday. Four new, alternating routes cover new areas of downtown, Fourth Avenue, El Presidio, and the evolving warehouse district. Tours leave at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays from the Arts District Partnership offices, 4 E. Congress St. (at Stone Avenue). Call 624-9977 for more information.
CALL TO ARTISTS.. T/PAC has applications and guidelines available for the 1999 Artists' Fellowships at
240 N. Stone Ave. Four $4,750 fellowships will be awarded in Visual Arts II, one $4,750 fellowship in Literary Arts III, one $4,750 fellowship in Performing Arts III, one $4,750 fellowship in Traditional/Folk Performing Arts 1 and one $4,750 fellowship in Media Arts. The application deadline is December 15 and must be received by 5 p.m. at the office or postmarked (not metered) by midnight, December 15. The Arts Council is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call Albert Soto or Dottie Davis at 624-0595, ext. 18 and 14, respectively.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson-Pima Arts Council's Rural Arts Program is accepting two-dimensional work for the 1999 Rural Arts Traveling Exhibit. Eligible artists must be 18 years or older, and reside outside of the Tucson city limits, but within Pima County. Deadline is November 30. For information, call Maryjane Dorofachuk at 624-0595, ext. 19.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Seeds for Life is a multi-media, community centered project. Phase one will be painting a neighborhood mural; phase two will be a series of street-puppet workshops. Call the Tucson Arts Brigade at 791-9359 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Arizona Art Gallery and Event Center is accepting submissions for fine art; paintings, 3-D, textile, metal, sculpture, and fine jewelry creations. There is no charge for submissions. Send 10 slides or photographs with SASE to AZ Gallery, P.O. Box 36318, Tucson, AZ 85740. Deadline is November 30.
CALL TO ARTISTS. A Tucson-based company seeks fine arts and crafts to be featured on their web site, and in an international sales catalog. Contemporary and traditional Western, Southwestern, and Tribal fine arts and crafts are sought. Items may be representational, decorative, or functional, and made of wood, metal, stone, clay, fabric, paper, or a combination of materials. Arts and crafts may be made and/or assembled by individuals or groups. Especially wanted are paper prints and original paintings, sculpture and glass art. Also needed are wood and leather works; flint knapping and weavings; clothing items; dolls; needle crafts; fiber art and quilted projects; holiday ornaments; table-top fountains; home decorations; and pottery of any kind. Send letter of interest, color photos or slides of work and artist information. (Professional photos are not necessary.) Send SASE for return of photos. Mail to: D. de Arriel, "Call to Artists," 1001 St. Mary's Road, Box 916, Tucson, AZ 85745.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Tohono Chul Park seeks science-oriented images and artwork dealing with the ecology and life cycle of the saguaro cactus. Work in any media illustrating or exploring the saguaro and its role in the Sonoran desert will be considered. Images may be literal or philosophical. An exhibit held in the park's Main Gallery will run from February 3 through March 29, scheduled to coincide with Merged Realities, a conference exploring the synthesis of art and science. Deadline for submissions is December 15. Interested artists should send: 1) slides or photographs of work, or a proposal for work to be created for the exhibit; 2) a résumé, artist's statement, or press clippings about the work; 3) SASE for return of materials. Send to: Peggy Hazard, Assistant Exhibit Curator, Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, Tucson, AZ 85704. Call Peggy Hazard at 742-6455 for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Desert Artisans' Cooperative Gallery. 6536-A E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. The Desert Artisans' Cooperative seeks applicants working in three-dimensional media. Send SASE to Membership Committee, Desert Artisans' Cooperative Gallery, 6536-A E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 120, Tucson, AZ 85715; or call the above number for a prospectus.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE OPENINGS. The International Arts Center is accepting applications for Artists-In-Residence from all disciplines, beginning in fall 1998. Applications are available between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the center, 516 N. Fifth Ave. Call 903-0918 for information.
MURAL WORKSHOP. This fall the Tucson Arts Brigade is completing the mural "We Give Birth to Choice Each Day." All are welcome to come paint at Press 101, on the southwest corner of Ninth Avenue and Fifth Street, from
4 to 7 p.m. Mondays. If you can't come paint, you can help with a donation of $10, sent to: Tucson Arts Brigade, P.O. Box 545, Tucson, AZ, 85702. The Tucson Arts Brigade is a multi-cultural, inter-generational collective of community-based cultural workers. For participation information, weekly events, donations of art supplies, or to commission the Arts Brigade for a project or program, call 791-9359; or e-mail ArtBrigade@aol.com.
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.