City Listings - Art (December 5 - December 11, 1996)

ART

Opening This Week

THE ART COMPANY. 3400 E. Speedway. 881-1311. Opening with a reception from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 10, and continuing through December 28: pastels and oils artfully whimsical Jeff Leedy. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
BERTA WRIGHT GALLERY. 260 E. Congress St. 882-7043. Foothills Mall. 742-4134. Opening Thursday, December 5, and continuing through December 26: Peace On Earth, nativity scenes and folk art ornaments from around the world. There's a reception for the artists from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, December 5, at the downtown location. 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.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA campus, located on the southwest corner of Park Avenue and Speedway in the Fine Arts Complex. 621-7986. Opening with a reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 6, and continuing through February 16: Talking Pictures: People Speak about the Photographs that Speak to Them. This unique exhibit features recorded commentaries by 54 of the most interesting people of our era. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Opening December 5 and continuing through January 16: Eclectic Gallery's second annual national small works juried show. An opening reception will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, December 7. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, during Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
MELIORA ARCHITECTURAL GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Opening with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, December 7, and continuing through January 31: Twenty Years of Rammed Earth, a photographic exhibit of the works of Quentin Branch, a pioneer in rammed-earth technology. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Opening December 5 and continuing through February 2: Out of the Woods, an exhibit of wood sculptures and more by several Arizona artists. Continuing through December 16: Holiday for the Park '96, the fourth annual ornament exhibit and fundraiser. More than 60 artists have donated one-of-a-kind ornaments crafted from metal, fiber, wood, clay, paint and other media. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Continuing

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through December 30: small pieces by 12 photographers. 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. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Continuing through December 31: Four Walls/Four Media/One Artist, a show of painting and teaching methods by Syd Clayton-Seeber. Continuing through December 8: Beautiful Writing, an exhibition of calligraphy. 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 December 21: Surplus, large, color images of hats by photographer James Graham. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night. Call 792-0313 for information.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536A E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. 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.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through December 21: paintings by Linda Caputo. 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 January 11: the 15th anniversary exhibition, including paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. 3233 S. Pinal Vista, Utterback Middle School. 617-6100. Continuing through January 27: Spirit In Art, paintings by Glenn Michaels and wood carvings by Rod Wright. There will be a reception for the artists from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 18. 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.
JCC GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through December 30: paintings by Laurie Rosenstock Giangregorio and raku clay sculpture by Gail Titus. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through January 4: La Frontera, Prints From Experimental Atelier No. 1, works by the Southern Arizona Coalition of Latino Artists. There will be a reception for the artists from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, December 7. 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.
LAS MANTAÑITAS GALLERY. 1070 E. Miles St. 388-9911. Continuing through December 21: paintings by Wanda Duke. Gallery hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and by appointment.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. 577-3598. Continuing through January 4: jewelry and objects by Louisiana artist Thomas Mann. Also continuing: Obsidian's annual holiday exhibition, featuring works in clay, glass, fiber, metal and wood. 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.
MANY GOATS GALLERY. Williams Center Plaza. 5460 E. Broadway. 790-8342. Continuing through December 31: recent works by Syd Clayton-Seeber, Noreen Dziat, Lawrence Acadiz and Conrad Jackson. Show includes faux stone "petroglimpses," gourd masks, Kachina carvings and other wood works. Call for gallery hours.
MARATHON GALLERY. Plaza Palomino. 2920 N. Swan Road. 323-1138. Continuing through December 31: a Holiday Miniature Exhibition, with more than 50 small-scale paintings by national and international artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Continuing through December 26: watercolors by Helen Roberts, and oil-on-canvas realist landscapes by Al Christensen. Regular gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through December 31: Inner Dialog, paintings by Joyce Huntington Stanek. 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.
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.
PHILABAUM GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through January 25: Disparities, an exploration into some of the disparate parts of our creative community. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through December 31: gemstone jewelry by Joryel Vera, prismacolor drawings by Katherine Hetzel, and unique textile bags by Carson Rogers. 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 December 31: clay sculptures by Linda Brewer, gemstone jewelry by Joryel Vera, and colorful wooden sculpture by Michael Ives. 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.
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.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 623-2577. Continuing through January 3: The Manipulation of Adornment, mixed-media works by Stephanie Schlack. Hours are 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment only.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through January 8: aquatic- and earth-inspired mixed-media works on paper by David Andres and bronze sculpture by Julia Andres. Gallery hours are noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 7 to 10 p.m. on Downtown Saturday Night.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through January 3: the Southern Arizona Ceramic Artists annual juried show, works by more than 150 member artists. 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 March 23, in the Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House: El Nacimiento, more than 200 hand-painted Mexican miniature figures in an elaborate nativity scene arranged by Maria Luisa Tena. Continuing through January 19: Natural Elements, abstract paintings by Jim Waid. Admission 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.
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.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor. 621-5123. Continuing through December 13: Sources--Alumni Invitational. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
VENTURE GALLERY. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-2258. Continuing: works in oil, acrylic, pastel, pencil, watercolor, clay and bronze by various artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing through December 21: Annual Holiday Bazaar. This exhibit features unique and inexpensive art items for gift giving, with extended gallery hours through December. Call for schedule.

Last Chance

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.
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. Continuing through December 13: Culmination, the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6942. 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.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, second floor. 621-5123. Continuing through December 12: Amanuenses, an exhibition and silent auction of two-dimensional art donated by professional artists from the United States and Latin America. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the UA's Spanish and Portuguese department's graduate student journal. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Announcements

ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS. ART!! Gallery, 6328 E. Broadway, offers a variety of artist demonstrations from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays through February 8. Subjects include: clay hand building, oil techniques, pastel portraiture and more. For information call 745-8586.
CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE. 1200 N. Mountain Ave. The Art/Clayworks Club of the University of Arizona presents the annual Christmas pottery sale from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, December 6 through 8. There will be one-of-a-kind pottery and ceramic sculpture for sale. Proceeds from the sale enable students to bring in visiting artists, as well as defray the costs of attending conferences, workshops and field trips.
COFFEE HOUSE ART. Central Arts Collective. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Sit back and enjoy the fine music and poetry at the Central Arts Collective's first fundraising coffeehouse, Central A'Cup'pella, at 7 p.m. Saturday, December 7. Coffee, tea, refreshments and art will be sold. Admission is $3. Call Jill at 320-9488 for information.
KATHRYN WILDE STUDIOS. 118 S. Fifth Ave. 882-831. Catch a glimpse of the photography of Kathryn Wilde during a two-day open studio from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8. The exhibit, entitled Silent Comments, will feature extensive photography of Barrio Historico and downtown Tucson.
MIROCHA RECEPTION. 118 S. Fifth Ave. 623-1515. Book illustrator Paul Mirocha opens his studio for a show and sale of his works from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 8. Refreshments will be served and live entertainment will be provided by the Granite Creek String Band.
PHOTOS GALORE. Fotosmith/Visual Syntax Studio. 455 N. Ferro Ave. 882-2033. Art lovers get out your holiday shopping lists and visit the 20/Photographers, 200 Prints, $100 or Less sale, a two-day festival of photography by more than 20 local photographers. Hours are 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday, December 7, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 8. There will be a reception for the artists from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Call 882-2033 for information.
VOODOO BOUTIQUE. Experience the benevolent spirits of Haitian music, food and drink at the Haitian Voodoo Flag Boutique open house from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 15, at 3010 W. LaVonne Drive (near Star Pass and Shannon roads). X-mas flags, primitive art, metal sculpture, altar objects, painted boxes and other exotic wonders await. Call 206-0548 for information or private showings by appointment.
WOODCARVING EXHIBIT. Ocotillo Artisans present master Oaxacan woodcarver Armando Jimenez and Guatemalan weaver Juanita Velasco, for a weekend of music, demonstrations and more on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8. Call 792-8577 for hours and locations.
ART CONGRESS. The annual Arizona Arts Congress will meet on Thursday, January 23, at the Historic State Capitol, 1700 W. Washington in Phoenix. The Congress gives arts advocates from every legislative district the opportunity to meet with legislators and hear about the current status of state arts funding and art education. Informational brochures will be mailed in December. For information or to get on the mailing list, call 602-990-1664.
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.
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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