Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (December 17

ART
Opening This Week
Listings SANDERS GALLERIES. 6420 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1763. Opening December 18: The Right Before Christmas Show. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Continuing
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. Lost Barrio Warehouse District. 791-3505. Continuing through January 9: Multi-Cultural Religious Art Exposition, featuring Catherine Eyde, Maurice Grossman, Cy Lehrer, Janet Miller and Robert Renfrow. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ARIZONA ART GALLERY AND EVENT CENTER. 5101 N. Oracle Road. 888-8788. Continuing through December 31: Winter Song, featuring 50 local artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through February 11: photographs by Kemal Hadzic. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
ART'S FOR ME STUDIO. Acacia Square. 50 W. Fort Lowell Road. 293-4919. Continuing through January 11: Old Works, New Works, by Jack Busby. Call for gallery hours.
ARTERY FINE ARTS GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Continuing through December: Small Gems, a miniature show. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Continuing through January 10: pastel works by Richard Bourgoin. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7968. Continuing through January 24: Proximities, imagery by Ann Mandelbaum. Continuing through January 24: Imag(in)ing Mars, recorded images from the Imager for Mars Pathfinder. 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 January 15: Face to Face, digital drawings by Andrew Polk, paintings and prints by Alfred Quiroz and paintings and works on paper by Robert Royhl. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DC/HARRIS GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 629-9446. Continuing through January 9: Bright Shining Lights, featuring Jim Breining, Curt Brill, Daryl Childs, Joe Forkan and others. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
DE GRAZIA'S LITTLE GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. Continuing through December 26: Desert Reflections, watercolors by Marlene Leeper. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through 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.
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.
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.
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. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to
7 p.m. Thursday, and during Downtown Saturday Nights.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. Utterback Middle School. 3233 S. Pinal Vista. 617-6100. Continuing through January 30: a mixed-media show by Lisa Larrabee. 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 January 5: watercolor paintings by Karen Alfred. Gallery hours are
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
HAZMAT GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 624-5019. Continuing through January: Ignition, a show in assorted media by nine artists, from Tucson and abroad. Located in a temporary exhibition space, this is the first show organized by Tucson's Museum of Contemporary Art.
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.
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.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Continuing through December 29: an exhibit of watercolors by Carolyn Beehler, and oil paintings by Linda Dobkin. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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 PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through December 31: A Lighter Side of Art, whimsical paintings, sculpture and assemblages by various artists. 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.
OROBOROS STONE ART GALLERY. 101 W. Sixth St. Continuing: sculptural stone art by Ed Davenport. Gallery hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday,
1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment. Call 622-3699 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. 215 N. Court Ave. 792-3466. Continuing through December 31: vintage St. Nicholas dolls by Paula Ford, and hand-painted porcelain by Mary Grut. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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.
SALON Q. 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.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 629-0994. Continuing through December 31: mixed-media works by Kyle Johnston. Gallery hours are during Downtown Saturday Nights and by appointment.
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.
TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through January 6: paintings and prints by Joe Forkan. Gallery hours are
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to theatrical performances.
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through January 10: Drawing on the Desert: Images in Pastel and Colored Pencil. Continuing through February 1: Folk Art Paintings on Amate Paper, paintings by Inocencio Jimenez Chino. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Suggested donation is $2.
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.
UNITY OF TUCSON. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. Continuing through December 31: watercolors and acrylic collage by artist-of-the-month Syd Clayton-Seeber. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
WINGSPAN ART WALL. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Continuing through January 2: Early Works, photographs by Ronda Stone. Continuing through January 9: Virginia Guadalupe, Drag Queen of Compassion, an exhibit by James Ru. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Last Chance
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway Blvd. 623-5883. Continuing through December 23: Rough Cut, work in painting, sculpture and mixed media by Kristin Decker, Keiko Imaoka and Catherine Sohn. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and Downtown Saturday nights.
DINNERWARE CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through December 23: ceramic sculpture by Gary Benna; collage by Monique Mynlieff; gum-bichromatic prints by Denise Kramer; and paintings by Cindi Laukes. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 51 Camino Otero. Tubac, Arizona. Continuing through January 24: a new show to welcome winter visitors, featuring work by 25 gallery members. 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/.
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 artists' books. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Out Of Town
ADRIENNE M. DESIGNS AND GLOBAL ARTS GALLERY. 315 McKeown Ave. Patagonia. 520-394-0077. Continuing through January 17: ceramics, shrines, retablos and santos by five regional artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Monday and by appointment.
SUBWAY GALLERY. 43 Brewery Gulch. Bisbee. Continuing through January 3: Christmas Members Show. Gallery hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. For information visit their web page at http://www.bisbeenet.com
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. The Pima Community College West Campus Art Gallery is looking for artists working in all media who wish to exhibit work during the 1999-2000 school year. Interested artists should send 10 35mm slides representative of work, a slide list, résumé and SASE to: Linda Rosenfield, Gallery Coordinator, Arts Division, PCC West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road, Tucson, AZ 85709-0001. Deadline is February 5.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Seeds for Life is a multi-media, community-centered project. Phase One consists of 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 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.