Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (December 18

ART
Opening This Week
Listings DE GRAZIA GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9192. Opening December 18 and continuing through December 26: landscape and architectural watercolors by Jean Sharp Beck. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Opening December 18 and continuing through December 31: handcolored black-and-white photography by Patrick Grimes; and silver, gold and gemstone jewelry by Liz Hensley. 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. Opening December 18 and continuing through December 31: Menorahs, mezuzahs, dreidels and other Judaica by Gary Rosenthal, Wendy Silver, Aron Rosenberg and Lori Levinson. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Continuing
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. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ARTERY FINE ARTS. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Continuing thorough December 30: The Warmth of the Desert, an exhibition of contemporary, traditional and Southwestern art by more than 40 local artists. Gallery hours are from 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 31: Children's Art, works by the children of the Unitarian Universalist Church. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA Campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass. Continuing through January 11: Mexico City 1941: Photographs by Helen Levitt. Also continuing through January 11: Foto/Auto/Bio: The Charles Harbutt Archive. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through December 30: Stranger in an Amazing Land, photographs of India and Nepal by Jocelyn Wolf; and Dreams of the Rood, intaglio prints by Gloria Isak-Morton. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Nights.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through January 3: 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.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERIES. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 299-2139. Continuing through December 31: paintings by Francisco Franklin. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. Continuing through February 14: Olestra. Curated by Darren Clark, this culturally saturated exhibition focuses on the fat substitute, and its demand and emergence into our society, featuring works by Robert Flynt, Valerie Galloway, Gregory Sale, Kenneth Schorr and others. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.
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.
GOOFY GALLERY. 2639 E. Broadway. 320-1488. Continuing through February 1: works by Desert View High School Students. Continuing through December 31: handcrafted fountains by Michael Krapek. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
THE IMAGE GALLERY. 127 E. Congress St. Continuing through January 25: Platinum Legends, the Arizona Media Arts Center's collection of photographs by Gary Auerbach. Call 622-2262 for gallery hours.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Continuing through January 25: The Sonoran Connection, a juried exhibition of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, free with museum admission.
JCC GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through December 29: works on paper by Michael Stack and oil paintings by Paul Waid. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through January 10: Images of the Virgin de Guadeloupe, featuring non-traditional representations of the Virgen de Guadeloupe. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 6 to 9 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights.
LAS MAÑANITAS GALLERY. 1070 E. Miles St. 388-9911. Continuing through January 10: Flora in the High Alleghenies, watercolors by Janet Tifft. Gallery hours are by appointment.
MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through January 17: In-Fill Projects by the Third Year Design Studio of the College of Architecture at the University of Arizona. There is a closing reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, January 17. Gallery hours are from 9 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
M. REVAK & CO. 1440 N. Stone Ave. 624-3445. Continuing through January 31: framed prints and etchings by George Elbert Burr. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Continuing through December 31: paintings by C. E. Dolsberry and V. Dave Dame. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
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. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OLD PUEBLO GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through December 31: Favorite Things, watercolors by Cynthia Juliano; and oils and pastels by Joyce Huntington and Richard Watzulik. 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. 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. The exhibit features 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.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through January 10: Slow Traffic in Stolen Bone, a mixed-media narrative by Michael Longstaff. Also continuing: The Thursday Art Group's narrative series of small works in the front windows dealing with a Blake poem. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, until 7 p.m. for Thursday Night Art Walk, Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. 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.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 623-2577. Continuing through January 4: Into The House, a Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Dean Hamerly, featuring paintings and fabricated sculpture. Gallery hours are during Downtown Saturday Nights and by appointment.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through January 7: Ideas/Idas, figurative paintings by Christina Cárdenas. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances. Call 624-7370 for information.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through January 26: ART/WEAR: Barbara Brandel's Tapestry Jackets and Contemporary Jewelry by Arizona Artists. Continuing through February 1: Little Pieces of My Heart: Mexican-American Quilts and Needlework of Southern Arizona. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through January 16: Full Frontal Night, an exhibition of photography and mixed-media works by Figurehead, a Tucson-based artist group featuring six 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 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. 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.
WINGSPAN GALLERY. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Continuing through December 30: Fractured Glamour, photography by David E. Franck. Gallery hours are from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Last Chance
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through December 20: exhibition by Group for Photographic Intentions, featuring works by 11 artists. Gallery hours are 2:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 2:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
EL CENTRO CULTURAL DE LAS AMERICAS. 40 W. Broadway. 629-9536. Continuing through December 20: 1997 Festival de los Artes, featuring works in all media. The gallery is accepting canned goods for the Community Food Bank. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through December 20: Inge Morath: The Pamplona Shoot. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
MEDICINE MAN GALLERY. 7000 Tanque Verde Road, Suite 7. 722-7798. 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. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Out Of Town
55 MAIN GALLERY. Bisbee. 432-4694. Continuing through January 31: From Realism to Abstraction and Back Again, new paintings by James Ru. Call for gallery hours.
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero, Tubac. 398-8014. Continuing through January 25: Cornucopia of Color and Form, featuring works by Diana Davis and Pat Marohn. Gallery hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
VIRGINIA HALL GALLERY. Tubac. 398-9234. Continuing through December 21: Paintings Informed by Buddhist Practice, 1997. Gallery hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday; appointments are welcome. Call for gallery location and directions.
Announcements
ARTS BRIGADE. Calling Community and Neighborhood Artists: Want to have some fun and help your community? The Tucson Arts Brigade is a multi-cultural, intergenerational collective of community based cultural workers. The group's work demonstrates that the arts can be used to impact social issues. It is seeking artists who are interested in working collaboratively to design and produce art with people in the community. Current projects include: Street Murals, Wall Murals, Group Exhibits and Street Puppets. All events are free and open to the public. For information on weekly events, providing donations of art supplies or commissioning the Arts Brigade for a project or program, call 791-9359; or email ArtBrigade@aol.com.
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.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Murphey Gallery Committee will by jurying for the 1998-'99 exhibition season. Send 5 representative slides with a legal size SASE to: The Art Gallery Committee, St. Philips in the Hills Parish, P.O. Box 65840, Tucson, AZ 85728. Submission deadline is February 1. Call Phyllis Wenger at 299-1091 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Pima Community College West Campus Art Gallery seeks artists working in all media for the 1998-'99 school year. Interested artists should send 10 35mm slides representative of work to be shown, slide list, résumé and an SASE to: Linda Rosenfield, Gallery Coordinator, Arts Division, Pima Community College, 2202 W. Anklam Road, Tucson, AZ 85709-0001. Submission deadline is February 14.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Central Arts Collective is accepting entries for my pet 2, a serio/comic/emotional/conceptual look at people's involvement with pets. This juried exhibition is open to all U.S. artists in all media. Deadline is February 1. For prospectus, send an SASE: "my pet 2," Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85701.
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.
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.