Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (March 18

ART

Opening This Week

ARIZONA GALLERY AND EVENT CENTER. 5101 N. Oracle Road. 888-8788. Opening March 20 and continuing through March 30: the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Annual Art Show. There is a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 20. Gallery hours are
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to
9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Listings DE GRAZIA GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9192. Opening March 21 and continuing through April 2: Paths in the Sand, work by Henry Doren. There is a reception from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 21. Gallery hours are
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
TALLER DE ARTE-MANU. 611 S. Sixth Ave. http://www.zerogee.com/spring. Continuing through March 28: Rites of Spring, works by Marianne D. Cracovaner, Diana Darling and Manu. There is a reception from 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 19. Gallery hours are from noon to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Opening March 18 and continuing through May 16: Essential Elements: Works in Fiber and Clay. There is a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 18. 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 MUSEUM OF ART. Goodman Pavilion. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Opening March 21 and continuing through April 25: Treasures from the Tucson Museum of Art. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Continuing

ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through April 1: works by Garth Wallrich. Continuing through April 5: Multiple Personalities. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM. 2201 N. Kinney Road. 883-3077. Continuing through April 11: Under Sonoran Skies: A Photographic Perspective. Gallery hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through April.
ARTERY FINE ARTS GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Continuing: A Journey in Color. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
BAHTI INDIAN ARTS. St. Phillips Plaza. Campbell Road and River Road. 577-0290. Continuing through March 25: Pushing the Envelope: Contemporary Hopi Art.
BLUE WILLOW RESTAURANT. 2616 N. Campbell Ave. Continuing through March 31: An Artist's Dream, raku petroglyphs by Michelle Johnson.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway Blvd. 623-5883. Continuing through March 27: Merged Realities: A Synthesis of Art and Science. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 154 E. Sixth Street. 629-9759. Continuing through April 3: Merged Realities: Art and Science. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Continuing through May 16: Desert Impressions. 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 April 3: Treatment: Women's Bodies in Medical Science and Art. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and noon to
9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
EL CENTRO CULTURAL DE LAS AMERICAS. 40 E. Broadway Blvd. 770-1245. Continuing through March 31: oils and mixed-media paintings by Helen Villanueva and painted gourds and drums by Eddie Canez. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. www.cherry-art.com. Continuing through April 3: Photography Salon, featuring the work of 23 artists. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and by appointment.
EPIC CAFE. 745 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6844. Continuing through May 2: Le Porte, photographs by Mona Esposito.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through March 27: Documentary Traditions, photographs by Alex Webb, Danny Lyon, Dana Salvo and Donald Woodman. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and during Downtown Saturday Nights.
FOURTH AVENUE HAIR. 422 N. Fourth Ave. 670-1523. Continuing through April 6: Euphoria. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Campus. Southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 626-4215. Continuing through April 1: WDAYANO. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. Continuing through March 30: Second Annual Mask Exhibit. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
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.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. UA Campus. Southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 626-4215. Continuing through March 23: The Raw and the Cooked. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway Blvd. 792-9544. Continuing through April 24: Library Projects: New Pictures, photographs by Roger Mertin. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through April 3: jewelry by Michael Boyd, Andy Cooperman and Diane Egbert; glass work by Debra May; and fiber by Claire Campbell Park. 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 April 3: More Than Horses, paintings by Diana Davis. 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 April 17: Captured Light, featuring work by six artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
PCC ART GALLERY. PCC West Campus. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Continuing through April 2: work by tapestry weavers Rachel Brown, Donna Contractor and Donna Martin. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through April 3: The Giant Eats Jack and Other Stories, recent mixed-media prints and paintings by Joe Forkan, Michael Longstaff and George E. Huffman. Gallery hours are 1 to
5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, during Downtown Saturday Nights and Thursday Night Artwalks, and by appointment.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Memorial Student Union. 621-6142. Continuing through April 1: Objective Wonder: Data as Art. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 623-2577. Continuing through March 28: Just the Three of Us, works by Adam Davis, Io Palmer and Josh Gravholt. 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 April 7: aerial photographs by Adriel Heisey. 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 March 29: Cactus in Context: Art Images as Scientific Inquiry. 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 April 2: Color, Shape, Texture: A Delicate Balance. Call 573-8100 for information.
TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER. Dodge Boulevard at River Road. 623-3668. Continuing through April 11: wood blocks and linocuts by Veronica M. Gonzales, and monotypes and monoprints by Richard E. Schaffer. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. Goodman Pavilion. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through March 31: El Nacimiento, the traditional Mexican nativity scene in the Sosa-Carillo-Frémont House Museum. Continuing through April 25: Tucson Photographers in the TMA Collection. Continuing through May 2: Contemporary Southwest Images XIII: The Stonewall Foundation Series: Fred Borcherdt: 20 Years. 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 March 28: work by Mario Reis. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through April 8: Journeys, the Alumni Invitational with installations by Catherine Nash and Robert Renfrow. Gallery hours are
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing through March 31: Drawing Down the Muse, featuring works by workshop leaders and participants in the Creative Women's Weekend Celebration. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Last Chance

CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7968. Continuing through March 21: Bodies of Work: Series and Obsessions from the CCP. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday though Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Continuing through March 23: paintings by Gwen Dean and Melinda Morey. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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: sculpture by Merlin Cohen, continuing through March 21 at 221 N. Court Ave.; and oil paintings and photographic collages by Jeff Court, continuing through March 21 at 4 E. Congress St. Call 624-9977 for information.
SAGUARO ARTISANS GALLERY. 215 N. Court Ave. 792-3466. Continuing through March 20: hand-embroidered apparel by Gerri Marshall, hand-painted ceramic figurines by Kathy Baumann and Southwest clay sculptures by Lillian Kinslow. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through March 24: Eminent Delights: Images of Time, Space and Matter. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Out Of Town

TUBAC CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-2371. Continuing through March 21: Arizona Aqueous XIV. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

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.
ART WORKSHOPS. Pink Adobe Gallery. La Plaza Shoppes. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. The Pink Adobe Gallery offers the following workshops: figurative clay sculpting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18; and a mural workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 20. Register by calling 298-5995.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Southwestern League of Fine Arts Gallery, the Artery, is looking for members in all two-dimensional media. Jurying date is March 20. Call Peg at 825-0653 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery is accepting slides for the artist roster. To receive an application and information send a business-sized SASE to Dinnerware Roster, 135 E. Congress, Tucson, AZ, 85701. Deadline is March 27.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Artists interested in submitting works for the Tucson Museum of Art's 1999 Arizona Biennial can pick up a prospectus at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., or call 624-2333 for a copy. Deadline is March 26.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Dome Gallery is accepting submissions of fine art, sculpture, candlestick makers, pottery and jewelry. Send six photos or slides with SASE to the Dome Gallery, 25 Calle Baca, P.O. Box 4701, Tubac, AZ, 85646-4701; or call Cynthia at 398-8606.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Central School Project and Friends of the San Pedro invite artists to submit work created on, for, or about the San Pedro River. There is an entry fee of $10 for up to three pieces, and $2.50 for each additional piece. For information, contact Michael Gregory, Director, Central School Project, P.O. Drawer H, Bisbee, AZ, 85603. Deadline is April 10.
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.
DOCENT TRAINING. The Tucson Arts District Docent program trains volunteers on Tuesday nights from 5:30 to 7 p.m. beginning Tuesday, March 16, at the Arts District offices, 4 E. Congress St. Call 624-9977 for information.
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.