Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (April 9

ART
Opening This Week
Listings OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Opening April 11 and continuing through May 23: jewelry by Chris Patzlaff and collaborators Karen Gilbert and Bennett Jordan. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Opening April 9 and continuing through May 23: 2-B/3-D, recent drawings by Rhod Lauffer, Dustin Leavitt and Paul Mirocha; and recent sculpture by Curt Brill. There's an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 11. Also on exhibit: TAG artists present Black and White, an exhibition of small works in the RAW windows. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Thursday evening Art Walk, and during Downtown Saturday Nights.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. Continuing through May 7: the M.F.A. thesis exhibition of Michael Campbell. There's an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12. Continuing through May 14: drawings by Ken Morgan. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
ST. GREGORY ART GALLERY. 3231 N. Craycroft Road. Opening April 11 and continuing through June 1: works by reverse glass painter Janet Miller. There's a reception for the artist from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 17. Call Barbara Rosenberg at 749-1162 for information.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Opening through April 15 and continuing through May 5: 1988 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, featuring works by Janet Bardwell, Christopher Carl, Jayoug Choi, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Jeffrey Levitch, James Luket, Kelvin Maso, Catherine Sohn, Kelly Wilbur. There's an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12, and a free UAMA gallery talk with the exhibitors at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Continuing
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through May 2: Clay & Mosaic, a group exhibition featuring the works of David Aguirre, Maurice Grossman, Ann Hoff, Robert Hoffman, Joy Holdread, James A. Jones, Anna Keefer, Jim Pollack, Sherrie Posternak and Dan Wilhelm. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
APPAREL GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 798-1952. Continuing: Traveling Abroad, a multi-media exhibit that combines art pieces and vintage clothing to evoke a thematically coherent exploration of travel. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM GALLERY. 2021 N. Kinney Road. Continuing through April 22: Animals of the Sonoran Desert, an exhibition of origami by Michael LaFosse. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Admission is free with museum ticket. Call 883-2702 for information.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Continuing through May 24: Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography, including works by 18 photographic artists. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through April 29: 3-for-ALL, recent works by Gary Blackmer, Ron Mayo and Erica Swadley. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Nights.
CITY HOME FURNISHINGS. 5460 Broadway Blvd. 747-1729. Continuing: functional art by industrial designer Max Gottschalk, glass artist Jason Matcalfe and furniture designers Tim Haskin and Anne Winkler. Call for business hours.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through May 16: bronzes by Julia Andres, paintings by Robert D. Cocke and Susan Conaway. 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 May 17: Harmony and Contrast, an exhibit featuring the works of local artists in various media. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through April 26: new work by Linda Caputo, Monica Jost and Laura LaFave. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERIES. St. Philip's Plaza. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 299-2139. Continuing through April 17: Burst of Spring, featuring new works by gallery artists. 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 May 2: Works by Alice Stepanek and Steven Maslin. The show features highly detailed landscape paintings combining formal and conceptual theory. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. Continuing through May 2: platinum photographs by Gary Auerbach. Continuing through May: the paintings of T.J. Gress June. Gallery hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway. 327-7879. Continuing: hand-blown glassware by Phil Kindler and Marsha Jacquay; watercolors and prints by Jean Beck; industrial/deco metal furnishings by Damion Velasquez; and silver jewelry by Stephanie Boardly. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through May 16: recent paintings by Roberto Delgado. There's an artist's reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 18. 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.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 615-8625. Opening April 12 and continuing through April 30: Fresh Air, paintings by Tubac artist David Simons. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Continuing through April 30: watercolors by Rose M. Molin and pastels by Ginny Olson Richardson. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through April 25: works in fiber by Linda Lewis. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 326-4177. Continuing through May 1: Layered Elements, a group exhibit by the Collage Association of Southern Arizona. Call for gallery hours.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Continuing at the Tucson Arts District Partnership, 4 E. Congress St.: paintings by Jennifer Sullivan Carney; and painted wood sculptures and Prismacolor drawings by Joan Sullivan Marum. Continuing at 45 N. Sixth Ave.: Aloha Shirts, a project by students at Flowing Wells Junior High School. Continuing at 221 N. Court Ave.: watercolors by Palmer Butler. Continuing at 110 S. Church Ave.: whimsical enamel-on-glass paintings by Janet Miller. 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 Ave. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through April 25: Philabaum's Southwest Invitational XI, Deep Relief--Carved Glass, with works by 11 artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through April 30: pencil drawings by Katherine Hetzel, pottery by Jack Charney and metal sculpture by Henry Dupere. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY EAST. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through April 30: luminarias by Bella Luz, and Judaica by Gary Rosenthal. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through April 27: You Can't Judge A Book by Its Cover, an exhibit of unique, handmade books. Continuing through April 12: Trappings of the Cowboy: Boots, Saddles, Hats & More. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through May 24: Directions: Point of Fracture, an installation by Amy Zuckerman combining photographs and tape recordings of the families of murder victims. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 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.
Last Chance
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through April 11: photographs and handmade books by Alice Cummings and Cynthia Laureen Vogt. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. Gross Gallery Building. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through April 16: Retro: The Future of the Future, a juried student exhibition by UA undergraduate Visual Communications majors. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Continuing through April 13: the PCC High-School Art Invitational. 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.
Out Of Town
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero. Tubac, Arizona. (520) 398-8014. Continuing through May 24: works by the artists of the Otero Plaza. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
RANCHO LINDA VISTA BARN GALLERY. 1955 W. Linda Vista Road, Oracle. (520) 896-9201. Continuing through April 30: Animal Farm, a series of graphite drawings by William Blomquist. There's an artist reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 26, with entertainment by Los Basement Rancheros. Gallery hours are from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, or by appointment. Call 324-0442 for information.
TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS. 9 Plaza Road, Tubac. 398-9511. Continuing through April 26: A Tradition of Excellence, the Arizona Designer Craftsmen '98 exhibit, featuring 26 artists presenting 56 pieces. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
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, 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 email ArtBrigade@aol.com.
ARTS & CRAFTS SUBMISSIONS. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. The parish holds its sixth-annual Outdoor Arts & Crafts festival on October 18, with jurying for the show on April 25. For an application, send SASE to Viola Marshall, 2111 N. Camino da La Cienega, Tucson, AZ 85715. Call 298-0586 for information, or stop by the parish office.
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 Center Arts Gallery at the UA Campus Christian Center seeks art in all media for wall display during the 1998-'99 season. Interested artists should send 10 35mm slides representative of their work, slide list and résumé to: The Campus Christian Center, 715 N. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719. Submission deadline is April 15.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Hunger Artist Gallery, 1001-E Yale Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM, is accepting submissions for Works Unknown, a students-only art exhibition to run from May 21 to June 22. Submissions of 2D and 3D media will be considered (no video, installation, glass or ceramics) from artists 18 and over currently attending school or an art class. Fees are $5 per entry, limited to five entries. All works must be for sale at a 15-percent commission to the gallery. Deadline is April 20. For information, send SASE to The Hunger Gallery; or call toll free on Fridays, (888) 943-0238.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Part of the continuing exhibit Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography, Trudy Wilner Stack, exhibition curator and curator for the Center for Creative Photography, presents Taking the Seascape Seriously: A Late Century Affinity. The Gallery Talk is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5.
EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS. WomanKraft Castle Art Center. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. WomanKraft continues its Neighborhood Arts Empowerment Workshop Series from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Workshops are $10, free to anyone making less than $15,000 a year, careless or homeless. Children who are capable of working independently are welcome; others must have adult supervision. Pre-registration is required. Call 629-9976 for registration or for a schedule of upcoming workshops.
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.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Obsidian Gallery, 4340 N. Campbell Ave., is accepting submissions for all craft and fine arts media, furniture, lighting, functional and/or decorative objects for a Summer 1998 Interiors exhibition. Deadline for submissions is May 1. Include SASE for the return of materials. The gallery is also seeking submissions of outdoor sculpture for its annual Monsoon Madness show. That deadline is also May 1. Call 577-3598 for information.
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.