City Listings - Art (May 2

ART

Opening This Week

DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY. 6536-A Tanque Verde Road, La Plaza Shops. 722-4412. Opening May 8 and continuing through June 30: Impressions of Tucson/ Continuing through May 5: Unique Expressions, a mixed-media show by local artists. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. 2021 N. Kinney Road. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 883-2702. Opening May 5 and continuing through July 31: The Great Saguaro, artistic interpretations of the saguaro cactus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Free with museum admission.
JCC ART GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Opening May 2 and continuing through June 11: Color My World, mixed media and oil paintings by Jennifer Sullivan Carney, and oil paintings by Beata Wehr. Meet the artists at a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
PHILABAUM GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Opening May 4 and continuing through August 31: Interior Motives II, an annual gathering of artists showcasing the best in glass art for the home. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Glass-blowing demonstrations are usually given from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call ahead to verify schedule.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Opening May 2 and continuing through June 2: Wholesome, paintings, drawings and ceramics by Coby Ellison. There is an artist's reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 4. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday Art Walk.
TUSD ART SHOW. 63 E. Congress. Opening May 2 and continuing through May 10: the TUSD High School/Middle School Spring Art Show. There is a public reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 4. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Continuing

ACCESS TUCSON GALLERY. 124 E. Broadway. 624-9833. Continuing through May 31: Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds--Photographs from the Tropics, by Alex Webb.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union. 621-1596. Continuing through May 9: On Our Own Time, works by UA employees. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
Arizona Historical Society. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Continuing through December 31: Emergence: The South Park Story, 1940-1950, a photo exhibit tracing the development of the South Park neighborhood, located along Park Avenue south of 22nd Street; and A Memento for My Descendants: The Buehman Studio Perspective, photographic works by German immigrant Henry Buehman. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ART DEPARTMENT GALLERY. Art Building. UA campus. Located at the south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through May 15: Intimate Desire--Removed Control, a mixed media exhibit by students Lisa Bergh and Diane Stapleton. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ART!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 745-8586. Continuing through May 14: A Hot Time in El Mercado, by Lea Teague. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through May 11: A Requiem for Conscience, new photographic constructions by Robert Sidur. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Night Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
Center for Creative Photography. UA Fine Arts Complex, southeast of the pedestrian underpass at Speedway and Park Avenue. 621-7968. Continuing through June 30: Reconstruction: William Christenberry's Art, a traveling exhibit celebrating the life's work of this interpreter of the American South. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through June 1: Gallery Mix, a group show of recent paintings and sculptures. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through May 18: an exhibit by member artists John Davis, Ann Keuper and Joanne Kerrihard. Also showing, the Sonoran People's Tapestry Project. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
ECLECTIC GALLERY. 69 E. Pennington St. 620-1668. Continuing through June 8: Abstractions, a nationwide juried exhibition of 16 artists working in media ranging from fabric to food to photography. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Thursday Night Art Walk, Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERY. 4280 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 5. 299-2139. Continuing through May 31: To Celebrate Spring, Worrell acrylic paintings, sculpture and jewelry by E. Shaw and Michele deLong, and fine art jewelry by K. Smith. Also new works by national and regional artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through June 1: Black and White/Six Photographers in Mid-Career, works by Dick Arentz, Linda Connor, Mark Klett, Jay Dusard, Jody Forester and Debbie Fleming Caffery. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through May 18: Barrio Scenes, a photographic illustration of life in Arizona's Mexican-American "barrios" by Jose Galvez. Regular 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 or by appointment.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through May 10: the Graduate Thesis Exhibition Part I, featuring works by Patricia Aylward, Tom Carlson, Analee Lively and Kelly Morris. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through May 31: 12 Years of Building in the Desert: A Focus on the Vernacular, new and renovative projects of rammed earth, straw bale, native stone and adobe by Design Building Consultants. Regular gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. St. Philip's Plaza. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through May 25: paintings and works on paper by Theresa Smith and jewelry by Alexandra Etchelecu and Radmila Stavek. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
PCC WEST CAMPUS ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6385. Continuing through May 9: the PCC Student Art Exhibition. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union. Third Floor. 626-5123. Continuing through May 8: Art and the Self--Art and Its Relationship to the Individual, a juried student art exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-8210. Continuing through May 31: aerial photographs by Adriel Heisey. Meet the artist at a reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through May 19 in the Exhibit Hall: Bloom: Interpretations by Eight Artists. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. A $2 donation is requested.
Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through June 2: New Figuration: Selections from the Eli Broad Family Foundation, 22 works of figurative art. Continuing through May 26: Conservation by Design, a traveling exhibition of environmentally-conscious works of art. Continuing in Goodman Pavilion: Western American art from the museum's permanent collection. Admission to the museum 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. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
TUCSON/PIMA ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through May 17: The Human Form: Five Perspectives, painting, sculpture and photography incorporating the human form. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Thursday Night Art Walk.

Last Chance

LOCAL 803 GALLERY. 803 E. Helen St. 882-4625. Continuing through May 4: multiple-etchings collage by Brett Colley, sculpture by Joseph Marshall, and blue-tone photography by Josephine Thomason. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union. 626-4215. Continuing through May 3: ComiCAzine, a comics and sequential art show. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Announcements

POTTERY DEMONSTRATION. Reynaldo Quezada and Octavio Andrew, from Mata Ortiz, Mexico, demonstrate their art and techniques from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 4, and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at Tribal Earthwork, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Meet the artists at a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 3. Call 623-5733 for information.
CHRISTENBERRY LECTURES. The following free lectures are given in conjunction with Reconstruction: William Christenberry's Art, on display at the UA Center for Creative Photography: A. Mary Okoye, Director of the City of Tucson's Intergovernmental Affairs Program, moderates a panel discussion entitled The Klan Room: Other Voices, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2. Panel members discuss issues raised by the Ku Klux Klan, the subject of Christenberry's The Klan Room, its role and character in Southern culture and its effect on African Americans' experiences and identities. Panel members are Leonard Dinnerstein, UA professor of History and Director of Judaic Studies, Robert Houston, novelist and Director of the UA Creative Writing Program, and Ella M. Ray, Research Associate with the UA's Southwest Institute of Research on Women. Call the Center for Creative Photography at 621-7968 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Eclectic Gallery, 69 E. Pennington St., seeks quality artwork for a 7-week Artiste du Jour rotating series beginning July 20. Tucson artists working in all media are encouraged to bring in slides or examples of their art as soon as possible for consideration. Selected artists will have approximately 25 to 30 feet of wall space and exhibit for 1 to 2 weeks. Call Bill Tishe at 620-1668 for information or stop by the gallery.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Tucson/Pima Arts Council is offering up to $1,800 for works by Tucson artists for display in Tucson's City Hall. Work may be in any media, yet be at least 30 inches by 30 inches, be intended for wall display and weigh less than 60 pounds. Send up to four slides, slide list with title, year, dimensions and price of each work, and artist's resume or biographical summary to: Art for City Hall, Tucson/Pima Arts Council, 240 N. Stone Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701-1212. Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, May 10. Call Beth Hancock at T/PAC at 624-0595 ext. 21 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Jose Galvez Gallery seeks submissions by women for their third annual Día de los Muertos juried exhibition, La Mujer y SIDA/Women and AIDS, scheduled for October 23 through November 16. All mediums accepted. Works must deal with the subject of AIDS/HIV and their effect/impact on the lives of women. Send 3 to 5 slides, a one page biography, and SASE to: "La Mujer y SIDA," Jose Galvez Gallery, 743 N. Fourth Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705. Photos and proposals also accepted. Deadline is July 1. Call E. Liane Hernandez at 624-6878 for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Tucson/Pima Library is accepting slides for jury review for an exhibit scheduled to open June 16. Open to individuals and non-profit organizations. Pick up a prospectus at the Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., or call Rona Rosenberg at 791-4393 for information. Deadline is April 27.
ART WALK. Visit the Downtown Arts District from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, with free docent-led Art Walk tours beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Park Inn Suite Santa Rita Hotel, 88 E. Broadway. Guided tours end at 7 p.m. Call 624-9977 for information and a listing of participating galleries.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Austin Heart of Film Festival is accepting screenplay entries for the Film Screenwriters' Conference and Film Festival scheduled October 10 through 13 in Austin, Texas. Categories include: Adult/ Mature themes (feature length), Children/Family theme (feature length) and Student Short (under 30 minutes). Deadline is June 17. Entry fee is $30. Send SASE to: Austin Heart of Film Festival, 707 Rio Grande, Suite 101, Austin, TX 78701; or call (800) 310-FEST for information.
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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