City Listings - Art (May 23

ART

Opening This Week

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. There will be a reception for Steven G. Derks' Redeemed Objects at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 23. Redeemed Objects continues through June 30. Regular gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. A reception for Saints and Monsters, paper and mixed-media works by Analee Lively is at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25. Saints and Monsters continues through June 15. 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.
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Opening May 23 and continuing through August 25: Just Travelin' Through, paintings about travel and tourism in Arizona. Also on display are Gift of Changing Woman and Flights of Fancy (1&2), works of art by students from Amphitheater School District. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Continuing

ART!! GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway 745-8586. Continuing through June 15: Magic Moments, an exhibit by watercolorist Gretchen Huff. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
BARKSDALE GALLERY. 500 N. Fourth Ave. 884-7541. Continuing through June 14: photographic works by The Vision Alliance, a Tucson-based artist group. Gallery hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
PCC WEST CAMPUS ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 884-6385. Continuing through June 11: The Chicano Connection: Prints from the MARS Artspace and Self-Help Graphics, works by Chicano artists from California, Arizona and Texas. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
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 June 28: Convergence: Security Society Surrealism, paintings, sculpture and installation art by Mary Fran Le Blanc, Emily Tellez and Amanda W. Yopp. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through June 1: The Second Anniversary Retrospective Auction, donated photographic works from artists of the gallery's past season. This silent auction consists of anonymous biding. The gallery's Closing Auction Party is Saturday, May 25. This fund-raising party includes music by Calexico and Club Congress' Tasha Bundy. Call for more information. 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.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through June 15: Mimesis 2, featuring works of numerous University of Arizona printmakers. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night, Thursday Night Art Walk and by appointment.
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.
DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY. 6536-A Tanque Verde Road, La Plaza Shops. 722-4412. Continuing through June 30: Impressions of Tucson. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Campus. South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway Boulevard east of Park Avenue. Continuing through June 28: Graduate Student Thesis Exhibition II, featuring works by Haleh Armstrong and Guillermo Gonzalez. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 579-7094. Continuing through June 7: clay wall pieces by Agnes Reiser. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon Sunday and by appointment.
LOCAL 803 GALLERY. 803 E. Helen St. 882-4625. Continuing through June 22: Arizona Women's Caucus for Art, an exhibit by Tucson members. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
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.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. 2021 N. Kinney Road. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 883-2702. 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. Continuing through June 11: Color My World, mixed media and oil paintings by Jennifer Sullivan Carney, and oil paintings by Beata Wehr. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Various downtown locations. Zoomorphic sculptures by Ed Davenport are on display at 38 E. Congress St. Reverse glass paintings by Janet Miller are on display at 221 N. Court Ave. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977.
PHANTOM MURALS. Various downtown locations. Mural depicting mythical muscular figures, by Gustavo Rocha, is located at 11 S. Sixth Ave. The Case of the Book that Grew Roots and Its Leaves Blew Away, by Kirsten Hassenfeld, is located at 38 E. Congress St. Drawn to the Light, by Luna Lee Ray, is located at the corner of Broadway and Stone Avenue. The Thinkers, by Eleanor Kohloss, is located at Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. 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. Continuing through June 2: Wholesome, paintings, drawings and ceramics by Coby Ellison. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Downtown Saturday Night and Thursday Art Walk.
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 the 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.

Last Chance

ACCESS TUCSON GALLERY. 124 E. Broadway. 624-9833. Continuing through May 31: Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics, by Alex Webb. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday and 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday.
BERTA WRIGHT GALLERY. 260 E. Congress St. 882-7043. Foothills Mall. 742-4134. Continuing through May 23: All That Glitters, glass art from studios of the West. Downtown gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday Art Walk; Foothills gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-8210. Continuing through May 31: aerial photographs by Adriel Heisey. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances.
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.
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 renovated 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.
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.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 795-4503. Continuing through June 15: a mixed-media/alternative printmaking exhibit by Anna Poe. 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.

Announcements

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. The Tucson Arts District Partnership is looking for individuals with a love of art and history to act as docents for various Downtown/Art activities. A five-session orientation/training program begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. Call 624-9977 for more information.
WATERCOLOR DEMONSTRATION. Watercolorist Tad Lamb demonstrates his craft at Art!! Gallery, 6328 E. Broadway, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25. Call 745-8586 for information.
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. AISF is seeking submissions for the Albany International Short Film Festival October 17 through 20. Films of all genres/styles are accepted. Submissions must be 45 minutes or less and in 35mm, 16mm and video formats. All winning films will be screened for the press, industry and public in New York City at the Third Annual Award Winning Shorts. Entry fee is $30, and the deadline is July 5. For information contact Michael D. Ellenbogen, Passport Cinemas, 542 Yates St., Albany, NY 12208 or call 518- 453-1000 or email aisff@pass-cine.com.
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 TO ARTISTS. The Eclectic Gallery, 69 E. Pennington St., seeks quality artwork for a seven-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 one to two weeks. Call 620-1668 for information or stop by the gallery.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Jose Galvez Gallery seeks submissions by women for the 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 three to five 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 624-6878 for information.
CAPT. SPIFFY COMIC CLASSES. Learn to draw like a comic pro with comic art classes at Capt. Spiffy's, 944 E. University Blvd. Classes begin May 27 and continue through the summer. Cost is $50 per session. Call 624-4643 or stop by for a brochure.
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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