Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (July 9

ART
Opening This Week
Listings SAGUARO ARTISANS GALLERY. 182 N. Court Ave. 792-3466. Opening July 9 and continuing through July 30: a group exhibition featuring ceramics, fabric and iron work. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Opening July 13 and continuing through August 14: ArtWORKS!, an exhibition featuring the works of more than 60 youths employed by T/PAC through the ArtWORKS program. There's an opening reception from
6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 17. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
WINGSPAN GALLERY. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Opening July 9 and continuing through August 4: Organic Splendor, prints and photography by Lora Alaniz. There's an opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9. Call for gallery hours.
Continuing
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through August 5: Paintings, by Anthony Pessler. Gallery hours are
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Continuing through January 15: Lines Drawn in Sand and Water: Postcards of the Mexican-American Border, a presentation of photographic and illustrative postcards spanning the 20th century. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM. 2201 N. Kinney Road. 883-3077. Continuing through August 26: The Calendar Series: A Landscape Diary, paintings by John A. Louder. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Continuing through August 16: Creative Impulses. 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 July 18: Drawing from the Figure, a juried exhibition of watercolors and monoprints by the 43 artist associates of The Drawing Studio. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. Continuing through August 1: Artists of the Gallery, works by Sylvie Fleury, Valerie Galloway, Frank Kozik, Cecilia de Medeiros, Olivier Mosset, Alice Stepanek and Sten Maslin, and Peter Young. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway. 327-7879. Currently featuring serigraphs of Marilyse Goulet, as well as 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.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Fine Arts Complex. South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through August 12: Sculptors '98. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Saturdays.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. UA Joseph Gross Gallery Building. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through August 14: works by Kristin Decker, M. Kathryn Hoover and Zoë Schreiber. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
MERCADO GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway Blvd. 298-1812. Continuing through July 31: Sculpture vases by J.A. Vaughan. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through August 29: Summer 1998 Exhibition, featuring handcrafted furniture, accessories and sculpture for indoor and outdoor living. 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 July 31: Journey Through the Southwest, paintings by Cynthia Wearden. 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.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through August 15: Esprit de Corps, featuring new works by Tucson glass artists. Summer gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gallery will be closed on Saturday, July 4.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through August 29: Monotype: recent monotype prints by TAG artists. Also on exhibit: TAG artists present Hot Objects, an exhibition of small works in the RAW windows. Summer gallery hours are 7 to 10 p.m. during Downtown Saturday Nights or by appointment.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. Continuing through August 13: Variations on a Theme, recent paintings by Grace Ramirez Ciotti. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through August 20: new acquisitions of baskets, rugs and pottery from the Agnes T. and Don Leigh Smith Collection. Continuing through July 16: Creative Visions I: Art Work by School Children of the Catalina Foothills District. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2. Call 742-6455 daily events schedule.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through August 2: El Alma del Pueblo: Spanish Folk Art and its Transformation in the Americas, a folk-art exhibition of more than 300 objects depicting the enduring Spanish influence on Latino communities in the Americas. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and students, and free for children under age 12. Admission is free for all on Tuesdays. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, and closed Mondays.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through August 9: Immersions, paintings by David Andres and photographs by Ann Simmons-Myers. Summer gallery hours are 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor. 621-5123. Continuing through August 17: Specimens/Artifacts, work by Mary Bates. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
VENTURE FINE ARTS. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-2258. Continuing through August 31: a group exhibition featuring the work of Caroline Norton, Keith Christie, Richard Fillhouer, Alfred Vetromile, Dan Bates, Gary Price Richard Brunson, Michael Norton and Katie Hazen. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and by appointment.
WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing through August 29: Millennium Melting Pot, featuring the paintings of Perry McCauley. Other works in the exhibit include "Our Big Flat Selves," a series of life-sized paper dolls made by Womankraft artists. Gallery hours are
1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Last Chance
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through July 11: Tucson Collection '98, the sixth small-works invitational featuring art by 45 Tucson artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through July 15: The Arizona Tribes: Vintage Photographs and Native Crafts, a regional exhibition of collected photographs and native crafts from 1870 to 1930. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
Out of Town
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero. Tubac, Arizona. (520) 398-8014. Continuing through September 28: Long, Hot Summer Art Show, a collection of works by 25 of the gallery's artists and craftsmen. Summer gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
Announcements
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Equipoise Gallery seeks submissions for a juried exhibit titled Portrait: Tucson & Pima County, to be held at the Stillwell-Twiggs House, 134 S. Fifth Ave. Participants must submit three slides of work representative of impressions of Tucson/Pima County. Fees are $21 for the first three slides, and $5 for each additional slide. Send entries to Equipoise Gallery, Inc., P.O. Box 26445, Tucson, AZ 85726-6445. Deadline is August 14. Send SASE to the above address for a prospectus.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Upstairs Film is accepting short film submissions for its Multimedia Mondays series at the Club Congress. Acceptable formats are 8mm, 16mm and VHS tape. Films should be 40 minutes or less, and independently produced. Send submissions to: Upstairs Film, P.O. Box 43098, Tucson, AZ 85733. Include SASE if you want materials returned. Call 622-1751 for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Central Arts Collective is accepting submissions for Encroachment: Nowhere to Hide, a national juried exhibition on urban sprawl in the Sonoran Desert. Work in all media, by artists 18 and older, will be considered. Application fee for up to three slides is $20. Deadline for entries is July 20. Send SASE to: Encroachment, Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85701.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. T/PAC Community Gallery is accepting entries for the upcoming exhibition Rural Artists of Pima County, for display at the T/PAC Community Gallery, 240 N. Stone Ave. Artists must be 18 years or older and reside outside of the Tucson city limits, but within Pima County. Submissions deadline is July 31. Call Maryjane Dorofachuk 624-0595, ext. 19, for applications and information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Desert Artisans' Cooperative Gallery. 6536-A E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. The Desert Artisans' Cooperative seeks applicants with three-dimensional works. Send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Membership Committee, Desert Artisans' Cooperative Gallery, 6536-A E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 120, Tucson, AZ 85715; or call the above number for a prospectus.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE OPENINGS. The International Arts Center is accepting applications for Artists-In-Residence from all disciplines, beginning in fall 1998. Applications are available between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the center, 516 N. Fifth Ave. Call 903-0918 for information.
GALLERY TALK. Center for Creative Photography. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Terence Pitts presents Laura Volkerding at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14. The gallery talk is free. Call 621-5130 for information.
SUMMER WORKSHOP SERIES. Pink Adobe Gallery. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. Pink Adobe owner Jean Thomasson announces a series of summer art workshops at the gallery, including furniture and glass painting, ceramic sculpture, drawing faces, doll making and wheel-thrown pottery. Fees vary. Call 298-5995 for specific information on dates, times and costs of individual workshops.
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