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Listings ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall east of Old Main. 621-5123. Opening October 23 and continuing through December 11: photographs by Diane Mansfield Colligan. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.

DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Opening October 28 and continuing through November 22: large-scale, mixed-media portrait paintings by Michael Chittock. Meet the artist at a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 8. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.

GOOFY GALLERY. 2639 E. Broadway. 320-1488. Continuing through October 31: exhibit of student art from Catalina Foothills High School. Call 320-1488 for gallery hours.

MR. LULU'S. 110 E. Congress St. 882-9265. Opening October 23 and continuing through November 27: The Living Room Boys, manipulated Polaroid images by Miro Gudelsky. Meet the artist at a reception from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, October 25. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Sunday; 4 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday; 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday; and by appointment.

PALOMA ART. 4747 E. Sunrise Drive. 577-9224. Opening with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, October 25, and continuing through October 31: Autumn Colors, a watercolor exhibit by Grace Calterone and Suzanne Jordan, and pastels by Peg Wagner. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Opening October 24 and continuing through January 11: the 22nd annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies exhibition. Continuing through November 29: Images of Mission San Xavier del Bac, an exhibition celebrating the Bicentennial of Mission San Xavier. Continuing through October 26: George DiGeorgio's 24-panel Grand Canyon Suite. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 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.

Continuing

APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through November 1: Illumination & Steel Sculpture, luminarios, lamps, candelabras and sculpture incorporating light. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

ARTERY FINE ART GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Continuing through November 30: Desert Images, featuring fine art in all media by more than 40 local artists of the Southwestern League of Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Continuing through November 7: Centennial Celebration, works by members of the National League of Pen Women. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

BARKSDALE GALLERY. 500 N. Fourth Ave. 884-7541. Continuing through November 2: works in clay by Greg Wenz. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through November 1: Monoprints, a survey of monoprint techniques by five artists in abstract, figure and landscape themes. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

DE GRAZIA GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9192. Continuing through October 31: Art of the Southwest, oil paintings and bronze sculptures by Chet Bittner. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Continuing through November 9: Search For Tranquillity, paintings, sculpture and mixed-media creations. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. Continuing through November 8: Unite! To Win Still Greater Victories, posters and prints by Frank Kozik. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.

ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through November 8: paintings by Gail Marcus-Orlen; photographs by Christopher Burkett; and paintings by Owen Williams. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.

EVERYDAY MYSTERIES HEALTH CENTER. 135 S. Fifth Ave. 629-0959. Continuing through October 31: Birth Art, featuring works in all media. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

FRAMED TO PERFECTION GALLERY. Park Mall. 5870 E. Broadway. 571-1963. Continuing: Hale-Bopp photography by Flandrau astronomer Michael Terenzoni; 3-D wall sculptures and wall puzzles by Syd Clayton-Seeber; and landscape photography by Bill Lesch. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. Continuing through November 6: paintings by Robert Goldman. Gallery hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Continuing through November 16: Desert Paintings, works by Juan Rios Ce-Acatl. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, free with museum admission.

JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through November 6: Surface Tension, an installation by Phoenix artist Laurie Lundquist. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

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 November 14: color photographic prints and mixed-media installation works by Julie Brunner and Robert Gorecki. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through November 30: For The Love of Drawing, architectural works by Doug MacNeil. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through November 1: El Día de los Muertos/ Day of The Dead Multi-Media Exhibition, featuring works by more than 30 artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Continuing through November 4: quilts of geometric simplicity by Ruth Garrison; clay constructions by Andrée Richmond; and press photographs of the 1996 Summer Olympics from the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution. 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.

PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through November 8: Molten Marriage, Combinations of Metal and Glass, featuring works by 14 artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through October 31: ceramic music boxes by Joyce Canaan; silver and beaded jewelry by Joan Dulla; and watercolors by Margie Bassler. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.

PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through October 31: Judaica jewelry by Wendy Silver; ceramic plates by David McDonald; and metal sculpture by Henry Dupere. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through November 22: new paintings and monoprints by Joe Forkan. Also continuing through November 22: Raw Light, an exhibition of miniature works by the group T.A.G., in the Raw windows. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, until 7 p.m. for Thursday Night Art Walk, Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.

RED GALLERY. 1139 E. Sixth St. 628-9921. Continuing through October 31: paintings, assemblage and 1950s-inspired furniture by Anne and Todd Winkler. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.

ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. Continuing through November 13: For Amusement Only, photographs of the Arizona State and Maricopa County Fairs. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

ST. GREGORY ART GALLERY. 3231 N. Craycroft Road. Continuing through October 31: photographs by Don Clouse. Call Barbara Rosenberg at 749-1162 for information.

TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through November 26: photographs by Judith Golden. Meet the artist at a reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 24. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances. Call 624-7370 for information.

TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through November 30: a juried exhibition by members of the Arizona Colored Pencil Society. Continuing through November 17: Contemporary Beadwork: Traditions and Transitions. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

TBG GALLERY. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686. Continuing through November 8: The Floral Connection, paintings by Deezie Manning-Catron. Gallery hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.

UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through November 9: the 1997 UA Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, featuring works by 44 artists teaching design, painting, sculpture, print, photograph, videograph and weaving. Continuing through April 1: Robert Wick: Campus Outdoor Sculptures. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor. 621-5123. Continuing through November 7: Love Makes a Family: Living in Lesbian and Gay Families, a photographic exhibition by Gigi Kaeser. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

WINGSPAN GALLERY. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Continuing through October 31: Wingspan's third annual OUToberFEST juried exhibition. Call 624-1779 for gallery hours.

Last Chance

BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through October 25: digital photography by Joseph Labate. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.

CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through October 25: River of Voices, In Honor of Elders, a living installation of stories, voices, water and life. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Nights.

EL CENTRO CULTURAL DE LAS AMERICAS. 40 W. Broadway. 629-9536. Continuing through October 30: Arte y Bocaditos, works in various media by seven artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and by appointment.

JCC GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through October 27: clay works by Pamala and Tim Ballingham; and portraits and still life in oils and pastels by Virginia Reilly. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.

JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through October 25: mosaics by Las Artes, a youth program encompassing community art projects, reintroduction to secondary education, and problems facing dropouts and "at risk" youth. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Downtown Saturday Nights and by appointment.

KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 742-3815. Continuing through October 30: The Magic of Light in Nature, paintings by Jonquil Master. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon Sunday and by appointment.

M. REVAK & CO. 1440 N. Stone Ave. 624-3445. Continuing through October 30: Urban Landscapes and Other Discoveries, works by Cynthia Savage, Kristen Muench and Christina Lytwynczuk. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Continuing through October 30: impressionistic-style acrylic paintings by Leslie Schultz; and oil portraits and landscapes by Tony Quesada. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

TUCSON PIMA LIBRARY. 101 N. Stone Ave. 791-4393. Continuing through October 30: Mixed Media Monotypes, Etcetera, works by Sheila Chambers, Chris Bondante and Acacia Alder. Exhibit space is open during regular library hours.

WOMANKRAFT GALLERY. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Continuing through October 25: Visible For A Change, paintings celebrating lesbian sexuality by Lorraine Inzalaco. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Announcements

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 Santa Rita Hotel, 88 E. Broadway. Call 624-9977 for information and a listing of participating galleries.

ARTS EDUCATION. 240 N. Stone Ave. The Tucson/ Pima Arts Council is offering an Arts Education Development Workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, October 25. The workshop's focus will be arts education programming, with input from artists, arts organizations, teachers and schools. Cost is $10; and pre-registration is required. Call Annabelle at 624-0595, ext. 14, for information.

CALL TO ARTISTS. Applications are now being accepted for the upcoming Phantom Gallery exhibition season. Tucson-area visual artists working in diverse media are invited to apply. Works selected for galleries will be exhibited for two month periods. Submission deadline is Thursday, November 6. Call 624-9977 for application information.

CALL TO ARTISTS. Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery is accepting slides for its artist roster. Inclusion on the roster confers eligibility for exhibitions and membership in the artists' cooperative. To qualify, applicants must work professionally in the visual arts (not be working toward a degree), be Tucson residents, pay monthly dues of $35, and be willing to contribute time and energy to the Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative. For application and information, send a business-sized SASE to: Dinnerware Roster, 135 E. Congress St., Tucson, AZ 85701. Application deadline is November 1.

CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson International Mariachi Conference seeks submissions for the Tucson International Mariachi Conference poster. Submit original artwork, sketches, or three slides of work completed within the last two years. An honorarium of $1,000 will be awarded. Work should reflect the 1998 Conference theme: Aires Mexicanos--its impact and cultural significance--in an abstract or representational style. Posters from the last 15 years can be seen at La Frontera Center, 502 W. 29th St. Submission deadline is December 15. Call Lolie Gomez at 884-9920, ext. 243, for information.

CALLING COMMUNITY ARTISTS. The Tucson Arts Brigade is a multi-cultural, intergenerational collective of community-based cultural workers. They're seeking artists interested in collaborating on neighborhood and community-based art projects. Current projects include a series of posters and murals on Communities in Transformation--Healing Themselves, Healing Others. For information on weekly design and brainstorming sessions, commissions and donations of art supplies, call 791-9359; or email ArtBrigade@aol.com.

COLORED PENCIL WORKSHOP. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Inspired by the Colored Pencil exhibit at Tohono Chul? Learn some of the "how to's" with Donna Gaylord from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, November 1. Basics including layering, impressing, lifting, mixing with colorless blender and other tricks will be covered. All skill levels are invited, including beginners. Participants need to bring a set of colored pencils, kneaded eraser and a 2H or 3H graphite pencil. Cost is $40, $30 for members. Pre-registration is required. Call 742-6455 for information.

DINNERWARE AUCTION. 135 E. Congress St. Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery presents its annual Fund Raiser Art Auction on Saturday, October 25. A pre-auction cocktail party gathers from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Donated works for auction include works by Gail Marcus-Orlen, Andrew Rush, Jim Wade, Aurure Chabot, David Aguirre and Tom Philabaum. Prizes will be raffled during the event; raffle tickets are currently available. Tickets for the cocktail party and auction are $20, $30 for couples, and $15 for auction only. Call 792-4503 for tickets and 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.

TRAVELING EXHIBIT. The Tucson-Pima Arts Council's Rural Arts Traveling Exhibit runs from December through July, and exhibits two- and three-dimensional works by artists living outside of Tucson city limits in Pima County. Submission deadline is December 2. Interested artists may call Maryjane Dorofachuk at 624-0595, ext. 19, 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. TW


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