Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (December 4

ART
Opening This Week
Listings ARTERY FINE ARTS. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Opening with a reception from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7: The Warmth of the Desert, an exhibition of contemporary, traditional and Southwestern art by more than 40 local artists. 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. Opening December 9 and continuing through December 31: Children's Art, works by the children of the Unitarian Universalist Church. There is a reception from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, December 14. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Opening December 4 and continuing through December 30: Stranger in an Amazing Land, photographs of India and Nepal by Jocelyn Wolf; and Dreams of the Rood, intaglio prints by Gloria Isak-Morton. There's a reception for the artists from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, December 6. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Nights.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERIES. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 299-2139. Opening with a reception from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7, and continuing through December 31: paintings by Francisco Franklin. 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. Opening with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, December 5, and continuing through February 14: Olestra. Curated by Darren Clark, this culturally saturated exhibition focuses on the fat substitute, and its demand and emergence into our society, featuring works by Robert Flynt, Valerie Galloway, Gregory Sale and Kenneth Schorr. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.
GOOFY GALLERY. 2639 E. Broadway. 320-1488. Opening with a reception from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 6, and continuing through February 1: works by Desert View High School Students. Continuing through December 31: handcrafted fountains by Michael Krapek. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Opening December 4 and continuing through January 25: The Sonoran Connection, a juried exhibition of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, free with museum admission.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Opening December 4 and continuing through January 10: Images of the Virgen de Guadalupe, featuring non-traditional representations. There is an artists' reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, December 6. 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.
M. REVAK & CO. 1440 N. Stone Ave. 624-3445. Opening December 4 and continuing through January 31: framed prints and etchings by George Elbert Burr. 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. Opening with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, December 7, and continuing through December 31: paintings by C. E. Dolsberry and V. Dave Dame. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
OLD PUEBLO GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through December 31: Favorite Things, watercolors by Cynthia Juliano; and oils and pastels by Joyce Huntington and Richard Watzulik. 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.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Opening December 4 and continuing through January 10: Slow Traffic in Stolen Bone, a mixed-media narrative by Michael Longstaff. Also continuing: The Thursday Art Group's narritave series of small works dealing with a poem by William Blake. There's an artists' reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, December 5. 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.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Opening December 4 and continuing through January 7: Ideas/Idas, figurative paintings by Christina Cárdenas. There's an opening reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 5. 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. Opening with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, December 4, and continuing through February 1: Little Pieces of My Heart: Mexican-American Quilts and Needlework of Southern Arizona. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Continuing
ACCESS TUCSON GALLERY. 124 E. Broadway. 624-9833. Continuing through February 1: Ars Moriendi (The Art of Dying), works by Daniel Martin Diaz. Gallery hours are noon to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 3 to 11 p.m. Saturdays.
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through December 27: Assemblage, a group exhibition of works in three-dimensional collage by David Adix, Diane Mansfield Colligan, David Elliott, Lorin Lambardee, Michael Longstaff, Cantrell Maryott, Joel Murphy and Julie Sasse. There's a closing reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, December 13. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
APPAREL GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 798-1952. Continuing through December 15: The Lady Wore Red, a mixed-media exhibition by several local artists. Gallery hours are 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through December 11: The Relevance of The Beautiful, photographs by Diane Mansfield Colligan and poems by Charles Gillespie. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through December 20: exhibition by Group for Photographic Intentions, featuring works by 11 artists. Gallery hours are 2:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 2:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA Campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass. Continuing through January 11: Mexico City 1941: Photographs by Helen Levitt. Also continuing through January 11: Foto/Auto/Bio: The Charles Harbutt Archive. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
EL CENTRO CULTURAL DE LAS AMERICAS. 40 W. Broadway. 629-9536. Continuing through December 20: 1997 Festival de los Artes, featuring works in all media. The gallery is accepting canned goods for the Community Food Bank. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through December 13: paintings on paper sacks by Herb Gilbert; paintings on canvas by Albert Kogel; and wood and metal sculpture by Barbara Jo McLaughlin. 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 January 11: Warm Colors for Winter, 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.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through December 20: Inge Morath: The Pamplona Shoot. There is a gallery talk at 6 p.m., followed by an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, December 6. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through January 24: photographs by Graciela Iturbide and Kate Breakey, and mixed-media works by Elizabeth Ernst. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. 3233 S. Pinal Vista, Utterback Middle School. 617-6100. Continuing through December 12: Ghosts of A Chance, monoprints and mixed-media works by The Drawing Studio. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. G.A.S.P. (Great Art by Students and Professionals) is a student-run gallery.
JCC GALLERY. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Continuing through December 29: works on paper by Michael Stack and oil paintings by Paul Waid. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through December 11: The University of Arizona's Annual BFA Senior Exhibition. 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 December 12: Idea Image Object Action, a group showing by students from the New Genre class. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
LAS MAÑANITAS GALLERY. 1070 E. Miles St. 388-9911. Continuing through January 10: Flora in the High Alleghenies, watercolors by Janet Tifft. Gallery hours are by appointment.
MEDICINE MAN GALLERY. 7000 Tanque Verde Road, Suite 7. 722-7798. Continuing through January 21: paintings and sculpture by more than 20 artists featured in Donald J. Hagerty's book Leading the West: 100 Contemporary Painters and Sculptors. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through December 27: paintings by Simon Donovan; mixed-media figures by Elizabeth Frank; and contemporary steel mirrors and mixed-media jewelry by Thomas Mann. 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 December 11: drawings by Michael Contreras; paintings by Kay Emig; and three-dimensional collages by Diane Mansfield Colligan. 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.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Continuing through December 15 at 38 E. Congress St.: "Lost Glove" installation by Janet Bardwell. Continuing at the Tucson Arts District Partnership, 4 E. Congress St.: neo-primitive paintings by Elizabeth Elequin. Continuing at 45 N. Sixth Ave.: works by student artists from Carrillo Intermediate School. 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. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through January 24: Temporal Discord, psychological studies of contemporary life. The exhibit features works on paper by Daryl Childs, and works by eight glass artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. Continuing through January 22: monotypes printed on antique linen damask, tea towels and other textiles by Carolyn Zarr. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
THUNDERBIRD MUSEUM & GALLERY. 300 E. Broadway. 795-0086. Continuing through December 12: works by Navajo painter Glory Tacheenie-Campoy. Also continuing: works in silver and gold by Samuel Patania. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through January 4: Contemporary Southwest Images XII: The Stonewall Foundation Series, featuring works by Emmi Whitehorse. Continuing through January 11: the 22nd annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies exhibition. 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.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through January 27: bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin, from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection. 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 December 15: Tucson Connection, the University of Arizona's annual Alumni Exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Out Of Town
DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM. 21 N. Frontier St., Wickenburg. 1-520-684-2272. Continuing through December 7: The Western Academy of Women Artists third annual show and sale. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero, Tubac. 398-8014. Continuing through January 25: Cornucopia of Color and Form, featuring works by Diana Davis and Pat Marohn. There's a reception from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, December 6. Gallery hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
VIRGINIA HALL GALLERY. Tubac. 398-9234. Continuing through December 21: Paintings Informed by Buddhist Practice, 1997. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday; appointments are welcome. Call for gallery location and directions.
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, intergenerational collective of community based cultural workers aiming to demonstrate that the arts can be used to impact social issues. The brigade needs artists interested in working collaboratively. Current projects include street and wall murals, group exhibits and street puppets. All events are free and open to the public. For information on weekly events, providing donations of art supplies or commissioning the Arts Brigade for a project or program, call 791-9359; or email ArtBrigade@aol.com.
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.
ARTISTS SIGNING. The Pot Shop and Rodeo June Gallery. 16 Tubac Road, Tubac. 398-2898. Artists Grace Calterone, Mary Argueta and Michael Norton show their works and sign prints from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, December 6.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Central Arts Collective, an artist/member run gallery, is accepting applications for new membership. Applications may be picked up from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, downtown Saturday Night or Thursday night Art Walk, at 188 E. Broadway. Application deadline is December 15. Call 623-5883 for information.
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.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Central Arts Collective is accepting entries for my pet 2, a serio/comic/emotional/conceptual look at people's involvement with pets. This juried exhibition is open to all U.S. artists in all media. Deadline is February 1. For prospectus, send an SASE: "my pet 2," Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85701.
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.