ART

Opening This Week

CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass at Speedway Boulevard and Park Avenue. 621-7968. Opening with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 23 and continuing through September 17: Our Quarter Century: The University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography Turns 25 and Into Our Prime: Acquistions Since 1996. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

DINNERWARE CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through July 15: 15th Biennial Invitational Exhibition. There is a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 24. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday during Artwalk, and 7 to 9 p.m. during Downtown Saturday Night. A donation is suggested.

ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 441 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. www.cherry-art.com. Opening with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 23, and continuing through July 29: Alix Lambert: Platipussy. Summer hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and by appointment.

SAGUARO ARTISANS GALLERY. 215 N. Court Ave. Opening June 22 and continuing through July 27: hand-knitted children's apparel by Celia Rustrian and hand-painted porcelain pieces by Mary Grut. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 792-3466 for information.

SALON Q. Café Quebec. 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 798-3552. Opening June 22 and continuing through August 19: Summer Images, photographs of Japan by James Luckett and digital abstracts by Diane Cunningham. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.

Continuing

ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Memorial Student Union. 621-6142. Continuing through August 5: Prodigal Son. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM. UA campus, University Boulevard east of Park Avenue. 621-6302. Continuing through August 14: Shamanism, Magic and the Busy Spider, a sculptural display by the Abenaki husband-and-wife team of Gerard Rancourt Tsonakwa and Yalaikia Sciolé. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

ARTE SPAZIO GALLERY. 5101 N. Oracle Road. 888-8788. Continuing through July 15: Sylvia Garland: Works on Paper, a self-defined style of "botanical expressionism." Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday.

AUSI GALLERY. 6060 N. Oracle Road. Continuing through August 5: State of the Art--Art of the State, featuring 23 emerging contemporary glass artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

GALLERY AT CIVANO. 10501 E. Seven Generations Way. 731-9166. Continuing through June 30: Victoria Tchetchet: Works from Her Collection, an exhibit of oils on canvas. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

GALLERY FOUR TEN. 410 E. Ft. Lowell Road. 740-1947. Continuing through July 1: A Floating Group Show. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment.

GOCAIA. 302 E. Congress St. 623-4588. Continuing through July 22: Native Visions, featuring artists Barbara Ornales, Joe Baker, Melanie Yazzie, Kay Walkingstick, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Harrison Preston, Jackie Stevens, Wendy Weston, Pahponee, Yolanda Hart-Stevens, Terrol Dew Johnson, Faith Ramon, Rick Manuel, Griselda Saufkie, Lisa Telford, Dorthea Sunn, Theresa Hoffman, Brent Learned and Sadie Marks. Gallery hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

HAZMAT GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 624-5019. Continuing through July 7: Mimesis 6, the University of Arizona's annual printmakers' exhibit. Gallery hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and by appointment.

IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway Blvd. 327-7879. Ongoing: serigraphs by Marilyse Goulet; 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 campus, southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. 626-4215. Continuing through August 10: Earth Paintings, recent work by German artist Ulrike Arnold. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. UA campus, southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. 621-4215. Continuing through August 10: living-arrangement paintings, sculpture and mixed media by Peggy Hanson, Angie Piehl and Mark Cowardin. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

NEW DIMENSIONS GALLERY. 3067 N. Campbell Ave. Continuing through July 30: Summer Dimentia, featuring copper art by Kathleen Matsinger; Earth mother clay works by Tim and Pam Ballingham; earthenware by Janet Haefner; pottery by Andy Iventosh; acrylics by Kathleen Stoll; pastels by Jet Shepard; silks and acrylics by Judy Bateman; oils by Guadelupe de la Torre; and watercolors by Armando Mantano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.

OUROBOROS STONE ART GALLERY. 101 W. Sixth St. 622-3699. www.ouroborosgallery.com. Continuing: sculptural stone art by Ed Davenport. Gallery hours are by appointment only.

PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through August 26: Imagery, representations of the human form in glass using flame-working, constructions, casting, fusing and reverse painting. Artists on display are Shane Fero, Stephen Hofberger, Fred diFrenzi Maurer, Janet Miller, Karen Naylor and Vincent Leon Olmsted. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

PRIMITIVE ARTS GALLERY. 3026 E. Broadway Blvd. 326-4852. Ongoing: Late Classic Mayan Pottery, examples of polychrome, carved and incised ware. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment.

RAICES TALLER 222. 222 E. Sixth St. 792-9619. Continuing through July 22: Musings: A Group Exhibition, musically inspired visual art. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Memorial Student Union. 621-6142. Continuing through August 10: Multiplicities, recent graphics by UA Art Department printmakers Maria Lee, Lora Alaniz and Tracy Featherstone. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

SAGUARO ARTISANS GALLERY. 215 N. Court Ave. Continuing through June 29: handpainted glassware by Gail Kushner; and Southwestern sandstone coasters and clocks by Steve Swan. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 792-3466 for information.

STILLWELL-TWIGGS HOUSE. 134 S. Fifth Ave. 623-6060. Continuing: new work by Chandra Lear. Gallery hours are by appointment.

STUDIO 113. 113 E. Broadway Blvd. 623-5167. Ongoing: this working studio gallery features sculpture, drawings and paintings by Susan Kay Johnson-Hanon. Call for an appointment, or knock between 12:30 and 10:30 p.m. daily. Also open during Downtown Saturday Nights. Call 623-5167 for information.

STUDIO 220. 220 E. Congress St. 628-1433. Ongoing: work by Don Swenson, William Skiles, Lisa Krikawas, Jerry Flanary and Lisa Stotska. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Also open Downtown Saturday Nights.

TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through July 23: Saguaro: Popular Image and Cultural Icon. Admission is $4, $2 for members. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through July 10: Thirteen Varieties, work by 13 artists: Dott Beeson, Roger Ermili, Ann Gillingham, Carole Green, Bob Hessemer, Alyce Jones, Marvin Metzger, Don Mosbarger, Ann Nicoll, Ann Over, Betty Plank, Marge Schuler and Betty Udell. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 792-9985. Ongoing: Middle School Mix, a collection of two- and three-dimensional art from seven of Tucson's middle schools. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA campus. Southeast corner of Speedway Boulevard and Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through July 23: The Tsagaris/Hilberry Collection: A Sustaining Passion, a display of 52 contemporary works. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

WATERCOLOR GALLERY. 110 E. Sixth St. 622-1056. Continuing through July 15: Plein Air Watercolor Show. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Last Chance

OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through June 24: Style and Structure, lamps by David d'Imperio and Toni Sodersten; metal sculpture and furniture by Boris Bally, Jula Benites Arriola, Jon Hubbard, Michael McClatchey, Daniel Lehman and Daniel Ptasnik; mixed media/mosaic sculpture and furniture by Jim Rusk and Karl Vidstrand; wood/mixed media furniture by Ed Fickbohm, Jim Breining, Tim Mossman and Hank Tusinski; wood sculpture by Michael Bauermeister; clay furniture by Joy Fox; and clay vessels by Toni Sodersten, Peter Chartrand and Joseph Teller. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 629-0994. Continuing through June 25: Placebo, a docuperformance installation by Khole Crawford. Open during Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment.

Out Of Town

THE BACK ROOM GALLERY. 74 Main St., Bisbee. 1-520-432-7019. Ongoing: The Hatha Yoga Series, photography by Larry Elkins.

OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero, Tubac. 1-520-398-8014. Continuing through September 23: Summer Heat, Cool Art, a gallery artist collection of watercolors, oil paintings, prints, sculptures, collages, drawings and handbound art books. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.

Announcements

CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council seeks artist submissions for five Pima County Transportation projects. Proposals are due June 26 at T/PAC, 240 N. Stone Ave. Call Mark Flickinger at 624-0595, ext. 16, for information and application instructions.

CALL TO ARTISTS. The International Arts Center is accepting submissions for spring and summer shows. The Center is also looking for two-dimensional works depicting Tucson scenes and landmarks. Send an artist statement, at least six slides, résumé and a proposal or intention of exhibit with SASE to: International Arts Center, Attention Paul Schock or Sandra Raymond, 516 N. Fifth Ave., Tucson, 85705. Call 903-0919 for information.

CALL TO ARTISTS. Framed to Perfection is accepting submissions of original work on paper or canvas. Artists may submit three to five slides or prints with a bio and SASE to: Tom Fetter, c/o The Poster Warehouse, 3601 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85716. No phone calls please.


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