ART Opening This Week ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Church of Tucson, 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Southern Arizona Scribes host a show of calligraphic art, World of Letters, through January 6. Opening reception is on Sunday, Decmeber 8 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and noon to 1 p.m., Sundays. FREQUENCY GALLERY. 316 E. Congress St. 808-9594. The Coup, paintings by Zabu Stewart and Eric Stone, continues through January 16. Opening reception is on Saturday, December 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. Gallery hours are 2 to 8 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday. JAMES RATLIFF GALLERY. 3067 N. Campbell Ave. Lightscapes features new work by Cary Henrie continuing through Decmeber 28. Opening reception is on Sunday, Decmeber 8 from 3 to 6 p.m. MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Phillips Church 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Ines Pastor-Leonard presents painted landscapes, still lifes and portrature in oil. Martha Phinney presents watercolors of natural settings. Show continues through January 2. Opening reception takes place on Sunday, December 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. Hours are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. PINK ADOBE GALLERY. La Plaza Shoppes. 6538 E. Tanque Verde. 298-5995. Outdoor metal sculpture features work of George Thomasson and Kurt Tallis through December 31. Reception takes place on Friday, December 6 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. Flood features multi-media installation by Jason Manley exploring the life of this old house through December 30. Opening reception is on Saturday, December 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. THE LIMELIGHT. 634 N. Fourth Ave. 623-3973. Cavalcade d'Art or The First "Clash" Show features mixed-media group show through January 11. Open house takes place on Sunday, December 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. Continuing BEAR'S PATH GALLERY. 8806 E. Tanque Verde Road. 760-1416. Human Beans features oil paintings by Patricia Murray and the You CAN Paint artists through January 4. Gallery hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon. CAMPUS CHRISTIAN CENTER ART GALLERY. 715 N. Park Ave. 623-7575. Forgotten Faces features portraits in acrylic on clayboard by Lee Beach through December 20. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. COLONIAL FRONTIERS DESIGN GALLERY. 244 S. Park Ave. 622-7400. Continues through February, 2003: 19th Century Spanish Colonial Style furniture and ceramics are featured. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759. Joanne Kerrihard shows allegorical paintings and Tim Murphy shows new paintings and silverpoints through December 14. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. As We See It features paintings by Tucson artists Bill Bland and Jerry Cohen through December 13. Hours are daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. Visual Delights is a group show featuring work in clay, wood, metal, glass, painting and jewelry through January 12. Gallery hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. DETAILS AND GREEN SHOELACES GALLERY. Plaza Palomino, 2990 N. Swan. Handmade ornaments by local, regional and national artists continue through December 31. Gallery hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. DINNERWARE CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Short Stories is the newest TAG Group exhibition where teams of artists complete a work on paper and pass it on to the next team to interpret and re-work. Artist Reception takes place on Saturday, December 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. Artist lecture by Julie Sasse takes place on Saturday, December 14 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Show continues through December 28. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. ETHERTON GALLERY DOWNTOWN. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. The Scenery of Distillation is a show of photographs by Rocky Schenk, Debbie Fleming Caffery and Sant Khalsa with works on paper by Annie Waters. The show continues through January 4. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday. G.A.S.P. GALLERY. Utterback Middle School 3233 S. Pinal Vista. 225-3500. Solutions features work by faculty and students of the Drawing Studio through December 11. GALLERY 299. 299 South Park Ave. 884-0932. The Collectors' Odyssey features work by Lawrence Lee through December 31. Gallery hours are daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. GALLERY FOUR TEN. 410 E. Ft. Lowell Road. 740-1947. Invitational Photography Exhibition features Mike Keller, Joe Rebholz and Rosanna Salonia continuing through December 28. La Trastienda (The Back Room) features holdiay art by David Gilmore, Lydia D'Amico, Jorge Vergeli, Richard Zelens and others. Hours are Wednesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. HAUSMAN GALLERY. Tucson Audubon Society. 300 E. University Blvd. Landscapes, wildlife and botanicals in a variety of media by 14 artists including Stephen Bell, Charles Van Meter, Lisa Walraven, Sylvia Garland and others through February 22. Gallery hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. HOTEL CONGRESS GALLERY. 311 E. Congress St. 624-5019. Retro-Angst features collages by Dorothy Nevitt through December 14. Gallery hours are ongoing. IRONWOOD GALLERY. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild presents a juried exhibition of paintings of the Sonoran Desert through January 12. JANE HAMILTON FINE ART. 1825 E. River Road, Suite 111. 529-4886. Continues through December 31: The Last Show of the Year features Jack Eggman's copper-inspired works on paper and Trisha Steiner's landscapes. Gallery hous are Monday to Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Tucson artists Teck Hai George Goh and Linda Goh present Chinese brush painting and watercolors through December 23. L'ART POUR L'ART GALLERIA. 7029 N. Oracle Road. 544-8535. Specializing in European and American Neoclassical and Realist masterpieces. Original paintings from European masters are combined with American sculptures. Gallery hours are Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. LYNN RAE LOWE STUDIO AND GALLERY. 4201 N. Campbell Ave. 299-7900. Metal artists are featured at the gallery and production studio outlet including jewelry, judaica, furniture and more. Hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Show is ongoing. MEDICINE MAN GALLERY. 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-7798. Ed Mell presents Desert Flora, new works through the end of December. METROFORM LIMITED. 27 N. Stone Ave. 882-6606. Northern Light features Alaska photographs by J. Keith Schreiber through December 28. Artist reception is on Saturday, December 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. Hours are Tuesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. MUSE. 516 N. Fifth Ave. 903-0918. Drawings, watercolors and paintings of Tucson artist Susan French continues through January 10. Gallery hours are weekdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PCC ART GALLERY. PCC West Campus. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Louis Carlos Bernal: Barrios, curated by Ann Simmons-Myers, continues through December 20. PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY. St. Philip's Plaza, 4280 N. Campbell. 884-7404. Inspirations: 37 Years features the work of founding member of the studio glass movement, Fritz Dreisbach. Continues through January 4. Hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. PRIMITIVE ARTS GALLERY. 3026 E. Broadway Blvd. 326-4852. Ongoing show features Buddhist marble sculpture from Southeast Asia featuring Huichol bead art. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ROSEQUIST GALLERIES. 3001 E. Skyline Dr., #109. 577-7551. Group show features work by David Schwindt, Beth Ray, Michael Ewing and others through January 31. On Saturday, December 14 and January 25, from 1 to 4 p.m., Schwindt and Ray offer oil painting demonstrations. Call for hours. SAGUARO ARTISANS GALLERY. 215 N. Court Ave. 792-3466. Southwest Christmas tree ornaments and holiday home decor are featured through December 31. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. TEMPLE GALLERY. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Painted Prose features allegorical paintings by Paula Wittner through January 15. Hours are Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and prior to ATC performances. THE DRAWING STUDIO. 214 N. Fourth Ave. 620-0947. Small Wonders features mixed media work by members. Closing reception on Saturday, January 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. TOHONO CHUL EXHIBIT HALL. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Textiles Speak! Tales of Color and Design from Mexico and Guatemala features huipiles, bags, belts, shawls and accessories from the Castaneda Museum of Ethnic Costume of Tucson continuing through January 12. Nuestra Comida (Our Food): Maya Photographers from Chiaps opens December 11 and continues through February 3. Gallery hours are weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. VANIER GALLERIES. 7131 N. Oracle Road. 797-4224. Peace is a group show with hopes for tranquility, calm and peace including James Cook, DeAnn Melton, Hunt Slonem and others' work in steel, bronze, granite, glass, paintings and more. Continues through February 1. Hours are Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays/Saturdays until 8 p.m. WOMANKRAFT. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Paintings, photography and sculpture by Tucson artists are featured through December 21. The Holiday Bazaar takes place on December 7, 7 to 10 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. XPOSURE ART GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 870-0823. Holiday Happening features ornaments and gifts through January 4. Hours are Thursday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. with Potter's Wheel demonstrations between 6 and 8 p.m. Last Chance HAZMAT GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 624-5019. Video projection exhibits feature Miltos Manetas' Jesus Swimming, Vikki Dempsey's Somewhere in Between and Daniel Peltz' Texxture continuing through December 7. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Phillips Church 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Impressionistic landscapes and still lifes in oil by Jane Barton and acrylic abstracts on clay board by Lee Beach are featured through December 5. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Out of Town OTERO GALLERY. 5 Hesslebarth Lane. Tubac. (520) 398-8014. Invitational 2002 Fall Show features mixed media work by a variety of gallery members through January 26. Gallery hours are daily, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Announcements ART TALKS. Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. December 5: Christmas in Art with Corinne Milton. December 12: The Madonna: Artists' Favorite Woman with Sr. Sheila Mortonson. Free. CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson Airport Authority is seeking artwork that expresses the power, inspiration, human creativity and innovation of flight. Artwork will be displayed in The Gallery and in other locations at the airport. Send an artist's statement and resume, SASE and no more than 10 slides of work (no originals) to the Tucson Airport Authority Information Department, 7005 S. Plumer Ave., Tucson, AZ 85706 by December 31. Call 573-8100 for more information. CERAMIC ART AND POTTERY SALE. The Ceramics Studio. UA campus, 1200 N. Mountain Ave. 621-3136. On Thursday and Friday, December 12-13 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Graduate Ceramics Alliance and the ASUA Art/Clayworks Club present work for sale. Free admission. EXCLUSIVE TOUCH SALON. 6009 E. 22nd St. 745-0932. Ongoing show: The Reingold Collection features acrylic paintings by feminist artist Estelle Reingold, a native of South Africa living in Jerusalem. Show continues indefinitely with new pieces arriving periodically. Salon hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 to 5. HOLIDAY FOR THE PARK. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Ornament exhibit runs through December 9 and culminates in a fundraiser auction celebrating the park's 10th anniversary. Four wood/clay artists (Mary Bohan, Judy Todd Dewitt, Dewey Dewitt, Marcy Wrenn) have donated their work. Phone bidding can be done Mondays through Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m. HOLIDAY STUDIO SALE. Philabaum Glass Gallery Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 299-1939. Annual sale and glassbolowing demonstrations take place on Saturday and Sunday, December 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. INTERNS WANTED. Hazmat Gallery. 191 E. Toole Ave. 624-5019. Sophmores, Juniors and Seniors can earn up to five credits per semester learning the details of the gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art. No experience necessary. Call 624-5019 for details. MEMBERSHIP AND CONSIGNMENT ARTISTS. Desert Artisans' Gallery. Applications are being accepted at the gallery. Call for details (722-4412). NEW GALLERY OPENS. Visions Gallery. Sixth Avenue between Congress and Broadway. 360-5543. Two exhibits open the gallery in November: Private collection of Israeli prints created by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem; Photographs from 1927 taken by an avant-garde German photographer who traveled through Palestine. Open daily. PHANTOM GALLERY EXHIBIT. Zoe Hale presents colorful oil paintings at the Tucson Arts District offices (in the Bank One building at Stone and Congress) through the end of December. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call 624-9977 for details. SOUTHWESTERN LEAGUE OF FINE ARTS. Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church. 5360 E. Pima St. Meetings take place the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. to discuss art or to give demonstrations. Call 881-4091 for information. THURSDAY NIGHT ART WALK. Tucson Arts District Partnership. P.O. Box 3009. 624-9977. December 5: Architecture ArtWalk meets at Hotel Congress (311 E. Congress St.) and features tours of the historic Hotel Congress, Bank One Building and Arizona Historical Society. On December 12: Congress Street Route meets at Hotel Congress Lobby for a reception and then guided tour of seven galleries. Free. TUCSON/PIMA ARTS COUNCIL MOVES. Open house celebration takes place on Friday, December 6 from 3 to 5 p.m.