Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (January 29

ART
Opening This Week
Listings CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Opening February 3 and continuing through February 28: Members' annual exhibit featuring new works in various media by Jo Andersen, Scott Baglione, Scott Baker, Mary Bates, Moira Geoffrion, Gail Hewlett, Joan Marum, Ron Mayo, Melinda Morey, Mark Seely, Ted Springer and Amanda Yopp. There is an artists' reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, February 7. Continuing through January 31: Hidden Portraits and Fractured Lives, works by Scott Baglione; artistic furniture and lights by Scott Baker; and desert botanicals in watercolor by Renee Koehler. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and during Thursday evening Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Night.
DE GRAZIA GALLERY. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9192. Opening January 29 and continuing through February 6: Artistry In Wood, featuring works by Nick Accordino, Richard Brown, Loren Cannaday, John Dittmar, George Suderman, Neil Everingham, Ward Herrmann, Rodney Mauck and Douglas Raine. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Opening January 29 and continuing through March 28: paintings by Nancy Tokar Miller; and glass art by Preston Singletary and Benjamin Moore. Singletary will discuss his work at 7 p.m. Friday, February 6. An artists' reception gathers from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, February 7. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 298-0586. Opening with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, February 1, and continuing through February 26: watercolors by Marilyn DuVal and oil still lifes and landscapes by Carol Cowan. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Opening with a reception from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, January 31, and continuing through February 27: Romancing Arizona, an exhibit of combined water-media and collage works by Perdita Andrews. 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.
RANCHO LINDA VISTA GALLERY. 1955 W. Linda Vista Road, Oracle. 1-520-896-9201. Opening with a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, February 1, and continuing through February 28: Five of a Kind, paintings by Virginia Ames, Katherine Giovanelli, John Jefferies, Barbara Kennedy and Theodora McMillan. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, or by appointment. Call for gallery directions.
ROSENQUIST GALLERIES. 1615 E. Fort Lowell Road. 327-5729. Opening with a reception from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, January 31, and continuing through February 17: new oil paintings by Phyllis Meyer and Martha Saudek. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. Opening with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 29, and continuing through March 26: Living On Rocky Ground: Views of the Sonoran Desert, paintings by Trish Wann. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
Continuing
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through February 28: Big Photo Works, a group exhibition of quilted, collaged, computer generated and other permutations of photography by Barry Baldridge, David Elliott, Leslie Epperson, Sharon Holnback, Patricia Katchur, Bill McIntire, Manuel Mirandsa, Robert Renfrow and Rob Sidur. There is an artists' reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, January 31. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through March 12: Sleep In, recent paintings by Eddie Shea. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through February 28: Arizona Photographs, by John Craig. Connecticut artist Craig depicts the edge between Dinetah (Navajo homeland) and suburbia with large prints and sewn-Polaroid constructions. Gallery hours are 2:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 2:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, and noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Continuing through February 1: Todd Walker: 80. This exhibit celebrates Walker's 80th year. Continuing through March 1: Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View. Also continuing through March 1: Facing Death: Portraits from Cambodia's Killing Fields. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through February 14: Mini Blockbuster, paintings by James Davis and Bruce McGrew, and sculpture by Joy Fox. 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 March 1: Small Brushes--Big Dreams. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. 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, and features 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.
G.A.S.P. GALLERY. 3233 S. Pinal Vista, Utterback Middle School. 617-6100. Continuing through February 6: Visions From the Land of the Morning Calm: Korea, black-and-white photographs by seven Korean photographers. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. G.A.S.P. (Great Art by Students and Professionals) Gallery is a student-run gallery.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. Continuing through February 12: oil paintings by Nancy Kearney. Gallery hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through February 14: New Works by Larry Yanez. 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.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through February 19: Hind Sight, an exhibition of contemporary paintings and sculpture influenced by eras in art history. Featured artists are Julie Heffernan, Kevin Irvin, Kathleen Jesse, Leslie Lerner, Jacquelyn McBain, Christopher Pelley and Paula Wittner. 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 February 6: Offclassic, oil paintings by Meredith Milstead and color photography by Harumi Ouchi. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
PCC ART GALLERY. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Continuing through February 16: bronze sculptures by Julia Andres; paintings from Cynthia Miller's Domestic series; and abstract oil paintings by Rudolph Nadler. 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 at the Tucson Arts District Partnership, 4 E. Congress St.: paintings by Jennifer Sullivan Carney; and painted wood sculptures and Prismacolor drawings by Joan Sullivan Marum. Continuing at 45 N. Sixth Ave.: Aloha Shirts, a project by students at Flowing Wells Junior High School. Continuing at 221 N. Court Ave.: watercolors by Palmer Butler. Continuing at 110 S. Church Ave.: whimsical enamel-on-glass paintings by Janet Miller. 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 Ave. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY EAST. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through February 14: Hearts of Clay, The Southern Arizona Clay Artists Annual Exhibition. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through February 21: All Bite and No Bark, recent paintings and prints by George E. Huffman. Continuing through January 30: narrative works based on a Blake poem by the Thursday Art Group. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, until 7 p.m. during Thursday Night Art Walk, Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through February 25: Cowbizm and the Legend of Zeke and Glen, a story told through cubist-influenced paintings by Vytas Sakalas. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances. Call 624-7370 for information.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through February 27: Cause, an exhibition and silent auction featuring works by the local artists of the Toole Shed Studios. There is an artists' reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, January 29. Toole Shed Studios is an outgrowth of the Tucson Arts Coalition, and is a non-profit organization offering studio space for artists and craftsmen in the Arts District. Proceeds from the silent auction will benefit the studios. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through March 31 at Casa Cordova: Maria Luisa Tena's El Nacimiento, elaborate and varied scenes of the nativity. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 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 April 1: Robert Wick: Campus Outdoor Sculptures. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor. 621-5123. Continuing thorough February 26: paintings by Paula Wittner. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Last Chance
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. Saturday.
ARTERY FINE ART GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Continuing through January 31: The Warmth of the Desert, featuring works in all media. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through January 31: a new series of oils and egg temperas by painter Betina Fink. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
THE GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 323-6791. Continuing through January 31: works by the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
GOOFY GALLERY. 2639 E. Broadway. 320-1488. Continuing through February 1: works by Desert View High School Students. 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.
JM MODERN. 1406 E. Grant Road. 903-0434. Continuing through January 31: monotypes on handmade paper and acrylic paintings by Jerome Gadbois. Gallery hours are by appointment.
KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 615-8625. Continuing through January 31: Western Reflections, works by artist and sculptor Kenneth E. Crook. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
MARATHON-MILAGRO GALLERY. Plaza Palomino. 2920 N. Swan Road. 323-1138. Continuing through January 30: works by Gary Holland, Robert Gilormo, Sylvia Garland and Jos Villabrille. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through January 31: desert-inspired clay vessels and wall pieces by Thomas Kerrigan; abstract tapestries in bold colors by Amy Weber; contemporary silver-and-black patina jewelry by Eduardo Rubio Arzate. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through January 31: functional ceramic vessels by Jack Charney; silver and glass jewelry by Liza Solomon; and Oriental porcelain dinnerware by Jerry Pollari. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, and 7 to 10 p.m. on Downtown Saturday Nights.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. 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, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
VENTURE FINE ARTS. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-2258. Continuing through January 31: San Xavier, Horses and Cowboys, featuring oils, acrylics and watercolors by Dan Young, Anna Slonim, Joseph Hasek and Michael Norton. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and by appointment.
Out Of Town
55 MAIN GALLERY. Bisbee. 432-4694. Continuing through January 31: From Realism to Abstraction and Back Again, new paintings by James Ru. Call for gallery hours.
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero, Tubac. 398-8014. Continuing through March 29: Winter Members' show and Festival. The exhibit features works in all major mediums by the 26 artist-members. There will be festival activities and painting demonstrations on the patio February 5 through 8. Gallery hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
TOOTH FAIRY FUND. 55 Main Gallery, Bisbee. The Tooth Fairy Fund, a non-profit group to help low-income folks afford dental care, is having a benefit reception and concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, January 31. Higher Choir and La Luna Tunes will perform. A silent auction of donated art works will run concurrent with the performance. Admission is $3. Call 1-520-432-3526, or 1-520-432-7103, for information.
TUBAC CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 9 Plaza Road, Tubac. 398-2371. Continuing through January 30: Fifth Members Gallery Exhibit, featuring woodworking by Phil Patterson; black-and-white photography by George Marcek; watercolors by Fiona Lovelock; acrylic and monoprints by Mary Langston; watercolor, ink pastel and acrylics by Hazel Dixon. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Announcements
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Center Arts Gallery at the UA Campus Christian Center seeks art in all media for wall display during the 1998-'99 season. Interested artists should send 10 35mm slides representative of their work, slide list and résumé to: The Campus Christian Center, 715 N. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719. Submission deadline is April 15.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Desert Artisans' Cooperative Gallery is accepting applicantions for membership. All two- and three-dimensional work will be considered, with immediate openings for artists creating three-dimensional works. To receive a prospectus, send SASE to: Membership Committee, Desert Artisans' Gallery, 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson, AZ 85715. Submission deadline is February 11. Call 722-4412 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Murphey Gallery Committee is accepting submissions for the 1998-'99 exhibition season. Send five representative slides with a legal-sized SASE to: The Art Gallery Committee, St. Philip's in the Hills Parish, P.O. Box 65840, Tucson, AZ 85728. Submission deadline is February 1. Call Phyllis Wenger at 299-1091 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The PCC West Campus Art Gallery seeks artists working in all media for the 1998-'99 school year. Interested artists should send 10 35mm slides representative of work to be shown, slide list, résumé and SASE to: Linda Rosenfield, Gallery Coordinator, Arts Division, Pima Community College, 2202 W. Anklam Road, Tucson, AZ 85709-0001. Submission deadline is February 14.
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 U.S. artists in all media. Deadline is February 1. For prospectus, send SASE to: "my pet 2," Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85701.
CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP. The Group for Photographic Intentions is accepting applications for membership from Tucson area artists. GPI is a non-profit artists' organization which provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and information about contemporary photographic concerns. For an application, send SASE to: GPI, P.O. Box 1691, Tucson, AZ 85702. Application deadline is March 31. Call 578-3058 for informaiton.
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.
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.