Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (June 18

ART
Continuing
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Student Union, north side of the mall, east of Old Main. 621-5123. Continuing through August 5: Paintings, by Anthony Pessler. Gallery hours are
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
Listings ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM. 2201 N. Kinney Road. 883-3077. Continuing through August 26: The Calendar Series: A Landscape Diary, paintings by John A. Louder. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
BAHTI INDIAN ARTS. St. Philip's Plaza. Continuing through June 30: works by Elizabeth Abeyta, Gordon Van Wert and Jack Tobaahe Gene. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. UA Fine Arts Complex. South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7968. On display in the CCP library through June 30: memorabilia of Senator Barry Goldwater, including letters, photographs and ephemera from the UA Library's Special Collections. Library hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through June 28: Mimesis 4, a group exhibition of prints. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, during Thursday evening Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Nights.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through July 11: Tucson Collection '98, the sixth small-works invitational featuring art by 45 Tucson artists. 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 August 16: Creative Impulses. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Continuing through July 15: The Arizona Tribes: Vintage Photographs and Native Crafts, a regional exhibition of collected photographs and native crafts from 1870 to
1930. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway. 327-7879. Continuing: hand-blown glassware by Phil Kindler and Marsha Jacquay; watercolors and prints by Jean Beck; industrial/deco metal furnishings by Damion Velasquez; and silver jewelry by Stephanie Boardly. Gallery hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave.
624-6878. Continuing through June 28: a solo exhibition by painter Ezequiel Esparza. 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 Fine Arts Complex. South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through August 12: Sculptors '98. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Saturdays.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. UA Joseph Gross Gallery Building. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through August 14: works by Kristin Decker, M. Kathryn Hoover and Zoë Schreiber. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
MERCADO GALLERY. 6328 E. Broadway. 298-1812. Continuing through June 27: watercolors and caricatures of Del Sutton. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave.
577-3598. Continuing through August 29: Summer 1998 Exhibition, featuring handcrafted furniture, accessories and sculpture for indoor and outdoor living. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through
June 27: Sonoran Visions, paintings by Victor W.W. Stevens. 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.
PHANTOM GALLERY. The following installations are sponsored by the Tucson Arts District Partnership: sculptural objects by Peter Korbel, 221 N. Court Ave.; pastel drawings by Deezie Manning-Catron, 4 E. Congress St.; abstract canvases by Mike Stack, 110 S. Church Ave.; and acrylic paintings by Robert Barber and Jenny Kilb,
260 S. Church Ave. 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; and The Thinkers, by Eleanor Kohloss, Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street; Building Community Mural, by multi-age classes from Miles Exploratory Learning Center City Annex Building. Ned Egan's Blue Steel Bouquet, the first in the Phantom Sculpture Spring Series, is next to the Julian Drew building on Broadway between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The newest additions to the Phantom Sculpture Series are three sculptural pieces by Stephen G. Derks, in front of the Bank of America Plaza at 33 N. Stone Ave. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through August 15: Esprit de Corps, featuring new works by Tucson glass artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St.
623-2828. Continuing through June 28: Classy Creations, a collection of works by Pink Adobe Art workshop students. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to
7:30 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. Continuing through August 13: Variations on a Theme, recent paintings by Grace Ramirez Ciotti. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through July 16: Creative Visions I: Art Work by School Children of the Catalina Foothills District. Continuing through June 21: ReVisions: Art From Recycled Materials, a multi-artist, found-object art exhibit. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2. Call 742-6455 daily events schedule.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through July 3: Raices Nuevas: Spaces Revisited, a group exhibition. 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 June 21: Directions: Point of Fracture, an installation by Amy Zuckerman combining photographs and tape recordings of the families of murder victims. Continuing through August 2: El Alma del Pueblo: Spanish Folk Art and its Transformation in the Americas, a folk-art exhibition of more than 300 objects depicting the enduring Spanish influence on Latino communities in the Americas. See "Special Events" for information on this Wednesday's San Juan's Day celebration in the plaza. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and students, and free for children under age 12. Admission is free for all on Tuesdays. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, and closed Mondays.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through August 9: Immersions, paintings by David Andres and photographs by Ann Simmons-Myers. Summer gallery hours are 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
UNION GALLERY. UA Student Union, first floor.
621-5123. Continuing through August 17: Specimens/Artifacts, work by Mary Bates. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Last Chance
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St.
792-4503. Continuing through June 20: paintings and drawings by Gary Swimmer, William Blomquist and Michael Chittock. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
Out of Town
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero. Tubac, Arizona. (520) 398-8014. Continuing through September 28: Long, Hot Summer Art Show, a collection of works by 25 of the gallery's artists and craftsmen. Summer gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
Announcements
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Upstairs Film is currently accepting submissions for the new short film screening series, Mixed-Media Mondays, at the Club Congress. Acceptable formats are 8mm, 16mm and VHS tape. Films should be 40 minutes or less, and independently produced. Send submissions to: Upstairs Film, P.O. Box 43098, Tucson, AZ 85733. Include SASE if you want materials returned. Call 622-1751 for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Desert Botanical Gardens announces a call for entries for the third annual Art In Bloom exhibit. Participating artists are required to submit for-sale works inspired by the Southwest desert environment, valued from $25 to $2,000, as well as one work valued at $125 for the silent auction. Call Jim Sudal
(602) 754-8104 for applications. Deadline for entries is July 1.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Encroachment: Nowhere to Hide, a national juried exhibition inspired by urban sprawl in the Sonoran Desert, seeks entries in all media from artists 18 and older. Application fee for up to three slides is $20, not $25 as previously published. Deadline for entries is July 20. Send SASE to: Encroachment, Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85701.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. T/PAC Community Gallery is accepting entries for the upcoming exhibition Rural Artists of Pima County, held at the T/PAC Community Gallery, 240 N. Stone Ave. Artists must be 18 years or older and reside outside of the Tucson city limits, but within Pima County. Submissions deadline is July 31. Call Maryjane Dorofachuk 624-0595, ext. 19, for applications and information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Large and small bodies of representational work in oils, acrylic and watercolor are being accepted for a new space in the Manning House, for exhibition in 1998-'99. Send slides or photographs with size, medium and production date to: Elizabeth Cherry, c/o The Manning House, 450 W. Paseo Redondo, Tucson, AZ 85701. Deadline for submissions is June 27. Call 903-0577 for information.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. La Phoeniquiera, an annual juried exhibit celebrating the diversity of Arizona artists, seeks submissions for an exhibit July 10 through 31 at the MARS Artspace, 126 S. Central, in Phoenix. Resident Arizona artists over 18 years of age may submit entries of original design in any media. Call (602) 253-3541 for details and a copy of the prospectus, or visit the website www.mars-artspace.org/.
CALL FOR ARTISTS. San Vincente Artists of Silver City, NM, is soliciting submissions of original arts and crafts for the Sixth Annual Art Fair, held September 5. Application deadline is July 1. Contact San Vincente Artists of Silver City, P.O. Box 1911, Silver City, NM 88062; or call Diana (505) 388-5725, or John (505) 388-4309, for an application or information.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE. The International Arts Center is accepting applications for Artists-In-Residence from all disciplines, beginning in fall 1998. Applications are available between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the center, 516 N. Fifth Ave. Call 903-0918 for information.
ARTS BRIGADE. Calling community and neighborhood artists: Want to have some fun and help your community? The Tucson Arts Brigade is a multi-cultural, inter-generational collective of community-based cultural workers. For participation information, weekly events, donations of art supplies, or to commission the Arts Brigade for a project or program, call 791-9359; or email ArtBrigade@aol.com.
ART LECTURE. UA Center for Creative Photography. Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Leslie Ann Esperson presents a free gallery talk, The Conservation of the Mission Church at San Xavier at del Bac, at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 23. Call 621-7968 for 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.
SUMMER WORKSHOP SERIES. Pink Adobe Gallery. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. Pink Adobe owner Jean Thomasson announces a series of summer art workshops at the gallery, including furniture and glass painting, ceramic sculpture, drawing faces, doll making and wheel-thrown pottery. Fees vary. Call 298-5995 for specific information on dates, times and costs of individual workshops.
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.