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Opening This Week

Listings 191 GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 628-7881. Opening November 15: A State of Mind, a group exhibition featuring the works of Vicki Bynum, Cassie C. Davis, Julie Brunner, Sarah Hamilton and John Poole. The gallery will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, November 15, for the Open Studio Tour; and an artists' reception follows from 6 to 10 p.m. Gallery hours are by appointment.

ACCESS TUCSON GALLERY. 124 E. Broadway. 624-9833. Opening November 13 and 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.

ARTIST OF THE MONTH GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. Opening with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, November 14, and continuing through December 5: Where East Meets West, paintings and drawings by George and Linda Goh. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

ETHERTON GALLERY. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Opening with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, November 15, and 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.

HOTEL CONGRESS LOBBY. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. Opening November 13 and continuing through December 14, new paintings and monotypes by Joe Forkan with a reception from 7 to 8 p.m. on Friday, November 14. Gallery is open 24 hours.

LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. Gross Gallery Building. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Opening with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 19, and 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.

PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Opening with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 15, and 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.

RED GALLERY. 1139 E. Sixth St. 628-9921. Opening November 13 and continuing through November 28: multi-media sculpture by R. William Winkler and paintings and monotypes by M. Nolan Winkler. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.

ROSENQUIST GALLERIES. 1615 E. Fort Lowell Road. 327-5729. Opening November 14 and continuing through November 30: A Marketplace of This 'N' That, featuring watercolors, oils, sculpture, graphics and prints. There's an opening reception from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, November 14 and 15. Call for regular gallery hours.

UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA Fine Arts Complex, pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 621-7567. Opening November 19 and continuing through January 27: 62 bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection. There's a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, November 23. 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. Opening with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, November 13, and 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.

Continuing

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. 101 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 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and from 3 to 11 p.m. 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.

ARTERY FINE ART GALLERY. 2843 N. Campbell Ave. 327-6094. Continuing through November 30: Desert Images, featuring fine art in all media by more than 40 local artists of the Southwestern League of Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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 noon to 2:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 2:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday and from noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 East Broadway. 623-5883. Continuing through November 29: drawings and sculpture by Moira Geoffrion; monoprints and paintings by Melinda Morey; and paintings and watercolor sketches by Charles Rosenthal. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

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. There is an artists' reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, November 16. 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 November 22: large scale mixed-media portrait paintings by Michael Chittock. 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) Gallery is a student-run gallery.

JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through November 29: Galvez Gallery's fourth annual Día de los Muertos group exhibit. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Downtown Saturday Nights and by appointment.

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.

KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS GALLERY. Unitarian Universalist Church. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 742-3815. Continuing through November 30: Alien Ancestors...Gods, Goddesses and Powerful Beings from Elsewhere. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon Sunday and by appointment.

MR. LULU'S. 110 E. Congress St. 882-9265. Continuing through November 27: The Living Room Boys, a series of photographs created from manipulated Polaroids by Miro Gudelsky. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Sunday; from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday; from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday; and by appointment.

LAS MAÑANITAS GALLERY. 1070 E. Miles St. 388-9911. Continuing through November 22: designs in stained glass by Peter Franken. Gallery hours are by appointment.

MELIORA GALLERY. 178 E. Broadway. 792-9544. Continuing through November 30: For The Love of Drawing, architectural works by Doug MacNeil. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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. There is an artists' reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, November 22. 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 November 28: Paper Poetry, an exhibit of works by fiber artist Betsy Farmer. 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.

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 2 at 221 S. Church Ave.: marble, alabaster and limestone sculptures by Ed Davenport. Continuing through December 2 at 221 N. Court Ave.: oils and alkyds by Mary Theresa Dietz. 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.

PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through November 30: silver, gold and gemstone jewelry by Tara Kemp; ceramic dog bowls and birdhouses by Janine Bennette; and photography by Jim Nilson. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.

PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through November 30: handcrafted wood sushi trays and chopsticks by Roger Combs; functional pottery by Mike Howard; and silver, gold and gemstone jewelry by Elizabeth Rodgers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through November 22: new paintings and monoprints by Joe Forkan. Also continuing through November 22: Raw Light, an exhibition of miniature works by the group T.A.G., in the Raw windows. 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.

ST. GREGORY ART GALLERY. 3231 N. Craycroft Road. Continuing through November 29: works by watercolor artist Sue Stevens. There is an artist's reception from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, November 14. Call Barbara Rosenberg at 749-1162 for information.

TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through November 26: photographs by Judith Golden. 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. Continuing through November 30: a juried exhibition by members of the Arizona Colored Pencil Society. Continuing through November 17: Contemporary Beadwork: Traditions and Transitions. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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. Continuing through November 30: Images of Mission San Xavier del Bac, an exhibition celebrating the Mission's bicentennial. Also continuing through November 30: Blue Ring, video installation by Andrea Hull. 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.

UNITY GALLERY. Unity of Tucson. 3700 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. Continuing through November 30: works by 22 members of the Collage Association of Southern Arizona. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

WINGSPAN GALLERY. 300 E. Sixth St. 624-1779. Continuing through November 30: mixed-media works by Darin Q. Schoeny. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Announcements

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.

CALL TO ARTISTS. Applications are now available for the Tucson Arts District Partnership's Warehouse District Loan Program. Eligible projects must leverage or support the creation of new art space in privately-owned commercial properties in the warehouse area. Projects can be mixed-use, but arts uses must be compatible with additional uses. Loans of up to $50,000 are available. Application deadline is December 3. Call 624-9977 for applications and 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.

CALLING COMMUNITY ARTISTS. The Tucson Arts Brigade is a multi-cultural, intergenerational collective of community-based cultural workers. They're seeking artists interested in collaborating on neighborhood and community-based art projects. Current projects include a series of posters and murals on Communities in Transformation--Healing Themselves, Healing Others. For information on weekly design and brainstorming sessions, commissions and donations of art supplies, call 791-9359; or email ArtBrigade@aol.com.

EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS. WomanKraft Castle Art Center. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. WomanKraft continues its Neighborhood Arts Empowerment Workshop Series on November 15, with Making Boxes. Classes meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Workshops are $10, free to anyone making less than $15,000 a year, carless or homeless. Children who are capable of working independently are welcome; others must have adult supervision. Pre-registration is required. Call 629-9976 for registration or information on upcoming workshops.

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.

OPEN STUDIO TOUR. The Tucson Arts District's Open Studio Tour throws wide its doors from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, November 15. More than 74 artists who maintain studios in the Arts District will open their studios for public browsing and conversation. There's a pull-out flyer and map listing participating artists and galleries in the October 30 issue of the Arts District Quarterly, inside the Tucson Weekly. Call 624-9977 for information.

TRAVELING EXHIBIT. The Tucson-Pima Arts Council's Rural arts Program, the Rural Arts Traveling Exhibit, runs from December through July, and exhibits two- and three-dimensional works by artists living outside of Tucson city limits in Pima County. Submission deadline is December 2. Interested artists may call Maryjane Dorofachuk at 624-0595, ext. 19, for information.

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. TW


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