121. Tucson Friends Of Traditional Music
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Description: These Tucson friends promote participation in and appreciation of traditional music and dance. The year-round calendar features concerts, dances, and workshops. With a substantial membership, it sponsors contra dances with live music and callers. Family and other memberships are available.
122. Tucson Jazz Society
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 903-1265
Address: 100 N. Stone Ave.
Description: Founded in 1977, the society hosts the popular Jazz Under the Stars series at St. Philip’s Plaza and brings major jazz artists to town. Family and individual memberships are available, which include concert ticket discounts.
123. Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Description: This nonprofit group’s primary focus is to promote acoustic and folk music in the area. TKMA produces the annual Tucson Folk Festival, a 2-day event held each May that presents a variety of acoustic music styles by local and national performers (see the Festivals & Events chapter). It also produces or coproduces a number of other concerts year-round at venues around town and presents free music in local schools. As a member you’ll receive discounts on concert tickets as well as a monthly newsletter.
124. Blue Raven Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 623-1003
Address: 3054 N. 1st Ave., Ste. 5
Description: This small, rustic gallery showcases Mata Ortiz pottery, Tohono O’odham contemporary and traditional baskets, original silk paintings, bronzes, and sculptures. The focus is on innovative work featuring Sonoran Desert culture and wildlife and Sonoran sea life expressed in various media. The gallery also offers classes. Open Wed through Sat and by appointment. Hours vary, so be sure to call ahead.
125. Conrad Wilde Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 622-8997
Address: 439 N. 6th Ave. #171
Description: This gallery shows contemporary painting, sculpture, and works on paper from emerging and established artists. Open Tues through Sat; Fri and Sat only during the summer.
126. Davis Dominguez Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 629-9759
Address: 154 E. 6th St.
Description: Located in the up-and-coming Warehouse District, this well-known gallery is the largest (in square footage) contemporary gallery in the city. It has been in Tucson since 1976 and features modern paintings and major sculpture. Open Tues through Sat.
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 6300 N. Swan Rd.
128. Desert Artisans’ Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 722-4412
Address: 6536 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
Description: Desert Artisans’ Gallery was founded in 1987 by local artist Sarah Rankin. The gallery is a fine art co-op gallery featuring Southwestern art from Tucson Arizona and the Southwest. It features contemporary works in oil, pastels, acrylic, photography, watercolor, ceramics, glass, and more. As a co-op gallery, they offer great values on beautiful art by allowing you to buy directly from the artists. Open 7 days a week.
129. The Drawing Studio Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 620-0947
Address: 33 S. 6th Ave.
Description: Founded in 1992, this not-for-profit gallery is affiliated with the artists’ cooperative the Drawing Studio. The gallery space features the work of students and professional artists in a variety of media. There are continuous year-round exhibitions here, and the studio offers weekly drawing and studio practice open to the public, a wide variety of workshops, and courses ranging from drawing to printmaking and calligraphy.
130. Etherton Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 624-7370
Address: 135 S. 6th Ave.
Description: Specializing in Native American vintage photographs and classic photography, this 3,500-square-foot gallery also exhibits contemporary paintings, prints, and sculptures. Etherton operates the Temple Gallery on the second floor above the courtyard at the Temple of Music and Art as well. The main gallery downtown is open Tues through Sat. You’ll find it above Downtown Kitchen and Cocktails restaurant.
131. Gallery West
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 529-7002
Address: 6420 N. Campbell Ave.
132. La Pilita Museum Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 882-7454
Address: 420 S. Main Ave.
Description: For a unique experience in one of Tucson’s most historic downtown districts, head to La Pilita in Barrio Viejo, next to the El Tiradito Shrine and El Minuto Cafe (see the Restaurants chapter). A small museum and gallery, exhibits here change monthly and focus on regional history. A permanent exhibit of historic photos of early Tucson is worth a look, and don’t skip the store featuring books on regional history and folk crafts. Open Mon through Sat; closed in summer.
133. Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 206-6942
Address: 2202 W. Anklam Rd.
Description: Housed in Pima Community College’s Center for the Arts, the Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery is dedicated to a longtime PCC instructor and celebrated photographer. The gallery features the work of international, local, and regional artists. Special exhibits highlight student competitions showing works in ceramics, drawing, fibers, metals, mixed media, painting, photography, prints, and sculpture. Open Mon through Fri.
134. Madaras Gallery
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 615-3001
Address: 3001 E. Skyline Dr. #101
Description: These galleries feature local artist Diana Madaras’s pastel watercolors of desert scenery. These very popular works are featured on prints, cards, and calendars available in gift shops around town. Here you can find her work all in one place along with fine art originals. A second location is at 1535 E. Broadway Blvd. (520-623-4000). Open Mon through Sat; Skyline location is also open Sun.
135. Medicine Man Gallery East
City: Tucson, AZ
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (520) 722-7798
Address: 7000 E. Tanque Verde Rd., Ste. 16
Description: This gallery displays one of the finest collections of early American and Western art. Specialties focus on the life work of Maynard Dixon and the Taos Society of Artists. You will also find antique American Indian art, which includes Pueblo pottery, Navajo textiles, kachina dolls, and jewelry. It also offers a wonderful assortment of antique furniture, including Stickley, Mission, Arts and Crafts, and Spanish colonial furniture. Hours vary.