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January 2018 Tim Mosman and Hank Tusinski at Tucson International Airport's Central Gallery. Read more HERE> Review by C.J. Shane |
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February 2018 Reviewed by C.J. Shane Star Tornero and Michael Hyatt at Galeria Senita, Tucson. Read more HERE> Review by C.J. Shane |
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March 2018 The latest Andrea Ibáñez romantic satire, Waste Water, reviewed by Judy Nakari HERE> |
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March 2018 Karen Sucharski reviews Edward Hoornaert's romantic sci-fi Rescuing Prince Charming HERE> |
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February 2017 Prospect for Murder by Jeanne Burrows-Johnson reviewed by Diane C. Taylor A murder mystery in an exotic tropical location...who can ask for more? Read the review here> |
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REVIEW February 2017 Stillness at Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College West Campus, Tucson, reviewed by C.J. Shane Four artists approach the question of humanity's relationship to nature in the photographic and sculptural exhibit. Read more HERE> |
REVIEW June 2017 PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Arts Review by C.J. Shane PaperWorks has three concurrent exhibits of paper and book arts at the Student Gallery at Pima Community College West Campus, Tohono Chul Education Building, and the Joel Valdez main library downtown. Read more about the artwork HERE> |
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June 2017 Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona at Tucson JCC Art Gallery Review by C.J. Shane The title of this exhibit is "The Persuasion of Art," though a more specific title would be “The Persuasion of Abstract Art. That's because virtually every painting in this delightful exhibit is an abstraction. Read more HERE> |
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November 2016 Allies Jo Andersen and Maria Lee at Dragonfly Gallery, Tucson Painting, book arts, printmaking, Buddhism, an affinity for the natural world in this Allies exhibit. HERE> |
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December 2016 Diane C. Taylor reviews artist and writer Don West's mystery, The Art of Murder HERE> |
Happy Holidays!
December 2016 Aren't you glad we live in sunny Arizona? |
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December 2016 Erasures and Reconstructions at Conrad Wilde Gallery until January 14. Read more here> |
Announced April 30, 2016:
Sonoran Arts Network Editor/Publisher C.J. Shane has been honored with a First Place in Community Arts Criticism for the 2015 Arizona Press Club Awards. |
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September 2016 Revisions: Outside Looking In. Tohono Chul Art Gallery, Tucson Rust, rebar, and recycled glass are put together to create new works of art. Read more HERE> |
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September 2016 Faculty Exhibit, Bernal Gallery, Pima CC, Tucson "One picture is worth a thousand words,” is the watchword for this excellent exhibit. Read more HERE> |
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October 2016 Bye Bye Bones by Lala Corriere reviewed by Michael Frissore. The latest Corriere mystery is set in Tucson. Lots of suspense. Read more HERE> |
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October 2016 Lotería de Tucson art exhibit Galería Senita A celebration of the Mexican card game Lotería on display through November. Read more HERE> |
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November 2016 Crossing the Line: A Marriage Across Borders. by Linda Valdez Reviewed by Ashley Weymouth Love, marriage, culture and life that crosses the invisible line between Mexico and the U.S. Read more HERE> |
REVIEW June 2016 A(Maze)ing Maps and Legends at Tohono Chul Art Gallery, Tucson Tohono Chul Art Gallery's current exhibit, A(Maze)ing Maps and Legends, is well worth seeing . Read more HERE> |
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June 2016 Kathryn Ferguson's The Haunting of the Mexican Border. Reviewed by Carolyn Neithammer. This engaging memoir by Kathryn Ferguson is about the author's involvement in the lives of Mexican migrants looking for a better life. Read more HERE> |
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July 2016 Return to Lan Darr by Anderson Atlas Return to Lan Darr is an action-packed sci-fi adventure story written and illustrated by Anderson Atlas (Tucson writer and illustrator Brad Peterson). Read more HERE> |
REVIEW August 2016 Contreras Gallery celebrates both Milagros (miracles) and Tucson culture in this rich and beautiful August exhibition. Read more HERE> |
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August 2016 Merci Gallery in Tucson presents a solo exhibit of witty and insightful artwork done in the Social Realism tradition by Tucson artist Gary Aagaard. Read more HERE> |
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May 2016 Kathy McIntosh's Foul Wind reviewed by Michael Frissore When an author uses the term "Humorous Suspense" in the subtitle of his or her novel, the discerning reader is apt to begin by countering with something along the lines of, "All right, hot shot. Make with the laughs. Suspend me." With Foul Wind, the reader should not worry. Read more HERE> |
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May 2016 Shannon Baker's Tattered Legacy reviewed by Kate Joy Steele Shannon Baker’s second Nora Abbott Mystery is a satisfying, well-crafted story that weaves elements of religious and spiritual practices as disparate as Mormons who practice polygamy and Hopis who revere the ancient Star People into a convoluted, fascinating plot. Read more HERE> |
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May 2016 Laurinda Wallace's Washed Up reviewed by Michael Frissore Even though Wallace's latest novella, Washed Up, is the fourth book in the Gracie Andersen Mysteries series, it's the perfect place for Southern Arizona readers to begin. Read more HERE> |
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April 2016 In her new exhibit at Tucson JCC Art Gallery, Barbara Brandel does what the most interesting artists throughout history have done. She takes up important social and cultural issues in subtle ways while never allowing her art to be overcome by an argument. Read more HERE> |
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April 2016 Tubac Center of the Arts Flight/Vuelo by Karon Leigh Tubac Center of the Arts celebrates spring with two new exhibits that focus on birds and birding. Karon Leigh reviews the exhibit and interviews the new Exhibits Manager, Michael Fenlason HERE> |
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May 2016 Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres at Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop is celebrating the contribution of women to the local arts scene with its latest exhibit, Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujers. This all-women artists’ exhibit has become a summer tradition. Read more HERE> |
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January-March 2016 Leslie Hawes The Colored Pencil Way at The Drawing Studio Colored pencils are a relatively recent addition to the tools available to artists for mark making.Tucson artist Leslie Hawes is among those artists who have enthusiastically adopted the colored pencil as an artistic medium. Her current exhibit at The Drawing Studio is a rich and varied selection of art work that illustrates just how effective the pencil can be as an art medium. Read more HERE> |
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January-March 2016 Ai WeiWei's Circle of Animals: Zodiac Heads at Tucson Museum of Art China is a country with a 5,000 year-old history that hangs around its neck like an oppressively heavy and very precious jewel. Chinese artist Ai WeiWei often addresses the meaning of this history in his art. Tucsonans are now among those around the world who have a chance to see Ai’s artwork now at Tucson Museum of Art. Read more HERE> |
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January-March 2016 High Fiber at Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson The current High Fiber exhibit at Conrad Wilde Gallery in Tucson maintains a high standard, and demonstrates just how innovative and creative the fiber arts can be. Read more HERE> |
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January-March 2016 Book Review Surviving the Improbable Quest: Heroes of Distant Planets Book 1 by Anderson Atlas Reviewed by Michael Frissore In Surviving the Improbably Quest, Anderson Atlas gives us an extraordinary hero. Atlas has created an entertaining and inspiring saga, one that adults and young adults alike will enjoy. Read more HERE> |
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January-March 2016 Jean Nerenberg at Tucson JCC Art Gallery Reviewed by Chris Zerendow Jean Nerenberg's paintings now on exhibit at Tucson JCC display a variety of techniques from acrylic, watercolor, collage and mixed media on small to mid-size surfaces. Ms Nerenberg works in abstractions similar to the color work of Kandinsky’s early Compositions and Impressions of the teens and twenties. Read more HERE> |
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January-March 2016 Carolyn King, Neda Contreras, Michael Contreras at Contreras Gallery, Tucson Reviewed by Chris Zerendow Contreras Gallery on 6th Street is showing the work of three artists: Michael Contreras, Neda Contreras, and Carolyn King. All three artists work with motifs familiar to the southwest and southern Arizona in particular. More HERE> |
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Review Archives 2015
all reviews written by C.J. Shane unless otherwise noted Cartographies: Indictments and Impunities. Elizabeth Burden at TPAC, Pioneer Building. Jan/Feb 2015 Bringing Out the Animal in the Artist. Mesch, Clark, and Rothschild, Jan/Feb 2015. Lisa Mishler at Tucson Jewish Community Center Gallery, Jan/Feb 2015 Tucson Sculpture Festival 2015. Review by Judy Robbins. Jan/Feb 2015 Mary Theresa Dietz at Contreras Gallery, Jan/Feb 2015 George Strasburger. Studio Exhibit, Mar/April 2015 Student Art Exhibit, Bernal Art Gallery, Pima Community College, Mar/April 2015 Small Things Considered. Davis Dominguez, May/June 2015 Linda Cato at Gallery Azul, May/June 2015 Pima Community College Printmakers and Photographers at Tucson Jewish Community Center, May/June 2015 Between Word and Image. PaperWorks at University of Arizona Poetry Center, May/June 2015 Adam Gilliland at Omega. Response review by Bill Brown. May/June 2015 Art by Veterans, Waddell & Reed, May/June 2015 Arizona Biennale. Tucson Museum of Art, Aug 2015 About Books, Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College, Sept 2015 Wavelength: The Art of Light. University of Arizona Art Museum, Sept 2015 Michael Blake. Response Review by Bill Brown, Sept 2015 Bisbee Biennial, Central School Project, Bisbee, Sept 2015 Surrealismo, Raices Taller Workshop and Gallery, Sept 2015 Cabaret, Arizona Repertory Theatre, Review by Maya Patterson, Nov 2015 December 2015 Recalling Home. Valerina Quintana. Dec 2015 |
Mary Theresa Dietz_White Raven_ Contrereas Gallery 
Susan M. Woodbury_POD_
Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College |
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Review Archives 2014
all reviews written by C.J. Shane unless otherwise noted Arcadia, Rogue Theater, Reviewed by David Ray and Judy Ray, January 2014 Book Review: Queerography: Intimate Expressions Queer Culture. by Sway, February 2014 Ann Keuper and Kathleen Koopman at Petroglyphs Gallery, Tucson, February 2014 Danny Lyon at Etherton Gallery, Tucson, February 2014 JoAnne Hungate at Dragonfly Gallery, March 2014 Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG), Going With the Flow, April 2014 Book Review: This Piece of Earth: Images and Words from Tumamoc Hill, April 2014 Raices Tallery 222 Art Gallery & Workshop. Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres May/June 2014 Arizona Repertory Singers, Voices at an Exhibition, May/June 2014 Tohono Chul Art Gallery, Hit the Road, May/June 2014 Contreras Gallery, Tucson, July/August 2014 Mesch, Clark, and Rothschild, Capturing the Moment, September 2014 SAZWAX Southern Arizona Encaustic Artists, Cycles, at Tucson, Jewish Community Center, September 2014 Tucson Mountain Artists Collective, at Northwestern Mutual, September 2014 Studio Art Quilts Associates at Tucson Jewish Community Center, November 2014 Tohono Chul Art Gallery, The Tree: Myth, Symbol, and Metaphor, December 2014 Gallery 801, Tucson. Artists Steven Derks, Dragana Skrepnick, Peter Eisner, and Dan Lehman, December 2014 Review Archives 2013
all reviews written by C.J. Shane unless otherwise noted Metal, Stone, Wood. Tohono Chul Art Galleries, May 2013 Richard III, Rogue Theater, review by David Ray May 2013 Luke Parsons and Beata Wehr at Petroglyphs Gallery, May 2013 Vision/Revision, Porter Hall Gallery, Tucson Botanical Gardens, May 2013 Darlene Buhrow at Ranch House Gallery, June 2013 Tucson Pima Arts Council, Textural Connections, Nancy Denzler, Katrina Lasko, Mary Ellen Palmieri, June 2013 Alice Vinson, University of Arizona L.Rombach Gallery, July/August 2013 Gary Swimmer, Tucson Jewish Community Center, July/August 2013 Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Wow show by Anita Fonte, September 2013 Mistake of the Goddess, Rogue Theater, review by David Ray, September 2013 Pima Community College Brass Band, Good Vibrations, review by Anita Fonte, October 2013 Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Fiesta Sonora exhibit, October 2013 Measure for Measure. Rogue Theater, review by David Ray and Judy Ray, November 2013 Ellen Campbell and Beata Wehr at Tucson Jewish Community Center, December 2013 |
Mary Vaneecke _ Stones from the River_
Al Anderson_Monsoon, SE Arizona_
Judy Robbins_Leaving_
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