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April 2018
by C.J. Shane


Review of the new Annual Student Juried Art Exhibit at Pima Community College's Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery Here>


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May 2018
by Misha McManus

Review of Penelope Starr's book on community storytelling HERE>
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May 2018
by C.J. Shane

A love affair with the Old Pueblo in Contreras Gallery's exhibit "Tucson" HERE>

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June 2018
by C.J. Shane

Read about Kathy McIntosh's humor-suspense novel HERE>

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August 2018

August is the month for fine art prints at Contreras Gallery. Read more HERE>


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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>
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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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October 2017
Maria Johnson and Marcy Ellis present Mother Earth


Environmental themes in art at the YWCA HERE>   Review by C.J. Shane
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​October 2017
Recuerdos de Mascotas at Galeria Senita, Tucson


Art that commemorates departed pets HERE>   Review by C.J. Shane
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December 2017
Origami in the Garden 2 and Manabu Saito

​more 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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February 2017
Traces at Adobe Barn Gallery
Triangle L Ranch, Oracle, AZ
reviewed by Judy Robbins


Artists Diane Mansfield Colligan, Ann Tracy, and Julie Sasse show work in this exhibit titled Traces: In Search of Lost Time. Read more HERE>
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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>



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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>
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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>
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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>

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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>
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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 i
n 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 Worksho
p 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>

 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
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Mary Theresa Dietz_White Raven_
Contrereas Gallery

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Susan M. Woodbury_POD_
Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College

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

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Mary Vaneecke _ Stones from the River_

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Al Anderson_Monsoon, SE Arizona_


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Judy Robbins_Leaving_

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