The Ventana Gallery
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Free Admission
Gallery open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on the first and third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, visitors should call the SAACA at (520) 333 4087. Advance notice of 48 hours is required.
Program Partner
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LocationRoche Tissue Diagnostics
1910 E Innovation Park Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, 85737 Roche Tissue Diagnostics, a world leader and innovator of tissue-based cancer diagnostic solutions for patients worldwide, is committed to its mission to improve the lives of all patients afflicted with cancer. In 2004, the company first made a commitment to the arts in Oro Valley with the establishment of a community gallery housed within their Oro Valley campus. Through a progressive partnership with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, arts have been part of the daily work experience through quarterly gallery exhibitions featuring local to world-renowned artists. |
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Entries should reflect this theme by use of non-traditional materials in the creation of the work. Taking items that would typically be thrown away and creatively up-cycling them into works of art.
NEXT EXHIBITION Recycled Art Show July 8th - September 30th Artists were invited to submit entries to a group exhibition celebrating the themes or reuse, re-purposing, and transformation. |
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Please note: Due to COVID-19, private tours are unavailable until further notice |
Current Exhibition
 "Reflection of Sister" by Emily Cole, Artist Under 18
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Home|Zuhause Photography ExhibitionApril 2020 - April 2023
For many years Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) has held annual art exhibitions showcasing the work (fiber, ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, etc.) of talented employees, contractors and their families. These shows graced the walls of the Tucson campus every third quarter. This year, as many RTD employees are mandatorily working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, RTD decided to host the first ever Roche Molecular Solutions (RMS) - sitewide (worldwide) virtual photographic exhibition this Spring. The theme of the show is Home. RTD asked colleagues and their immediate family members, adult and youth, worldwide, to send in photographic images (limit 3 per person) of what Home meant to them. These images could be anything and everything that makes them think of, reflect on, takes you Home. The exhibit encompasses three broad categories, People/Animals, Places, Objects. Roche colleagues and the general public from around the globe can view and vote on their top pick from each gallery following the links below. The People’s Choice Award will be announced on May 29, 2020. |
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Featured Artist | Kate Breakey
January 9, 2020 - April 1, 2020 Now extended to July 7, 2020! Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD), Etherton Gallery and the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance are joining forces with local artist Kate Breakey to feature two collections of her original works titled Las Sombras/The Shadows and Golden Stardust. The exhibition, which is open to the public, will bring art full circle to the RTD campus. Breakey was one of the first featured artists to showcase original artworks at the Ventana Gallery over a decade ago, when founder Tom Grogan and his wife Cande established the community gallery space in Oro Valley. Kate Breakey is internationally known for her large-scale, hand-colored/tinted photographs including an acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers and animals called Small Deaths published in 2001 by University of Texas Press. Other monographs include, Painted Light, University of Texas in 2010, a career retrospective that encompasses a quarter century of prolific image making. A collection of photograms, Sombras/The Shadows was published by University of Texas Press in October 2012. This series is a continuation of her lifetime investigation of the natural world, which in her own words is “brimming with fantastic mysterious beautiful things.” |
Past Exhibitions
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Superheroes, Capes of Strength and Beauty
Roche Tissue Diagnostics and the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance are joining forces with local artists to feature a community-driven art installation of locally designed and fabricated mammography capes. The exhibition, which is open to the public, will raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer screening and research. The exhibition titled, “Superheroes, Capes of Strength and Beauty,” and a silent auction, will raise funds for El Rio Health, a community-based health center that provides accessible, affordable, high-quality healthcare to more than 107,000 Tucsonans. This special exhibit opens in October, commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The mammography capes are used in El Rio Health by patients receiving mammograms, which is a low- dose x-ray that allows specialists to look for abnormal changes in breast tissue. The exhibit will feature 75 of these capes that have been altered, embellished, painted, quilted and otherwise re-imagined with no limit on materials or techniques used. The exhibit is designed to raise awareness about breast cancer prevention, celebrate survivors and remember those we have lost. Silent Auction Benefiting El Rio Health Center Foundation Mammography Fund
Funds raised go directly to support El Rio Health Center Foundation’s breast cancer mammography fund for uninsured and underinsured patients. Purchased capes will remain on display through the end of the exhibition. |
Campus Art ExhibitionSAACA and Roche partner to host the largest employer-sponsored art exhibition in Southern Arizona, featuring the work of those who work at Roche along with art from their immediate family members, youth and adults.
The exhibition features of 114 pieces of original artwork, encompassing multiple categories, including photography, drawing, painting, fiber, metal & glass, sculpture and much more. Among this year's highlights are a special two and three-dimensional category for "PathArt." PathArt can be any art or image related to anatomic pathology, hand-made or photographed through the microscope. For some, the annual RTD Campus Exhibition is an opportunity to connect through art with coworkers and the public. For others, the show is a temporary distraction from the rigors of their career at a company whose mission is to improve the lives of all patients afflicted with cancer. No matter the perspective, the exhibition serves as an annual highlight to many of the creative members of the RTD community. |
Artist Laurie Ruth
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Necrosis 4 by Raymond Paul
Tombstone Territory by Scott Taft
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Uncommon Beauty: Pathology and Other Microscopic Wonders and Realities in NatureThis exhibit showcases a unique collaboration between pathologist Marilyn Bui of The Moffitt Cancer Center and her patient, artist Raymond Paul, both from Tampa, FL. When Ray was first diagnosed with sarcoma in 2011, he expressed a desire to truly see what his disease looked like. Dr. Bui invited Paul to view his tumor through a double-headed microscope and provided him with digital images which would become his inspiration for a series of large-scale abstract paintings. Ray describes his work as “a visual manifestation of the battle raging within, and a powerful testament to the beauty of hope.” For Dr. Bui this collaboration precipitated her co-editing the book The Healing Art of Pathology, by College of American Pathologists (CAP) Press, a collection of artwork and essays derived or inspired by pathology. The book gives a beautiful voice to pathologists and their often quiet, but important connection to the patients they diagnose. Find on view a selection of Ray’s work alongside a selection of work by pathologist and mixed media artist Mary Lachman. The exhibit also features local community artists that further investigate the theme of finding beauty in unexpected places. Each artist on view truly celebrates these moments of unique discoveries, and the sense of wonder that comes from looking intently at the often overlooked. Uncommon Beauty will be on display April 12 - July 9, 2019 at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, 1910 E. Innovation Park Drive. A public opening reception for the exhibit will be held April 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. Click to RSVP |
Uncommon Beauty features work by Raymond Paul, Mary Lachmann, Scott Taft, AO Tucker, Amanda Higgins, Michelle Rouch,Venessa Lea Nelson, Susan Scott Norton, Ashley Streator, Ione Lewis Shaar, and Niladri Sarker.
Healing, Inspiration and Art ExhibitionIn the first quarter of 2019, the Ventana Gallery will host - Healing, Inspiration, and Art: An exhibition highlighting how grief can inspire creative expression. The exhibit showcases work from over 35 different artists encompassing multiple mediums, including photography, drawing, painting, sculpture and more. This diverse assortment of work finds common inspiration in exploring the relationship between creative arts practice and the emotions of trauma, loss, and grief. The exhibit offers a meditation on what it means for artists to delve into the shadows of what hurts, disturbs and stultifies and offer something back that reveals, transforms and restores.
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8th Annual RTD Campus Art ExhibitionThis year is a record year, with 114 pieces of art. The work encompasses multiple categories, including photography, drawing, painting, fiber, metal & glass, sculpture and much more. Among this year’s highlights are a special two and three-dimensional category for “PathArt.” PathArt can be any art or image related to anatomic pathology, hand-made or photographed through the microscope.
The reception will be held on July 19, 2018 at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, 1910 E. Innovation Park Dr., from 5 to 7 p.m. First, second and third place winners will be awarded by an external jury. Reception attendees will also have the opportunity to vote for People's Choice Awards. |
We are human
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Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD hosts an exhibition focused on the topic of diversity and inclusion: We are human.
Viewers will encounter a collection of black-and-white portraits that strive to highlight RTD colleagues in an attempt to strip away biases and challenge viewers to look beyond the exterior, to see the human in each of us. In addition to being photographed, participants were asked to share five things people might not know about them. Each person’s statements will be displayed in random order, facing the portraits but not matched to the portrait of the person it belongs with. Two weeks before the show closes, the portraits will be paired with their matching list of five things. Viewers can guess which pair together, but the point is that it should not matter, as each individual should be treated the same, no matter their experiences or history. The exhibition was envisioned by RTD employee and artist Darlene Buhrow. She was inspired by diversity and inclusion banners around the Oro Valley campus that showcased handwritten statements on what diversity and inclusion meant to individuals working there. One corner of the banner had the words: “I am gay, I am straight, I am lesbian, I am transgender, I am bisexual” crossed out, while a final line – “I am human” – remained. |
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PaperworksThe exhibition features a diverse range of visual works by artists that have unlocked the possbilities of what paper and canvas can become in the proper hands.
Paperworks, The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists, began nearly twenty-five years ago, inspired by a love of book-making. Today, the Paperworks has blossomed into a community of over 100 Southern Arizonan artists, creating a wonderfully broad collection of original artwork.Details Forthcoming. |
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art@work Exhibition
The parallels between art and science are drawn through their employee gallery exhibition, calling upon the creative, and sometimes hidden, talents among the 1,300 employees who walk the facility in name of cancer research every day. Ventana employees, who have defined creativity through their contribution to cutting-edge medical advancements, showcase their artistic talents each summer during Ventana Employee Art Exhibition and Competition. This year’s works include collaborative quilts, intricate jewelry, innovative photography and exquisite paintings. |
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David Adix: 30 Years of Construction, Collage & Composition
This Tucson artist, best known for his found-object sculptural figures, explores the relationship of environment and place and the connection between energy, memory, and time. Pieces in the collection are created with the intention is to create a familiar place where recognition evolves. The most consistent element throughout Adix’s work is the salvation and reuse of materials The exhibition will feature 167 unique pieces spanning 30 years, from imposing, welded-steel sculptures to delicate collage created from recycled materials. The show includes work from public and private collections, as well as new work, available for sale. |
Arts for "Border" Children
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The mission of Arts for Border Children, founded in 2006, is to create and support an arts-based learning environment and culture. The ABC process improves teaching and learning in the arts and core subjects. It ABC encourages local support for schools and increases awareness about the local economy and resources. ABC uses the arts to create partnerships for educating, enriching and empowering students, schools, families and communities.
ABC thoughtfully acknowledges and understands realities of life in a border context, where people feel defined and confined physically and psychologically. The arts and the creative process allow students to transform their reality with their creations. ABC provides a culturally sensitive forum for students to source the power and pride inherent in the values of their traditions and cultures. Every step of ABC’s process encourages participants to work collaboratively and to think critically and creatively to communicate their solutions to the problems they face in the 21st Century. Children can encapsulate their imagination in a work of art; their movements, brushstrokes, shutter clicks and stories can create a realm independent of the adult world. These creative expressions can coax you into their world and alter your perceptions. The SAAA Project brought innovative, integrated arts programming to schools in rural Arizona, which had little or no such programming prior to their involvement. SAAA was funded by the U.S. Department of Education Professional Development for Arts Educators (PDAE) Programs project grant, administered by Fort Thomas Unified School District, and directed by Karen Husted of Arts for “Border” Children. The recently expanded exhibit showcases a sampling of the artwork produced during the three-year project. The students used theater, visual art, music, dance, creative writing, media arts and photography to creatively express their ideas. |
The exhibition also features original artworks in watercolor and acrylic created by students from Ash Creek K-8 Elementary School, inspired by the examination of human tissue stains - muscle, nerve, and bone marrow.
These original art pieces were created as part of a teaching unit on interrelationships between systems of the human body and are a great tie-in to the work done at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, whose mission is to improve the lives of all patients afflicted with cancer. The company enables labs with automated diagnostic instruments and accompanying biopsy-based tests. The unit encompassed activities in science, visual art, math, language arts, health, and music. Additional artworks showcased in the “Abstract Art Inspired by Study of Human Tissue” include: ▪ Student drawing and paper folding art inspired by studies in science. (Project received a 1st place award at the Cochise County Fair) ▪ Original paintings from artist Alex Jones, inspired by local nature and indigenous animals. ▪ Original artwork from artist Susan Corly, in the medium of textiles, beading and mixed media sculpture. The Arts for Border Children, My Heart Changes exhibition was originally photographed by local artist Josh Schachter. |
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Art in Oro Valley Community Artist Exhibition
Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance has coordinated the exhibition, Art in Oro Valley, since its inception in 2000. Organized to promote the creation and enjoyment of art in the community, the gallery theme recognizes the achievements of the many talented local artists of all ages, from novice to professional, who reside, or work in Oro Valley. 2016 Theme: Movement & Motion Artwork on display October - December 2016 All of the featured artists highlight the exceptional local talent in the community of Oro Valley. 2016 art@work Exhibition Winners
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Exhibiting Artists: Joyce Andre, Sue Maki, Mary Bourret, Jan Mayer, David Chakmakian, Fran McNeely, Jo Ann Daly, Danilo Faria, Kay Mitman, Ted Fleming, Nancy Norton, Laurie Giangregorio, Lorrie Parsell, Susie Gillatt, Megan Peccarelli, Marva Harvey, Adriana Racolta, Diane Haug, Peggy Rubin, Jim Holbert, Karen Samson, Jim Holbert, Ernesto Trujillo, Helen Jennette, Karen Wright, Robert Jennette, Judy Wyner, and Patricia Lewis.
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Recycled Art Exhibition
Empty tin cans, discarded tractor parts, detached clothing embellishments, and even some old boxes - reused, recycled or reclaimed materials are reborn as art from 28 artists display over 70 pieces in a celebration of Earth Week. All artwork in the show contains at least 50% recycled or reused materials. The exhibition celebrates the selected artists' creativity as they reused a variety of materials in new, different, and creative forms with the resulting pieces embracing resource conservation. |
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