On Display at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun

On Display at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun A 10-acre National Historic District in Tucson, Arizona, designed and built by Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia.

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Ted DeGrazia is most likely the most reproduced artist in the world, and the Gallery showcases six permanent collections of his paintings that trace historical events and native cultures of the Southwest. Rotating exhibitions display some of the 15,000 DeGrazia originals housed at the gallery, including oils, watercolors, sketches, serigraphs, lithographs, sculptures, ceramics, and jewelry. A consignment room displays DeGrazia originals available for purchase, while the gift shop offers a wide selection of reproductions. The grounds also feature the recently reopened and restored Mission in the Sun, the artist’s original home, his gravesite, and the Little Gallery that hosts visiting artists during the winter months.

years of his career. On display until September 2, 2020.

“DeGrazia’s Circus” - Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia lived in Southern Italy from the ages of eleven to fifteen, where the Italian circus left a strong impression on him. "DeGrazia’s Circus" features a selection of paintings created more than twenty years later, inspired by his childhood memories of circus horses and clowns. On display until September 2, 2020.

CURRENT TED DEGRAZIA EXHIBITS: “DeGrazia’s Saguaro Harvest” - The giant saguaro cactus of the Sonoran Desert casts a long shadow over the career of Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia. From his depictions of the traditional saguaro harvest of the Tohono O’odham people, and his use of the iconic cactus as both a regional landscape element and as an abstracted symbolic design, saguaros were an enduring source of natural inspiration. "DeGrazia’s Saguaro Harvest" features a selection of saguaro drawings, paintings, and jewelry that spans 25 “The Way of The Cross” - The annual showing of Ted DeGrazia's "The Way of the Cross" is on display through Lent with 15 original oil paintings that depict the suffering and crucifixion of Christ. Instead of the traditional 14 Stations of the Cross, DeGrazia's collection culminates with the resurrection. "I never thought the cycle would be completed unless we had the 15th station where Jesus arises in glory," the artist explained on a 15-minute audiotape that accompanies the exhibition. More: www.DeGrazia.org PAGE 14