LITTLE GALLERY

In the 1940s, Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia had little success finding a gallery to represent him, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. First he built a studio at the corner of Prince Road and Campbell Avenue in Tucson, but as the city grew around him, he and his wife Marion bought 10 isolated acres in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains to build a chapel, home and a small adjoining gallery to exhibit his originals.

The prolific artist soon needed more space to house his continuing output of originals. As his fame and finances flourished, he designed and built a larger adobe gallery on the site and moved his growing collections out of what is now known as the Little Gallery at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun.

Knowing firsthand the difficulty that lesser known artists have in finding a venue to display their work, Marion reopened the Little Gallery to visiting artists after her husband's death. Today the DeGrazia Foundation continues this legacy during the winter months. Applications to exhibit at the Little Gallery are available on the Web site each year from mid-February through March.

LITTLE GALLERY APPLICATION

Flora "Layla" Edwards November 1, 2009 - November 13, 2009 Pam Cheeseman & Marty Plevel November 15, 2009 - November 27, 2009 Closed Thanksgiving Day Noel Day November 29, 2009 - December 11, 2009 Elaine Petrie December 13, 2009 - December 24, 2009 Closed Christmas Day Barbara Banks December 27, 2009 - January 8, 2010 Closed New Years Day Brian Beamish January 10, 2010 - January 23, 2010 Geri Neidermiller January 24, 2010 - February 5, 2010 Karen Godfrey www.karengodfrey.net February 7, 2010 - February 19, 2010 Ken Newman February 21, 2010 - March 5, 2010 Susan Libby March 7, 2010 - March 19, 2010 Ursela Gurau, Melissa Miller & Jan Mayer March 21, 2010 - April 2, 2010

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