"Portraits of DeGrazia"

January 20, 2012 - January 20, 2013

The spirit of Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia is captured in this special collection of more than 50 portraits by dozens of artists including Harley Brown, Louise Serpa, and Thomas Hart Benton. DeGrazia's personal connection with many of his fellow artists inspired these vibrant and wistful depictions that range from oil paintings and watercolors to sculpture and photography. The portraits were created over six decades, most before DeGrazia's death in 1982. Twelve of DeGrazia's self-portraits are included in the exhibition, which runs through January 20, 2013.

"The Bisbee Years"

April 16, 2012 - February 10, 2013

Ted DeGrazia and his first wife, Alexandra Diamos DeGrazia, moved from Tucson to Bisbee in 1936. Bisbee's Lyric Theater was owned by the Diamos family and Ted was to be its manager for the next six years. DeGrazia set up a painting studio in a storage room between his office and the projection booth at the theater. He maintained a rigorous schedule in order to have several hours to paint every morning before managing the theater until closing each night. The fruit of his labor can be seen in these paintings dating from the artist's Bisbee years, 1936 to 1942.