La Fiesta de Guadalupe – Sunday, December 8, 2019 from 10am-4pm This festival honors Mexico’s patron saint with music, dancing and performances including mariachi bands, folklorico dancers, and Yaqui Deer Dancers. Piñatas filled with treats are hoisted hourly for the…
Tucson artists Ted DeGrazia and Marion Sheret DeGrazia were married in a jungle wedding chapel in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1947. Ted came prepared to paint on their honeymoon, and was inspired by the lush tropical jungles and native cultures of…
From lively but remote Indian trading posts, to the traffic jams and skyscrapers of New York City, "DeGrazia Downtown" showcases a collection of street scenes by Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia, dating from 1940 to 1974. A free opening reception will…
“Arizona Highways and Ted DeGrazia” will be on display from May 24th, 2019, through January 29th, 2020. The exhibit will commemorate Ted DeGrazia’s relationship with editor Raymond Carlson and Arizona Highways magazine, and will include selections of artwork featured in the magazine. An…
The flora and fauna of the Sonoran desert in Spring are celebrated in "Desert Blooms", a selection of 1950’s watercolors by Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia. These colorful and playful paintings of cactus flowers and desert critters will be on display…
The Gallery in the Sun has a great assortment of holiday products! Please browse DeGrazia’s popular gift shop for 2018 calendars and annual bells; ornaments, greeting cards and wrapping paper; candles, coasters and coffee cups. Plus we have a variety…
The DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun hosts annually La Fiesta de Guadalupe. This festival honors Mexico’s patron saint with music, dancing and performances including mariachi bands, folklorico dancers, the Yaqui Deer Dancers and Domingo DeGrazia’s Spanish-guitar band. The festival also…
The landscape paintings of Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia are featured in this new exhibit at the Gallery in the Sun. Distant adobes, ranch houses, and saguaros populate these moody landscapes, many of which have never been on display. An opening reception for…
Paintings and sculpture spanning six decades of Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia’s career are featured in DeGrazia’s Chickens, a new exhibit at the Gallery in the Sun. Chickens were a favorite subject of the artist who depicted them as everything from…
Scenes from everyday life, horses, children, and religious figures are among the subject matter of the new exhibit "DeGrazia’s Hot Wax- Encaustic Paintings from the 1950’s". In the mid-1950’s, Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia explored the obscure technique of encaustic painting. Using…
From the playground to the pool hall, people at play are the subject of “DeGrazia’s Fun and Games”. Playful children, adults, angels, and nuns are featured in this selection of paintings and drawings that span several stylistic eras and more…
Best known for his depictions of the traditional Native American and Hispanic cultures of the region, the western cowboy was a less common but enduring theme for the artist. The range-riding, working cowboys featured in this exhibit are a small subset…
DeGrazia’s Roadrunner and Coyote exhibit is a new selection of drawings, sculpture, and oil paintings that span four decades of the Southwestern artist’s career. Currently on display at the Gallery in the Sun through August 2017.
Paintings of the vendors, goods, and stalls of the public markets of old Mexico and Guatemala are featured in the new exhibit, "El Mercado – DeGrazia Paints the Marketplace". This collection of more than three dozen paintings spans more than…
We are pleased to announce our upcoming exhibit "Modernist Ceramics" of Ted and Marion DeGrazia! This is a retrospective of the functional, decorative, and fine art ceramics produced by the married artists in 1950's and 60's Tucson. Their own regional,…
"DeGrazia's Prospectors" is a new collection of more than thirty images of prospectors, burros, and mules in the Superstition Mountains. These works date from 1950 to 1979, and the exhibit is currently on display for the first time at the Superstition Mountain…
Scenes of daily life on the Navajo Reservation are featured in DeGrazia’s Navajo Collection. Seventeen oil paintings dating from 1960 to 1966, depict the Navajo people at work, at play, on the trail, and at tribal gatherings. The collection is…
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…
Nocturnal paintings by Southwestern artist Ted DeGrazia are featured in the new exhibit "DeGrazia After Dark". The artist’s fascination with night scenes is revealed in this diverse selection of fifty paintings spanning more than forty years of his career. An…
"Our Lady of Guadalupe" is a new exhibit featuring a selection of images of the Virgin of Guadalupe by artist Ted DeGrazia. The exhibit includes works done in ink, watercolor, tempera, encaustic, ceramics, and glass, and will open at the…