DeGrazia Paints the Seri Indians

In the late 1960s, there were fewer than 500 members of the Comcaac (Seri) tribe when Tucson artist Ettore “Ted” DeGrazia began documenting scenes of their traditional daily life in coastal villages in western Sonora, Mexico. His drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings from this period formed the visual foundation for the 1970 publication “The Seri Indians.”

Expanding on that body of work, “DeGrazia Paints the Seri Indians” presents more than a dozen paintings of the Comcaac people, several of which are being shown publicly for the first time. The exhibit offers a rare and intimate view into a culture DeGrazia sought to record and honor through his art.

This exhibit will be on display through Sept. 2, 2026.