This spring, DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Museum presents three limited-engagement exhibits: DeGrazia Paints the Seri Indians and Ted DeGrazia’s Unseen Landscapes (on display through Sept. 2) alongside the annual Lenten display of The Way of the Cross.
DeGrazia Paints the Seri Indians
On display through September 2, 2026
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.
Ted DeGrazia’s Unseen Landscapes
On display through September 2, 2026
For more than 50 years, DeGrazia painted the Sonoran Desert as well as the landscapes he visited during his travels. This exhibition features a selection of landscapes rendered in watercolors with additional ink drawings and oil paintings that have not been on display in decades. Some have been hidden in storage for more than 70 years.
The Way of the Cross
On display through May 28, 2026
The annual Easter season showing of The Way of the Cross features 15 original oil paintings that depict the suffering and crucifixion of Christ. Instead of the traditional 14 stations, DeGrazia’s series includes the resurrection as the fifteenth station. “I never thought the cycle would be completed unless we had the fifteenth station where Jesus arises in glory,” the artist explains in a 13-minute audio recording that accompanies the exhibition.