Art, Hope and Charity

All DeGrazia paintings in this issue courtesy Buck Saunders Gallery, Scottsdale and Gallery in the Sun, Tucson.

Ted De Grazia, long-time favorite of ARIZONA HIGHWAYS readers, is one of the most reproduced living artists. This earthy and uncomplicated man expresses his love for children and the Indians of this land through his art which reflects a quality of beauty and tenderness not generally known by other contemporary artists. ARIZONA HIGHWAYS has been the first to publish many of De Grazia's works which he later allowed to be reproduced for the benefit of worthy causes. Probably the best known is “Los Ninos”, used in 1960 as part of the first series Of UNICEF Christmas cards which earned millions of dollars for children around the world. Now the famous painting, which De Grazia cherishes as his favorite painting, has been reproduced in a fine china plate by Gorham. Only 5000 plates will be made available to the public through Goldwaters, Phoenix and Scottsdale, for only $35.00 each.

“The White Dove” was especially selected by De Grazia for a special “Promise of Health” edition of prints reproduced from his original painting, to help finance Tucson General Hospital capital campaign funds. Actual image size is 9" x 115/8" on 15" x 211/2" paper. Price of standard print: $7.50 (add $1.00 for mailing). Also, for the collector, signed artist's proof: $100.00. Numbered signed prints: $30.00. Contribution is tax deductible. Write The Promise of Health, Tucson General Hospital, 3838 North Campbell Avenue, Post Office Box 4370, Tucson, Arizona 85717.

OPPOSITE PAGE Mayhew's Lodge, Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon in high key winter white. PETER BLOOMER FOLLOWING PANEL pages 42-43: Rainbow at sunset, St. Johns, Arizona. WAYNE DAVIS

COLOR CLASSICS 35mm COLOR SLIDES

THIS ISSUE: 35mm slides in 2" mounts, 1 to 15 slides, 40¢ each, 16 to 49 slides, 35¢ each, 50 or more, 3 for $1.00. Address: ARIZONA HIGHWAYS, 2039 West Lewis Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85009. Allow three weeks for delivery.

It's hard to believe... the things man can do when he sets his heart and mind to do them. Nowhere on this continent has the God given talent of simple men produced anything more beautiful than the interior of the Church of Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Whether one is Roman Catholic, Protestant or non believer, whether one is attracted by architecture or not the superb Baroque structure contains what is certainly the most distinguished example of such decoration in the Western Hemisphere. Even the most sophisticated world travelers keep returning to be utterly amazed by the breathtaking splendor of the walls and great barrel arched ceiling... covered in every part with heavily gilded ornamentation and polychrome sculpture in high relief against a white background, creating an effect of indescribable richness. Interior Church of Santo Domingo. JORGE BRENA In Arizona, San Xavier Mission has been acclaimed by many authorities as perhaps the finest example of mission architecture in the United States. It is a graceful blending of Moorish, Byzantine and late Mexican Renaissance or Baroque architecture. Mission San Xavier del Bac is situated on an elevation in the Santa Cruz Valley, nine miles south of Tucson's Civic Center. It has stood there for the past 280 years, since before the Spanish Colonial Government established the first Tucson Presidio. It occupies an area of fourteen acres in the heart of the Papago Indian Reservation. Neither the church, nor the mission, is in any sense parochial. While custodianship rests with the Catholic Church and the Franciscan administrators, spokesmen for both those agencies will be the first to admit that San Xavier belongs to the people of the United States.