Ted DeGrazia, a prolific artist and a longtime Arizona Highways contributor, opened Tucson's DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in 1965. He died in 1982, but the gallery has endured as a showcase of the work of DeGrazia and other Southwestern artists.
On August 28, the gallery will unveil a new exhibit: The Rose and the Robe, which features DeGrazia's chronicles of Fray Junipero Serra and the Franciscan missions he established in Spanish colonial California in the late 1700s. Oil paintings and text will be on display.
The day the exhibit is unveiled, the gallery is hosting an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m., with finger food provided by Lerua's Fine Mexican Foods.
The gallery is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, except for a few major holidays. To learn more, visit www.degrazia.org.
And after you visit the gallery, why not stop for lunch at Renee's Organic Oven?
Photo: One of the Ted DeGrazia paintings to be displayed in the new exhibit. | Courtesy of DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun