LaPilata Museum

Friday, January 30, 2015

Carrillo's Gardens is next door to the museum:

                                       1906 celebration of Tucson's first electric streetcars

                                        This mural is on the outside wall of the museum
http://tucsonmurals.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-at-la-pilita-museum.html

The park is on the left side of the museum. El Tiradito is on its' right.

The museum docent suggested we explore Meyer's Road, one of the original streets in the barrio. We saw some adobe buildings from the barrio years, several have been renovated. 

http://sagebrushstudio.net/artwork/913323_Barrio_Viejo_Mural_Tucson_AZ.html

http://www.barrioviejo.com/history.html
http://www.tucsonfirefoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Early_Historic_Streets_of_Tucson_Sign_Descriptions_JLevstik.pdf

                                                          Fourth Avenue of Tucson

DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun

Thursday, January 29, 2015
At our Indio campground, we met Lauren Hillquist from south of Tucson. He gave us some suggestions for places to visit during our stay here and told us about his photography exhibit at the DeGrazia Gallery.

View of the courtyard from Little Gallery:

Next to Little Gallery:

Marion and Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia's home:

Ettore “Ted” DeGrazia assembled a crew to help build the Mission in the Sun, his home, a small gallery then later, a larger gallery where he could exhibit his artwork http://degrazia.org/about-degrazia/about-the-gallery-in-the-sun/

Mission In The Sun:

View of Santa Catalina's Mountains from Mission:

Garden in front of Art Gallery:

Art Gallery door:

Bench inside Art Gallery:

Art Gallery courtyard:

Honey visits the gallery on Thursdays. Her previous keepers abandoned her and her pups in the desert. All but one of her pups were saved.