Tubac, Arizona

Diners enjoy a Mexican meal inside the colorfully decorated Elvira’s restaurant, in which roughly 2,000 glass ornaments adorn the ceiling.

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Sept. 22, 2015 2:53 PM PT

Director Karin Topping, right, explains the works of the community’s master artists to a visitor at Tubac Center of the Arts.

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A guest at the Tubac Golf Resort strolls past old silos, evidence of its history as a cattle ranch.

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A whimsical sculpture strikes a child’s fancy outside the Tubac Center of the Arts.

(Jay Jones / For The Times)