Say hello to our other main featured artist Vanessa (Nessa) Ledesma! We’re honored to have her be apart of this event representing for Watsonville as a home grown mother who’s down for the movement. She does mixed media, acrylic paintings, digital illustrations, jewelry, murals and more. She’s cooking something up very special for this event to be raffled off to a lucky winner on May 9th.
All RAFFLE ticket proceeds will be donated to @doulasdecorazonmixteco .They are a group of indigenous women and farm workers who are training to be birth doulas. You can find more information in their Linktree.
Aren’t able to make it but want to support? You can donate and help purchase paint supplies for our artists at:
Venmo:thesacredfire
Cashapp:$thesacredfire
(Leave note saying “paint” 🙏🏽)
If you or your organization would like to offer items for the raffle to help raise funds for @doulasdecorazonmixteco please send us a DM.
Thank you
🙏🏽
‘Tis the season for Holiday window painting! I painted 10 custom holiday window designs at the Capitola Village Mercantile for an upcoming event they will be having! So much fun! 🤗🎄🎁❄️
Custom sacred gift for a very dear friend. Tlazolteotl is known as the Goddess of Filth, and among other things represents both destruction and regeneration, excrement and its use as fertilizer. The intention of calling on Tlazoteotl is to transform the shit life throws at us into fruits of labor and love. Que seamos protegidos y bendecidos. Ometeotl 🪶🙏💖✨
🎤 Off the Streets: Artist Talk – This Sunday!
📅 Sunday, August 31 | 1–3 PM | 37 Sudden Street, Watsonville
This Sunday, hear from Nessa Ledesma and Melissa Marzan (The Letter Mermaid) at our Off the Streets Artist Talk!
✨ Nessa Ledesma brings bold, colorful work rooted in graffiti, Chicano culture, and community storytelling.
✨ Melissa Marzan’s hand lettering and illustration spark conversations around vulnerability, identity, and connection.
Come hear more about the inspiration and process behind their pieces!
✅ Free & open to all.
#offthestreets #artisttalk #pajarovalleyarts
Just a sneak peek 👀 Watch artists Taylor Reinhold & Nessa Ledesma paint the front wall for Off the Streets! The exhibit opens on August 6th! @artbycreativeness@taylionism 🎉Save the date! Come celebrate with us Sunday, August 10, 1–3PM 🌟
Enjoy food, music, and hands-on art for all ages.
🎨 Supported by the California Arts Council @calartscouncil
#offthestreets #pajarovalleyarts #communitycelebration #watsonvilleart #artsca
“All of our struggles are connected”
Spray paint and acrylic on canvas
When the state of the world feels heavy, create. This piece is made in solidarity with all of the mothers who yearn for a better life for their children. ✊🙏✨
#create #resist #artivism #nohumanbeingisillegal #migrationisbeautiful #migrationisnatural #migrationisahumanright #fuckice #freepalestine
I had so much fun painting this piece alongside so many talented local artists! To me community represents Arte y Cultura! Stay tuned for the upcoming Off The Streets exhibit! 🙏✊🎨💣✨
