We, Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour and Rica Smith de la Luz aka Sacred Poets invite visitors to our new exhibit Mud, Blood and Jungle Juice: A Retrospective, featuring photos and videos of our personal explorations in ancient body art practices used to anchor us in the world and remind us of our sacredness. Honoring the human form as the original canvas, and the ancient urge to adorn and identify peoples and place making through the use of plant based pigments and marks. Accompanied by poetry and music also created by us, we offer a container that vibrates with love, grief, healing, resonance and humility: just facets of the human experience.
Showing from 5.2.25 through 7.25.25 we celebrate the first anniversary in our gorgeous light filled gallery and studio at the Tannery Arts Center, located in the Courtyard at 1060 River St. #108.
Gallery Hours are Sundays from 10-4 and by appointment. We will be open Friday May 2, 2025 from 5-8pm. Follow for more dates of workshops, our Sunday afternoon Artist Salon Series, and show closing concert.
ARTIST BIOS:
Rica de la Luz is a a locally grown, consummate artist of whatever catches her dancer fancy! Founder Sacred Mud Henna & Tattoo Gallery, her work speaks to the ancient and wild in each of us, with a blend of both traditional and emerging media. She will draw on almost anything and especially loves flora, fauna and found objects.
https://www.instagram.com/sacredmudbodyarts/

Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour is a Spoken Word Poet and Hip-Hop Artist of Pinoy & Creole heritage born in the Midwest and thriving in California. His work invites the audience to feel fully the pain and beauty of the human experience, and inspires the poet in all of us. He features regularly at regional colleges, museums and poetry events, and is currently developing poetic public art for the City and County of Santa Cruz. He accepts invitations to facilitate workshops, and present at public and private events. His recorded works can be found here. https://linktr.ee/josephjasonsantiagolacour?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=33ce21b1-cfe9-4afb-9e99-ce6170c2e4e8