Mythic Art & Mummery
in Portland, Oregon
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We are creators of place-based art,
storytellers & mystic mummers,
mask-makers & puppet performers,
community builders & culture menders...
We are creators of place-based art,
storytellers & mystic mummers,
mask-makers & puppet performers,
community builders & culture menders...
Wildland Roots at the Everything Under the Sun Parade, Photo by Samuel Hobbes, 2025
Wildland Roots creates artistic happenings rooted in ritual, folklore, and community crafting, as a salve to a modern life that lacks mythic wonder or connection to place.
Our May Day/Beltane ritual at Green Anchors, 2025
If that is something that calls to you, please consider joining in with our Beltane Celebration each May, and our All Souls River Procession each November, both held in our North Portland neighborhood by the St Johns Bridge.
All Souls at Green Anchors, photo by Mark Asaison, 2024
Guardians of Light, Photo by Lane Rollins, 2024
Other events Wildland Roots participates in during the year include the Portland Winter Light Festival's annual Lantern Parade each February, as well as various community processions and parades.
Community-built puppet at Echoes in Time, photo by Mindy Fitch, 2024
Getting ready for All Souls,
photo by Moni Sears, 2023
From Spring through Fall you might like to volunteer to build giant puppets while spending time with like-minded folks and getting to learn some pretty great paper mache skills.
Or you can take a class at our riverside workshop and learn how to create a festive mask you can wear, or a sculpted paper lantern you can carry.
Mask-making at Green Anchors,
photo by Shae Uisna, 2025
Since our founding in 2021, Wildland Roots has operated as a volunteer-run arts collective:
We rely on the generosity of our community
to keep our creative projects going.
Since our founding in 2021, Wildland Roots has operated as a volunteer-run arts collective:
We rely on the generosity of our community
to keep our creative projects going.
If you appreciate what we do, please consider volunteering, checking out our Wish List, or following us on Instagram
With many thanks from Moni & our wonderful volunteers!
Wildland Roots at Portland Winter Light Festival Lantern Procession, Photo by PWLF Press, 2026
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