Mythic Art & Mummery
in Portland, Oregon
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We are creators of place-based art,
storytellers & mystic mummers,
mask-makers & puppet performers,
willow weavers & earth tenders,
community builders & culture menders...
We are creators of place-based art,
storytellers & mystic mummers,
mask-makers & puppet performers,
willow weavers & earth tenders,
community builders & culture menders...
Wildland Roots at the Everything Under the Sun Parade, Photo by Samuel Hobbes, 2025
From our studios & gardens by the bank of the Willamette River, (straight down the hill from St. Johns in North Portland, Oregon), we create artistic happenings rooted in ritual, folklore, and community crafts.
We create them because we are a collective of passionate individuals who see that modern life for so many people lacks mythic wonder, or connection to place, and because we each felt a calling to meet these needs for ourselves & for each other.
Do you feel a resonance with this too?
Do you feel a resonance with this too?
Our May Day/Beltane ritual at Green Anchors, 2025
If so, we invite you to join us for our May Day River Procession & Beltane Ritual each Spring...
Then be a part of our Day of Puppets in the Summer.
Puppet Camp at Green Anchors, 2025
All Souls at Green Anchors,
photo by Mark Asaison, 2024
Then each Fall you can be a part of our
All Souls River Procession...
...and in the Winter join us for the Portland Winter Light Festival's annual Lantern Parade in downtown Portland
Guardians of Light,
Photo by Lane Rollins, 2024
Getting ready for All Souls,
photo by Moni Sears, 2023
At other times of the year you might like to volunteer to build giant parade puppets with us, 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 workshop beside the river to learn how to create a festive mask you can wear, or a paper lantern made with locally-grown willow branches.
Mask-making at Green Anchors,
photo by Shae Uisna, 2025
Since 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 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.
Community-built puppet at Echoes in Time,
photo by Mindy Fitch, 2024
If you appreciate what we do, please consider volunteering, checking out our Wish List, or following us on Instagram
PDX Monsters at Portland Winter Light Festival,
photo by Moni Sears, 2026
With many thanks from Moni, Ivy, Mel, & all our wonderful volunteers and supporters, & also on behalf of all the wonderful other-than-human beings we share space with and celebrate.
Wildland Roots at Portland Winter Light Festival Lantern Procession, Photo by PWLF Press, 2026
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