The 5th annual Altar y Muertos Bike Ride starts on Saturday, November 1st beginning at 12:00pm with bike decorating and roll out at 12:30pm. Riders are invited to gather at El Centro Milagro, 525 SE Stark Street (between SE Grand & SE Sixth Avenue) to view the first two altar displays - one in the theater’s lobby, and another in the El Zócalo community gathering space. Milagro staff will give all riders a garland of artificial marigolds, whose orange and yellow colors are believed to represent sun and light, helping guide the spirits back to the world of the living.

Día de los Muertos tradition calls for the building of ofrendas (altars) that often feature the deceased’s favorite things, along with photographs or other memorabilia. It is believe that the ofrendas allow departed souls to reunite with their living loved ones for this short but special window of time.

This year’s bike ride marks a powerful transition - crossing the bridge to expand partnerships into the Northeast, uniting two neighborhoods through Mexican tradition, art, and collective memory. Riders are given maps, coordinated by The Street Trust, to follow a pre-determined route, stopping intermittently at participating business locations that are hosting their own altars for public viewing.

The public is encouraged to dress in costume and decorate their bikes for the occasion. Participation in this event is free and open to all. A copy of the route map will be available to those who wish to view the community altars on their own schedule.

IDEAL PDX partners with Milagro Teatro and Central Eastside Together to match member businesses with Latino artists to create altars, which are displayed throughout the Festival. Participating locations and associated artists for the year’s Altares y Muertos Bike Ride are:

• Milagro - 425 SE 6th Ave. Portland, OR 07214
  Artists: Atzin Xomalli-Lagunas, Yathzi Turcot, Carolina Dulanto

• Cargo, Inc. - 81 SE Yamhill St. Portland, OR 97214
  Artists: Atzin Xomalli-Lagunas, Yathzi Turcot

• Literary Arts - 716 SE Grand Ave. Portland, OR 97214
  Artists: Atzin Xomalli-Lagunas, Marilyn Shaw, Marybelle “Marbe” Olea

• New Deal Distillery - 900 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214
  Artists: Savina Monet, Ximena Morales

• Bar Botellon - 606 NE Davis St. Portland, OR 97214
  Artists: Santa Garcia Yurchenco

• Classique Floor & Tile - 835 E. Burnside St. Portland, OR 97214
  Artist: Marybelle “Marbe” Olea

• Nossa Familia Coffee - 1633 SE 3rd Ave. Portland, OR 97214
  Artist: Marilyn Shawe

• River City Bicycles - 534 SE Belmont St. Portland, OR 97214
  Artist: Ximena Morales

• Street Trust Bike Altar - This “mobile altar” will be bicycle-towed along the route!
  Artist: Carolina Dulanto

Participants are invited to co-create a mobile ofrenda (altar) on a bicycle cart, adding personal offerings in honor of loved ones and ancestors. As the mobile altar moves through the streets, during the Altares y Muertos Bike Tour, people will bike along side it, transforming public space into a moving celebration of life, remembrance, and cultural resilience. Rooted in a dream that Atzin has nutured alongside Milagro, this workshop embodies growth, movement, and united. Join us in celebrating Dia de Muertos through art, ritual, and community-amplifying traditionan and building bridges, one altar at a time. Ofrendas de Barro - Atzin Xomali—Lagunas will be honoring five years of vibrant collaboration with businesses in Portland’s Central Eastisde.

Tickets for this workshop are just $5.

Santiago Savi, an IDEAL PDX special guest from Mexico, invites participants into a creative space rooted in Indigenous tradition and personal storytelling. A Mixtec painter from Veracruz with ancestral roots in Oaxaca, he will guide attendees in creating unique works on papel amate-a traditional handmade bark paper used by Indigenous communities in Mexico. Using natural pigments and vibrant colors, participants will explore themes of land, rain, and memory, drawing inspiration from Santiago’s own stunning body of work, which reflects the beauty of the milpa, nahuales, and sacred earth. This workshops is both a hands-on artistic experience and a cultural offering-an opportunity to connect with ancestral knowledge and express gratitude through visual storytelling.

An agronomist by training, with studies in film at NYU and a Master’s in Art from the Insitituto Cultural Helénico, Savi was raised as a campesino child, and he worked in the fields from age six, harvesting corn, chiles, and tomatoes. At 18, he migerated to Mexico City to pursue education and work, later dedicating himself fully to painting in 2015. His art honors the Miextec worldview-celebrating Mother Earht, the milpa, animales, nahuales, and traditional textiles. He has directed films and painted murals in cities like New York, Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Veracruz, with exhibitions across Mexico and the U.S. His work appears in the 2023 SEP textbooks. He signs as Savi, meaning “rain” in his native language-symbolizing thecreative force that brings life and bloom through art.

IDEAL PDX is excited to present Tu Arte, a series of culturally enriching, hands-on art classes. These workshops celebrate Latin American traditions and encourage youth creativity, collaboration, and self-expression.

IDEAL PDX se complace en presentar Tu Arte, una serie de clases de artes prácticas y culturalmente enriquecedoras. Estos talleres celebran las tradiciones artísticas latinoamericanas y fomentan la creatividad, la colaboración y la autoexpresión en jóvenes de todas las edades.

Location / Lugar: Centro Milagro – 525 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
Schedule / Horario: Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM / Martes - Jueves 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Semana 1 / Week 1: August 11-15 / 11–15 de agosto
Semana 2 / Week 2: August 18 - 22 / 18–22 de agosto

Private Groups / Grupos Privados:
Available Mondays and Fridays by request / Disponible los lunes y viernes

Tuition / Costo:

$250 per participant / por participante

$200 for siblings or friends / por hermanos o amigos

$30 Early Check-In (8:45 AM) / Entrada a las (8:45 AM)

$30/hr  Extended Hours (until 3:00PM) / Tiempo Extra  (hasta las 3:00 PM)

$200  Private group sessions Monday and  Friday / Grupo privado Lunes y Viernes

LUNCH IS ON YOU  / Tu traes Lunch 

We will provide snacks / Nosotros ponemos la Botana. 

Some Activities: 

Embossed Metal Art / Repujado
Paper Creations / Creaciones con Papel
Collage & History / Collage y Historias
Collaborative Painting / Pintura Colaborativa
Clay / Creaciones en Arcilla

IDEAL PDX is excited to present Tu Arte, a series of culturally enriching, hands-on art classes. These workshops celebrate Latin American traditions and encourage youth creativity, collaboration, and self-expression.

IDEAL PDX se complace en presentar Tu Arte, una serie de clases de artes prácticas y culturalmente enriquecedoras. Estos talleres celebran las tradiciones artísticas latinoamericanas y fomentan la creatividad, la colaboración y la autoexpresión en jóvenes de todas las edades.

Location / Lugar: Centro Milagro – 525 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
Schedule / Horario: Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM / Martes - Jueves 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Semana 1 / Week 1: August 11-15 / 11–15 de agosto
Semana 2 / Week 2: August 18 - 22 / 18–22 de agosto

Private Groups / Grupos Privados:
Available Mondays and Fridays by request / Disponible los lunes y viernes

Tuition / Costo:

$250 per participant / por participante

$200 for siblings or friends / por hermanos o amigos

$30 Early Check-In (8:45 AM) / Entrada a las (8:45 AM)

$30/hr  Extended Hours (until 3:00PM) / Tiempo Extra  (hasta las 3:00 PM)

$200  Private group sessions Monday and  Friday / Grupo privado Lunes y Viernes

LUNCH IS ON YOU  / Tu traes Lunch 

We will provide snacks / Nosotros ponemos la Botana. 

Some Activities: 

Embossed Metal Art / Repujado
Paper Creations / Creaciones con Papel
Collage & History / Collage y Historias
Collaborative Painting / Pintura Colaborativa
Clay / Creaciones en Arcilla

IDEAL PDX is excited to present Tu Arte, a series of culturally enriching, hands-on art classes. These workshops celebrate Latin American traditions and encourage youth creativity, collaboration, and self-expression.

IDEAL PDX se complace en presentar Tu Arte, una serie de clases de artes prácticas y culturalmente enriquecedoras. Estos talleres celebran las tradiciones artísticas latinoamericanas y fomentan la creatividad, la colaboración y la autoexpresión en jóvenes de todas las edades.

Location / Lugar: Centro Milagro – 525 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
Schedule / Horario: Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM / Martes - Jueves 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Semana 1 / Week 1: August 11-15 / 11–15 de agosto
Semana 2 / Week 2: August 18 - 22 / 18–22 de agosto

Private Groups / Grupos Privados:
Available Mondays and Fridays by request / Disponible los lunes y viernes

Tuition / Costo:

$250 per participant / por participante

$200 for siblings or friends / por hermanos o amigos

$30 Early Check-In (8:45 AM) / Entrada a las (8:45 AM)

$30/hr  Extended Hours (until 3:00PM) / Tiempo Extra  (hasta las 3:00 PM)

$200  Private group sessions Monday and  Friday / Grupo privado Lunes y Viernes

LUNCH IS ON YOU  / Tu traes Lunch 

We will provide snacks / Nosotros ponemos la Botana. 

Some Activities: 

Embossed Metal Art / Repujado
Paper Creations / Creaciones con Papel
Collage & History / Collage y Historias
Collaborative Painting / Pintura Colaborativa
Clay / Creaciones en Arcilla

IDEAL PDX is excited to present Tu Arte, a series of culturally enriching, hands-on art classes. These workshops celebrate Latin American traditions and encourage youth creativity, collaboration, and self-expression.

IDEAL PDX se complace en presentar Tu Arte, una serie de clases de artes prácticas y culturalmente enriquecedoras. Estos talleres celebran las tradiciones artísticas latinoamericanas y fomentan la creatividad, la colaboración y la autoexpresión en jóvenes de todas las edades.

Location / Lugar: Centro Milagro – 525 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
Schedule / Horario: Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM / Martes - Jueves 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Semana 1 / Week 1: August 11-15 / 11–15 de agosto
Semana 2 / Week 2: August 18 - 22 / 18–22 de agosto

Private Groups / Grupos Privados:
Available Mondays and Fridays by request / Disponible los lunes y viernes

Tuition / Costo:

$250 per participant / por participante

$200 for siblings or friends / por hermanos o amigos

$30 Early Check-In (8:45 AM) / Entrada a las (8:45 AM)

$30/hr  Extended Hours (until 3:00PM) / Tiempo Extra  (hasta las 3:00 PM)

$200  Private group sessions Monday and  Friday / Grupo privado Lunes y Viernes

LUNCH IS ON YOU  / Tu traes Lunch 

We will provide snacks / Nosotros ponemos la Botana. 

Some Activities: 

Embossed Metal Art / Repujado
Paper Creations / Creaciones con Papel
Collage & History / Collage y Historias
Collaborative Painting / Pintura Colaborativa
Clay / Creaciones en Arcilla

IDEAL PDX is excited to present Tu Arte, a series of culturally enriching, hands-on art classes. These workshops celebrate Latin American traditions and encourage youth creativity, collaboration, and self-expression.

IDEAL PDX se complace en presentar Tu Arte, una serie de clases de artes prácticas y culturalmente enriquecedoras. Estos talleres celebran las tradiciones artísticas latinoamericanas y fomentan la creatividad, la colaboración y la autoexpresión en jóvenes de todas las edades.

Location / Lugar: Centro Milagro – 525 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
Schedule / Horario: Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM / Martes - Jueves 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Semana 1 / Week 1: August 11-15 / 11–15 de agosto
Semana 2 / Week 2: August 18 - 22 / 18–22 de agosto

Private Groups / Grupos Privados:
Available Mondays and Fridays by request / Disponible los lunes y viernes

Tuition / Costo:

$250 per participant / por participante

$200 for siblings or friends / por hermanos o amigos

$30 Early Check-In (8:45 AM) / Entrada a las (8:45 AM)

$30/hr  Extended Hours (until 3:00PM) / Tiempo Extra  (hasta las 3:00 PM)

$200  Private group sessions Monday and  Friday / Grupo privado Lunes y Viernes

LUNCH IS ON YOU  / Tu traes Lunch 

We will provide snacks / Nosotros ponemos la Botana. 

Some Activities: 

Embossed Metal Art / Repujado
Paper Creations / Creaciones con Papel
Collage & History / Collage y Historias
Collaborative Painting / Pintura Colaborativa
Clay / Creaciones en Arcilla

IDEAL PDX is excited to present Tu Arte, a series of culturally enriching, hands-on art classes. These workshops celebrate Latin American traditions and encourage youth creativity, collaboration, and self-expression.

IDEAL PDX se complace en presentar Tu Arte, una serie de clases de artes prácticas y culturalmente enriquecedoras. Estos talleres celebran las tradiciones artísticas latinoamericanas y fomentan la creatividad, la colaboración y la autoexpresión en jóvenes de todas las edades.

Location / Lugar: Centro Milagro – 525 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
Schedule / Horario: Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM / Martes - Jueves 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Semana 1 / Week 1: August 11-15 / 11–15 de agosto
Semana 2 / Week 2: August 18 - 22 / 18–22 de agosto

Private Groups / Grupos Privados:
Available Mondays and Fridays by request / Disponible los lunes y viernes

Tuition / Costo:

$250 per participant / por participante

$200 for siblings or friends / por hermanos o amigos

$30 Early Check-In (8:45 AM) / Entrada a las (8:45 AM)

$30/hr  Extended Hours (until 3:00PM) / Tiempo Extra  (hasta las 3:00 PM)

$200  Private group sessions Monday and  Friday / Grupo privado Lunes y Viernes

LUNCH IS ON YOU  / Tu traes Lunch 

We will provide snacks / Nosotros ponemos la Botana. 

Some Activities: 

Embossed Metal Art / Repujado
Paper Creations / Creaciones con Papel
Collage & History / Collage y Historias
Collaborative Painting / Pintura Colaborativa
Clay / Creaciones en Arcilla

IDEAL PDX will be hosting a workshop in conjunction with the Festival of Lights at Pioneer Place

Join us as we craft

• Technicolor Flares

• Beacon Light Umbrellas

• Light-up Rocket

IDEAL PDX will be hosting a workshop in conjunction with the Festival of Lights at Pioneer Place

Join us as we craft

• Technicolor Flares

• Beacon Light Umbrellas

• Light-up Rocket

IDEAL PDX will be hosting a workshop in conjunction with the Festival of Lights at Pioneer Place

Join us as we craft

• Technicolor Flares

• Beacon Light Umbrellas

• Light-up Rocket

IDEAL PDX will be hosting a workshop in conjunction with the Festival of Lights at Pioneer Place

Join us as we craft

• Technicolor Flares

• Beacon Light Umbrellas

• Light-up Rocket