Living Arts of Tulsa, in collaboration with Casa de la Cultura, will host its annual Día de los Muertos Arts Festival, 6-11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Living Arts Space, 307 E. Reconciliation Way.

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebration held in Mexico and in Central American countries where family members commemorate their ancestors in a way that mixes parts of Roman Catholicism with Indigenous traditions that pre-date the arrival of the Spanish in the Americas.

Families often set up offerings or altars called ofrendas, either at home or at the cemetery. Throughout the Día de los Muertos, the living will remember their ancestors by honoring their memory, by feasting on foods (such as pan de muerto or calaveras de azucar), and playing or singing the songs that were favored by their ancestors.

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‘Taste of the Arts District’

The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, 101 E. Archer St., will offer “A Taste of the Arts District,” 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, as part of the Tulsa Arts District’s First Friday Art Crawl.

Representatives from some of the city’s many arts organizations will be on hand to perform throughout the evening. Among those scheduled are Tulsa Shakespeare Company, Celebrity Attractions, Tulsa Opera, the Tulsa Symphony, LoDrum, Natty Gray of Cult Love, Gilcrease Museum, Theatre Tulsa and Riffraff Tulsa.

‘Philbrook 101: Rain or Shine’

Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S. Rockford Road, will provide visitors with unique insights into a pair of installations as part of the “Philbrook 101: Rain or Shine” series, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1.

Curators Kate Green and Susan Green will discuss George Gibbs’ “Symphony,” the mural that adorns the four walls of the “Music Room” in the museum’s villa, along with one of the museum’s most recent acquisitions, “Magritte II,” by Marisol, the Venezuelan artist known during her life as the “Queen of Pop Art.”

Complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres will be provided.

The event is free to Philbrook members. To join or upgrade one’s membership, email or call 918-748-5320.

Artists Creative Fund events

Three current recipients of grants from the Artists Creative Fund will showcase their work in three events over the next few weeks.

“Silver Seed” by Logan Sours will be on display at Guthrie Green, 111 E. Reconciliation Way, through Nov. 29. Sours collaborated with Dreamspace Lab and The Makers Out to create an immersive, sensory-shifting art installation in a geodesic dome filled with light and sound.

Poet and playwright Deborah Hunter will present “Still Kickin’,” 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at The Studio, 2221 E. Admiral Blvd. This poetry event features participants from a poetry workshop Hunter conducted at the Whittier Heights Senior Living Apartments, as well as seniors from throughout the community.

Onyx Montes will host an interactive workshop series and social sculpture project titled “Tulsa’s Hidden Heroines,” 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.

The workshops will explore the lives of remarkable women in Tulsa’s history who have paved the way for future generations despite the odds stacked against them. Following a discussion about their incredible stories and why their contributions still resonate today, participants will channel that inspiration into creating their own zines. No prior experience in zine-making is required, and all materials and snacks will be provided.

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