Many Mouths One Stomach

Mission Statement

Many Mouths One Stomach (MMOS) is a Tucson-based collective of artists, teachers and community activists who come together with the intent to create, inspire, manifest and perpetuate modern festal culture.

“Festal Culture” is the expression and fulfillment of core human needs through public celebration, ceremony, and ritual. The All Souls Procession is an event that was created to serve the public need to mourn, reflect, and celebrate the universal experience of Death, through their ancestors, loved ones and the living. Our events establish a legacy that reclaims public space through art and blurs the line between participant and observer, ritual and performance. Together with our commitment to education, outreach, and collaboration, MMOS stewards a vision wherein the creative act becomes a mode of living.. Many Mouths One Stomach (MMOS) is a Tucson-based collective of artists, teachers and community activists who come together with the intent to create, inspire, manifest and perpetuate modern festal culture. Our primary focus is the production of The Annual All Souls Procession – which is a free, hyper-inclusive, participatory event to honor those who have passed. Grown from the robust, mixed heritage, grass roots artist culture in Tucson, AZ in 1990 – the event has grown to over 150,000 + participants each year from all corners of the Earth.