Arts Destination
Build Downtown Ontario into a recognizable arts destination that draws visitors while creating opportunities for artists, entrepreneurs and local businesses.
Art lives here
About O-Town Walls.
O-Town Walls uses large-scale public art and creative programming to give Downtown Ontario a visual identity people can experience on the street—not behind a gallery door.
The movement
Art with a job to do.
We are small business owners, real estate developers, entrepreneurs and creatives with a shared belief that art can change how a downtown feels, how people move through it and how a community sees itself.
What began as an idea to bring large-scale murals into Downtown Ontario has grown into an ongoing platform for public art, events and creative community connection. At the center is the annual O-Town Walls Mural Fest, bringing artists from across the U.S. and around the world into the city to create work in public.
We're not just curating art. We're building a movement around place.
The vision
A downtown people remember.
We envision Downtown Ontario as a place where public walls tell stories, overlooked spaces become creative experiences and art becomes part of the everyday identity of the district. The goal is not decoration for decoration's sake—it is a stronger sense of place, more reasons to explore downtown and more opportunities for artists, businesses and the community to connect.
Community Hub
Create accessible platforms where artists, residents, businesses and visitors can connect around creativity and public space.
Building Beautification
Activate walls, buildings and public-facing spaces through year-round creative programming and large-scale art.
The festival in action
Made on the street.
Artists · Makers · Movers · Shakers
Meet the team.
The people behind the walls, logistics, partnerships and community work that make O-Town Walls happen.
Mia Sophia Melle
President · Creative Director
Damien M. Melle
CEO · Jack of All Trades
Shane Grammer
Artist · Consultant
Dene de la Croix
Executive Assistant
Debra Porada
Community Champion
And a huge thank you to the volunteers, sponsors, property owners, city partners and community members who make the festival possible.
See it as it happens
Follow the walls from blank surface to finished mural.
During Mural Fest, the team will go live and post throughout the week from across Downtown Ontario.