Our beginnings..

We founded April, 6th of 2015 and opened our first location Sept 12th, in Miamisburg Ohio. We were very fortunate to cross paths with Joe Harrison, who told us we could make a difference in his city. With his support we rented the old J C Penny building on Main Street, sternly constructed in the 1920's, giving us over 17,000 square foot to build a business. And the rest is, well…. an arts renaissance of sorts.

We had 10 amazing events in that beautiful space! A few of my favorites were 'The Shape of You' showing over 80 works of body photographer Gary Mitchel, poetry by Jeanette Winterson and performance by Hexa Burlesque, Orka Love and OldNews. 'Life" showing over 120 works by micro botanical photographer Jim Shirey and ‘Americana’ featuring American landscape juxtaposed by American ethnicity, live painting and performance by Cincinnati’s ‘Honey & Houston’. Much gratitude for memorable music, performance and visual arts experiences!

In Miamisburg we lead 6 collaborative murals, mosaic and painted, created a mosaic with every public school and led projects that won Miamisburg City First and Second place OPRA awards. With our whole hearts we made an impact in the Burg community and started our legacy through giving and service.

When we moved to Dayton in 2018, we kicked the door down by painting our HUGE ‘Artist Bird Mural’ on the train over pass bridge at Keowee and First Street. It’s one of the largest and highest murals in Dayton. After independently raising funds, getting the green lights from city manager Shelley Dickstein & co, and suffering 2 weeks of ‘lift legs’, we were well into our journey of making an even greater impact on community.

Since then we have shifted our focus towards creating and installing large scale interactive porcelain mosaic gameboards throughout Montgomery County and beyond. These mosaics will last many years and we believe people will one day visit Dayton to play the games. We will continue to serve our mission, to Inspire, Empower and Unify our communities through this mosaic art making process.

We are currently developing an APP that will show a map of the gameboards in the Miami Valley Region. State awards have continued to follow us, blessing the Cities that have supported our public art endeavors.

This is our Legacy for Dayton. Join us!

~Jes McMillan

The best way to find yourself

is to lose yourself in the service of others.

-Mahatma Gandhi