- December 14, 2025
Port Orange resident Harland Dahl draws on the sidewalk with chalk to add to the community art project created by Ormond Beach's Masterpiece Mixers part-owner Joseph Janicek. Photo by Paige Wilson
Mike Weakley walks around as a giant artist on stilts. Photo by Paige Wilson
Jazz 4 performs at the festival. Photo by Paige Wilson
Lori Vesser of Olo Studio stands around her creations. Photo by Paige Wilson
Internationally acclaimed portrait and nature artist Greg Graham Grant paints a tri-colored heron. Photo by Paige Wilson
Painted glassware from Moscato Designs, based in Deland. Photo by Paige Wilson
Ormond Beach residents Caleb and Victoria Smith walk around the festival with the family bird: Sunny. Photo by Paige Wilson
Ormond Beach Middle School chorus performs. Photo by Paige Wilson
Daytona Beach resident Isabella Serrano and Ormond Beach resident Isabella Fumich use chalk to contribute to the community art project created by Ormond Beach's Masterpiece Mixers part-owner Joseph Janicek. Photo by Paige Wilson
Cross Woodcraft artists from Holly Hill Michael Oyars Jr. and Michael Oyars Sr. Photo by Paige Wilson
About 4,000 people attended the fourth-annual Granada Grand Festival of the Arts on Saturday, Feb. 3, said Ormond Mainstreet Executive Director Julia Truilo.
“It has grown every year, which to me, is exactly what we are trying to do,” Truilo said. “The first event was two hours in the evening, and now, we have the event all day.”
Local artists and vendors set up tents to show off their creations outside Ormond Beach City Hall. Part-owner of Masterpiece Mixers Joseph Janicek created a community art project for kids and those interested to add to with chalk on the sidewalk. Among the day’s performers were: Ormond Elementary Expressions Dance Team, Ormond Beach Middle School Chorus and Jazz Band, Jazz 4, the Volusia Saxophone Quartet and Thomas T. Jones.
Truilo said Ormond Mainstreet’s primary goals, as a nonprofit, are to attract people to the downtown Ormond Beach area and bring attention to the local arts scene.
“It’s an opportunity we have to enjoy the work of local artists, to bring them together,” she said. “It just makes downtown special.”
