2026 Art Crawl Jurors
PARRISH GIBBONS
Parrish Gibbons is an arts administrator, artist, and advocate with over 15 years of experience supporting Western New York arts organizations. She has helped raise millions of dollars through capital development, program growth, and strategic fundraising initiatives. Parrish is the Executive Director of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center and has held leadership roles at the Kenan Center, Arts Services Initiative of Western New York, and Starlight Studio and Art Gallery. An artist herself, she is committed to making art accessible to all. She lives in Lockport, NY with her daughter and cat.
GARY RINALDI
YAMES MOFFITT
James Moffitt, aka YAMES, is a Buffalo native and co-founder of Pine Apple Company, an artist collective and gallery located in Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood. Having formally trained at Pratt Institute, YAMES is a multidisciplinary graphic artist who specializes in hand-painted signs, typography, illustration, murals, and more. You can see his work on businesses throughout Buffalo, including Hydraulic Hearth, Sato Brewpub, Larkin Square, and the National Grid’s Terminal Station B. Though this will be YAMES’s first mural with the Public Art Initiative, he has assisted on numerous other projects for the Initiative.