About the Artists

Mickey Harmon is a Buffalo-based illustrator and graphic designer, co-owner of the Pine Apple Company gallery on Allen Street, and the chair of Exist, the event that annually commences Buffalo Pride weekend. An active member of Buffalo’s LGBTQ+ scene, much of Harmon’s personal artwork revolves around themes related to this community.  
   
As Buffalo’s first prominently out Black trans woman, artist Ari Moore has established herself as a leader and matriarch of the local movement for decades. After studying at the University of Buffalo and Daemen College, Moore has served an art instructor at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Langston Hughes Institute Center. She was one of the first artists to show at Buffalo's Juneteenth Festival. Moore owned and operated the Inner City Art Studio before joining the Buffalo Police Department, where she served as an officer for twenty-five years before retiring.