


Gaby Castaneda Pruitt, Visual Artist Honoree
Gaby Castaneda Pruitt sees the world through a lens tuned to light, story, and connection. Her photographs—whether displayed at Craighead Green Gallery or featured in landmark exhibitions like White Steel, Blue Skies at the Latino Cultural Center—carry a quiet intensity that resonates long after viewers leave the gallery. Beyond her own artistry, she has shaped Plano’s cultural community as a past president of the Plano Art Association and now as curator of its gallery at The Shops at Willow Bend, creating spaces where stories unfold and communities grow.
“Through art a conversation
happens… We are storytellers.
We grow. We explore. The medium, whatever it might be, proves to be therapy. We are all connected, and magic happens every day.”
Pruitt’s words mirror her life’s work:
to use art not only as expression, but as a bridge—between generations, cultures, and people who discover they are less alone when they share
a creative journey.
Gaby Castaneda Pruitt sees the world through a lens tuned to light, story, and connection. Her photographs—whether displayed at Craighead Green Gallery or featured in landmark exhibitions like White Steel, Blue Skies at the Latino Cultural Center—carry a quiet intensity that resonates long after viewers leave the gallery. Beyond her own artistry, she has shaped Plano’s cultural community as a past president of the Plano Art Association and now as curator of its gallery at The Shops at Willow Bend, creating spaces where stories unfold and communities grow.
“Through art a conversation
happens… We are storytellers.
We grow. We explore. The medium, whatever it might be, proves to be therapy. We are all connected, and magic happens every day.”
Pruitt’s words mirror her life’s work:
to use art not only as expression, but as a bridge—between generations, cultures, and people who discover they are less alone when they share
a creative journey.