We asked some of the most talented folks in the community to talk to us about projects they’ve worked on that they still think about, projects that really meant something. Have you had such an experience? Are you looking for inspiration for your next project? Check out the stories below, they are exciting, entertaining, and most importantly – inspiring.

Laura Marsh

I will share how to balance creative projects, money management, and earning while staying focused on one’s work. Read more>>

Juni (Junhee) Kweon

I find that my childhood holds a special fascination for me. Some of my friends have even remarked that I seem to dwell in the past, and I can’t entirely disagree. Read more>>

Ryan Bartlett

The most meaningful project that I’ve worked on to date would have to be the “Failure To Yield” album by the heavy metal band Tyranis. Those guys have been great friends of mine for a long time and due to some extreme circumstances in their lives a few years ago they almost had to call it quits. Read more>>

Cammry Lapka

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on, and this may sound self-serving because it is, is my own project. I illustrate graphic novels for a living and I enjoy doing so. Read more>>

Jeanette Yoffe

To give you a backstory of my most meaningful project I need to begin by sharing with you, that all of what I have accomplished in my life, would not have been possible without these three adverse childhood experiences. Read more>>

Darius Smith

I release all of my photos and art under the alias of Prxject Ghoul. The entire idea behind the character of Ghoul is that he is the representation of the most raw and unfiltered version of myself, and the physical manifestation of all of the things I feel inside. Read more>>

Ghazal Ghazi

In 2022, I worked on a ceramics series called Spillages which reinterpreted Iron Age ceramics from the Iranian plateau. These beak-spouted earthenware vessels are thought to have been used either for ceremonial purposes, burials, or to carry wine. Read more>>

Emmy Wildermuth

About a year ago, my artistic collaborator, Catherine Messina, and I founded our choreographic festival, unKEMpT, with the mission to uplift new choreographic voices regardless of their access to resources. Read more>>

Saint Jacob

I made the move to Tennessee in the autumn of 2020 to study audio engineering and music business at the Dark Horse Institute. Throughout the first year of my education, whether in the famous honky tonk bars on Broadway or at a packed out house party in East Nashville, I continuously had the exact same interaction with nearly everyone I met: Read more>>

John Fico

As a young actor new to NYC, I was told to accept any role I was offered. I did that and I ended up in some good projects but in many truly terrible ones too. Of course, you learn from everything you do; the good and the bad, the successes and the failures. Read more>>

Tony Royster

Positive Movement is the most meaningful project I’ve worked on and it still continues to better each year! PANDEMIC While everyone else was shut down we were out there for the community. People were angry, scared, dying, but everyone heard the drums. It brought people joy and hope for a better tomorrow. Read more>>

Khern$

“Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.” – Virginia Woolf Read more>>

Rori Nogee

I have kept journals since I was 8 and I started writing songs at 16. It was my therapy and the way I dealt with high school heartbreaks and betrayals. This was long before social media. I had no aspirations of sharing my music with the world. It was just for me. Read more>>

Cheryl Cantafio

The most meaningful work I’ve created so far is the poetry book I wrote and published in May 2023, called My Stay with the Sisters. I wrote it after my mother died in April 2022 after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Read more>>

Sarah Sampson

My most meaningful projects take shape through collaboration. I’m learning that at my best I’m a weaver. Gathering all the creative threads and people together to make experiences that hold the potential for healing, empowerment and vision is where I feel most at home. Read more>>

Chante Lewis

I believe most projects, if you think about, hold meaning. Eye of the beholder, right? Growing up, 80s underdog movies like The Karate Kid, The Boy Who Could Fly, and Never Ending Story gave me hope that one day maybe I would fit in. Read more>>

Muji Rieger

in 2018, myself and other artists teamed up to transform one of Colorado Springs most neglected neighborhoods into a thriving arts district. Our mission was to paint every wall on the mile long stretch of the main thoroughfare passing through the Knob Hill Neighborhood. Read more>>

Paris Kostopoulos

We often have landmark moments during our professional carrier that create new possibilities and open new pathways. Such a moment was in 2005 after I completed a residence in Roslyn New York, an affluent suburb with large homes with pools and pool houses, clubs and club houses and expensive cars. Read more>>

W.G. Rickel

i dont have a most meaningful project, but i do think it is a practiced skill to FIND meaning in projects. a big part of what i do is solving problems for people, not just making art of my own design and desire. Read more>>

Nazli Tahvili

My storytelling philosophy is simple and personal. I love telling stories using mostly pictures or a few words, reflecting my introspective nature. The characters in my books share a universal desire for exploration and discovery, going on both real and symbolic journeys to find themselves and the world around them. Read more>>

Jason Oberman

I think that 6083 is one of the most meaningful projects I’ve been involved with. Meaningful in a personal way: it’s been something I’ve always returned to throughout my life. Read more>>

Ross Collins

I feel like meaningful projects have become a lost art in today’s music. Everything seems to be catered to playlist, viral trends and algorithm’s. Read more>>

Kira Xonorika

Oh so many but here’s my top 3! I remember being invited to the “Incarnation” exhibition curated by Hannah Stouffer of H+ Creative at Vellum Los Angeles. At that time, I was conducting art research in Mexico City. Read more>>

Freddie Della Femina

I never considered myself to be particularly gifted when it came to my art. For a very long time, I was what I’d call “aimless” in my projects. I found no appeal in finishing anything, being content with rough sketches. Read more>>

Free Chains

I believe that my most meaningful project that I have released was my first album that was released titled Dreams. This is my life mission put into an album. Read more>>

Chip Freund

The story of Blue Glacier Then & Now: A Personal Photographic Story of Climate Change (https://www.blueglacierthenandnow.org/) began 40 years ago. It was July 1982. I had just spent the past week and a half making my way across the country via Greyhound bus. Read more>>

Ty Brueilly

Mightier Than The Sword Awards at Sunset Film Festival Read more>>

Holly Sidell

When I was going through breast cancer treatment in 2017, I knew that when I got through to the other side, I would turn it into something meaningful – I just wasn’t sure yet what that was. Read more>>

Lacey Melguizo

The most meaningful project that I have ever worked on would be my work with Mindfulness in Schools. This work was a soul calling that incorporated creativity, heart, and mind and impacted health and well-being with students and teachers in ways that transcended my expectations. Read more>>

Asha Dahya

I am the director and producer of a new short documentary called SOMEONE YOU KNOW, which features three women sharing their experiences navigating a hostile landscape, as well as numerous barriers, to get a later abortion. Read more>>

Rachel Solis

Running The Aphrodisiacs, my Burlesque Dance Troupe, has been the most meaningful creative project I’ve ever worked on. I was raised as a Southern Baptist down in Georgia. Read more>>

Matthew Lolar

This past year, I was able to do a show called This Bitter Earth at Fleetwood Jourdain Theatre. This project was special to me for a couple of reasons. One is because of the director of the show. Read more>>

Isabelle Grogan

The SwiftArtists group I founded and continue to run, has been such a meaningful endeavor. When I moved to Nashville, I was meeting so many artists and songwriters who were in the same boat as me. Read more>>

Yalan Hu

Over the years, I’ve worked on a variety of projects – narrative features, documentaries, reality shows, you name it. The ones that stuck with me are those I could relate to not just as a creative, but also those that reflect my cultural identity. Read more>>

Jenna Lueck

My most meaningful projects have come in the form of commissioned farmscape paintings. Through them, I can bring uplifting pieces of the past back to life for families and keep their legacy living on! Read more>>