Every once in a while we have the good fortune of working on a project that we feel truly matters, a project that we’ll still be thinking about years from now. Maybe even something we can imagine telling our grandkids about – surely you’ve had moments like that where something you did in your professional life really mattered?

Kelly Motter

In 2023 my husband, Michael, and I decided it was time to give back to the world and started to foster dogs through a rescue in Greensburg, PA. Since then we have helped 19 dogs find their forever homes, that may have otherwise languished in a shelter, or worse. Fostering dogs feels like a calling to me. Read more>>

Ruby Mimosa

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve created is my show BurlesKaraoke. After years of performing but never producing, stepping into that new role felt equal parts exciting and intimidating. But the experience pushed me to trust my intuition, stretch my abilities, and ultimately build a show that has become a beloved staple in our community—something I’m genuinely proud of. Read more>>

Katherine Aly

The process of writing my most recent EP, 222 was definitely a turning point in the way I approach my work as a musician. For 9 months, I took a break from social media and performing and focused solely on nurturing my creativity. Yes, it felt like a pregnancy leading inevitably to a delivery of a project that changed my life! Read more>>

Jessica Buckley

My husband’s job requires us to move. Like, a lot. I’m forever grateful for the opportunity to live in these new (mostly) amazing places and experience the world, but leaving behind our friends, family, and support network every two to three years presents some challenges. One of the biggest challenges is finding my people in a new place where I don’t know anyone at all. Read more>>

Sassa Wilkes

There are several projects that have been meaningful to me in different ways, but one that stands out most is my ‘100 Badass Women’ project. In the last 100 days of 2020, I painted a new portrait every day of a woman I admired, wanted to learn about, or just wanted to uplift. Read more>>

Gabriella ‘Shun’ Hsu

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve ever worked on was the short film, ScapeGOATS, written and directed by Erika Lobati. First of all, I respected Erika so much as both a friend and a director, so I was so honored when she considered me to co-edit the film with the amazing Raquel Davis. Read more>>

Diamond Capreè

The most meaningful project I would have to say is the one I’m working on now I haven’t released a single or an EP in about three years. I just recently been through a break up with someone I felt was my soulmate. I can usually write from a sad point of view, but I’ve never written from a heartbreak. Read more>>

Milton Lara

Early 2018, I came up with an idea on my trip to El Salvador, my native country. Like many Spanish speaking countries, Salvadorans speak a certain unique way. I realized I can create a Loteria, ‘bingo like game’ using Salvadoran slang. I came home and Ideas just started flowing in, even had dinner with a cousin that is a pro at Salvadoran slang. Read more>>

Beatrix Guedes

Two projects have been marking my life in profoundly different ways: My 2 feature films, The Caterpillar and Crystalina. The Caterpillar was originally written more than ten years ago, as a surrealist tragicomedy set in Brazil. It won a major fund at the time, but circumstances caused the production to stop, and the project went into a kind of deep sleep. Read more>>

Amanda Newman

In 2009, I went on a mission trip to Rwanda, Africa. During that initial experience, the Rwandan pastor we were partnering with discovered I was an artist and lit up! We NEED you to come and teach the women! A few months later, I returned, and we started with basic art techniques. Read more>>

Jalyn Crosby

The most meaningful project that I’ve worked on was a play called Four Little Girls by Christina Ham, performed at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery, Alabama, the city I was raised in. I was cast in the show my senior year of high school, and it was my first professional show as an actor. Read more>>

Sora Lee

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is my 2025 Calendar Project, which follows the year-long journey of two mice. In this project, the two mice travel through peaceful, beautiful places. All worlds without violence, hate, or discrimination. The mice represent me, and their journey represents the world I wish for. Read more>>

Sanyé Mylo

There’s this upcoming project called “For The Wait II” that I’m set to release between December 2025 and January 2026, and honestly, it’s the most meaningful body of work I’ve ever created. It began back in November 2024, right after I got back from Japan that September. That trip REALLY sparked something in me, a need to create and put something out into the world. Read more>>

Jenny Velasquez

One of the most meaningful projects we have ever worked on was a master bedroom and bathroom redesign for a client who was going through an incredibly difficult time. She had reached out to us because she had been diagnosed with a very rare type of cancer and was about to begin a long and painful treatment journey. Read more>>

Rhonda ‘ Shakur’s Carter

Arizona’s Children’s Center for foster children. I was a foster child a couple of times. I was asked to paint design a mural that parents who visited their children there and volunteers could paint and participate in. Read more>>

Eleonora Oleotto

I was volunteering in a Buddhist center in Italy. I had just came out from a personal painful experience thanks to photography. I took some pictures of myself to see all my pain and to transform it. At the Buddhist center I met a woman, she was a psychologist. Read more>>

Mckenna Bridger

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on was ‘Three Months to Break Your Heart’, a vertical drama series. It wasn’t my first project, but it was the one that left the biggest impact on me. I still remember the night I opened my inbox and saw an offer for the role of Grace Hayes, the younger sister in the story. Read more>>

Alexandra Medel

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on was a photoshoot I did with a lymphatic DME company. It wasn’t just content, it was me stepping into a space I used to avoid. I live with lymphedema, and my compression garments are literally my second skin. They’re part of my everyday life, part of my routine, and honestly, something I’ve been self-conscious about for years. Read more>>

Carina Marie

The project I’m working on currently means a lot to me. I just released part 1 of my debut album as an EP called Scribbles. A 5 song project that explores the beauty and chaos of not caring too much and learning to let go. In 2026, I’ll be releasing a second EP alternatively, about the ups and downs of caring too deeply. Read more>>

Robin Sievers

Before retirement in 2011, I owned a boutique Crisis Public Relations company. When we moved to the North Georgia mountains I created and filled our windows with stained glass. In 2019, I told my husband, Keith, ‘I want to go to art school.’ A few months later, just prior to COVID he was diagnosed with a rare skin cancer and entered treatment. Read more>>

Sarah-A’Esha Sewell

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is my first album, ‘In Due Time’, that came out July 2023. Around that time I was growing through a season of foundational reflection. Read more>>

Oleksandr Bugela

I created a short film about a homeless Vietnam War veteran who is looking for his son, and I dedicated this work to everyone in Ukraine who has developed PTSD as a result of the ongoing war — and to the Ukrainian people as a whole. Read more>>

Josephine Zhu

One of my favorite items of cultural significance in the Chinese culture is the jade bangle. Jade bangles are a staple worn by Chinese women for centuries, as a symbol for good health and protection. Chinese women will even often wear the same one for their entire lives–including my 102 year old grandmother who still wears hers to this day. Read more>>

Robin Ahn

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is building Cypris Q, our AI-powered research assistant that helps R&D teams uncover insights across patents, papers, organizations, and news. When I joined Cypris as the first and only in-house designer, Cypris Q was still an early idea—more of a raw proof-of-concept than a usable product. Read more>>

Lay Simone

The most meaningful project I have worked on is my Thermal Body Zodiac Collection. This series changed my life because it allowed me to connect with women in a very real and emotional way. I created each piece to celebrate the body in all forms and to remind women that their shape, size, and natural features are powerful. Read more>>

Tabatha Visutskie

Our latest film (TVM Productions) that my creative partner (Tyson Vines) and I produced, directed and performed in is entitled, The Darkest Choice. This story evolves around the topic of assistance suicide. We follow three characters dealing with mental illness, life threatening disease and dementia. The choices they make are both positive and negative. There are real life interviews regarding their thoughts on suicide. Read more>>

Arrushi Chakraborty

Everyone was gearing up for their Senior Thesis at the School of Visual Arts. Be it Film, Illustration, Animation, or other majors, everyone had to have something to show for the conclusion of their Bachelor’s degree. I resonated with Michael Scott from ‘The Office’ (Season 5, Episodes 14/15) when he said: “And I knew exactly what to do. Read more>>

Justy Marcoviche-Garnett

My new studio album LOVECHILD is absolutely my most meaningful project to date. It’s not just a record to me — it’s a restoration project, a spiritual excavation, and the culmination of a story I inherited long before I was born. Read more>>

Abi Butler

I have had the opportunity to make a lot of beautiful things. I would say that near the top of that list are my two sewing books that I’ve written and published. They took so much time and effort and really pushed me to do my best. Read more>>

Jeff Danna

My brother Mychael is a frequent collaborator with myself and we have been doing music together in various ways since we were children growing up in Burlington ,Ontario ,Canada. When I was 13 and he was 19 our father passed away suddenly. Read more>>

Debbie Shepardson

The Invisible Project. It started with my son. He and his friend handed me a tiny flip book they’d made. I opened it and saw blank pages. I assumed that was intentional and said it would be a great idea to make an entire book of invisible things. Read more>>

Alexus Anderson

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on is founding and growing GNB Book Club, a community I started in 2020. I noticed a gap in spaces where readers especially women of color could come together to discuss books, share ideas, and build meaningful connections. Read more>>

James Gregg

My most meaningful project is actually the one I am currently working on. I’m working on a debut album “When The Retard Raps”. Not only will this be my very first album, but it promotes what I am most passionate about, which is mental health. Read more>>

Daniel Shepard Straffon

I created a personal project called “Una más y ya,” a collection of 12 black and white hand drawings. In collaboration with Corner Books, we expanded the project beyond paper and into fabric with a small clothing capsule. To bring everything together, we hosted a pop-up show at their Tokyo store, along with a limited edition zine release. Read more>>

Kyle Cortes

Projects come in many shapes and forms, from my first large painting, to starting my own brand, to hosting an art gallery with no experience, to making a story to myself. Truthfully, taking my own art and creative freedom seriously is my meaningful project as it reflects who I am as an ambitious creative. Read more>>

Tommy Dickie

Honestly, after all these years in both performance and education, the most meaningful may have actually been this past summer, with a production of Matilda I directed at my summer camp in Vermont. I grew up going to this camp, an all-boys camp in Fairlee VT. I’ve now spent 25 summers there over the years, and for over half that time have directed the big musical, with about 60 boys every summer. Read more>>

Joel NR Powell

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is actually a series of five EPs—NR City, Visions In My Eyes, God Blessed Yute, Rise Up, and The Delivery—where I handled every aspect of the creative process, writing, performing, producing, mixing, and mastering each track from start to finish. Read more>>

Andrea Ward

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is my podcast, Pain Into Power. I started it during one of the most difficult and transformative periods of my life. I was healing from domestic violence, rebuilding my confidence, raising my children, and rediscovering my own voice in the process. The show wasn’t created from inspiration it was created from survival. Read more>>

Leyla Mesic

The most meaningful project I’m currently developing is Lumen Echomedicine, a multidisciplinary body of work exploring how sound, story, movement, somatic therapy, and light can support healing and expand consciousness. Read more>>

Kelly Elkowitz

A year ago this October, I was offered the chance to show my work at SLAG&RX – New York – Paris – a gallery that I also work at as a gallery assistant. Irina Protopopescu, the director and co-founder of SLAG&RX, has always been incredibly supportive of my work, but even so, the offer came as a shock. As a young artist, I understood the seriousness of what this meant – it would be my first solo show in New York, in Chelsea of all places, and at a gallery I deeply respect, where I’ve witnessed firsthand their commitment to their artists. It was an unbelievable opportunity. Read more>>