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.

Moonlight Bloom

Possibly one of the most challenging yet rewarding projects we have done as a band was the recording of our most recent full length album, “Lazarus”, by ourselves. Read more>>

Mariana Beauchamp

I am thrilled to announce my solo musical debut: “Para Protegerme” (“To Protect Myself”). This project stands as a testament to the myriad of ways in which we can protect and love ourselves and one another, even amidst moments when it all seems to crumble around us. Read more>>

Sophie Chan

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is my Youtube video: “Asking 100 Musicians why they do Music: A Personal Journey.” A full year into my degree as a Violin Performance Major, I started to question why I was at music school. Read more>>

Bari Bands

From when I started my career as an artist up to where I am now, I have always tried to help those around me. Read more>>

Kris Schaedig

The path I am on now began with an old white cotton duvet from my great-grandmother. As the duvet wore out and was no longer useful, I noticed the repairs that were made to it over the years, the way the buttonholes were handmade, and the small holes that developed over time, Read more>>

Anna Sundquist

Till this day, the most meaningful and overall exciting project I’ve worked on was a film we finished last year called Darko. It comes out at the end of the year, and I’m so eager for it! Read more>>

Mustafa Akyurek

My Child, my most recent short film and my senior thesis at Emerson, has been the most meaningful project. It’s a surreal coming-of-age nightmare about childhood, growing up, and the loss of innocence. Read more>>

Mary Hawkins

I don’t feel like an adrenaline junkie – I’m not someone who loves roller coasters or scary movies – but when I take big risks and push myself in my professional life, the results have always been better and more meaningful than I imagined. Read more>>

Luisa Otero-Prada

“The Doors of North St Louis” was a meaningful project, I was invited to be one of the artists to paint doors but also to coordinate the project. This was a project of PEACE Weaving Wholeness an organization directed by Dr Paulette Sankofa located in the Old North Neighborhood of St Louis City. Read more>>

Nigel Marcellus

When I was in my Master’s program, I was working on my final project which involved children’s books. I found a research study that shared that White and Animal characters were drastically represented more than Black characters in children’s book. Read more>>

Nethra Gururaj

“I want to create work that invents a space rather than fills up a space that was already there”, said Nikita Gill in her book The Girl and The Goddess. Ever since I was a kid, my grandparents used to tell me bedtime stories and I was captivated by them. Read more>>

Allison Ford

One of my most meaningful projects was designing art for a medical/clinical publication. I worked on that project for about a year with the journal coming out every few months. Read more>>

Chancelier Skidmore

My current project, The Black Carbon Collection, was born out of a series of commissioned poems. The Center for Planning Excellence hired me to create a poems for various events. Read more>>

Elbert Christian

One of the most meaningful projects that I have is a song called A Pilgrim (Interspace Love). This song is basically about my late uncle who passed away in 2018 and it hit our family pretty hard. Read more>>

Daniel Lee

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on so far in my creative life was the manuscript for my first book, ANATOMY OF WANT. It basis of it was my MFA creative thesis, but I had already been writing poems for it since undergraduate school. Read more>>

Tori Keaton

Every one of the films I have worked on has been a meaningful project to me. I feel that each project comes into my life right when I need it. There’s always something to be learned and something to be released. Read more>>

Brittany Bradley

Creating art that reflects my true passions and interests has always been a driving force in my artistic journey. When I think about the meaningful projects that have truly inspired me, I can’t help but think of the work I’ve made surrounding the women’s marches, my current series “Jamnesia” on Roller Derby and Artists and Artisans, environmental portraiture of masters of craft. Read more>>

Caroline Aylward

The most meaningful projects i’ve worked on are the stories I had no choice but to tell. The creative ideas that kept coming back, the ones I couldn’t stop thinking about. Read more>>

Alexander Lancaster

I am currently working on a project for the “We Are Silver Lake” Association in Silver Lake, Kansas. This dedicated group of residents aims to instill pride in our charming small town. Read more>>

O’Neal Cooper

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve done to date was creating a custom blazer for Robert Earl Keen’s last show ever. I was approached by Scott Friedech of The Graphic Guitar Guys to make the project happen as a surprise gift for Mr. Keen. Read more>>

Andrea Yordanova

For me, meaningful projects are ones that challenge me as an actress and allow me to delve deep into the human experience. Of course, I love all projects I’ve done as all of them have thought me something. Read more>>

Ana Sierra

Working on meaningful projects has an immense subjective connotation. What could be the most life-changing experience for me, could easily be just another paycheck to another artist. Read more>>

Merill Comeau

My most meaningful projects took place in secure treatment facilities housing youth 15-22 years of age serving sentences in the Massachusetts court system. Read more>>

Susan Hayden

I’ve always veered from a conventional existence. I grew up in suburban Encino, in a home surrounded by wall-to-wall books instead of tchotchkes. Read more>>

K Kriesel

In undergrad I studied art therapy with an emphasis on recovering from spiritual trauma. In my artwork I separate religious symbols from their contexts, utilizing them as tools for healing rather than for abuse. Read more>>

Jay Collins

In 2019 I received a call. “Is this Jay Winter Collins?” “Yes, that is me,” I replied. “You will be receiving a phone call from Governor Bob Graham.” Are you sure? I asked. Read more>>

Toluwanimi Obiwole

One of the most meaningful projects I have worked on is one I am currently helping with. I’ve been in Costa Rica for the past few months, reconnecting to myself and nature and opening myself to new ways of living. Read more>>

MARIA ROSADO

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on, I would have to say, would be Myself. I’ve gone years with facing unresolved grief and mental Health obstacles and it took one decision of moving across country alone to bring Myself to center. Read more>>

Corey Rosen

Mission Statement Public Broadcasting Music Television provides an ongoing and commercial free broadcast platform for artists from all cultures to virtually share their art to an international audience. Read more>>

Nicole Witt

I actually have two favorite projects! They both have happened in the past few years. The first project, is my first ever release as a solo artist. Clear, was a project that I had been writing for 15 years. Read more>>

Mark Rios

I have 2 very meaningful projects that I’ve created and produced. One is an indie mob series called, “A Family Thing.” I play the mob boss. And the second one is a one-act musical play about the spiritual side of the “King.” It’s called, “The Gospel Soul of Elvis.” Read more>>

Michelle Lougee

Souvenirs is a recent pivotal series I’ve been working on. They are products of modern foraging, made from post-consumer blister packages carefully paired with natural objects such as feathers, lichen, shells and pinecones with birchbark backgrounds and frames of crocheted plarn. Read more>>

Mabilene

This interview finds me in the final mixing phase of my latest musical project – both an acoustic EP and full length LP follow-up to my 2021 album The Other Side. Read more>>

Daniel Wright

I’ve had the great privilege of working on many documentary projects that tackle a wide variety of topics. From the contemporary art world to species extinction and climate change, every film feels like a miniature masters degree into the specific subject matter we are exploring. Read more>>

James Grisom

I’ve been blessed to work on a few meaningful projects. I worked as a video editor and music composer for the documentary Still I Rise The Film by filmmaker and activist Sheri Shuster. Read more>>