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.

Maria Anderson

I guess it would make sense for me to say my latest book, A Mother’s Love, but I have to be honest and say all of my books and journal have been meaningful.  Read more>>

Richard Dunoff

During my career as a photographer I worked on a number of meaningful jobs ranging from shooting annual reports and advertising photographs to publishing a couple of books of photography. Read more>>

Barry Jackson

I created my own children’s book, Danny Diamondback, published by Harper Collins. It is an entirely original story that has personal significance to me.  Read more>>

Petrie Willink

I have a part in Oppenheimer, working with Christopher Nolan was a significant experience, as I am also I sci/fi, writer and filmmaker. I tried ad libing a line during a rehearsal, he very kindly said that that was great but that I needed worry about the writing. Read more>>

Linda Wright

I would say the most meaningful project is YOU AND ME, a pilot I wrote. There are many stories out there about a man leaving prison and having to start over but very few on women. Read more>>

Craig Downs

One of my favorite projects was started by my partner Candice Fulton and I in a small village in Mexico over 10 ten years ago. In the town soccer field, which is used by people of every age and is a center of village activity, was a drab little building used for dressing rooms and storage. Read more>>

Matys Colpron

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve completed is my last EP: drowning, the music explores a hard time in my life going through uncertainty after completing my studies and a tumultuous heartbreak. Read more>>

Eerie Rottica

I actually have two meaningful projects I am working on that I would love to tell you about! Firstly, Trek Wars 2. It’s a burlesque tribute show to Star Trek & Star Wars that myself and Gina the Machina put on- together we are “The SiniSisters Burlesque” Read more>>

Simon Pucheu

The most meaningful project I worked on was for Riot Games, The Chambers Reveal music. I met my friend Karel Psota at a party in LA, and we instantly became friends.  Read more>>

Bobbi Mastrangelo

Creating “Borough of Manhattan” sculpture relief was one of my most meaningful projects. After teaching Elementary School for six years, I became a Stay-at Home-Mom. Read more>>

Timothy Lewis Jr.

My most meaningful project has to be my self portrait called “Coming Out Of The Cocoon”. During that time in my life I was dealing with the loss of my dad. In the process of reinventing myself, while also search for new career/job opportunities.  Read more>>

Joe Siple

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is without question the writing of The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride. After a dozen years spent trying to write novels I thought I was supposed to write, in the way I thought agents and editors wanted them written, a major life event changed everything for me. Read more>>

Negan Fu

My senior thesis film “Living Dead” is the most meaningful project I’ve worked on thus far. It felt like the culmination of everything I had made and contributed to creatively throughout my time at SCAD. Read more>>

Gabriel Mouritzen

In March I finished my short film, Cosa Nostra, a film about two ex-gangsters who, after getting away with the last job, are left asking themselves “what’s next?” as they attempt to return to their normal lives. Read more>>

Reason Unknown

Our last album Nothing Left But This was recorded at Ryan Greenes Validus Recording studio, and produced by Scott Hallquist of Ten Foot Pole. Read more>>

Christian Sinclair

One of the many meaningful projects I’ve worked on was our “First After Five” Black History Month series at the Frist Art Museum in 2023, which aligns perfectly with Soul’d’s mission and values. Read more>>

Sarah Moshman

One of the most meaningful projects and organizations I’ve been a part of is Look What SHE Did! We are a 501(c)3 non-profit that focuses on shining a light on women’s stories we should never forget. Read more>>

Gordon Durich

Working on a project with the theme of the Paris Olympics. I believe I was meant to be part of the art exhibit Ooh La La at DeFrenS Gallery in Westlake Village, opening in July this year. Read more>>

Susan Wheeler

I created an opera company called SALT Opera, concerts for change in 2013. We were able in our 10 year run to sing for the former President of South Korea, X, in Lorin Maazel’s concert series at the Castleton Festival Read more>>

Stephen Feldman

I’m happy to report that one of the most meaningful projects I’m working on is happening right now. I’ll be releasing my 6th solo album “The Swinging Sixties” in the middle of July 2024. Read more>>

Mildred Inez Lewis

I’m fortunate to have had podcasts, plays, short films and a feature produced. WE JUMP BROOM was “just” a short play I wrote for PlayGround-LA. It tells the story of two enslaved women who decide to marry after learning of an impending sale. Read more>>

Julian Shah-Tayler

I recently released an album “Elysium” that charted the end of a prior relationship and the blossoming of a new one with all the hardships and high points documented. Read more>>

Mandy Montane

The most meaningful projects are writing my book and creating an original song. It has been a goal for a very long time to make this dream a reality. Read more>>

Clarity Eley

I would say my most recent music release. Working on Mirage of Fate with my closest friends was unlike anything I had ever experienced with friends before. It made the creation of music more intimate, raw, and emotive – we were able to challenge each other. It was beautiful. Read more>>

Donte Mearon

One of my meaningful projects was a recent one. The community cloth was a project I created to make silkscreen and other printmaking techniques accessible to the masses. Read more>>

Rico Chacon

I would have to say my third album, It Got Greater Later, that released in 2023. I started working on this project in the fall of ‘21, and I honestly said the title out loud one day & it stuck with me. Read more>>

Steven Alvarez

I would have to say that my most recent album, EDEN, has the most meaning to me. I had originally planned to take a break from music production once it was over due to my daughter being born right after it released so I put everything I knew together. Read more>>

Shawnette Heard

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on to date would have to be my passion foundation, Captiv8docu. This is a project that is built and shaped from my own story. Read more>>

Charissa Nielsen

A few Thanksgivings ago, I had a memorable experience working with Post Malone on his track “Wasting Angels” from the album “Twelve Carat Toothache.” Read more>>

Macy Jacob

All of the projects I have worked on so far have been meaningful to me, however the most meaningful jobs I believe are in my future. Read more>>

Marta Roncada

Most recently I wrote, produced, and directed the short film DELIBERATE which is the culmination of years of introspection, determination, and personal development. Read more>>

Melody Cooper

The most meaningful project is the most urgent, which is what I’m working on now which is a multi-level, multi-platform set of interrelated works that address climate change. Read more>>

KING Yabba

The most meaningful project I have worked on is entitled “king”. It is soon to drop July 1st, 2024. With 15 songs carefully ordered in a way to maintain a consistent vibe vibration and frequency I am proud of this work. Read more>>

Alexandra Nakelski

The better answer to this question is that all of my work has been part of an ongoing project and that is to meaningfully represent Generation X and advocate for our social identity in artistic and political spheres and to be included in these conversations that often Millennials and Boomers leave us out of. Read more>>

Jeff Corey

The most meaningful project that we’ve worked on to date would have to be Kids in the Game, a purpose-driven youth development organization based in New York City. Read more>>

Toron Rodgers

My most meaningful project was the completion of the stageplay, “GUARDIAN ANGELS” that I wrote and directed. I worked on several projects before but this was the first venture that I was able to present to my hometown where my family was able to be in the audience. Read more>>

Tyler Wallach

The most meaningful project I’ve made was a short film for my nephew’s 7th birthday. It’s almost embarrassing with how over-the-top I got with making it. In 2021, my nephew watched a goofy 30-second video I made wishing a friend happy birthday. Read more>>