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?

Jennifer Lima

I like to think that all the pieces I work on are meaningful, since I mainly work with vintage or upcycled materials so everything I use is one more piece of textile that’s not being sent to a landfill or polluting our oceans. Read more>>

Dina Goodhue

Something I really enjoy about making jewelry, is cutting my own stones. I’ve spent quite a lot of time as an environmental worker, walking around in places looking at the earth around and beneath me. There is something about lapidary work, to me that brings you even closer to each piece’s story and history. Read more>>

Joseph Staley

Within the context of visual art, meaningful projects demand a clearly defined mission. They require intimate and mutually beneficial collaborations between artists and curators, and should spark thought-provoking conversations between the maker and their audience. Read more>>

Abriana Rosu

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on was at the end of my senior year of high school. I transferred schools as a junior to pursue art, and part of the School of Fine Arts program at my school included putting on a senior show. In a typical year, this would mean a show in an art gallery, but due to COVID restrictions in 2021, my show was presented at my school. Read more>>

Money

My upcoming project; Everything is Everything, means the world to me. I learned so much about my work ethic, myself as an artist and the stories I want to tell. After dropping three, three-song projects (3 packs) I finally felt like I was in a place to make a body of work. It’s not the most cohesive thing I could have made and that’s why I love it so much and partially why the title is what it is. Everything is Everything – so many blissful life circumstances and patterns led to this project getting carried out. Read more>>

Nicki Washington

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on so far would have to be my solo art shows I curated and hosted in different states. When I began my art journey I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew what painting and creating made me feel like. Read more>>

Elisa Smith

I recently released my first full length album “Baptized By Fire.” On that record, there is a track called “Tomorrow” that I wrote about my son when he was just a little baby. I used to get so sad at night time during our bed time routine because I knew that I would miss him so much during the night. Read more>>

John Mollura

Early in 2021, I received an email from my friend Ashlie. Her husband had an extremely intense surgery to remove cancer from his body that left him with a significant scar. She said he was already panicking about showing his scar this summer at the beach and the pool. Read more>>

Chavez Parker

The most meaningful project I worked on was creating the theme song for Tyler Perry’s Zatima. Earlier this year (2022) the brief for this project was sent out by Tyler Perry Studios to Blaze Unlimited, a sync licensing company based in Los Angeles who specializes in sync licensees and custom work. The head of the company reach out and share the opportunity with a team of creatives and we all had 48hr turn-around time to submit our ideas for consideration. Read more>>

Cas Cleo

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on was my first EP ‘Twenty-Four’. It was an introduction to myself as an artist going into the Indie-Pop space. Before this project I was experimenting with my songwriting and releasing Folk/ Singer-Songwriter singles. When I went to the studio to record this first EP I had an idea for what I wanted, but had no idea what it would become Read more>>

Veronica Burchill

I truly work with the best people in my business, and I am so grateful for that. One of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on was one of my 2022 weddings in August. The couple had families each from overseas, and there was a bit of a language barrier between the two families of the couple that was marrying. Read more>>

Diamond Gemm

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on as a Curator was one of the Art Exhibitions from the Art Lovers series entitled Black Butterflies. This exhibition showcased Artworks centered around healing practices passed through generations in Black communities and families. Read more>>

Patrick Dennis

The most meaningful project I have worked on, is my MaskOFF project. I created it after the breakup of my first relationship in college. It was a creation of the releasing and healing of the trauma that the relationship triggered from within me. The healing journey enlightened me about the authentic self and how one connects to their authentic self. Read more>>

Bretagne Isler

When I started my photography business, I knew how I wanted to treat my clients and how I wanted my clients to feel with me: safe, relaxed, and understood. After reading some of the most hateful comments that I have ever read regarding the LGBTQIA+ community – from the people that I grew up around – I was angry. Read more>>

Isaac Krapf

The most meaningful project to me was the first record I worked on. It essentially catapulted me into recognizing that music is something I want to do and something I want to be able to do as often as I can. The project was entirely written / tracked by me. This included the drums, bass, guitars, vocals and lyrics. Read more>>

Valeria Prieto

It is difficult to name just one project that has been significant because everything I work on is always related to an important moment in my life, to name a few broadly from 2019 I started working on human portraits accompanied by animals, Read more>>

Chanell Hale

The most meaningful project that I’ve worked on during my journey is Feed the Kiddos Chi. FTKC was born during the pandemic when Chicago public schools were temporarily shut down due to riots throughout the city.. Although CPS were not in regular session- students were still relying on schools to provide lunch meals. Read more>>

rina gottesman

As an artist, it is always special to have someone purchase something you have created. But being asked to create a piece of work specifically for a charity fundraiser can be just as special and meaningful for an artist, This year I had the honour of being asked by three different organizations to create 3 unique pieces of art to be auctioned off at their fundraisers. Read more>>

Laura Darnell

I have covered difficult topics in my podcast including racism, the KKK, and lynching, but I think the most meaningful episodes I have produced so far are from my People of the Island series, which covers the history of the Wyandottes, particularly the history of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas. Read more>>

ChrisIVIiami

My most meaningful project I’ve worked on so far was my last album with my current artists(Hard Times Don’t Last 2). I think it was meaningful because you can really hear the difference between that one and the first Hard Times Don’t Last which was released in 2020. Read more>>

Erin Reinholtz

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on was my Might Be You Monday series from 2021, where I invited people to send me a photo of a loved one, offering them an opportunity to win a free painting every Monday. Read more>>

NoCapeDav

The most meaningful project that I’ve worked on is my latest album release titled “Over/Under”. This is my second underground album, with Who Needs Saving being my first. Before going into this project’s journey, I was dealing with a lot of doubt not only from others around me and my family but myself too. Read more>>

Rebecca Waechter

The most meaningful project I worked on was painting a guitar for Operation Art Strings and Guitars for Vets. Operation Art Strings collects donated guitars, sends them to artists to decoratively paint, and then auctions them off. The funds support Guitars for Vets. Read more>>

Adam Swanson

Over the past couple of years I’ve been able to paint about inspiring ecological science going on in the Lake Superior watershed, where I live. I recently completed a series of 15 paintings about the federally and state listed endangered animals of Minnesota. These pieces were informed by researchers from around my state and region. Read more>>

Esai Saenz

My new series Elevator Money has been one of the most challenging and meaningful projects that I’ve ever worked on. Back in 2020 I was working as a freelance AC and Cinematographer. Obviously when the pandemic hit the film industry shut down and all of the jobs I had lined up vanished in the blink of an eye. Read more>>

Masaki Takahashi

The Poetry Room Open Mic, really brought back the love of writing for me. I was very fortunate and doors kept flying open when I started hosting these events. It’s crazy to think about. But the reason it has been meaningful is because of the community built. It has become a place where people can be heard, listen and grow. Read more>>

Maddie Ettrich

My friend said she hated my song and it was the best compliment I have ever received. At the time I was at university, still honing my craft as a musician and songwriter. I was in the midst of a breakup and decided to release my first ever single. The song was melancholy and nostalgic. Read more>>

Joss Liao

of domestic violence and sexual assaults, it is meaningful to make space for myself to share my experiences with honesty and tenderness. Inspired by Simone Weil’s writings on rootedness, the title of my project means a search for home and safety within one’s own body. Read more>>

Kahenya Kangethe

In early 2021, I stumbled across this article about an African entertainment company run by Gambian women called Fye Network. FyeN focused on increasing African representation in the publishing space and wanted to take those values into the children’s animation industry. Read more>>

Carl Stafford

BOON AREA 1., An environmental, nature-based, interactive, functional art installation that acts as a contemporary communicate garden. BOON AREA 1 is one of MY REGION WINS! (MRW!) Kansas City’s Creative Nonprofit Organization projects. MRW!’s programs and projects are created to address environmental and social injustices and issues. Read more>>

Sarah Cole

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on in my acting career was my first short film project. I’ve always wanted to create my own films and portray the characters I create, as well as help other creatives build their own film portfolio. After working on multiple film projects and taking film classes, I finally got the courage to create my first short film. Read more>>

Manté

My most meaningful project to date will have to be my first. Entitled “Free” this project highlighted my hunger and passion. The first time I realized I wanted to make music professionally I was in college at Charlotte. I heard often that this was supposed to be the “best time of our lives” and I held true disdain for this entire concept that my life should get worse once I begin my career. Read more>>

Gem Marc Collins

The most meaningFULL project I have worked on, is Till. Till tells the story of Mamie and Emmett Till. I am blessed to say that I got to help this relevant story through Emmett’s cousin, Wheeler Parker Jr. Read more>>

Dr. Shanessa Fenner

One of the most meaningful projects that I have worked on has been my Doctorate in Educational Leadership Degree. This terminal degree was very rigorous, kept me focused, and allowed me to write my dissertation on a subject that is very passionate to me: the African-American male. Read more>>

Tre Harris

Working as the Gallery Consultant at Bronze Kingdom African Museum The title is attached to a number of tasks not seen or realised as much compared to other’s. This gallery was in possession of controversial African antiquites. Which translates to things not always found in history books. When decoded and comprehended, its cause it goes against the narrative of what’s found in history books. Read more>>

Indrea Gordon

My FWOL program which is fashion without limitations. We feature children and young adults with special needs on our runways across the world. Read more>>

Jessica Thompson

We, as a group, are putting out an anthology of family friendly spooky stories called “Beyond the Woods: A Supernatural Anthology” and it has been wonderful. I was already a published author with a small publishing house, so I wanted to give my friends and critique partners the same opportunity to get their dazzling stories published and learn about the business, but I also ended up learning so much. Read more>>

Danté Crichlow

I recently started a project called “Your Selfie on Film” where I’m giving people the opportunity to take a photo of themselves on a medium format film camera (Mamiya RB67) by using a shutter cable release button (or extension cord). I’m offering them a chance to have some agency over the moment they capture. Read more>>

Tracie Berry-McGhee

The most meaningful project to date is our I Define ME Wellness Mobile for girls! It is the first of it’s kind and my goal is to have on in every state! The I Define ME Wellness mobile(IDM Mobile) for girls is a vision that I had to represent cultural diversity, build self-esteem in girls while gifting them with essential products and tools to empower them to know they define who they are. Read more>>

Jordan Moed

So I definitely feel our debut album has been the most meaningful project we have had yet as a band! From the writing process that began before and during Covid lock down, it really taught us a band how to persevere during the unimaginable. Read more>>

Weston Clayton

The most meaningful project I have worked on is “Who Got It?”. Who Got It is a weekly hip hop event and even more than that, it is a community. When I first stepped onto the Tampa hip hop scene I quickly realised how divided and unorganized everything was. The community was broken up into different pockets of creatives that would rarely crossover. Read more>>

Meredith Crawford

So far, the most meaningful project has been my first EP release, “What’s Her Name”. I wrote the song, “What’s Her Name”, right at the beginning of 2020 one Sunday morning in January. I had a gig that afternoon in Ft. Worth and had about a 4 hour drive ahead of me. Read more>>

D’vyne B

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is my newly anticipated EP, Black Heart. Everyone has been waiting on that project for the longest and it’s finally out! The backstory is so complex, yet gravitating. I talk so much about the reactions of being fed up with being taken advantage of, lied to, and manipulated by those you trusted most, along with sensitive topics such as suicide, abuse, and depression, specifically on songs like “DSRPCT” and “Family Ties”. Read more>>