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?

Ave Macarthur

Hello, Im Ave. Texas Southern University student from Oakland, CA pursing a career in the music industry. I currently am working with the Empower Initiative , EI is a collective that delivers justice-informed leadership training and influence to create the conditions for innovation, creativity and impact at your organization. Later this month ill be working with them in South Africa getting to explore the world, work on my music, and expand my knowledge as a music professional in different countries. Read more>>

robert koch

It`s always hard to single out the most meaningful project because they are all meaningful to me. So here is a recent project that was meaningful, as an example: For my project Sphere which I released in 2018, I created an immersive experience for Planetariums. The show used custom-made 360 visuals and surround sound, mixed in ambisonics to take the audience to an entirely different realm. Read more>>

Tori Leppert

I’ve been working with kids my entire life. My mom worked for the school board in our small town, so I was consistently surrounded by teachers and board members. I worked for multiple summer camps for my old schools, such as science and music camp. I started teaching music, specifically violin and piano, during my junior year of high school to both my peers and younger students from the neighboring elementary and middle schools. Read more>>

Zoe Jean Fowler

I think the most meaningful project I’ve ever worked on was my 8 song album I released last fall. It is called “We All Change” and I released it within 6 months of moving to Nashville. I wrote the album at a time in my life when I was struggling most with how my life had changed over the years and the album served as a healing process in a way. There were many days where I shed a few tears between vocal takes because the songs were so current for me. From that place of healing, all of my new music is coming from. I feel so much lighter and more open to trying new things creatively since I let that project be. Read more>>

Lisa Erickson

While being a fine art painter and working as a dental hygienist life was quite busy when I had kids. I spent most of my time with my kids doing art with them and with their school. I didn’t have space in my house for my own art at the time. I learned about iPad painting in 2011 and started drawing and painting on my commute to work. That suddenly gave me a couple hours a day to draw and create. I now have a sales rep for stores and love doing fairs and have a website for sales. Read more>>

Neha Samdaria

Sure thing. So, I was thirteen years old when I first cried in a fitting room. I believe it was 2003 and I was shopping for low rise jeans. I weighed 120 lbs at the time, so I started with the size Extra Small. It was too tight on the hips. So, I moved up to a Small. Too tight. Medium? Nope, too tight. Ultimately, the Large fit comfortably over my hips and thighs, but unfortunately, now the pants were ballooning out at the waist. I remember opening the fitting room door to ask the shopkeeper for belt options and she looked at me horrified; “Oh honey, those are WAY too big for you! Let me get you a smaller pair.” Read more>>

Camilla Boemio

One of the most meaningful projects was at last edition of  the 59th International Art La Biennale di Venezia. I was co-associate curator of Pera + Flora + Fauna, an official Collateral Event supported by Port Perak. The description of the topic of the exhibition tells how the discourse about indigenousness and nature is largely affected by mainstream cultural attitudes of industrialized nations, the very nations that are contributing to the existing environmental problem. Read more>>

Megan Stone| Published Author|Health Coach|Motivational Speaker|Spirit Nerd Stone

I recently published my memoir which is hands-down the most meaningful project to date. It details my tumultuous healing journey from chronically ill and disabled to healed and thriving, thanks largely to healing unresolved traumas through healing modalities that worked best for me. Along with healing came a profound spiritual awakening and I now know my soul is on a mission during this lifetime to share these important messages and wisdom I’ve gained through life experience. I’m here to bring more awareness around healing, unity and self empowerment! Read more>>

Rachel Walker Mason

I’ve written a musical called The Circle which is about the lives of women and those who identity as female told through the format of a songwriters circle. The project has attracted a lot of interest from LGBTQ media as we feature gay and trans characters. So far songs from the musical have won a total of 32 awards. Read more>>

Paula Helena

Sometimes the smallest projects are the ones that you treasure the most. I’d say my most meaningful project was performing as Mariangeles in my high school play years ago. It was the spark r that lightened my passion for acting and telling stories. I didn’t know what I was doing or how to act on stage. I’d done dancing and piano shows but nothing involving talking. But the rush of even just rehearsing was enough to get me addicted to it. My fellow actors inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and put myself out there. Read more>>

Mark Edward Harris

It’s difficult to pick just one…all my long-term projects mean a lot to me and hopefully have an impact on those that see the results. I’ve always been interested in photo essays and many of them have resulted in books such as my hot springs series resulting in “The Way of the Japanese Bath,” my work with orangutans for the book, Read more>>

Motive

My most meaningful project as of right now would be song I wrote for Eminem too honor his fans around the world…it’s a good true story and I know his fans will appreciate it is called “Message to the rap god”-(remastered) Read more>>

Owen Garrett

The most meaningful project that I have recently worked on was participating in the ASAP (Armed Services Arts Partnerships) program for acting. While I have been involved in many projects that have a deep personal resonation such as the Scotty Works Out trilogy, ASAP was a recent program that I completed that culminated in my first ever public Shakespeare monologue. Read more>>

Preston Corbell

I have been fortunate enough to be a part of some meaningful projects both big and small. Some of the projects I look back on and can say, wow that was pretty cool are Eastbound and Down, Blue Mountain State, and One Tree Hill. Eastbound and Down was a concept project that started as an HBO pilot. Working on the pilot was electrifying, everyone was buzzing and excited about what was to come. Read more>>

RIIIVER JORDAN

My DEBUT EP titled “Departing The Moon is out now. This from there very opening begins a journey we can all feel. This is the most meaning thing I had released as there is emotion and truth built into every aspect of the record. Read more>>

Liisi Rohumae

The comedy ‘We’ll Come Back to the Title. It’s Fine.’ will have its world premiere June 3rd at the Zephyr Theatre during the Hollywood Fringe Festival. It’s a play within a play and this is my first time directing a play! It’s thrilling and scary, overwhelming and challenging, but I love it. I also wrote this play and the story finds three actors and a writer-director working on an action play called Die Yesterday. Read more>>

Brianna Coleman

One of the best parts about my job is translating and bringing a client’s ideas into visual formats to represent them or their brand. One of my recent favorite projects to date is creating branding, website design & brand photography for Christine Tobin, food stylist. Christine is a Boston local stylist who has a passion for food & culinary storytelling. She both creates editorial food work in collaboration with other photographers as well as leads a team as head stylist for films in and around New England. Read more>>

Estevan The God

My 6th studio album H-Town Prince has been the most meaningful impactful project I have ever released. I’ve been calling myself the “H-Town Prince”since I was in middle school and to witness how much i have grown & evolved is something to witness. Especially now with Houston becoming one of the main cities in the United States it’s a great time to be a rapper from Houston, Texas. It’s very reminiscent of the times when we had Artist like Mike Jones, Chamillionaire, Slim Thhug. Paul Wall & UGK we’re all dominating radio & tv. Read more>>

Steven Ferrand

I’ve been honored to work on a couple very meaningful projects this far, October of 2022 I was honored to host a show with Leona Williams as my guest, Leona has written several number one hit songs, was married to Country Music Superstar Merle Haggard, and played along side Loretta Lynn with Loretta’s band the blue Kentuckians, Leona has become one of my biggest influences, friends and mentors! She’s got a heart for helping us young guys out! Read more>>

Rohan/ Meagan

The most meaningful project that we’ve worked on is RoadPitch, a multi-city pitch tour for Black tech founders. Starting a pitch tour competition for Black tech founders to close capital for their startups is not just about providing a platform for these entrepreneurs to showcase their ideas and secure funding. It is about creating a space for underrepresented voices to be heard and empowering a community that has historically been overlooked and undervalued. Read more>>

Coco Blignaut

Hello CanvasRebel. Firstly, I love your name, as I am a rebellious sort myself 😉 As with so many starry-eyed actors and film creatives who flock to Los Angeles to follow the impossible dream, at a point in 2010, I was just done. Spent, trying to “break through”. I was about to follow my second choice. Be a teacher, which I have been all my life, and it supported my dream. But was it my dream? No. I would be quitting my dream. Luckily, I have a very insightful husband, who asked me a question which would change my life: Read more>>

Nate Adamsky

What makes a project meaningful? When you say meaningful I think of projects that leave me with a feeling of self fulfillment. I have been a performer for many years and have done projects that have been super meaningful and also just god awful. I’m currently in one of the most meaningful projects of my life, The Boland Underground, we are a psychedelic new wave, post punk, grunge goth band making experimental bops that sound new yet familiar. Read more>>

Kristin Ann Tomasello

Over a year ago, I spent over a month in Indonesia and helped build a school. I am passionate about giving those who need a voice so they can be heard. Read more>>

Oréan Collier

It would be the project I’m currently working on. My “Beauty for Lashes” collection of art, which speaks and references a Trauma based past. The faces of art feature women’s faces with exaggerated eyes lashes on one eye. The trauma that was experienced does not have to define who you are, you can break free from the chains of trauma. It’s meaningful to me because I ultimately lost my only child at the age of 24 to an overdose., Traumas in her young life happened. Her name is London and she was a real beauty, inside and out. Read more>>

Tim Carr

The most meaningful project I have ever been a part of is something I do called the L.U.C.Y. Initiative (Lucy was my dog who passed away a few years ago, I named this after her because please trust me, when I say, she was a very, very good girl) L.U.C.Y. Stands for “Life, Unity, Community, You”. I’d realized this needed to come together, as I’d been volunteering a lot in my communities, but I wanted to pivot to a position where I could get involved more… Read more>>

Drew Deng

Being an artist in South Florida, I have benefited immensely from my local creative scene. They have given me so many opportunities to grow, share my message, and exhibit my work. Learning from not only artists, but photographers, performers, musicians, dancers, etc. has inspired me in new ways that I didn’t know until I branched out from the confines of being a visual artist. Together we create our own spaces, and opportunities to support one another. Read more>>

Kaelen Novak

My current research into incorporating motion capture into costumes for live performance and creating a link between the physical world of live performance and the virtual or digital one in a variety of ways has been one of my most meaningful projects I have worked on. I began pursuing it in the summer of 2021 through an interest in utilizing computer programs for patterning and draping costumes and that exploration lead to ways to have a variety of programs talk to one another to allow a physical costume to interact or influence a virtual one in a variety of ways, Read more>>

Josie Glassman

I’m currently working on my senior capstone project, which has kind of evolved into a big film production at this point. It’s a stop motion visual music piece on Lord of the Flies, using Peter Gabriel’s song The Rhythm of the Heat. The song mainly explores Carl Jung’s Collective Unconscious theory. This is about how even though we’ve evolved past our animalistic ways, there are primitive traits that we still carry with us without realizing it. Read more>>

Arlen Schumer

My most meaningful project I’ve worked on is my coffee table comic book art history book, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art (original 2003 edition published by Collectors Press; 2014 revised edition by Archway Publishing). The idea to do a book on mainstream superhero comic book art in the 1960s–a.k.a. “The Silver Age” (as opposed to the earlier “Golden Age off the 1930s-40s, when superheroes first flourished)–goes back to legendary cartoonist Jules Feiffer’s 1965 book, Read more>>

Aparajit C

Embarking on a meaningful project is like igniting a flame within, as it allows us to channel our creativity, passion, and purpose into something that can make a genuine difference in the world. Read more>>

Katie Chatham

One of my most meaningful and personal pieces I’ve worked on is the painting “Give Me the Death I Need.” It was about finding and reclaiming your intuition and inner fire. In this piece the subject’s hands are hovering over her heart and her stomach. She is kindling her inner knowing, making and holding space for her power. As a whole, my work explores the human spirit and its capacity for change and transformation. This specific piece was about finding the hero within. Read more>>

John Posey III

One of my most meaningful projects was a card game I created called Colours & Shapes a set collection card game. This project holds the most meaning to my heart as I created it to play with my grandmother to let her experience one of my creative projects that she would understand and be able to enjoy with me. A little backstory, I have always known what I wanted to be since I was 8. I wanted to make games, cartoons and comics and in order to do that I had to immerse myself in them. Read more>>

Haley Buckalew

My husband and I recently moved into a home with a story. The gentleman that lived here before, Steven Gibbs, had passed away a year before and the house had sat virtually untouched since then. We also came to find out that Steven Gibbs was an inventor of Time Travel Machines or HDR units. Our house was filled with all of his time travel belongings, an HDR unit, an oscilloscope with a story, cassette tapes and so much more. Steven also left books he had written and others about any topic you can imagine. Read more>>

LILIANA VALDEZ

Creating with Bernz Wood has brought many meaningful projects for us. Mostly people order pieces of loved ones, memorials, couples or pet portraits. We have had the honor of creating many meaningful pieces, it’s one of the best feelings as a creator/artist. The most recent one that made an impact for us was this year 2023 to a fellow artist/musician he asked us to create a piece with the image of his son, we later learned that his son had passed away, it was a memorial piece. Read more>>

Zuzana Martinkova

As an aspiring producer and director, I am deeply committed to shedding light on topics that are often overlooked. My projects explore a range of themes, from disabilities to the daily struggles that many people face but go unnoticed by society. I believe that by raising awareness and sharing knowledge, we can build a more compassionate and inclusive world. Read more>>

Chloe Juniper

I recently did a photoset where I got to cry during it. I had been processing a lot of stressful emotions the past few days, and my husband and I were offered the opportunity to shoot in a new studio. We accepted, and once we got there I realized my usual energy wasn’t present. I didn’t feel sexy, or strong, I felt defeated, I felt raw. I asked my husband, Adam Rosenfield, to capture the grief and guilt, and fear I was processing. Read more>>

Brent H. Robinson

A project that I have created this year, is a novel called, HEACHGROVE’S GALLERY. I spent a lot of time putting together this mystery so be sure to read that novel this Summer of 2023. Read more>>

Prairie Trivuth

I am passionate about working with emerging filmmakers and helping them to bring their stories to life. As a production designer for independent and passion project films, I work closely with the director to develop a solid visual language for their stories. It’s very important when working on projects that are personal to the creators to deliver the utmost respect to the initial vision. However, what makes production design a magical craft is during the collaboration I have the opportunity to bring more to the story, Read more>>

Bella Kelly

As an artist, every project is meaningful to me. One reason being because you never know how your music is gonna impact people and help them thru difficult times or even just making a fun memory. I know the impact music can have on people so my goal is to help people with my music like music helped me. My first single ”Throat” reached almost a million views in a few months. That was amazing! Throat was written about my anixety. I struggled with panic attacks. It always feels like something has your neck and you have no control. Read more>>

Gary Goldstein

It’s hard to say which writing project I’ve worked on over these many years has been the most meaningful. It’s like asking a parent to pick their favorite child. So much of my writing work has had its own individual personal value to me and my career –as well as many great memories attached to the experiences. That said, after a career primarily consisting of writing screenplays, teleplays, and stage plays (lots of “play” there!), a few years ago I wrote my first novel, followed immediately by my second. Both attracted a publisher and are now out to the world. Read more>>

Shameka Jackson

The most meaningful project I have worked on would have to be my book titled, “Redefining Life: Getting Back to God’s Original Plan.” This book is a continuation of my first book, “Precious Life”. I write about how it is so easy to deviate from the path God has laid before us-His path of righteousness. I share some of my personal stories so that the readers can see how our decisions really impact our lives. Read more>>