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?

Sylvia Bremer

I feel that as a songwriter, I try to be intentional about my songs as much as possible. Even if I am writing a story that’s not from personal experience, it has to be meaningful. Read more>>

 Jennie Xu

HEAR ME is an app that leverages AI technology to empower people with hearing loss in all aspects of life. Users can have their selected avatar interpreters translate between spoken and sign languages for them during video calls, face-to-face conversations, movies/TV, etc. Read more>>

Reinilda Blair

My solo exhibition, Transcendence, was both the toughest and most meaningful project I’ve ever tackled. It all began after a brush with death, which sparked a deep urge within me to channel my thoughts and feelings into my art. Read more>>

C. Anne

When I first came up with the idea for a middle grade series I wanted it to be about a boy with a speech disorder. My youngest son has a stutter. Read more>>

Hanbo Ma

I am a concert pianist, so I am always on the performance side of the industry – however, I decided to start a concert series and being on the organizing side of the realm. Read more>>

Amy Vandiver

The Flower Fest is so meaningful because it brings together not only florists, but balloon artists, tattoo artists, makers, and craftsman all for a good cause. Read more>>

Christine Schmitt

The most meaningful project I’ve done in my career so far is my solo exhibition that happened recently on the SUNY Oneonta campus. Read more>>

Nansi and David Gallup

Our paintings came first from a love of painting, and then our passions naturally began to take hold of the canvas. As SCUBA enthusiasts, we have been traveling the world together for over a decade, and independently before that. Read more>>

Allison Leah

My upcoming single, “Sunsets” (out March 29, 2024) is an incredibly meaningful project. It’s an indie-folk single about losing someone you have given your all to. Read more>>

Chris Moncrease

When a client is inquiring of a Bespoke suit that they would like, it’s a journey, trying to figure out how the end result is going to come out. Read more>>

Billy Carrick

Working on LoConti’s first record was really meaningful for me. That was the first full record I have ever completed, and working with such driven and talented people really pushed me to grow and develop my skills. Read more>>

Alicia Schwab

In recent years, children’s literature has strived to do better at celebrating diversity. We still have a long way to go, but more and more books celebrate different cultures, ethnicities, LGBTQIA2S+, appearances, disabilities, and families that don’t fit the norm. Read more>>

Chi Zhang

Among all my projects, I would say The Youth Project – Skincare Facial Masks is the most meaningful project I have worked on, as it embodies a lifelong commitment to promoting self-love and challenging the beauty standards issue I encountered. Read more>>

Rebecca Moreno

One of the most meaningful projects I have ever worked was the curation of an all femme art exhibit, “Somos Mujeres” (translates to “We are women”. Read more>>

David Wentworth

All art is political. the things we treat as normal, the things we treat as strange, these are statements about society and our place within it– so it follows that it is very important to me to take on projects i agree with and believe in. Read more>>

Michael Rababy

My most meaningful project was my first book “american bachelor” which is a valentine to my 20s. I began photography, which I now view as a visual documentation of my life, when I was 18 years old. Read more>>

Camila Gomes

“Vikings” wasn’t just a series; it was a monumental project that played a crucial role in putting Ireland on the global cinematic map, pushing us the crew to our physical limits by climbing and descending mountains, navigating through beaches, and managing scenes on boats filled with many extras alongside numerous actors. Read more>>

Joel Jadus

Enter The Sun (ETS) of UnityFreedom.Org (UFO) / The Way of Compassionate Autonomy = “I AM SAFE, I AM FREE, I AM LOVED, I AM HAPPY”™️ Read more>>

Calista Graaff

I’m so happy to be working with a local organization in Yakima, WA that has helped me so much this past year during and after my breast cancer treatment. Read more>>

Ronald Summers

The “God Can” EP project is significant because it came about when I felt stuck in my journey as a gospel artist. Honestly speaking, I felt my window had closed. Read more>>

Alethea Buchal

There are so many meaningful projects I’ve worked on and I’m currently working on, including my current album: Confessions, where I plan on being as real about myself as an artist and as a person as possible. Read more>>

Jason Hayes

Eric Vasquez, guitarist, and I, Jason Hayes, Lead Singer/Bassist, started Pinch Dogs because we were pissed off and didn’t know what else we could do to make anything better. Read more>>

Tabitha Murray

The most meaningful project I ever worked on was for one of my best friends who lives in another state. Her mom was a avid crocheter and had started an American flag blanket. Read more>>

Hensleys ATL’s Art Punk Band

Our first entry into the HOT (Hensleys Original Trilogy) is called HENSLEYS I. It’s a project unlike what we see other DIY artists doing now – it’s not an album, it’s not an EP, it’s a part of a trilogy. Read more>>

Vontavia Heard

“All Hair is Good Hair” is the first book I ever wrote, although it took me quite awhile to actually publish it. I wrote it because texturism is an issue that is very meaningful to me. Read more>>

Mike Campbell

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on to date, amongst the many I have worked on is the one that I am currently starring in as Lava in the musical stage play Not Here. Read more>>

Jason Bruner

My wife, Keeley, and I collaborated on a short photo book in 2021 for a project we called “Body of the Earth”. I had made photographs of water, clouds, and rocks, and I was struck by how skin-like their textures looked on black and white film. Read more>>

Chelsey Bahe

During back-to-school season one year, the parents in my community were raving about a local academically focused preschool. Children at this school literally sit at old fashioned desks and trace workbooks. Read more>>

Zach Calluori

As guitarist I am constantly creating moments; every time I play the notes ring and seconds tick. What came before is lost to the past, glimmering ever so slightly longer in our minds. Read more>>

Sijunbo Liu

I am making a project exploring the significance of gasoline stations throughout American industrialized history, as well as their role being excellent artistic subjects for photography. Read more>>

Lauren Boilini

In early 2020, directly before the pandemic hit, my studio neighbor and frequent collaborator, Henry Cowdery and I installed a site-specific project at Oxbow in Seattle, WA. Henry and I met in 2016 working for the same large-scale sculptor, John Grade, fabricating a number of public art pieces together. Read more>>

Xsa R.

One of the most meaningful projects I’ve started was SwapDC, a creative recycling company. When I first started it was just me and a few friends, now we serve the entire DMV are with a community of over 400 people. The most rewarding project has been my DJ career. Read more>>

Yuta Sugano

During Covid time especially, I wanted to do something meaningful to give back to the community. It was a hard time for so many people not having face-to-face contact with those they loved, so I decided to try to help some by bringing music in hopes of offering some comfort. Read more>>

Arlo Maverick

In 2023 I released a documentary called Untouchable Crew. The documentary told the story of my city’s thriving breakdance scene in the 80s by chronicling a super group called Untouchable Crew. Read more>>

Dustin Brown

I’m currently working on “Blue Cut The Deeper”. It is a project that is unfiltered by expectation and fully what I want and a stream of conscious creation.. Read more>>