Working on something meaningful is a common desire – but how? We started asking folks to share the story of how they ended up working on a project they felt was meaningful because we wanted inspiration but also because we wondered if hearing from people from across a range of industries would help us identify patterns making it more likely for anyone to be able to find and work on projects that they would find meaningful.’

Mz Jolie

My most meaningful project to date is Jolie’s Gems where I teach the younger generation poetry. As entry we ask for a non perishable food item to give back to our homeless community. Classes will start in January for ages 8 and up! Read more>>

Cane5Two

The Most Meaningful Project I’ve Worked On Is My Upcoming Debut Album “For The Resilient”. I Feel This Album Is A Melodic Representation Of Everything I’ve Accomplished & Prevailed Through While Still Learning & Growing As A Independent Artist. The Name Speaks For Itself, This Album Is Meant For Everyone Who’s Ever Had A Moment Of Doubt In Themselves Or Felt The Doubt From Others Around Them. Read more>>

Nico Rinciari

“Our Side” is a short film I directed in 2020 that tells the story of an African caregiver named Adillah living in Sicily. When new laws render her visa invalid, Adillah must decide between saving herself or the elderly man in her care. Read more>>

Rachel Wylie

The most meaningful project I have worked on would be my most recent poetry collection, Not Your Average Fairytale. The book chronicles 11 years, from ages 14-25. It guides readers through a coming-of-age journey and what it was like growing up, the discomfort and unhappiness that accompanies conforming to other’s expectations rather than prioritizing myself and my needs, and coming to terms with my true identity. Read more>>

Jeffrey Siegel

As an artist I’ve mostly strayed away from creating functional ware. I can appreciate the beauty in high quality, handmade functional ware but my creative joy comes from creating art that can’t be perfectly replicated. That’s not to say that I’ve never made functional ware. As a young artist in the 80’s, while I was working in art studios, I would practice my fundamentals by throwing small mugs and plates in my free time. Read more>>

Sydney Haswell

This spring I finished work on “Polycosmos”- a short comic project about my experience in coming to realize I was transgender, as a part of my senior thesis at PNCA. Prior to actually starting the work properly, I had to do a lot of introspection over what I actually wanted the culmination of all my studies to be, how I wanted to represent these four years of my life. Read more>>

Alba S. Torremocha

I’m currently working on an app that is developing a dynamic, adaptive and reactive way of listening to music. The app reads information like your location, heart rate and speed at which you’re moving and crafts a cinematic sonic background that fits your exact needs in the moment. Pretty cool! Read more>>

Britny Arnett

I just ran a successful Kickstarter project in November 2023 – the Hippocampus Alphabet Book. The project didn’t start out as a children’s book – it started as a way to bond with my daughter while she was learning her letters. Then, when we finished the alphabet together, I realized it would not take much to turn these drawings I did for her into a book to share with others. Read more>>

Angel Fant

he brand has showcased collections promoting Voting, Mental Health Awareness, Suicide Prevention, Climate Control, Gun Violence Awareness, Organ Donor Awareness, Colorism, Beauty Stereotypes, Anti Racism, Domestic Violence Awareness, Eco Friendly, and more. Read more>>

Jovan Cole

My most meaningful project I’ve worked on is my most recent album that I put out entitled “Black Rose”. My backstory on this project reigns back to 2018 I was conceptualizing artwork in names for this project and I wanted to tell a story of my duality. Read more>>

Blair Tyler Peters

Several years ago I applied for a Fulbright Award. Even though I was a finalist and didn’t win the award, the application process was tremendously impactful and laid the foundation for my current work. The research, writing and interview process required for the award gave me the opportunity to learn about a number of women creatives in history that I had previously been unaware of. Read more>>

Prof. Dr. Marcus S. Kleiner

I finished my studies in 1999. I was 26 years old at the time. I didn’t have any projects in the true sense of the word until then. I’d been playing tennis for 12 years without any specific plans. I earned money as a DJ during my studies, more by chance than by design. Read more>>

Gail Bokor

Although I have been a.visual artist/painter for over forty years, one of the most meaningful paintings I have done was “Never Again”, which illustrated the Holocaust, as well as Slavery, and Segregation, the message being visually delivered by an Elephant, which sadly has dealt with it’s own persecutions. Read more>>

Neal LaPolla

Having only recently graduated from College and moved to LA, I feel that I’ve been able to dedicate myself to a lot of meaningful projects. I feel very lucky to have found many people who are also dedicated to making meaningful music. Read more>>

Lacey McKinney

A meaningful project I have worked on over the past several years is the body of work I call Reconfiguration, where the body parts of women appear trapped within the confines of each composition. I started making paintings for this series while working as an artist in residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation, later moving back to Syracuse, NY to work with the Everson Museum of Art to develop an exhibition based around the ideas in Reconfiguration. Read more>>

Brandon Henderson

From the start of your journey in visual arts, there are often times two different paths to take: “Working” in the industry, which I had done for a few years in the Assistant Director’s Department, or “Creatively Developing” which is much more of a daunting task for most to accomplish in my opinion. Read more>>

Courtney Arte

A project that I worked on that was particularly meaningful was a mural project in Uvalde, Texas. This project was to honor the 21 innocent victims of the mass shooting that occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas. My previous mural that I did for Dia de Los Muertos was to honor victims of COVID. Read more>>

Vanessa David

Right now I’m working to get my memoir published. Read more>>

Amber Smoke

I believe my upcoming album will be the most meaningful project, The album has many different records about life, relationships, society, etc. I also believe my record “Isn’t It Funny?” was pretty meaningful. The record touched on a lot of issues. Read more>>

Quintin Hutchinson

Well the most meaningful project I work on is the show i’m co-host of is Rap-N-Crypto its one of the most important projects I ever create. To give you guys some background around it. It all start with Nipsey Hussel some of you are wondering why a Nipsey. While Nipsey Hussel is one of my favorite influencers he was more than just a rap artist to me. The way he was able to see things before he his time. Inspired me. Read more>>

Josh Chen

The Lotus Dancefloor series holds a special place in my heart. After arriving in New York, my journey into self-discovery and memory began. In this melting pot of cultures and identities, I often pondered, “Which version of me is truly authentic?” This thought led me to express my evolving identity through these images. Read more>>

Nancy Richards

Nancy Richards is a highly accomplished marketing professional with over 25 years of experience in promoting theater, from Broadway to regional productions. Serving as the Marketing Director and Press Relations expert at North Coast Rep for the past decade, I have played a pivotal role in enhancing the theater’s brand recognition and achieving record-breaking ticket sales. Read more>>

Anne Plaisance

My brush is my sword: my artistic tools are my arsenal; I strive to infuse meaning into my projects. Among them, “Badrooms” tackles the taboo of child sexual abuse, while “Wonder Women Now” pioneers an innovative art project, fostering hope and empowerment in women. Read more>>

Javier Hernandez

This past year, 2023, marked the 25th anniversary of launching my comics book series El Muerto. I spent a lot of the year traveling to comic book conventions and sharing my work. When I published the first issue back in 1998 I had always planned for a long career, but to be honest I didn’t know that I’d be commemorating 25 years of creative endeavor with the character. Read more>>

George Cartwright

I have a number that mean a alot to me. Anne Elias and I made a piece called The Puppet https://georgecartwright.bandcamp.com/album/the-puppet. It’s about GM testimoney. From a deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell taken in April 2016 by attorneys for Virginia Giuffre, who alleges that Maxwell recruited her and other underage girls as part of a sex-trafficking operation she ran with the financier Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on multiple charges in July 2020. Her trial is set for later this year. Read more>>

Corey Sherman

I recently finished writing and directing my first feature film, BIG BOYS. It’s about a teenage boy’s unexpected crush that turns a camping trip into a weekend of self-discovery. We made a film about a young man’s unrequited crush to shed light on this extremely common, yet under-examined aspect of queer life. Read more>>

Danny Russo

Two projects come to mind. After Hurricane Maria, I flew to Puerto Rico to help restore a church. We rebuilt the whole place from scratch, including the altar. We wallpapered and painted the walls, redid the landscaping and made sure the church was back in shape in only seven days. The other project I did was help a client who had two handicapped children. Read more>>

Evie Chang

When I was in grad school I was head manager of a student-run pottery studio at my university. My friend and fellow pottery studio manager, Cezar, collaborated on a large sculpture we named “Big Buddy”. We started the sculpture in the spring and let it sit over the summer to dry, finally firing him together in the studio’s gas kiln in the fall. Read more>>

Gabriela Valencia

I have been involved in a spectrum of multidisciplinary artistic, educational and cultural projects with local and international collectives and nonprofit organizations. Music education, the arts and community work are the foundation of her career. Read more>>

Corey Clifton

My music career from Tennessee to California to Seattle – songwriting, live performance, building bands, getting into the local scenes, recording songs. Some highlights:~ I won a Battle of the Bands in San Fransisco out of 60 bands and multiple rounds and got to headline a NYE show in downtown San Fransisco. Read more>>

Rebecca McGee Tuck

The materials that I use in my artwork is almost entirely discarded materials that I collect, clean and transform. For the last few years I have created work using almost entirely beach debris that washes ashore. I call this series of work “Along the Wrack-line”. If you do not know what the wrack-line is– its the line of debris that washes up on the beach and is left behind as the high tide recedes. Read more>>