Artistic and creative careers are among the most rewarding, but they also come with unique challenges. We asked some of the city’s best creatives to tell us why they choose to pursue a creative career.

Peter Dimery | Freelance Jazz Saxophonist & Marketer

My journey into being a professional creative began with music “choosing me”, then eventually I had to choose it if I were to continue. To pursue Art, I believe you have to commit to embracing perpetual change. You will reinvent the wheel frequently, adapt, make decisions of when to stay and when to leave (with respect to concepts, audiences, methods, etc). It is very rarely “data driven,” rather it is intuition and gut-driven. Read more>> 

Silas James Rowland | Film Director & Screenwriter

My endeavor as a creative began unconventionally. You know, being a filmmaker, people often assume that it was a particular film that captivated and inspired me to delve into the craft, but that’s just not true. There’s really two things that happened. The first is that I come from a background in skateboarding. Read more>>

Jahmai Brown | Artist

It all started when I was little. Art grew on me because my dad was an artist himself. I fell in love with it when I started to make work with my brother. My dad had an office area in my brother’s room and we would look up graffiti and cartoons on his laptop and we would draw what we saw. We were always drawing, even as we were watching movies and TV shows. My color palette comes from my obsession with 90s colors and shapes. Read more>>