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.

Tati Vice

Since I became aware that I could dance. I fell in love with ballet, the movement, the structure and discipline of it. I grew up in a home full of girls, and being neurodivergent, I found that ballet gave me a moment of freedom, of structure, I could fly!
After retiring from dance, I started experimenting with the camera. Photography has always been a hobby, but I felt that I could push a little more and grasp the movement, the power, the emotion and energy that I loved so much. So, I did. Read More>>

Shelbie Stephens Yordy

I’ve wanted to pursue a creative career since I was a kid. Although it’s taken different forms and shapes throughout the years, creativity has been the root of almost everything that I’ve done. Read More>>

Stephen Walker

I grew up in a musical home. I remember being in junior high and having the realization that not everyone’s dad played an instrument. That was weird to me ha! So really, the creative/artistic side of things for me has always sort of been there. Doing music as a ‘career’ wasn’t really a thought until later in to high school. Read More>>