Deciding to pursue an artistic or creative career path isn’t for the faint of heart.  Challenges will abound, but so many of the artists we speak with couldn’t be happier with their choice.  So, we asked them about how they made the decision in the first place.

Christopher Harrison | Photographer & Content Creator

I stumbled into photography while taking it as a elective in highschool, at first I thought of it as just any other elective “it’s just for a easy credit”. I found myself being more than interested in the art of photography, it’s not like drawing or painting it’s catching a moment in time and making it last forever. Read more>>

Timmy Turner | Director & Cinematographer

The way I see it, everyone is creative, and you do not have to be an artist to have a creative mind. I use my creativity to create films and stories, and to have each film I create put with the most passion and care. As founder and creator of SMIBB Productions I have tried to push our boundaries with our stories and the genres that set the tone and themes with. As a kid I always loved films, but never knew why. It could of been the amazing writing or the cool visual effects, but with every film I could fondly remember it was a feeling or an emotion evoked. Read more>>

Rose Barbantan | Freelance Dancer

If I pursue an artistic career it is by inheritance, in my family we are artists from generation to generation. I am the only one who has chosen the path of dance, since childhood I dream of making the audience dream, to provide emotions. When I dance I feel free, without constraints, we can express so many subjects and all this without words than with the expression of body and face. Read more>>

Melissa Saylor | Blogger/Content Creator

I created My Suite Tasty Life mainly because of my love for food and travel. I love to share my experiences and expertise of fine and fun food, restaurants, hotels and local events. I’m passionate about capturing photos and videos of everything Dallas has to offer and sharing my experiences with my followers. I think it gives them the feeling that they too want to experience what they see in my work. Read more>>

O’soL Music | Singer/Songwriter

The reason why I pursued an artistic career is because it is more than a hobby, it’s my passion. I breathe music, eat music, see music, hear music, love music, I am MUSIC! I’ve been singing since I was 3-years-old.
I grew up singing in the church choir, and I’ve always loved singing.
When I sing my songs or any song, I sing with and from my soul. Read more>>

Laura Hyunjhee Kim | Multimedia Artist & Educator

There is something extremely humbling and beautiful about not knowing and oscillating within the uncertainties of what human life offers. In retrospect, I’ve always been someone who has been curious about humans, nonhumans, things, objects, spaces and places that shape creativity and trigger our imagination to view the world askew—how as humans we language and try so hard to sense-make and make-sense of who we are and where our place is within this world. Thus, I think rather than a pursuit, my artistic career has found me, and perhaps pursued me. Read more>>

Camryn Wright | Independent Music Artist and Actress

I started getting into the arts when I was super young – around 7 years old. I remember telling my mom “I wanna do that, I wanna act” when I was just watching TV one day and my mom almost immediately put me in my first theatre camp. I started there and found my love for the stage and theatre which had a huge influence on me growing up. Once I got to about 13, Read more>>