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.
Tom Zulawski | Architectural designer
I’ve always been creative. I’ve worked as an actor, model, singer, and for most of my life an architectural designer. I love reaching people’s emotions through my creativity. Bringing someone’s dreams to reality by using my imagination is the best feeling in the world. Read more>>
Armando Huerta | Pin-Up Artist
My mother says that I draw since I was born. I believe in her because she conserves many drawings of me when I was I baby. I start draw nude women since 9 years old, the very first time I own (rob from my uncle) a Playboy magazine. I draw pin-up from 1993 that is the year when I learn to use airbrush. Read more>>
Ivana D’Souza | Movement Artist
Sometimes I like to believe I control every aspect of my life. Yet there is always this force that pulls me in specific directions. I never knew I’d be doing what I’m doing now while I was growing up. I was exposed to the arts late in high school. There is where my teacher planted a seed in me and told me I can do anything I want and be anything I want. Read more>>
Michelle Huguet | Photographer
To have the freedom to do live my life the way I want to. I knew that from a early age; that I never wanted to be told how to schedule my life and do things that I didn’t want to. I’ve always been independent and self-driven person and my work reflects that. There is always something to be done and everyday is different and to me that’s the beauty of being in a creative and artistic career. There is never a dull moment. Read more>>