Julie Sokolow was already an award-winning, independent filmmaker in Pittsburgh before Aspie Seeks Love, a documentary of a middle-aged man’s journey to understand his Asperger’s Disease and better navigate life, caught fire nationally. Her jump to greater notoriety and accomplishment is one triumph of the Investing in Professional Artists: The Pittsburgh Region Artists Program, which has supported Sokolow and 56 other Pittsburgh area artists since it began in 2012.