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Written by Lisa Edge, Real Change News

The role art plays in Hiba Jameel’s life goes well beyond the finished piece on the canvas. Art has helped her heal. It’s spurred conversation. It’s what she looks forward to at the start of each day. Art is a lifelong passion Jameel is able to devote more time to now that she’s pressed pause on pursuing a career as a nutritionist.

“I needed to become the artist that’s in my head,” said Jameel. “I wake up, go to sleep all I think about is paintings, art, applying to shows, creating more, getting my work out there.”

Written by Sarah Cardoza Vanguard Seattle

On Sunday, January 10, A. Productions invited Seattle’s leading fashion industry figures to their A. Convention Fashion Conference in efforts to start a much-needed dialogue about the fate of fashion in an ever-changing Seattle. The panelists were selected through a series of interviews of Seattle’s top 100 women in fashion, conducted by A. founder Ava J. Holmes. A. Productions uses fashion as a platform to realize its founding goals: women’s empowerment, sustainability and mentorship.