2008
Business without borders
By Danielle Battaglia
June 13, 2008
Last Thursday Empowered Women International (EWI) held a graduation ceremony for the students in the Training for Success Program which honored eight graduates from the class of 2008 and seven additional alumni. Read the article here.
Across All Borders: A Choreography with Freedom
Presented by the Alexandria Performing Arts Association and Empowered Women International
by Carmel Morgan
Ballet-Dance Magazine
April 27, 2008 -- The Lyceum Museum, Alexandria, Virginia
Tehreema Mitha came to the United States in search of choreographic freedom. She had pushed the envelope as far as she could in her native Pakistan, where she headed the country's only dance company. Read the article here.
EWI and other four Local Nonprofits Recognized in Regional Philanthropy Guide
March 26, 2008
By Carla Branch
alexandrianews.org
The 2007-08 Catalogue for Philanthropy has named five of Alexandria's nonprofit organizations as "the best small nonprofits in the Washington Metro Region." Read the article here.
EWI Artist, Jenny McKenzie in the News
ART SCENE - Work of deaf-blind artist featured
February 18, 2008
An exhibit in the General Assembly in Richmond showcasing artwork by Virginia residents will be featured unil March 8. Every hallway and meeting room will be filled with drawings and photographs taken or created by Virginians. Read the article here.
2007
Summer workshop series at the gallery
June 3, 2007
Empowered Women International is now offering workshops being taught this summer at A Woman's Story Gallery, 1307 King Street, Alexandria. Read the article here.
Alexandria Artists/Marga C. Fripp
Sonia Punjabi
May 9, 2007
I met Sonia about 9 months ago when she came to Empowered Women International (EWI) to enroll in the business training for artists. Read the article here.
Artists graduate from Empowered International
January 17, 2007
MAKING THE GRADE: Empowered Women International in Old Town creates sustainable livelihoods for foreign born and immigrant women artists. Read the article here.
The Connection Newspaper
November 6, 2007
Empowered Women Celebrate 5th Anniversary.
The Washington Post
Fatana Baktash Arifi was featured in the Washington Post.
The Alexandria Times
January 7, 2007.
Two EWI artists, Nina Tisara and Wynn Creasy, have been recently featured in the Alexandria Times:
Painter Wynn Creasy was profiled by Trudi Van Dyke. Read the article here.
Nina Tisara, a local photographer who has started working with mosaics, was also profiled by Van Dyke. Read the article here.
The Alexandria Times
January 4th, 2007
The work of Empowered Women International and its artist members was highlighted in a recent Times article. Read the article here.
2006 Archive
The Examiner
December 16th, 2006
The Examiner advertised EWI's holiday party.
The Del Ray Sun
November 29th, 2006
The Del Ray Sun ran an article about EWI's Art Out Loud exhibition with artist member Eric Nelson's unique collection of mosaic, acrylic, and bas relief pieces.
The Connection
October 6th, 2006
The Alexandria Gazette featured the Grand Opening of A Woman's Story Gallery in Old Town in this October 2006 article.
Voice of America
July 16, 2006
Voice of America profiled Marga Fripp and the work of EWI, and actress and singer Kate Campbell Stevenson, who held a one-woman show "Women: Back to the Future" which benefited EWI. Read more here...
The Examiner
June 10 & 11, 2006
Women without Borders, an art exhibition and sale event organized by EMPOWERED WOMEN INTERNATIONAL has been featured in the weekend edition of DC Examiner.
See frontpage here...
Read article here...
The Alexandria Times
June 8, 2006
Border Crossing: Program teaches local and immigrant women artists about the art of business.
The Alexandria Times
June 1-8, 2006
The empowering Marga: Empowered Women International is the brainchild of Marga Fripp, who has helped hundreds of immigrant artists...
The New York Times
May 19, 2006
This NY Times article features EMPOWERED WOMEN INTERNATIONAL's work and our upcoming mixed exhibition Women Without Borders on June 15, 2006.
The New York Times
May, 2006
Immigrant Art Exhibitions: Insights of Passage. With Congress debating immigrant rights and marchers taking to the streets, it's easy to forget a byproduct that can emerge from the challenge of uprooting and relocating in a new country: self-expression in art.
The Alexandria Times
March 9-16, 2006
Voices singing a strange language to syncopated, intriguing music will ring through Alexandria's Lyceum this coming Sunday, March 12. It is a language most of us have never heard - or even heard about - Ladino.
The Examiner
December, 2005
EMPOWERED WOMEN INTERNATIONAL has been selected as "one of the 55 smaller, yet exceptional charities" to be included in the 2005 Touch DC Fall Giving Campaign. DC Examiner in collaboration with Touch DC created the Every Penny Counts series of articles to feature non profits in need of support. EWI is one of the five non profits that will be featured every Wednesday throughout the month of December with a new story related to our work and the community we serve.
Washington Asia Press
March, 2005
Immigrant Woman Creates Network to Help Assimilate Others. Immigrant and Refugee Art in D.C. Metro Gallery.
The Washington Post
July, 2004
Fresh Start With Art: Marga Fripp's Gallery Helps Immigrant Women Find Their Voice.
The Connection
June, 2004
Immigrant Woman Creates Network to Help Assimilate Others. Art Gallery Showcases Works of Immigrant and Refugee Women.
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