EWI in the Media

2007

November 6, 2007 Empowered Women Celebrate 5th Anniversary Read more here...

Fatana Baktash Arifi was featured in the Washington Post. Read more here...

Two EWI artists, Nina Tisara and Wynn Creasy, have been recently featured in the Alexandria Times:

January 7, 2007. Painter Wynn Creasy was profiled by Trudi Van Dyke here...

Nina Tisara, a local photographer who has started working with mosaics, was also profiled by Van Dyke, read more here....

January 4th, 2007. The work of Empowered Women International and its artist members was highlighted in a recent Times article. Read more here...

2006 Archive

December 16th, 2006. The Examiner advertised EWI's holiday party. See here...

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. Read more here...

October 6th, 2006. The Alexandria Gazette featured the Grand Opening of A Woman's Story Gallery in Old Town in this October 2006 article. Read more here...

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...

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.
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June 8, 2006. Border Crossing: Program teaches local and immigrant women artists about the art of business. Read more...

June 1-8, 2006. The empowering Marga: Empowered Women International is the brainchild of Marga Fripp, who has helped hundreds of immigrant artists... Read more...

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. To read more click here.

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. Read more...

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. Read more...

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.
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Read the second article here...
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March, 2005. Immigrant Woman Creates Network to Help Assimilate Others. Immigrant and Refugee Art in D.C. Metro Gallery. Read more...

Washington Post July, 2004. Fresh Start With Art: Marga Fripp's Gallery Helps Immigrant Women Find Their Voice. Read more...

June, 2004. Immigrant Woman Creates Network to Help Assimilate Others. Art Gallery Showcases Works of Immigrant and Refugee Women. Read more...