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Helping immigrants through art
By CARTER FENWICK
January 4, 2007
Empowered Women
International is a unique concept among the many shops of Old Town. Marga Fripp, the founding president, is determined to create better lives for
the immigrant women in Alexandria. Inspired by her own immigration experience,
she is originally from Romania; Fripp
has made it her mission to find a way for
immigrant artists to begin to build a new life in a new country. More
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They
Had No Identity
A Woman’s Story Gallery gives foreign-born
artists a space to call home. A Woman’s Story Gallery
gives foreign-born artists a space to call home. By Greg Wyshynski
October 5, 2006
Empowered Women International provides training for women artists, teaching
them the basics of
business, marketing and legal aspects of art. Now, EWI will once again provide them with a gallery
for their work. More
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The Empowering Marga Empowered Women International is the brainchild of Marga Fripp,
who has helped hundreds of immigrant artists.
New York Times, May 19, 2006 By DONNA SHOR Published: Thursday, June 1, 2006
When Marga Fripp sees a problem, she
does something about it. As an outspoken broadcast journalist
and activist, she was barred from working in her native
Romania. Arriving here in 2001, she was not able
to find a job in spite of her education and experience. More
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Empowered Women International: An American Group Using Art and
Business to Help Women Refugees | Shelley Gollust, Karen Leggett and Nancy Steinbach
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July 2006 |
Miz Fripp’s organization helps immigrant
and refugee women meet each other and start their own businesses.
The group also holds classes to help these women understand
how to start and run a successful business. More
Ahead Immigrant Art Exhibitions: Insights of Passage By RICH BEATTIE Published: May 19, 2006
While these immigrant artists may have already found their voice, others are still searching.
Assisting them
is Empowered Women International, an organization based in Virginia that
helps immigrants develop their artistic skills
while teaching them the business side of art.
The organization is the brainchild of Marga Fripp, a broadcast journalist
who was barred
from working in Romania, her home country. More
Fresh Start With Art
Marga Fripp's Gallery Helps Immigrant
Women Find Their Voice By Annie Gowen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday,
July 1, 2004; Page VA12
Poet, artist and jewelry-maker Edith Graciela Sanabria is juggling a lot these days.
She is writing a children's
book and trying to sell not just her paintings, but also those of her mother, Chela, a recent Bolivian immigrant. More
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