Thank You Donors and Friends
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CLAUDE MOORE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
THE GIVING CIRCLE OF HOPE RESTON
ALEXANDRIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS
VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS
THE CATALOGUE FOR PHILANTHROPY
BOYD WALKER
QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONSHeartfelt
thanks to ALL our individual donors, foundations and corporations who allow
us to create opportunities and make dreams possible for all newcomers.
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Pennies that Matter!
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GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half
its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its
users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, and get
quality search results from Yahoo.
Go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Empowered Women International as the
charity you want to support, and watch the donations add up!
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A Woman's Story Gallery Partnerships
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Thank you to all of you who sent me letters and emails asking about the gallery. Although we closed the retail shop (due to limited financial resources), we continue to showcase and sell EWI artists work in partnership with private and public art organiztaions, shops and boutiques, and through house and corporate parties. More on this later.
Have an idea of places where we can sell our work? Send Marga an email at cfripp@aol.com
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I am just a Mom with lots of stories to tell...
" A few years ago, I started writing stories about my childhood in India and making them into Handmade Storybooks, so my American children could get an idea of how other children live. Soon I found that there are so many other people who have stories to tell. I started asking them for their stories and soon I was creating Chinese-English bi-lingual storybooks and a storybook about an ant from the Amazonian Rainforest." Sushmita, an EWI artist member, is working one-on-one with our staff to build her business strategy to market her handmade storybooks and educational workshops to art communities, museums and after school programs. Read more |
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Welcome New Staff, Volunteers and Partners
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 Sharmila is an EWI alumn and a talented educator and artist entrepreneur. She joined EWI as our Program Manager and the Instructor of the EWI Training4Success program.
Sharmila has a Master's in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design, but her work doesn't bind her only to the graphic art. She ventures and works in many other media including Calligraphy, Henna
painting, Jewelry Design, Photography and more. To contact Sharmila email her at sdkhush@hotmail.com
Maria Darie, Accounting
Cathleen Szebrat, Coach
Phyllis Weissman, Coach/Artist
More volunteers are needed for outreach, event planning and marketing projects. Have a few hours to give? Email Marga at cfripp@aol.com
PARTNERS
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March 28 - 29, 08 7-9 PM
New Women: Back to the Future - Petticoats in Politics
Kate Campbell Stevenson
Round House Theatre, Silver Spring (next to AFI in downtown)
Tickets: $20 (will call from EWI)
Empowered Women International honors the SWAN Day - Support Women Artists Now (March 29) with the debut of Kate Campbell Stevenson NEW Women: Back to the Future - Petticoats in Politics featuring Abigail Adams, Alice Paul, The 1920 All-Woman Town Council of Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Eleanor Roosevelt.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!! More info at our website soon.
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NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM
First but not the last: Women who ran for President
 DATE: Thursday March 6, 2008
TIME: 6:30-8:30 pm
LOCATION
Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
144 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Free and open to the public RSVP: Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
202-546-1210 ext 23
rsvp@sewallbelmont.org
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EWI Artists in Action and Press
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Jan. 21 - March 10, Aroma Gallery, Washington DC, Marina Reiter Exhibit
Feb. 2- 29, Bluberry Art Gallery, Alexandria, Nihal Keceni Exhibit
Feb 8, 08, Fashion and Style in the District, Evelyn Brooks
Are you an EWI artist member or alumn? Send your news and events to Marga at cfripp@aol.com to post on our newsletter and website.
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Art Market Place: A Resource Community for EWI Members
| Professional Development for Emerging Artists |
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EWI selects talented emerging immigrant and refugee women
artists to participate in the ten-week Training4Success, Spring 2008
program, March 17 - May 19, 2008.
The training provides foreign-born,
immigrant and refugee women artists with opportunities to engage in an entrepreneurial and job readiness program, gain business acumen, learn to market their work and connect to buyers, and actively participate in the civic life of their communities. Classes meet every Monday, March 17-May 19,
2008, 6:30-9 PM at The Art League Duke St, Annex, Alexandria, VA 22314.
Application
Deadline: March 1, 2008. Training Fee: 300/person plus $35/annual membership. Make checks payable to EWI and mail them to 1307 King St., Alexandria,
VA 22314. Scholarships: Low income artists may be considered for full or partial
scholarships. For more info email Sharmila at sdkhush@hotmail.com. Apply Now Looking for Artists to Hire or Commission Work?
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Fatana Arifi an American-Afghani artist, is an exceptional painter, illustrator and
portrait artist who taught art classes to students in formal and vocational art
schools. Her teaching experience includes the Department of Fine Arts at the
University of KabulAfghanistan, the Institute of Fine
Arts affiliated to PeshawarUniversity, The Academy of Visual and Performing Arts,
and Ameena Degree Collage in Pakistan. Fatana's art and interviews have been published and broadcast worldwide through Voice of America, BBC, Zeba Magazine, the Washington Post among others.
| To contact Fatana email her at fatana_ba@hotmail.com. For more info on available artists contact Marga at cfripp@aol.com |
| CALL FOR ARTISTS - Deadline: February 18 |
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EWI fine artist members and alumni are invited to submit 7
digital photos of their art by February 18 to be selected for
all member juried exhibition at the Lee Center, one of the Alexandria City
Galleries.
Artworks
include paintings, drawings, prints, photography, graphic art, fiber art, bead,
glass and wire work, and multi-disciplinary projects. Creative
artworks that include quilts and tapestry are also well suited for this
exhibit. The exhibit will run Feb 25-July 1, 2008.
All artworks need to be framed, wired and ready to hang. Large pieces are
welcome. To request a prospectus email Marga at cfripp@aol.com
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Exclusive Service to
EWI Members
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you currently looking for a job, community work, or funding for a new
art project? Email Marga at cfripp@aol.com with a brief summary of your
need and project, and we will post it on our newsletter and website.
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| Please email me your feedback, comments and suggestions. We hope you enjoy the newsletter and forward it widely to your friends and community members.
Warmest Wishes,
Marga C. Fripp
President
Empowered Women International
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