Empowered Women International

Graduates from EWI's Basic Jewelry and Entrepreneurship Course, April 2010

June 2010 — EWI releases a new entrepreneurship training curriculum in jewelry and felting with both basic and advanced levels. These five-week courses, led by experienced instructors, teach design, production, and basic market readiness and entrepreneurship skills, such as pricing, packaging, communication and marketing. The courses are specifically designed to teach immigrant and refugee women marketable skills in a short period of time.

They have been added in the past year in response to the increasing number of EWI beneficiaries who speak limited English, are at-risk populations (the homeless and survivors of domestic violence), and/or do not have an arts background. These women struggle to fulfill their basic needs, and EWI helps them by providing critical market readiness skills and empowering them to become self-sufficient.

Check out our new training courses and apply for one today! Scholarships may be available for low-income immigrant and refugee women.

To learn more, or to refer an immigrant or refugee woman to our program, email Marga.

Feb. 17, 23, March 23, 2010, Montgomery County, MD – Learn 7 winning strategies to market your art, generate more clients, and grow your business in these tough economic times!

This is a dynamic two-hour workshop on arts and crafts marketing strategies and practical approaches to success, marketing your arts and crafts creations.

The workshop is a must for artists and crafts entrepreneurs who desire to maximize their marketing efforts and reap the returns. Creative entrepreneurs working in visual arts, crafts, and even performers can benefit from this valuable workshop.  If your creativity is expressed through needlework, textiles, jewelry, ceramics, fine woodworking, illustration and visual arts, printing, glasswork, or other arts and crafts, this workshop is for you!

Workshop presenter Marga Fripp has extensive experience training and coaching thousands of foreign-born and American-born artists to think outside the box, stand out from the competition, turn fans into buyers, and build a following.

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Saturday, February 27 from 11am-2pm — Join us to learn the technique, history, and uses of this beautiful ancient art form. This class discusses the basics of Henna body art, teaching you how to make henna paste and cones. Design handouts and a henna cone will be given to each participant so that they can practice at home. There is a $5 material cost payable to the instructor at the beginning of the session. (more…)

Saturday, February 20 from 1-3pm — Celebrate your wishes and promises for this new year and store them in your own handmade amulet book! Come listen to the story of the Buddhist prayer wheel from Ladakh, a mountainous region in India, which inspired Sushmita Mazumdar’s amulet book. Then learn to make your own amulet book and fill it with promises and wishes for yourself. You can wear it, hide it away under your pillow, or display it in a frame for all to read. (more…)

Sunday, February 7 from 1-3pm — Want to make a special and unique Valentine’s Day gift this year, but not sure what to do? Join us and celebrate precious junk that belongs to the person you want to make a valentine for – a broken watch, once-favorite earrings, or an old doll’s dress can once again be treasured in a new form! Just bring it in and we will supply the other materials and ideas you need to bring it alive. (more…)