Reflections on the International Teaching Artist Collaborative
10/24/2024
Written by Danica Rosengren.
National Leaders of Color Fellowship: A Call for Collaborative Change
10/03/2024
The National Leaders of Color Fellowship Program (LoCF) rises to meet challenges in the field while nurturing a community where collaboration is not just encouraged but celebrated.
Twenty-Seven Creative West-Region Organizations Recommended for ArtsHERE Grant
09/24/2024
112 Organizations Nationwide Selected in ArtsHERE Pilot Program
Announcing the 2024-25 TourWest Awardees and Panelists
09/17/2024
We are excited to share the 2024-25 TourWest Awardees. Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts since 1994, TourWest is a competitive grant program that provides subsidies to arts and community organizations within the WESTAF region for presenting out-of-state touring performers and literary artists.
Notes on a Milestone: WESTAF Turns 50
09/17/2024
Sometime early in 2023, WESTAF started to think about its upcoming 50th anniversary in 2024. We had a lot of questions. What should we do? When should we do it? Would anyone even care? Perhaps most fundamentally: Why do we do what we do?
Learn about how the Western States Arts Federation metamorphosed into Creative West in this blog post from Executive Director Christian Gaines.
WESTAF Is Now Creative West
09/16/2024
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Western States Arts Federation. A half-century of history is a lot to celebrate — and we’ve been hard at work reflecting on the past and planning for the future.
Today, we’re announcing a new, inclusive identity to reflect who we are now, five decades later: Creative West.