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Ang aming mga Grantee at Fellows

Kilalanin ang mga grant awardees at fellow ng Creative West—mga artista, tagapagdala ng kultura, ahensya ng sining, at mga organisasyong nagsusulong ng pagkamalikhain sa kanilang mga komunidad.

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Mga grant na iginawad mula FY 2021 - FY 2023

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Pinuno ng mga alumni ng Kulay

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ng FY 2023 ay nagbibigay ang Tourwest ng suporta sa pakikilahok sa sining sa mga rural na lugar

Salamat at si Yu'us Ma'asi sa pagsuporta sa mga katutubong sining at artista, at sa pagbibigay sa akin ng pagkakataong ito na bumuo ng isang napakaespesyal na tradisyonal na canoe para sa ating komunidad!

Pete Perez

2024 BIPOC Artist Fund | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Ito ay isang kamangha-manghang karanasan na nagpasigla sa akin na magtrabaho patungo sa aking mga layunin sa sining at kultura. Umaasa ako na ang mga koneksyon na binuo natin sa buong nakaraang taon ay magpapatuloy sa suporta mula sa programa. Nagpapasalamat ako sa lahat ng trabaho mula sa mga kawani at na-inspire ako sa kanilang hilig sa paggawa ng pagbabago. Ang programa ay tiyak na gumawa ng pagbabago sa aking buhay.

Sam Zhang

23-24' LoCF Fellow | Michigan

Ang mga pondong ito ay magsisimula ng isang 2 taong mahabang proseso ng pagiging Certified Economic Developer ng International Economic Development Council. Ang focus ko ay sa maliit na negosyo, entrepreneurship, placemaking, tech at kung paano tutustusan ang maliliit na negosyo kabilang ang mga nasa creative economy. Ang layunin ko ay makuha ang aking kredensyal sa susunod na 2 taon at lumipat sa isang propesyonal na economic developer o papel ng direktor ng kamara

Brandy Reitter

ELC 2014 | Eagle, Colorado

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Adina M. Zamora Pacific Jurisdictions Artist Fund 2025 Yona, Guam

Disiplina: Folklife/Traditional Crafts&Visual Arts

Adina Zamora is a cultural artisan born in California and raised in Harmon, Dededo, Guam. Of Chamorro heritage, she is the eldest of 21 siblings and grew up helping raise her family. Inspired as a teenager by her Palauan neighbors, Zamora developed a passion for coconut leaf weaving, later learning from Samoan, Yapese, and Chamorro teachers. She creates handmade shell jewelry and hopes to open a shop in Chamorro Village where she can sell her work and teach weaving to all ages—preserving a fading cultural tradition and sharing it with the next generation.

Admiral Theatre Foundation TourWest 2025 Bremerton, Washington

Admiral Theatre Foundation

Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. TourWest 2025 Sitka, Alaska

Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc.

Alaska Junior Theater TourWest 2025 Anchorage, Alaska

Alaska Junior Theater

Alberta Bair Theater TourWest 2025 Billings, Montana

Alberta Bair Theater

Albuquerque Museum Foundation Inc TourWest 2025 Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque Museum Foundation Inc

Alces Community Works TourWest 2025 Laramie, Wyoming

Alces Community Works

Alejandro Bermudes Agulto Pacific Jurisdictions Artist Fund 2025 Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Disiplina: Sining ng Media

The founder of Marianas Visuals is a dedicated videographer and filmmaker from the Northern Mariana Islands. Their work is deeply rooted in capturing and preserving the rich cultural heritage of the CNMI through documentaries on traditional practices, local artists, and cultural events.

Primarily self-taught with a 2004 film school certification, they also contribute to cultural and language preservation as a media specialist at the Chamorro Carolinian Language Policy Commission. Beyond cultural documentation, their diverse portfolio includes sports and special events, product commercials, hotel promotions, family portraits, and wildlife photography. Through Marianas Visuals, they actively uplift Pacific traditions and connect with their community by sharing its unique stories and beauty.

Allen at Alice Stokes Nature Center TourWest 2025 Logan, Utah

Allen at Alice Stokes Nature Center

Alpine Artisans Inc. TourWest 2025 Lawa ng Seeley, Montana

Alpine Artisans Inc.

Amanda King Creative West Artist Fund 2025 Boulder City, Nevada
Amanda King

Amanda King is a classic singer of standards and jazz, celebrated as a true chanteuse with a straight-ahead style steeped in tradition.

Praised by The New York Times critic Stephen Holden as one of the nightclub world’s “exceptional rising talents,” King dives deep into the treasure trove of musical history, honoring the stories, songs, and legends that shaped the rich tapestry of early American popular music and jazz.

Having recently made her international debut, she is currently touring across the United States, captivating audiences with her smooth voice and confident style. Her performances, infused with the sophistication of a bygone era while resonating with contemporary vibrancy, have earned her the affectionate moniker “Las Vegas’ Queen of Swing.”

In 2024, she was featured on “Standards Deluxe,” an album by the Rob Dixon/Steve Allee Quintet. The record spent 18 weeks on the JazzWeek Top 50 chart.

American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture, and Humanities TourWest 2025 Pago Pago, American Samoa

American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Mga Konsyerto ng AMP TourWest 2025 Albuquerque, New Mexico

Mga Konsyerto ng AMP

Anchorage Concert Association TourWest 2025 Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage Concert Association

Andre Carbonell (Hakeem Furious) Creative West Artist Fund 2025 Denver, Colorado
Andre Carbonell (Hakeem Furious)

Hakeem Furious (Andre Carbonell) is a wordsmith from Jacksonville, Florida, with roots in the Rocky Mountains. He graduated from a Southern performing arts high school as a theater major and developed a passion for words through the spoken word community at Florida A&M University, a historically Black college and university that deepened his understanding, appreciation, and preservation of Black culture and resilience.

Currently, he travels the country performing poetry and comedy, curating shows, and writing curriculum and grants as CEO of the #UltraTerrestrialTour.

Angelica Trimble-Yanu Creative West Artist Fund 2025 Oakland, California
Angelica Trimble-Yanu

Angelica Trimble-Yanu, born and raised in Oakland, California, is an enrolled member of the Oglála Lakȟóta Sioux Nation from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Trimble-Yanu’s work has been exhibited at venues including the De Young Museum, MarinMOCA, and the Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello during the 2022 Venice Art Biennale. That same year, she was nominated for the SFMOMA SECA Award following her first solo exhibition, BLACK SUN, at San Francisco’s MRKT Gallery.

Her interdisciplinary and community-based practice has led to numerous public residencies and artist talks with institutions such as Google, the De Young Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art SF, the Berkeley Art Center, the Museum of Archaeology at South Alabama University, Oregon State University, and Santa Clara University.

Anpa’o Locke Creative West Artist Fund 2025 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Anpa’o Locke

Anpa’o Locke is an Afro-Indigenous writer, filmmaker, and curator. She is Húŋkpapȟa Lakota and Ahtna Dené (Village of Tazlina), born in the Standing Rock Nation and now residing in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

She was a 2023 Native Lab Fellow and a 2022 Full Circle Fellow at the Sundance Institute, where she developed her upcoming short film, “Kawá,” which follows an Afro-Indigenous teen reconnecting with her Native roots. Her work is focused on amplifying Indigenous narratives in cinema.

In 2023, Locke co-curated “Imagining Indigenous Cinema” at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. This groundbreaking series showcased more than 40 films by U.S.-based Indigenous artists in the post-Standing Rock era. She has also worked as a writer for PBS Digital Studios’ “Sovereign Innovations” and as an associate producer for Best Case Studios.

Antonette Rosemarie Tudela Labausa Pacific Jurisdictions Artist Fund 2025 Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Disiplina: Sining ng Media

Antonette Tudela Labausa is an Indigenous Chamoru/Chamorro shell carver from Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Using Mariånas spondylus, clam (hima), and other shells gathered along the coastlines of the Mariånas, she shapes each piece as a tribute to her heritage. Her work carries the spirit of traditional Chamoru shell carving—honoring ancestral knowledge, promoting cultural pride, and fostering a mindful connection between land and sea.

April Repeki Pacific Jurisdictions Artist Fund 2025 Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Disiplina: Sayaw

April Repeki is a cultural dancer, educator, and tradition bearer from Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. She began her dance journey at the age of six, studying Chamorro and Spanish dance under the guidance of Frances Sablan. In sixth grade, she began training with Jonas Barcinas, a first-generation dancer with the Taotao Tano dance group, who introduced her to Polynesian styles and deepened her understanding of the cultural ties across the Pacific. Through Barcinas, Repeki was also mentored by Frank Rabon, the founder of Chamorro cultural dance, Taotao Tano dance group and one of its most influential figures. These mentors instilled in her a deep passion for honoring ancestral stories through movement. For her, dance became more than performance, it became a vessel for memory, identity, and pride.

With over two decades of experience, Repeki has taught more than 300 students, many of whom have performed on Saipan and internationally. She has proudly represented her community at the Festival of Pacific Arts (FestPAC) in Guam (2016) and Hawai‘i (2024), performing alongside her students as proud cultural ambassadors. Today, Repeki remains committed to nurturing the next generation through dance that celebrates heritage, strengthens identity, and keeps island traditions alive.

Apt 4 Music Foundation TourWest 2025 San Diego, California

Apt 4 Music Foundation

Arizona Early Music Society, inc. TourWest 2025 Tucson, Arizona

Arizona Early Music Society, inc.

ART OF ELAN TourWest 2025 San Diego, California

ART OF ELAN

ARTCORE, Inc. TourWest 2025 Casper, Wyoming

ARTCORE, Inc.

Artown TourWest 2025 Reno, Nevada

Artown

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Malikhaing Kanluran

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Ang CaFÉ ay isang online na sistema ng pagsusumite ng aplikasyon na nagsusumikap na gawing available ang mga pagkakataon sa sining sa lahat sa pamamagitan ng pag-aalok sa mga organisasyon ng sining ng isang abot-kayang platform ng pagsusumite at mga artist ng madaling paraan upang mag-apply.

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Ang GO Smart ay isang abot-kayang software sa pamamahala ng grant na nag-aalok ng mga form bago at pagkatapos ng aplikasyon, pagsusuri ng panel, at pag-uulat ng data para sa mga grantmaker.

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Ang Public Art Archive (PAA) ay isang libre, mahahanap, at patuloy na lumalaking online database ng mga natapos na pampublikong likhang sining sa buong US at sa ibang bansa, na may hanay ng mga mapagkukunan at tool na binuo para sa pamamahala ng mga pampublikong koleksyon ng sining.

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Ang ZAPP ay nagbibigay ng art fair at festival administrator ng isang hanay ng mga tool para digitally na mangolekta at mag-jury ng mga application, pamahalaan ang mga pagbabayad sa booth, at makipag-ugnayan sa mga aplikante lahat sa isang madaling-gamitin na digital na platform. Maaaring mag-apply ang mga artista sa daan-daang palabas sa buong bansa sa pamamagitan ng isang sentral na website.