Sepatemaba 20, 2021

Aloha kākou!

Hauʻoli, hauʻoli Pōʻakahi. He mau manawa kaawale mākou mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Creative Vitality Summit! Haʻaheo loa wau no ka hoʻokipa ʻana o WESTAF i kēia a ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia i nā hoa nui a me nā panelists, a ke manaʻo nei au ʻo ʻoe pū kekahi! He pule paʻahana kēia no ka lehulehu, no laila e luʻu wale kākou:

Wehe ʻia ka CREATIVE VITALITY SUMMIT i kēia lā - ʻoi aku ma mua o 440 poʻe i hoʻopaʻa inoa (DH)
Mahalo iā Leah Horn, Samantha Ortega, Natalie Scherlong, Moana Palelei HoChing, Kelly Ernst, Justine Chapel, Natalie Villa, Ashanti McGee, Paul Barrow, a me Brandon Jay, no kāu mau hana a pau ma ka Creative Vitality Summit. Ua kiʻekiʻe loa ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka ʻoihana pūnaewele ma mua o ka hanana a mai ka 9/17, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā inoa inoa ma mua o 440 poʻe, e hana ana i kēia kekahi o nā hui nui loa (inā ʻaʻole ka nui) ma ka moʻolelo o WESTAF. E ʻoluʻolu e kipa i ka pūnaewele hanana e ʻike hou a heluhelu i kēia pepa pre-conference e aʻo hou e pili ana i kekahi o nā kumuhana e uhi ʻia ma ka Summit. Inā makemake ʻoe e kaʻana like e pili ana i ka hanana ma kāu pāpili kaiapili, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻohana i kēia hāmeʻa kaiapili. #CreativeVitality

ALOHA ANA ʻO RANDY ENGSTROM (DH) ka luna hoʻokō nui o WESTAF
Ma ka lā 9/7, ua hoʻākoakoa ʻo WESTAF i nā luna hoʻokele o nā keʻena noʻeau mokuʻāina ma ka ʻāina no kahi hālāwai teleconference i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma ka teleconference, ua hōʻike ʻo David lāua ʻo Randy Engstrom, ke kūkākūkā kūʻokoʻa a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Creative Vitality Summit, i kahi ʻike e pili ana i ka Summit a alakaʻi i nā alakaʻi alakaʻi i kahi kūkākūkā e pili ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hana a nā keʻena ʻoihana kūloko a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻoihana ʻenehana kūloko. i ko lākou mau mokuʻāina ma o nā mokuʻāina moʻomeheu a me nā ʻāpana hana, nā kālā hoʻolaʻa a me nā pūnaewele, a me nā papahana ʻē aʻe.

Noonoo ka WESTERN ARTS ADVOCACY NETWORK HOU FEDERAL ADVOCACY STRATEGY (DH)
MA 9/9, ua hui ʻo WAAN e kūkākūkā i nā hoʻolālā hoʻolaha federal ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana a me ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana me Kelly Barsdate o ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies ma ka hālāwai ma mua. Ua hāʻawi ʻo David i kahi hōʻike a alakaʻi i kahi kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻāina hoʻolaha noʻeau federal a pehea e hiki ai iā WAAN a me WESTAF ke komo i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo federal no ka neʻe ʻana i mua, e komo pū ana me ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo koke e kākoʻo i ka Creative Economy Revitalization Act (he bila i kākoʻo ʻia e WESTAF ma mua o kona hoʻomaka ʻana. ma ka Hale o na Lunamakaainana o Amerika). Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kāu mau lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e pili ana i ka bila, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻohana i kēia mau kumuwaiwai hoʻolaha pololei i hoʻomohala ʻia e ka hui kākoʻo alakaʻi alakaʻi kiʻi aupuni ʻo Be An Arts Hero.

HOʻOMAʻI ʻO WESTAF i ka hui hoʻolaha moʻomeheu no ka manawa mua (DH)
Ke manaʻo nei ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana alakaʻi i loko o ka Cultural Advocacy Group, ka hui ʻāina o nā ʻoihana hoʻolaha noʻeau a me nā hui lawelawe noʻeau e hoʻonohonoho ana i nā kulekele moʻomeheu aupuni. Ua kōkua ʻo David i ka hālāwai mahina o CAG no ka manawa mua ma 9/13, alakaʻi i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ke kūlana o kēia manawa o ka Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, ka bila waiwai a me ka hoʻoponopono kālā, ka Creative Economy Revitalization Act, ka Employee Retention Tax Credit, nā kulekele hoʻonaʻauao. a me ke kulekele visa artist.

LUNA O KA LEHULEHU A ME KA HULI (DH)
Ua hoʻopau ʻo Becca Dominguez lāua ʻo David i nā hālāwai ninaninau mua me ʻewalu mau moho no ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Public Policy and Advocacy position. Ua koho ʻia nā mea hope ʻehā no nā hālāwai ninaninau ʻelua me ke kōmike loiloi moho, a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hana i kahi manawa ma ka waena o ʻOkakopa.

KONIA KA LUNAHOOPONOPONO KANAWAI O WESTAF A ME KA HOIKE I KA HOIKE MA NEVADA MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE (AK)
ʻO Anika Kwinana ka mea haʻiʻōlelo nui ma ka hālāwai kūkā makahiki virtual o ka Nevada Museum Association (NMA), e mālama ʻia ʻo ʻOkakopa 7 - 8, me ke kī nui ma ka lā mua i ka wā o ke kakahiaka. ʻO ke poʻomanaʻo o kēia makahiki ʻo "We're Back: Connecting to our Communities."
Hāʻawi ka NMA i ke kākoʻo i nā hale hōʻikeʻike 100+ o ka mokuʻāina ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manawa aʻo ma o ka nūpepa i kēlā me kēia hapaha makahiki, ka ʻaha kūkā makahiki a me nā haʻawina ʻike ʻē aʻe i mālama ʻia i loko o ka makahiki.

HOU MA WESTAF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PLAN FOR ORGANIZATION (AK)
Ma hope o ke kaʻina hana ʻehā mahina, ua hāʻawi ka hui SRI i kā lākou mau manaʻo kālā hope loa i ke Kōmike Hoʻokō no ka WESTAF American Rescue Plan Fund for Organizations. Ua komo ke kaʻina hana: 1) he hōʻike ma ka WESTAF ARP i ka papa; 2) nā kūkākūkā a me nā manaʻo mai kēlā me kēia Luna Hoʻokele ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao Mokuʻāina; 3) ka nānā ʻana i 281 mau noi kūpono e kahi ʻāpana o 24 mau panelists ma ke komohana; a, 4) nā mākaʻikaʻi hope loa me nā limahana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kahi ʻelele e hoʻolaha ma ka ʻāina 13-mokuʻāina. Ua noi ʻia ke Kōmike Hoʻokō e koho balota i ka poʻe i koho ʻia ma mua o Kepakemapa 21, ma ke ʻano he hōʻoia i ke kaʻina hana. E loaʻa ana ka hui SRI i ke Kōmike Hoʻokō no nā nīnau a manaʻo paha.

KA HOʻOPIʻI HOU MA KA COMMONWEALTH O NĀ MĀPUNI MARIANA AKAU AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PUND FOR ORGANIZATION AND ARTISTS (AK/DH)
Ua hui ʻo Anika Kwinana lāua ʻo David Holland me Parker Yobel o ka CNMI Arts Council e kūkākūkā i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka CNMI ARP. E like me ka papahana hāʻawi kālā CNMI CARES, e hāʻawi ʻo WESTAF i ke kākoʻo hoʻokele no ke kaʻina hana, e komo pū ana ʻelua mau pōʻai kālā no nā hui a me nā mea pena kiʻi, i loiloi ʻia e kahi papa o nā loea i ka CNMI. Manaʻo ʻo WESTAF e wehe ʻia nā noi i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa. Ma ka papahana hou, e hoʻonohonoho mākou i ka loiloi kūloko o nā noi; ka manaʻo e hōʻoia i ka hōʻea ʻana o ka papahana i nā mokupuni a puni ka Commonwealth; ke komo ʻana i ka CNMI Arts Council e hāʻawi i ke kōkua ʻenehana i nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā hui e hoʻouna ana i nā noi no ka lanakila ʻana i kekahi ʻōlelo a me nā pale ʻenehana; a me ka maʻalahi o ke kaʻina hana noi.

HOOMAKAUKAU ANA O WESTAF AME SOUTH ARTS NO NA ALAKAI LUUA O KA PAPA KULA (AK)
Ua hoʻomaka ka Pūʻulu SRI i nā hui hoʻolālā me nā kumu ELC a me South Arts e hoʻolālā i ka lua ELC cohort no ka ʻāina Hema. E hoʻomau ʻia nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka haʻawina me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻike hou i hoʻolauna ʻia e South Arts e kālele i nā ʻike kūloko a me nā pono o nā alakaʻi kala ma ka ʻāina Hema. E hoʻolālā ʻo South Arts i kahi lā hou o ka papahana e kākoʻo i kahi lens hohonu i nā ʻike pili. E hāʻawi pū lākou i lālā kumu no ka papahana a hoʻopaʻa i nā kumu kula malihini a me nā mea pena kiʻi. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka hui lua no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Pepeluali.

KA HOʻOPIʻI KĀNĀWAI (CG)
ʻO kekahi mau holomua hou ma mua o ka ʻohi kālā. Ke hui nei mākou me ka Wallace Foundation, a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi hālāwai me Bahia Ramos. Luna Hoʻokele, Arts. Ua hui ʻo Christian me Jayne Butler o ka Knight Foundation. Noho ʻo Jayne i Denver a mālama ʻo ia i ke kōpili ʻenehana o ka Knight Foundation. He pilina nui kēia. Ua hui hou aku nei o Tamara a me Christian me Patrick McGovern jr, o ka Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a ua hamama ka puka no ke kamailio hou ana malaila. Ke kali nei i ka pane mai ka Satterberg Foundation e pili ana i ʻehā mau manaʻo no ke kālā kūpono, i hoʻouna ʻia ma kā lākou kono. Manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa kahi pane no kā mākou LOI mai ka Sloan Foundation, ʻoiai mākou i hele mua ai ma kahi o ʻeono mahina i hala. Nā kikoʻī hou aku ma ka tracker kumu ma aneʻi.

HALAWAI KOMITE HOOKO (CG)
E hui ana ke komite hoʻokō i kēia pule ma Boise, Idaho. Ma waho aʻe o ka hana maʻamau a ke komite, e hui pū ʻia nā kumuhana kūkākūkā i ʻekolu mau kumuhana: "Mission, Goals and Culture," "Investment, Fundraising and Grant Making," a me "Hazards, Unknowns and Existential Threats." He manawa hoihoi loa ia. E hui pū ana mākou me nā hoaaloha o Idaho o WESTAF me Michael Faison a me ELC alums Dayo Ayodele, Monique Michel, a me Leta Neustaeder. Eia kekahi, e hoʻokō ʻia ana ka (vaccinations a i ʻole nā hoʻāʻo ʻana) ʻo Treefort Music Festival i ka manawa like, no laila ke manaʻo nei au e holo ma waena o kekahi (waho, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi!) mele ola.

MISSION ALGNED INVESTMENT EXPLORATION (CG)
Ke hana pū nei ʻo Amy lāua ʻo Christian me kā mākou kākāʻōlelo hoʻopukapuka ʻo Tim Schott o Aton Advisors e loiloi i kekahi mau nīnau koʻikoʻi, e like me ka nui o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele wā pōkole me ka wā lōʻihi, ko mākou makemake no ka pilikia i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻokele wā lōʻihi, a pēlā pū kekahi. e hōʻoia ana i kā mākou hoʻopukapuka kālā me kā WESTAF a me nā waiwai. E kūkākūkā hou ana mākou i kēia ma kā mākou hui kōmike hoʻokō a me ka hālāwai papa makahiki ma ʻOkakopa.

KULA a me ka hooponopono (AH)
Ke paʻa nei ka hui F&A i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kēia makahiki kālā a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā palapala hou no FY22 e hoʻomaka ana ma ʻOkakopa 1. Ua kaʻana like a hoʻohui ʻia ka papa hoʻonohonoho hoʻoponopono i Asana no laila ʻike ka hui i ka manawa e pono ai. Ke hana nei ʻo Amy me Christian i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka hālāwai komite hoʻokō i kēia pule aʻe e hōʻike ana i ka waihona kālā FY22 WESTAF a me kahi hōʻike mai kā mākou mea hoʻopukapuka kālā, ʻo Tim Schott. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Becca i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i ʻelua mau limahana. ʻO Michelle Reilly kā mākou mea hoʻoponopono Waiwai hou a ke aʻo wikiwiki nei ʻo ia! Mahalo iā ʻoe, e Michelle - hauʻoli nui mākou i kou hui ʻana! Ua hāʻawi ʻia a ʻae ʻia ʻo WESTAF i kahi keʻena kūʻokoʻa, 8-pākaukau ma ka Alliance Center. ʻAʻohe hoʻololi i kā mākou helu wahi - akā ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou waiho ʻana a me ke keʻena pākaukau ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa! Mahalo iā Ben lāua ʻo Becca no ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i kā mākou kamepiula i ka hakahaka hou.

MAKEMAKE (LH)
Aia ka hui ʻo MarComm i ka home no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā mea hoʻopuka a me nā kamaʻilio ʻana i ka lehulehu, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā waiwai pūnaewele hanana āpau no ka Creative Vitality™ Summit! Ke hana nei mākou i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā hoʻolālā hoʻolālā kūʻai FY22 a e hoʻomaka koke e hōʻuluʻulu i nā ana no kā mākou FY21 MarComm Recap and Report. Hoʻopili mākou i kā mākou leka uila no CaFE (i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā ʻoihana noʻeau kūloko) a hoʻouna aku i kahi papa inoa liʻiliʻi o nā alakaʻi pumehana iā Ken no ka hahai ʻana. Ua hoʻonui hou mākou i nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha wikiō GO Smart ma LinkedIn a me Facebook, e holo ana ma Sepatemaba e hoʻopau i ka makahiki kālā.

KA HOIKE (LH)
Ke hana nei ka hui MarComm i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lobby virtual a me ka pūnaewele hanana no ka Creative Vitality™ Summit, me kahi ʻaoʻao kumu waiwai hou i kūkulu ʻia a me ka pepa pre-conference e kaʻana like ʻia me nā poʻe i hele mai i ka Summit a me nā panelists. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o ka Summit hope, ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ʻelua mau lālā hou o ka hui SRI, ʻo Ashanti McGee lāua ʻo Jade Elyssa Cariaga. Ke hana nei ka hui i ka hoʻohou bio o nā limahana, ka hōʻano hou ʻana i ka pakuhi hoʻonohonoho (me 37 poʻe i kēia manawa!), ke kākau ʻana i ka blog ʻOkakopa WESTAF Now, September GO Smart, a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā palapala hoʻolālā kamaʻilio FY22.

NA HANA HOOLAHA KUAI (CGREEN)
Ua hui ka hui kulekele ma ʻAukake 24 no ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā hopena holoʻokoʻa o ka anana puke lima hoa āpana. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana e ʻike ka hapa nui o kā mākou poʻe pane i kahi mea e like me ka Regional Partner Handbook e pono ai no kā lākou ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina a i ʻole hui kākoʻo noʻeau. Ke hoʻomau nei kā mākou ʻike ʻike i kēia mahina ke noiʻi nei mākou i nā puke aʻoaʻo e kū nei a kūkākūkā i nā mea a mākou e makemake ai e hoʻokomo i loko o kā mākou iho. Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ka pūʻulu no kā mākou papa hana ma ka hālāwai papa ma ʻOkakopa.

HANA HANA (CV)
Ua hui ʻo Blair, Natalie, Paul N., Trevor, Jon, a me Christina me ka hoa hoʻomohala lōʻihi, ʻo BRI, e kūkākūkā i nā hoʻolālā no FY22 a me kā mākou hui pū ʻana me kā lākou hana ma CaFE, GO Smart, a me ZAPP. Ua huahua ka hālāwai a ua kūkākūkā mākou i kekahi mau mea e pili ana i ka palekana, ka hoʻokō PCI, a me nā palapala alanui huahana FY22. Ua hoʻomaka pū ʻo Christina, Natalie V., a me Paul N. i ke komo ʻana i nā nīnauele no ke kuleana o ka luna hoʻomalu ʻōnaehana a loaʻa i kekahi mau nīnau manaʻolana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kēia pule aʻe.

KAFE (RV)
Ke hoʻopau nei mākou i ka hopena o ka makahiki, e hoʻolālā ka hui CaFE i kahi manawa e noʻonoʻo ai i kā mākou hala a me nā hana i ka makahiki paʻakikī a kanikau o ka maʻi maʻi. Ua aʻo nui ka hui i kēia makahiki i hala i kōkua iā mākou e kūpaʻa a noʻonoʻo i kā mākou hana i kā mākou hana a me ka noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hāpai i kēlā i mua.

CVSUITE (KE)
Hoʻokahi pule a CVSuite e hele ai a hiki i ka Creative Vitality Summit, kahi e noho ai ka hui ma luna o ka papa no ke kōkua a me nā pilina o nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hapa nui o ka pule. E kōkua pū ana ka hui kulekele. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Kelly i kahi demo me ka Cultural Office of Pikes Peak Region, kahi hui i hoʻolālā mua e ʻaelike me AFTA e hana i kahi noiʻi hopena hoʻokele waiwai me ka ʻikepili AEP6 no ka ʻāina 2-kalana; akā naʻe, ua hoʻopiʻi kekahi poʻe ma ko lākou orbit no ka hoʻokomo ʻole ʻana o ka haʻawina AEP i nā ʻoihana hoʻomohala waiwai a no laila ua huli lākou i CVSuite. He lanakila nui kēia no ka mea kūʻai aku, a inā ʻaʻole, ua hāʻawi ka demo i nā ʻike mea hoʻohana waiwai no ka hui. ʻO Alisa Moldavanova he mea noiʻi a he polopeka ma ke Kulanui ʻo Wayne. Ua noi mua ʻo ia i kahi haʻawina noiʻi e uhi i ke kumukūʻai o ka mea hana CVSuite, a ʻoiai ua hōʻole ʻia ka hāʻawi kālā, e noi ana ʻo ia no ke kālā i kekahi me ka manaʻolana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻonui hou ʻana i ka lohi ma muli o ka lohi ʻana i ka funnel hoʻomohala mai Zing.

E hele akamai (JG)
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo GO Smart i ka neʻe ʻana i mua me kahi tikiki e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka UI/UX o ka mea hoʻoponopono Program Cycles. E hoʻopau ana ʻo BRI i nā hana piha ʻoiai ʻo Ben e hoʻopau nei i nā kikokikona a me nā hoʻololi ʻano. Ke hōʻano hou nei ʻo Jessica i nā kumu aʻo a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kamaʻilio o nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i kēia hoʻonui. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Jessica i kahi hoʻolālā, me ka hui SRI, no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kahi ʻaoʻao pūnaewele e hōʻike ana i ka hana hāʻawi kaulike a SRI me nā kumuwaiwai kōkua no ka hoʻoponopono kaiapuni ma ka hāʻawi ʻana. E hui ʻo Jade Elyssa lāua ʻo Jessica i kēlā me kēia mahina no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pūnaewele a hui pū ka hui holoʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina e kūkākūkā i nā papahana e hoʻomau nei a me nā ala e hōʻike ai i kēia hana no nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai GO Smart. E hui pū ʻo Jessica me David i kēlā me kēia mahina e nānā e pili ana i nā kikowaena o kā mākou hana. Ua hui pōkole ʻo Jessica me Paul e kūkākūkā i ke ʻano o ka ʻenehana no GO Smart a me nā hoʻolālā no ka wā e hiki mai ana.

PUBLIC ART ARCHIVE (LG)
Ua ʻaneʻane hoʻopau ʻo PAA i ke kaʻina hana paʻi no Los Alamos County, ka hōʻiliʻili kiʻi lehulehu o NM. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili ulu ma aneʻi. Ke hoʻomau nei ka PAA i ka hana ma kahi papahana neʻe ʻikepili nui no ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Phoenix; akā naʻe, aia ka nui o kā lākou 1,300 mau moʻolelo hana noʻeau (ʻo ia hoʻi kahi hōʻiliʻili hana paʻa a lawe ʻia) i kēia manawa i ka PAA CMS o ka hui. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Jon Cantwell i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi dashboard hoʻopuka PAA e hoʻolōʻihi i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻikepili i ka ʻaoʻao i mua o ka lehulehu. Ke hoʻopau nei ʻo PAA i ka pae mua o ka papahana ʻo Alabama Mural Trail Project. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka hana e holo nei ma aneʻi.

ZAPP (MB)
Ua paʻakikī ka hui ZAPP i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kā mākou mau pahuhopu a me nā pahuhopu no FY22 i ka wā e hiki mai ana kēia makahiki kālā. Ke nānā pono nei mākou i kā mākou metric a me ka hōʻano hou ʻana i nā kahe hana kūloko e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepili e pono ai ka nānā ʻana i kā mākou OKR a loaʻa iā mākou ka nānā ʻana i loko i kūpono a hiki ke maʻalahi. Ke hana nei mākou i ka huki ʻana i kā mākou helu helu mua i hiki iā mākou ke loiloi i kā mākou mau pahuhopu a hoʻoponopono e like me ia.

Waihoia me ka mahalo.

Keristiano