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Our office will be closed and customer support will be unavailable on Friday, June 13.

Hauʻoli lā hauʻoli mai WESTAF
Ke kokoke mai nei ka makahiki 2022, ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou i ka makahiki i hala me ka mahalo a makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe no kāu ʻāpana i ka hana ʻana i mea waiwai a poina.
No ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka manawa o kā mākou limahana e hoʻolaʻa a hui pū me nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha i ka wā hoʻomaha, e pani ʻia kā mākou keʻena mai Dekemaba 24, 2022 a hiki i Ianuali 1, 2023. E hoʻomau mākou i nā hola ʻoihana maʻamau a me nā hana a pane i nā leka uila a me nā kelepona e hoʻomaka ana i Ianuali 2, 2023. Mahalo mākou i kou ahonui a me kou hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia wā hoʻomaha.
Mai ko mākou ʻohana WESTAF iā ʻoe a me kāu, makemake mākou iā ʻoe i kahi kau hoʻomaha hauʻoli a hauʻoli makahiki hou!
Manaʻo alakaʻi a hiki           

Hoʻopau ʻo 2022 Creative Vitality™ Summit
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka lua o ka Creative Vitality™ Summit a WESTAF ma Dekemaba 2, 2022, ma hope o nā kūkākūkā waiwai a ola ma waena o ʻelima mau panela alakaʻi kaiaulu. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ka Summit i nā mea haʻiʻōlelo mai nā ʻano like ʻole e kūkākūkā i nā kuʻina ma waena o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka loli ʻenehana a me ka nohona. Mahalo iā ʻoukou a pau o kā mākou panelists, facilitators, speakers, a me nā 400 i hele mai i hui pū me mākou kokoke i kēia makahiki. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka Summit o kēia makahiki, e kipa i ka pūnaewele hanana.

 nā kuʻikahi, kākoʻo a me nā kulekele              

Wehe ʻia ka papahana ʻo WESTAF State Advocacy Funds no ka makahiki ʻumikūmāhiku
No nā makahiki he 17, ua hāʻawi kālā ʻo WESTAF i kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina ma ke Komohana e kākoʻo i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina a me ka ʻāpana hoʻomohala ākea. I kēlā manawa, ua hāʻawi mākou ma luna o $2 miliona no ke kākoʻo ʻana i kēia mau hana, me ka makana awelika o $13,733 i nā mea noi 15 i 2022. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻopukapuka kālā e 168% ma nā huaʻōlelo nominal a me 91% ma nā huaʻōlelo maoli mai 2006. Mai 2020, WESTAF. ua hoʻonui i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ma ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo pae mokuʻāina ma ka ʻāina e 30% ma ka pane ʻana i nā pono a me nā manaʻo i wehewehe ʻia. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka loaʻa kālā o nā hui ʻoihana mokuʻāina ma ke Komohana e 147% mai 2019-2022 a ma 229% mai 2016-2022 e pili ana i ka ʻikepili National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. Ua ulu aʻe ke kālā kākoʻo e kākoʻo i nā ʻaelike pili aupuni ma nā mokuʻāina 13 WESTAF akā ʻo ka ʻenehana pili aupuni pū kekahi, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hiki, nā lā aʻoaʻo noʻeau a me nā piko, nā hālāwai mākaʻikaʻi kahua, huakaʻi i Wakinekona DC e komo i nā luna kānāwai, nā haʻawina waiwai, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. nā hana. Ua wehe ʻia ka pōʻai 2023 i Nowemapa 18, 2022 a ke ʻae nei i nā noi a hiki i Ianuali 9, 2023.

Hōʻano hou i ka papahana hoʻolālā hoʻolālā hoʻolālā no Washington
Ua mālama ʻia ka hui hana Creative Economy Strategic Plan ma Dekemaba 12, 2022 a ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Senatoa Lisa Wellman a me nā luna kānāwai ʻē aʻe i kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mokuʻāina i ke kaʻina hoʻolālā hoʻolālā. Ke hana pū nei ka hui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i nā ʻike kūkākūkā mua a me ka noiʻi kulekele. Ke alakaʻi nei nā alakaʻi o ka papahana i nā nīnauele me nā alakaʻi noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu Seattle/King County a me nā alakaʻi hoʻomohala waiwai a ua hoʻokipa hou nei i kahi pūʻulu koʻikoʻi me nā ʻoihana ʻōiwi. Ma ka launa pū ʻana me nā lālā o ka pūʻulu hana, ke hoʻolālā ʻia nei kekahi pūʻulu kikoʻī me nā alakaʻi ʻoihana mai ka ʻoihana ʻenehana hana hoʻomohala, nā ʻoihana hoʻomohala nona ka BIPOC, a me nā mea kuleana ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina ʻo Puget Sound o Wakinekona e hana ʻia ma Ianuali 2023. hana ma luna o 45 kanaka (kūʻokoʻa o ka pūʻulu hana) ma o nā nīnauele a me nā hui kikoʻī a hiki i kēia lā, ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hui hana mokuʻāina he 34 kanaka. ʻO ke kaʻina hana kūkākūkā e manaʻo e hoʻopili i nā poʻe 100 ma nā wahi 9 o ka mokuʻāina.

Hoʻi hou mai ka Seminā alakaʻi alakaʻi a me ke kākoʻo o WESTAF
E mālama i ka lā! Hoʻākoakoa ka WESTAF's Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar (ALAS) i nā alakaʻi noʻeau mai nā mana o ke Komohana a me ka Pākīpika e kākoʻo i ka hoʻokomo ʻana o ke aupuni pekelala i ka hana noʻeau, moʻomeheu, a me ka hoʻokele waiwai i nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo. Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kanaka a me ka neʻe ʻana i ka Seminā i kahi ʻano virtual ma 2021 a me 2022, hauʻoli nui mākou e hoʻi hou ana ka hanana i Wakinekona DC Pepeluali 13-16, 2023! E hoʻopaʻa ʻo WESTAF i kahi hālāwai mua no ka poʻe e makemake e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka ʻāina o kēia manawa o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo federal a e kaʻana koke i ka ʻike inoa inoa. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo ALAS e hōʻuluʻulu i kahi hui o nā alakaʻi noʻeau mai ke Komohana a hiki i Wakinekona, DC e hui me nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a me kā lākou mau koʻokoʻo, e komo i nā pōkole e pili ana i ke kūlana a me nā mea e hiki mai ana no ke kākoʻo ʻoihana federal, a e kūkākūkā me nā kahu mālama WESTAF i nā ala e hiki ai. e hoʻonui i ke kākoʻo aupuni mokuʻāina no ka hana a nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina. Hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana i kahi lele i loko o ke kanaka, me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā pilina a me nā hui hou.

kuleana pilikanaka & hoʻokomo      

Ke hoʻolaha nei i ka 2022 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) American Rescue Plan (ARP) Grantees
Hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana e hāʻawi ana ʻo WESTAF i ke kālā hāʻawi kālā i 32 mau mea pena kiʻi a me nā hui moʻomeheu ma waena o ka Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), me nā haʻawina i hāʻawi ʻia he $3,875 i kēlā me kēia. ʻO ka Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands American Rescue Plan Fund for Organizations (CNMI ARP) he papahana hāʻawi kōkua, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka National Endowment for the Arts, e hāʻawi ana i ke kākoʻo hana maʻamau i nā hui ʻoihana a me nā moʻomeheu kūpono a me nā mea pena kiʻi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka COVID. -19 maʻi maʻi ma ka ʻĀkau Mariana Islands. Hāʻawi ʻia ka papahana ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Arts Council.

ʻO ka Luna Hoʻokele o ke kuleana a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana e hōʻike ana iā WESTAF ma ka Rasmuson Foundation Workshop ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā noi no nā mea kiʻi pilikino.
Ma ke ʻano he panelist Rasmuson Individual Artist Awards (IAA) mua, ua kono ʻia ʻo SIR Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Anika Tené e komo ma ke ʻano he panelist papa hana ma kahi hālāwai ākea i wehe ʻia i ka lehulehu, me nā mea pena e noʻonoʻo ana e noi i nā makana 2023, e lohe mai nā panelist IAA mua e pili ana i ka kaʻina noi. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Anika a me ʻekolu mau pane ʻē aʻe i ka mea e noi ikaika ai a kūkākūkā i nā hoʻolālā no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hana no ka loiloi panel no IAA a me nā manawa like e like me ke kālā, nā hale noho, a me nā pilina. ʻOiai ua hoʻolālā ʻia no ka poʻe e noi ana i nā makana 2023, ua hāʻawi pū kēia kau i nā hoʻolālā kākoʻo no ka haku ʻana i nā portfolios a me nā ʻōlelo no nā loiloi waho.

NA ALAKAI O NA MEA HOU O KA WAIWAI   

Ua mālama ʻo WESTAF a me Regional Arts Organizations (RAOs) i ka ʻike pilikino a me ka hālāwai alakaʻi no nā mea noi LoCF
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka papahana National Leaders of Color Fellowship (LoCF), i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ʻAukake 2022, ua loaʻa ma luna o 400 mau noi mai nā ʻāina āpau. Ma hope o ke kūkākūkā ʻana ma waena o nā hui ʻoihana ʻĀpana ʻAmelika (RAO), ua hoʻolālā ʻo WESTAF i kahi hālāwai virtual no ka poʻe noi ʻaʻole i komo i loko o ka pilina o kēia makahiki e kaʻana like i nā manawa a me nā kumuwaiwai i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia wahi. Ma kahi o 100 mau mea noi i hui i loko o nā lumi breakout ma kēlā me kēia wahi e ʻike ai kekahi i kekahi a noʻonoʻo i nā ala e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻomau i ka pilina. ʻO kekahi mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻopaʻa inoa nūhou, nā manawa hana, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kūlana panelist loiloi. Ma hope o ke kau breakout, ua hoʻolimalima ka poʻe noi i ka manawa me nā lālā o ke kumu LoCF no ka loaʻa ʻana o ke aʻo ʻana a me ka ʻōlelo aʻo. Hoʻolālā ʻo WESTAF e hoʻomau i ka pilina me nā mea noi mai ko mākou ʻāina a hāʻawi i ka ʻike a me nā kumuwaiwai me ka pepeiao hoʻolohe e kākoʻo i kā lākou hana.

NA LAWAI WESTAF                                 

ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka papa inoa o nā hanana hanana hou a ZAPP
Ua haʻi aku ʻo ZAPP i kahi kumuwaiwai hou no nā luna hoʻoponopono: ka papa inoa hanana! Me kēia hiʻohiʻona hou, ʻaʻole i maʻalahi ka paʻi ʻana i kāu hanana! Me nā ʻōlelo aʻo i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu i nā mea āpau mai ka ʻike hanana a hiki i ka nānā ʻana i nā hoʻonohonoho noi no kāu hanana, e hōʻoia kēia papa inoa i kāu hanana e hele.

CaFÉ Spotlight ma Texas Vignette
Hauʻoli ka hui CaFÉ i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hui i hōʻike ʻia o ʻOkakopa, ʻo Texas Vignette! Mai ka makahiki 2017, ua hoʻokipa kēia hui ʻoihana ʻole i ka Vignette Art Fair makahiki, e hōʻike wale ana i nā hana kiʻi a nā wahine kiʻi, ma Dallas, Texas. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo CaFÉ me Danielle Naylor, Texas Vignette's Art Fair Director, e pili ana i ka misionari o ka hui, kona ʻike i ka hoʻohana ʻana iā CaFÉ, a me ka hana kiʻi i hana ʻia i kēia ʻOkakopa i hala.
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ʻO ka Public Art in Private Development Database i mālama ʻia e ka Public Art Archive™
ʻO ka Public Art Archive (PAA) ka mea hoʻokipa hou o ka Public Art in Private Development (PAPD) Database, i kūkulu mua ʻia a mālama ʻia e ka loio a me ka loea kumuhana ʻo Sarah Conley Odenkirk. He kumu waiwai nui no nā kaona, nā mea hoʻomohala, nā ʻoihana kaʻa, nā mea aʻoaʻo noʻeau, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana kiʻi ākea no nā papahana hoʻomohala pilikino no ko lākou mau kaiāulu, ʻo ka PAPD Database kahi hōʻiliʻili ikaika o nā palapala kānāwai a me nā mea kākoʻo ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia e nā kaiāulu. ma waena o ka Unit

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He ʻōnaehana hoʻouna palapala noi pūnaewele ʻo CaFÉ e hoʻoikaika ana e hoʻolako i nā manawa hana no nā mea āpau ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hui noʻeau i kahi kahua hoʻouna kūpono a me nā mea hana kiʻi i kahi ala maʻalahi e noi ai.

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ʻO GO Smart kahi polokalamu hoʻokele hāʻawi kūpono e hāʻawi ana i nā palapala noi mua a ma hope o ka noi, ka loiloi panel, a me ka hōʻike ʻikepili no nā mea hāʻawi.

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ʻO ka Public Art Archive (PAA) he waihona manuahi, hiki ke huli, a e ulu mau ana i ka ʻikepili pūnaewele o nā hana noʻeau lehulehu i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka US a ma waho, me kahi hui o nā kumuwaiwai a me nā mea hana i kūkulu ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻiliʻili kiʻi lehulehu.

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Hāʻawi ʻo ZAPP i nā luna hoʻomalu noʻeau a me nā ʻahaʻaina me kahi hui o nā mea hana e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā noi kikohoʻe a me nā jury, mālama i nā uku hale hale, a kamaʻilio pū me nā mea noi āpau i loko o kahi kahua kikohoʻe maʻalahi. Hiki i nā mea pena ke hoʻohana i nā haneli o nā hōʻikeʻike ma ka ʻāina ma o kahi pūnaewele kikowaena.