ʻO Anika Tené (ʻo ia) ka Luna Hoʻokele o Grants, Awards and Programs, kahi āna e alakaʻi ai i nā hana e hoʻoikaika ai i nā mea pena kiʻi, nā hui ʻoihana, a me nā kaiāulu ma o ke kālā kaulike, nā kumuwaiwai, a me nā ʻike aʻo. Hoʻoulu ʻia ʻo ia e kona makemake no ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā ʻupena like ʻole o nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā alakaʻi moʻomeheu a puni ka ʻāina, a haʻaheo nui i ka hana ʻokoʻa o kāna hui, i hōʻike ʻia ma lalo nei. Ua hoʻonui nui ʻo Tené i ka hae o ka hui Nā alakaʻi o ka pūnaewele kala, e hoʻolauna ana i ka Leaders of Color Network Professional Development Fund, ka National Leaders of Color Fellowship Program, a me ka Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Artist Fund. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻolālā pū ʻo ia i nā papahana ʻāina me ʻelima ʻē aʻe Nā hui noʻeau o ʻAmelika, me ArtsHERE a me Cultural Sustainability, e hoʻokumu ana i nā pahuhopu kaulike i kēlā me kēia hana. Ma mua o kāna kūlana i kēia manawa, ua hoʻokele ʻo Tené i nā papahana aʻo aupuni ma ka John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, kahi āna i manaʻo ai i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke komo kaulike i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana no nā haumāna kula aupuni. ʻO kāna ʻike like ʻole i ka hana noʻeau e pili ana i nā kuleana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mele a me nā hana noʻeau, luna hoʻokele, mea hana, a me ka hana ma nā hale kiʻi kiʻi a me ke kūʻai inoa inoa. He alakaʻi kaiaulu hoʻolaʻa ʻo Tené, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he noho komisina noʻeau kūloko a me ka noho papa o mua o ka Arts Administrators of Color Network. I kēia manawa, noho ʻo ia ma ka papa no Mason Arts ma George Mason University. He kumu aʻoaʻo ola i hōʻoia ʻia ʻo Tené, loea i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā mea hana. Loaʻa iā ia nā kekelē mai ke Kulanui ʻo Howard, ke Kulanui ʻAmelika, ke Kulanui ʻo George Mason, a me kahi diploma mai ke Kulanui o Stellenbosch ma ʻApelika Hema.

He kuleana koʻikoʻi ko Josh Ellis i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā papahana BIPOC a Creative West a me nā hoʻolālā me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana hāʻawi kālā i hoʻokumu ʻia e hoʻoikaika i ka hopena aupuni. ʻO kāna mau hana ma mua, ʻo ia ka mana o ka orchestra ma nā hui he nui, kahi i mālama ai ʻo ia i nā orchestra ʻōpio me nā haumāna he 500, mālama i nā kumu kula a me nā ʻaelike kiʻi malihini kipa, a hana a hoʻokō i nā papa hana papahana. Ua paʻa pū ʻo ia i nā kūlana ma ka John F. Kennedy Center no ka Performing Arts in Patron Services a ma ka Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts ma ke ʻano he hana hoʻokele hoʻokele opera, kahi āna i hoʻomohala ai i ka ʻike mea pena no ka manawa o ka papahana a alakaʻi i ka noiʻi ʻana i ka mea hana opera. hōʻoluʻolu i ka pūnāwai o 2020. Hōʻike ka hana manawaleʻa a Ellis i kāna kūpaʻa i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me ke kaulike. He lālā ikaika ʻo ia no ka Arlington Commission for the Arts, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻonui kālā kālā no ke kalana a me ka lobbying i ka ʻaha ʻōlelo VA. Eia hou, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ke kālā a me ka hui pū ʻana i nā hanana makana no ka Prince William County Arts Council. ʻO ka mea i hala koke aku nei, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i kahi kūlana ma ke Kōmike Hoʻolālā no ka Hui Hui o nā ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao (APAP) - ʻo ka hui nui o ka honua i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hana hana, hoʻopaʻa ʻana, a me ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. Loaʻa iā Ellis kahi Master of Arts in Arts Management a me kahi Bachelor of Arts in Music mai ke Kulanui ʻo George Mason.

He loea loea ʻo Marcelina me kahi ʻano ʻano like ʻole e pili ana i ka hoʻokele hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, a me ke komo ʻana i ke kaiāulu. Me ka ʻike ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe ma ke Kulanui o Colorado, Colorado Springs, lawe ʻo Ramirez i ka ʻike hoʻolālā a me ke alakaʻi alakaʻi kaiāulu i kāna hana. Ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi no Colorado College, ua hana nui ʻo Ramirez i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana iā Southern Colorado i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) a me ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi i nā Wahine o ke kala. Hōʻike kāna mau hana i kāna kūpaʻa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kiʻi i mea hana no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka nohona a me ka hoʻonaʻauao. ʻO Ramirez he lālā kaulana o ka hui Latisha Hardy Dance, e hāʻawi ana i ka vibrancy a me ka ʻokoʻa o ke kaiāulu hula. Ma o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, hoʻoulu ʻo ia i kahi wahi hoʻokipa a hoʻohui ʻia no ka hōʻike moʻomeheu a me ka laulima. I loko o ka honua keaka, ua komo ikaika ʻo Ramirez i nā hana kaulike, ʻokoʻa, a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana (EDI) (ʻo ka mea hou loa ma kahi papa ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka hui keaka PHAMALY no kahi ākea ākea ʻē aʻe) ʻoiai e hoʻokani ana i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma nā Mauna Pōhaku. He haku mele hoʻi ʻo Ramirez, me ka nānā ʻana i nā kumuhana o ke aloha, ka kilokilo, a me ka ʻohana. Hōʻike kāna kākau ʻana i kona ʻano ʻōiwi Latina a lilo ia i mea ikaika no ka haʻi moʻolelo a me ka pilina.

ʻO Dr. Ivonne Chand O'Neal, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka luna noiʻi nui ma MUSE Research, he mea noiʻi a me ka hoʻolālā moʻomeheu kūikawā i ka loiloi hopena noʻeau me ka nānā ʻana i ke kaulike, ke komo ʻana, a me ka pili ʻana. Ma ke ʻano he Co-Founder o ka Greater Good Group, hana ʻo ia i nā ʻike hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻikepili no nā mea kōkua i ka ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu. Ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Cognitive Psychologist, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i nā kahua noiʻi no nā hui hanohano e like me ka John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ke kālailai ʻana i ka hopena o ka honua. Me nā kuleana koʻikoʻi ma Crayola a me VSA: ka International Organization on Arts and Disability, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka ʻāpana Arts, Culture and Museums ma ka American Evaluation Association.

ivision ma ka American EDr. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Chand O'Neal ma luna o ka moku no ka Minnesota Opera, ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, a me ka National Guild for Community Arts Education. nā hui e like me ka National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for National and Community Service, e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao hoʻomohala maikaʻi. ʻO kāna hana koʻikoʻi, i ʻike ʻia e ka media a me nā hui aupuni, e hōʻike ana i kāna paʻi puke 3 e hiki mai ana, "The Impact of Arts on Human Flourishing" (Springer, 2026).

ʻO Salvador Acevedo ma mua o 20 mau makahiki o ka ʻike e kōkua ana i nā hui e hoʻopili i kā lākou hoʻolālā a me nā hoʻolālā hou me nā moʻomeheu like ʻole i loko o ka US ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻelua a me ka moʻomeheu bicultural e hāʻawi iā ia i ka hiki ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona moʻomeheu e hōʻailona ai i ka hoʻokomo ʻana, a ua kūpaʻa ʻo ia e wehe i nā manawa kūpono no nā mea a pau.

No nā makahiki he 15 i hala iho nei, ua hoʻolako ʻia ʻo Acevedo i ka ʻoihana i ke kōkua ʻana i nā hui e hoʻonui i ka ʻokoʻa, hoʻopololei i ka hoʻokomo ʻana, a hoʻonui i ke kaulike, ma kahi ākea o nā kula, mai ka hana a me ka moʻomeheu a hiki i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻole a me ka hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale.

He kumu kumu kumu ʻo Acevedo o WESTAF's Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC) program a me Leaders of Color (LC) network, me ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke alakaʻi BIPOC i ke kulekele a me ka hoʻokele hana. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mana e hoʻohālikelike ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ke kahua noʻeau a pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i kahi hoʻohui a me ke kaulike. He ʻōlelo maʻamau ʻo Acevedo ma

nā ʻaha kūkā ma nā kumuhana DEI a he kamaʻilio TED Talk me ka haʻiʻōlelo ʻo wau ʻo Mestizo.

ʻO Margie Johnson Reese kahi lālā kumu kumu o WESTAF's ELC a me nā kumu kula o LoCF i kēia manawa. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kōpili 40 makahiki ma ke ʻano he mea kākoʻo noʻeau a ʻoihana hoʻokele hana. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi BA mai ke Kulanui o Wakinekona State ma Pullman, Wakinekona a me kahi MFA ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni mai Trinity University ma San Antonio, Texas. He ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻo ia i ka International Council of African Museums i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Nairobi, Kenya a he hoa ma ka Salzburg Global Seminar ma Salzburg, Austria. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo no ka Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture ma Wichita Falls, Texas, kahi ʻoihana noʻeau kūloko i kanu a hoʻomohala ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele mua.

ʻO kāna hana ma ke kahua ʻoihana noʻeau kūloko e komo pū ana i ʻeono makahiki ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o ka Office of Cultural Affairs no ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Dallas a me Luna Nui no ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kuʻuna o Los Angeles. Ua paʻa ʻo ia i kēlā kūlana ma lalo o ʻekolu mau ʻoihana mayoral e mālama ana i ka hāʻawi kālā ʻana, ka hoʻonaʻauao noʻeau, ka hana ʻahaʻaina, nā hale moʻomeheu a me nā hui limahana limahana. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Los Angeles International Cultural Exchange Program e alakaʻi ana i nā ʻelele kiʻi kiʻi e pani i ke kūlanakauhale ma Italia, Kelemānia, Helene, Farani a me Brazil. ʻO kāna papahana hoʻonaʻauao mele a puni ke kūlanakauhale, Music LA! hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke aʻo mele, nā mea kani a me nā manawa hana no nā ʻōpio.

Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Margie i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kula ʻo Arts Administration ma ke ʻano he mea kūkākūkā i nā keʻena hana noʻeau, kūloko a kūloko, e kōkua ana iā lākou e hoʻomohala i nā kulekele noʻeau e pane ana i nā pahuhopu civic o kēia wā. ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia manawa ʻo The Houston Arts Alliance, The Sacramento Metro Arts Commission, One Columbia (South Carolina) Mid-America Arts Alliance a me ʻAmelika no ka ʻOihana. He kumu aʻoaʻo ʻo ia ma ke kula puka o ka hoʻokele ʻoihana ma ke Kulanui ʻo Goucher. Noho ʻo ia ma Atlanta, Georgia i kēia manawa.

ʻO Madalena Salazar kahi mea hana noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā pilikia o ke kaulike moʻomeheu me ka ʻike nui ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele waiwai ʻole, ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo DEI, mea hoʻonaʻauao/facilitator, hoʻonohonoho, a me ka mea hana moʻomeheu. I kēia manawa, lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele no Papa Hana, a me ke Kumuao o 3rd Space Vision LLC. He lālā kumu ʻo ia no ka WESTAF's LoCF a me ka papahana mua, Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC). ʻO Madalena ke alakaʻi kaiaulu no Kofe + Mea hana ma Albuquerque. Hoʻohanohano ʻo ia i ke komo ʻana me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ma ke ʻano he kanaka holoʻokoʻa, hui pū ʻana, a ma waena o nā hanauna, ma ka pilina. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Madalena, hānai ʻia, a noho ʻo ia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Tiwa aka ʻo Albuquerque, New Mexico (ma hope o ka hoʻi ʻana mai i kekahi mau makahiki koʻikoʻi ma Denver, CO). Makemake ʻo ia i ke mele, ka kuke ʻana (a me ka ʻai ʻana), ka tarot, ke ʻano, ka hele ʻana, ka heluhelu ʻana, ka māla ʻana, a me nā hana hoʻōla. Ua loaʻa iā Madalena he BA ma Anthropology, a he MA i ka Art History mai ke Kulanui o New Mexico. Haʻaheo loa ʻo Madalena i kona makuahine, a hoʻolilo i kona manawa i koe me kāna mau keiki, hoa pili, a me kāna ʻohana lōʻihi a koho ʻia.

Joy Young, Ph.D. ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 25 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka hana ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he mea hana kiʻi kiʻi ʻoihana, luna hoʻomalu, a me ka hoʻonaʻauao. ʻO ka hana a Joy ma ke ʻano he mea hana kiʻi, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi keʻena mele kūleʻa a me ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he recitalist, sanctuary soloist, studio a me background vocalist. Ua hōʻike ʻia kona noho ʻana he 14 mau makahiki me ka South Carolina Arts Commission ma ka lawelawe ʻana ma ka hui alakaʻi alakaʻi ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o ka Administration, Human Resources, and Operations. Ua hoʻokō pū ʻo Joy i nā papahana like ʻole ma ka South Carolina Arts Commission e hoʻokomo i ka ʻoihana hana kiʻi/artist; alakaʻi waiwai ʻole a hoʻomohala hoʻonohonoho; mākaʻikaʻi moʻomeheu; nā ʻaha kūkā a me ka hui ʻana o ka mokuʻāina; a me ka AIR Institute. ʻO nā haʻawina a Joy i ka hana noʻeau ma ka pae aupuni, ʻo ia ka lawelawe ma ke ʻano he loiloi hāʻawi no ka National Endowment for the Arts, lālā o ke Kōmike no nā Artists Individual Artists me Grantmakers in the Arts, a me ke kumu aʻoaʻo no ka NASAA DEI Mentorship Program. He lālā kumu ʻo ia ma LoCF a hoʻoikaika i nā hoʻolālā alakaʻi.

ʻO ka mea i hala aku nei, ua lawelawe ʻo Joy ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o Greater Jacksonville. Ua ʻike kāna hana i kona kūpaʻa ʻana i kahi hui i hana pū me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā papahana hou, ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu proactive a quantifiable, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pilina me nā pūnaewele hou a me nā mea kuleana. Ua loaʻa iā Joy ka lanakila nui ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana o ka hui aupuni a me ka pilikino ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā e hoʻonui nui ai i ka loaʻa kālā o ka Cultural Council.

Ua hauʻoli ʻo Joy e kaʻana like i kāna mau ʻike mai ke kula i loko o ka lumi papa ma o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka hanauna hou o nā luna hoʻomalu o ka Master of Arts in Arts Administration ma Winthrop University e lilo i mau alakaʻi kūpono. Ua paʻa ʻo Joy i kahi Bachelor of Arts in Music, Master of Arts in Voice Performance, a me ka Ph.D. i ke alakaʻi hoʻonohonoho. ʻO kāna mau mea noiʻi e pili ana i ke alakaʻi noʻeau, ka loiloi papahana a me ka loiloi, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me nā hoʻoponopono alakaʻi ma waena o nā paradigms kaiapuni.

Hāʻawi ʻo David ma luna o 20 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo hoʻolālā a alakaʻi i ka hana noʻeau, moʻomeheu, a me ka ʻoihana hoʻomohala no nā ʻoihana ʻole, nā kula hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe, philanthropy, a me nā ʻoihana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ma ke ʻano he Hope Luna Nui ma Creative West, alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā papahana hoʻolaha a me nā kulekele aupuni; alakaʻi i nā pilina o waho a me ka ʻohi kālā; a alakaʻi i nā lawelawe kūkākūkā i nā hui ma kahi ʻāpana o 16 mau mokuʻāina a me nā ʻāina a me ka ʻāina. Mai kona komo ʻana iā Creative West, ua hoʻomohala pū ʻo ia i ka Creative West's Pacific Initiative; i hui pū ʻia ʻo Creative West's Arts a me ka hui ʻo Rural West; alakaʻi pū i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Washington's Creative Economy Strategic Plan; ua hoʻokumu a mālama i ka Creative Vitality™ Summit, kahi hālāwai kūkā honua e pili ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai; ua kākau i ka hōʻike Creative Economies and Economic Recovery me ka hui pū ʻana me ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies; hoʻokumu i ka Western Arts Advocacy Network; hoʻomohala i nā polokalamu kōkua, hoʻoikaika, a me nā papahana hāʻawi kūikawā ʻē aʻe no nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā hui ma ke Komohana a me ka Pākīpika; ua komo i ke kumu o ka National Leaders of Color Fellowship; a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka waiwai kūʻokoʻa a me ka lehulehu no nā papahana Creative West. Ua lawelawe ʻo David ma ke ʻano he Co-Chair o ka Creative States Coalition, kahi hui aupuni o nā hui kākoʻo kamaʻāina a me kā lākou mau hoa. Ua lawelawe ʻo Holland ma mua ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka ʻAha ʻAi ʻAi a me ka ʻOihana o Greater Boston. ʻO nā kuleana mua ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ke alakaʻi a me nā kūlana hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe me VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation, VCU School of the Arts, ART 180, ka Latin Ballet o Virginia, Arts & Business, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana o UK ʻo Nesta. Ua lawelawe ʻo Holland ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā koʻikoʻi me BOP Consulting, kahi noiʻi honua a me nā hana kūkākūkā no ka moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, a ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻolaha no ka National Campaign for the Arts. No nā makahiki he 13, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā hoʻokele kūʻokoʻa no nā mea kūʻai mai Salzburg Global Seminar a me ka Inter-American Development Bank i United States Artists and Think of Us, kahi keʻena noiʻi a hoʻolālā e pili ana i ka pono keiki. Aia ʻo ia ma ke kumu kula o ka papahana MA in Arts Administration ma Goucher College. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he panelist a ma nā komite hoʻokele no ka National Endowment for the Arts, Colorado Creative Industries, a me ka Oregon Arts Commission ma waena o kekahi. ʻO ia he Salzburg Global Fellow, Evan Carroll Commager Fellow, a he hoa o ka Royal Society of Arts. Loaʻa iā Holland kahi kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻoihana waiwai a me nā haʻawina ʻAsia mai ke Kulanui ʻo Amherst a me nā kekelē haku ma nā haʻawina honua a me ka diplomacy a me ka mōʻaukala o ka noʻeau mai ke Kulanui o Lākana, SOAS.