ʻO WESTAF kēia manawa ʻo Creative West.  E heluhelu i nā mea a pau.

E pili ana iā mākou

Ko makou Moolelo

Hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1974, ua manaʻo ʻo Creative West e lilo i mea ikaika i ka holomua ʻana i ka hana a me ka moʻomeheu ma ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma ke ʻano he hui lawelawe ʻoihana waiwai ʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka manaʻoʻiʻo he mea nui ka wahi i ke kaʻina hana, hana ʻo Creative West e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻokele waiwai, kākoʻo i nā mea pena a me nā hui moʻomeheu, a kākoʻo no ke kālā kālā a me nā kulekele.

I loko o nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa iā Creative West kūkulu i nā polokalamu hou, hoʻoulu ʻia nā hui ʻāina a me ka ʻāina, a hoʻomohala mau e hoʻokō i nā pono loli o ka ʻoihana noʻeau. Hōʻike kēia moʻolelo waiwai i kā mākou kūpaʻa kūpaʻa ʻole i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka vibrancy, olakino a me ka hiki ʻana o nā kaiāulu hoʻomohala ma ka ʻāina a ma waho.

Hoʻolauleʻa 50 makahiki

E nānā i hope i kā mākou hapalua kenekulia ma o kā mākou 50th anniversary documentary series.

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He 50 makahiki o WESTAF

50-ʻāpana-2 Creative Komohana

Huli ʻo WESTAF i 50: Nā ʻanuʻu mua i ka ʻenehana

50-ʻāpana-3 Creative Komohana

Huli ʻo WESTAF i 50: Lele i ka ʻenehana

50th-kaulike Creative Komohana

WESTAF Huli 50: Equity ma ke kikowaena

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1979

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ʻO ka hōʻikeʻike mua Biennial Arts, me 13 mau mokuʻāina Komohana a me 28 mau mea pena kiʻi

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1984

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Hoʻomaka ka WESTAF Book Awards, e hāʻawi ana i $5,000 i nā mea kākau a me nā paʻi.

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1995

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ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 900Arts, hiki i nā mea pena kiʻi kelepona ke kelepona mai e hāʻawi a loaʻa i ke aʻo ʻana. Ua pau nā ʻaelike 144 i kāna makahiki mua.

1995 - Nani900

1997

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Ua puka mai ʻo WESTAF mai kahi hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hoʻonā-mai ka polokalamu a hiki i ka symposia-ma ke ʻano o ka hana noʻeau a loaʻa kālā ʻia e ka loaʻa kālā a me nā papahana uku-no-lawelawe.

Hoʻokuʻu ʻo WESTAF i kāna pūnaewele mua, kahi e loaʻa ai nā kumuwaiwai noʻeau a me ka ʻike kaʻana no ke Komohana.

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1999

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Hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo ArtJob.com, kahi pūnaewele e hōʻike ana i nā manawa hana ma ka hana noʻeau, me ka hana piha a me ka hapa manawa, a me nā hoa aloha. I loko o kekahi mau mahina, aia ka pūnaewele ma luna o 25,000 mau manawa hoʻohana i kēlā me kēia mahina.

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Hoʻokumu ʻia ka Pūnaehana Multicultural o WESTAF, nona nā poʻe mai nā hui noʻeau, nā mea pena a me nā leo like ʻole mai nā kaiāulu noʻeau ma ke Komohana. Hoʻopiʻi ʻia ia me ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka ʻike moʻomeheu like ʻole i waiwai nui o WESTAF a me kona mau lālā.

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ʻIke ʻo WESTAF i ka pono e ʻimi i nā mea hou a hoʻomohala i nā alakaʻi noʻeau ma waena o nā kaiāulu ʻōpio a ʻoi aku ka like ʻole. Ma ke ʻano he hana mua, ua kauoha ʻo ia i kahi hōʻike noiʻi e Hispanic a me Asian Marketing Research/Cheskin: Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo o ka Qualitative Research ma waena o nā mea i manaʻo ʻia no ka hoʻonui.

2001

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Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ArtistsRegister.com ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai aku no nā mea pena kiʻi, me kahi ʻikepili pūnaewele hiki ke ʻimi ʻia e hoʻopili ana i nā mea pena kiʻi me nā mea hōʻiliʻili, nā hale kiʻi, nā mea kūʻai aku kiʻi hui, a me nā luna hoʻomalu noʻeau.

2002

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ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o CultureGrants Online, he polokalamu hāʻawi kūpono e hiki ai i nā hui ke neʻe aku mai nā palapala noi pepa.

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2001 - Nā Haʻawina Culture Online

Hoʻokumu ʻia ka TourWest Arts Participation Initiative. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ka NEA i $25,000 no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana kūʻai kūʻai ʻoihana ma luna o ka mea hōʻikeʻike e kōkua i ka huki ʻana i nā kaiāulu lehulehu e hōʻike i nā moʻo. I FY23, hāʻawi ka papahana TourWest o WESTAF i ka huina o $1,225,347 i nā hui ma ke Komohana.

2003

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Hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo WESTAF i ka ʻaelike hui pū me nā mea hana kiʻi nui a me ka National Association of Independent Artists e hana i kahi noi honua no nā fairs, e hana ana i ka mua o ZAPPlication™.

Ma hope o 9/11, i ka manawa koʻikoʻi o ka pilikia no nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina e kū nei i nā ʻoki kālā hohonu, mālama ʻo WESTAF i kahi symposium i kapa ʻia ʻo "Re-envisioning State Arts Agencies" e loiloi i ko lākou mau ikaika a me nā nāwaliwali a hāpai i nā ala e lilo ai i ʻoi aku ka ikaika i ka wā e hiki mai ana. .

2004

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Hoʻomaka ʻo ZAPPlication, i loko o kekahi mau makahiki o nā luna hoʻomalu kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi nui e noi ana iā WESTAF e hoʻomohala i nā polokalamu e hiki ai i nā mea pena ke hoʻouna i nā mea ʻike maka no ke kiure.

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Ua ʻae ʻo WESTAF e hoʻokele i ka noiʻi no kahi papahana ʻo Washington State University "i hoʻolālā ʻia e hana i kahi papa kuhikuhi o ke ola moʻomeheu." Hoʻololi ia i loko o ka Creative Vitality Index ™ a hope loa i ka Creative Vitality ™ Suite.

2005

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Hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo CaFÉ, he polokalamu lako polokalamu e hoʻokele a hoʻoponopono i nā kelepona noʻeau lehulehu, nā hoʻokūkū kiʻi kiʻi a me nā hoʻokūkū pili aloha, me ka loaʻa kālā i loaʻa mai nā uku noi, nā uku kiʻi a me nā modula hoʻokele kiʻi.

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Hoʻopuka mua ʻia o WESTAF's Creative Vitality Index™

2006

06

Hoʻokumu ka papa WESTAF i ka papahana Advocacy Funds, nāna i hāʻawi i $10,000 i kēlā me kēia ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina ma ke Komohana e hana pū me kā lākou hui hoʻolaha noʻeau mokuʻāina e kākoʻo i ka hana hoʻolaha ma ko lākou mokuʻāina.

2007

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ʻOi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā o WESTAF ma mua o $1 miliona ma ka loaʻa kālā o ka makahiki.

Kākoʻo pū ʻo WESTAF iā 2007 The Association of American Cultures Conference, "Open Dialogue XI," i kālele ʻia i nā pilikia aupuni e pili ana i nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā kaiāulu kala.

2008

08

Ua lilo ʻo CultureGrants Online™ (CGO™) i Grants Online™ (GO). Hoʻohana ʻia ka polokalamu ma nā mokuʻāina 20 a ua hoʻopau ʻia kahi hana hou e pili ana i kahi kahua polokalamu hou e hoʻohana ʻia i nā papahana WESTAF ʻē aʻe.

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2009

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ʻO ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana: Ua uku ʻia ka hoʻolālā kālā loaʻa a WESTAF! "Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa hou iā WESTAF ke kālā NEA, hiki iā ia ke hoʻomau i nā hana no ka mea ʻo ka noi no kāna mau lawelawe loaʻa kālā i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea kūʻai aku ma kahi ʻoihana nāwaliwali."

Hoʻokaʻawale ʻo WESTAF i $300,000 o ka $800,000 ma kahi kālā huakaʻi NEA i nā hōʻikeʻike o nā mea pena kiʻi kiʻi kūloko. Loaʻa nā makana i ka $50,000 no nā mea hōʻikeʻike mai ka ʻāina WESTAF a me ka huakaʻi ʻana i ʻelua mau mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe.

2010

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Hoʻolaha ʻia o Public Art Archive, ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻikepili pūnaewele manuahi o nā hana kiʻi lehulehu i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka US i kēlā manawa.

2010 - PAA

Hoʻokipa pū ʻo WESTAF i kahi hanana symposium ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Inaugural Denver Music Summit, me ka hui pū ʻana me ka Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA). ʻO ka Summit kahi hoʻonui o ka noiʻi WESTAF i hana pū ʻia me DOCA (ka Creative Vitality Index™ a me kāna hōʻike hoʻohui, Listen Local: Music in the Mile High City).

2011

11

Hoʻokipa ʻo WESTAF i kāna Seminar alakaʻi a me ka Advocacy Seminar (ALAS) mua ma Wakinekona, DC, e kono ana i nā kahu o WESTAF a me kahi hui o nā alakaʻi noʻeau mai ke Komohana e komo i nā pōkole, hui pū me nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, a hui pū i kahi kūkākūkā o nā ala e hoʻonui ai. kākoʻo aupuni mokuʻāina i ka hana a nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina.

2012

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ʻO WESTAF ka mea hoʻokipa i kāna Dinner-Vention mua, kahi papahana i kūkulu ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana me Barry Hessenius, ka mea hoʻoponopono lōʻihi o Barry's Blog.

Hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Independent Music on Tour/IMTour™, kahi papahana mele kūʻokoʻa i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i nā mele kūʻokoʻa e pono ai ka hōʻike ʻana a me nā mea hoʻolaha ʻole e pono ai nā mea hou.

2013

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Hana ʻo WESTAF i kahi loiloi no ka Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation no ka hiki ke hoʻokumu i kahi hilinaʻi moʻomeheu i ka mokuʻāina. Ua kākau ʻia nā hopena o kēia noiʻi ma “He Plan for the Alaska Cultural Trust.

Hoʻomaka ʻo YouJudgeIt™, he lawelawe ma ka pūnaewele no ka poʻe hoʻonohonoho i nā hoʻokūkū o nā ʻano āpau e hoʻokele maʻalahi a me ke kumu kūʻai i nā kaʻina noi a me nā jure. Ua hoʻohana pū ʻia e hoʻolalelale i nā hana hoʻolimalima, hōʻiliʻili a hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻikepili a me nā kiʻi e pili ana i nā hoʻokūkū, a ma ke ʻano he mea hana waihona.

2016

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Hoʻokipa ʻo WESTAF i kahi symposium e kālele ana i ke kūlana o nā hui kākoʻo noʻeau mokuʻāina ma United States i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Status and Future of State Arts Advocacy."

2019

19

Hoʻopiʻi ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Alaska ʻo Mike Dunleavy i ka waihona kālā FY2020 no Alaska State Council on the Arts, e hoʻopau ana i nā kālā āpau no ke keʻena, e waiho ana i ke keʻena me ka ʻole o ka waihona kālā a koi aku i nā limahana āpau e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka hana mokuʻāina. He mea nui ke kākoʻo o WESTAF i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kānāwai i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka waihona kālā o ke keʻena.

2020

20

Ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi COVID-19, ua hoʻokumu ʻo WESTAF i ka Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN) e hui pū i nā alakaʻi mai nā hui kākoʻo no ka mokuʻāina a me nā mea kākoʻo koʻikoʻi mai nā wahi āpau. Ke hoʻomau nei ka pūnaewele e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo, nā mea hana pono, a me ka ʻike i nā mea kākoʻo noʻeau ma ke Komohana.

2021

21

Ua hoʻopaʻa maikaʻi ʻia ka poʻe kākoʻo no ke komohana ma luna o $830 miliona i ke kōkua aupuni a me ka hoʻihoʻi kālā no ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu.

2023

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Hoʻokumu ʻo WESTAF i ka Greater Bay Area Arts and Cultural Advocacy Coalition initiative, he mea nui i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale, kalana, a me ka hoʻolaha kūloko ma ka ʻāina.

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Ma hope o ʻelima mau makahiki hoʻomaha, ua hoʻokomo hou ʻo WESTAF i kāna Seminar no ke alakaʻi ʻana a me ka Advocacy Seminar ma Wakinekona, DC, kahi o 73 mau mea kākoʻo mai 13 mokuʻāina a me hoʻokahi mana o ka Pākīpika i hui pū me 55 mau keʻena Congressional.

Nā lawelawe pūnaewele i hoʻohana ʻia e

Creative Komohana

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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.