Nā lawelawe pūnaewele i hoʻohana ʻia e
Every year, TourWest makes it possible for communities across the West to open their doors to music, movement, and story.
This year, 288 organizations are doing exactly that. The 2026-27 TourWest awardees represent the full range of what arts and community look like in the West – from school gyms and rural community halls to libraries and established venues. What they share is a commitment to bringing people together around live art.
That might look like a packed room full of laughter, a poem that puts words to something people have felt but never said, or a performance a student carries with them for years.
TourWest supports arts and community organizations that present out-of-state touring performers and literary artists to their communities. Backed by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the program has strengthened the cultural fabric of the West since 1994 — connecting artists with new audiences and giving communities of every size access to live, regional work.
Congratulations to the 2026-27 TourWest awardees, and thank you for the incredible work that you do!
Meet the Awardees
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.
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.
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.
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.