Nā lawelawe pūnaewele i hoʻohana ʻia e
E nā kahu mālama:
Mahalo nui iā ʻoe no kou ikaika, naʻauao a me kou lokomaikaʻi ma ka hālāwai papa ma Bozeman i kēia pule i hala! Ua hauʻoli ka ʻike ʻana iā ʻoukou a pau a hui hou mai ka hui ʻo Salt Lake City. No ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke hana - ua nalo mākou iā ʻoe, akā ua hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa! Mahalo nui i ka Trustee a me ka Puuku Cyndy Andrus no ka mālama ʻana i ka hui, ka mālama ʻana i nā malihini maikaʻi loa a no kāna hōʻike maikaʻi ʻana i ka hālāwai papa. He mea leʻaleʻa ka hele ʻana ma Montana, a makemake wau e hoʻi koke! No kekahi o kāu mau noi, e ʻoluʻolu e ʻimi i ka BAR CAT/StratPlan hōʻano hou deck i hōʻike ʻia. Mahalo hoʻi iā ʻoe no ke kau manaʻo ʻoluʻolu a ikaika hoʻi e pili ana i nā kumu kumu alakaʻi a WESTAF. Ua hoʻopili pū wau i kēlā hōʻike i hiki iā ʻoe ke maʻalahi (aia ma ka puke papa). He mana hou me kāu mau manaʻo i hoʻohui ʻia e hahai koke!
I kēia manawa, eia kahi hōʻano hou i nā mea e hana nei i nā pule i hala iho nei:
Makaikai Phoenix
He huakaʻi maikaʻi loa i Phoenix, mahalo iā Teniqua Broughton. Loaʻa i kahi hoʻolauna mua maikaʻi loa i ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma ke kūlanakauhale, a hui pū me kekahi mau mea kaulana e like me Jackie Alling, Luna Philanthopy ma ka Arizona Community Foundation; Mitch Menchaca, ED o ke Komisina Noi no ke Kulanakauhale o Phoenix; ʻO Daniel Packard lāua ʻo Chris Saars, ED a me ka Luna o ka hanana "ArtWins" i hoʻolālā ʻia-no-2020-a-2021 (he hanana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ma ArtPrize); ʻO Cindy Ornstein ma ka Mesa Arts Center; ʻO Michelle Mac Lennan ma ka Chandler Center for the Arts; ka manawa maikaʻi e ʻike ai iā ED Jaime Dempsey a me ka hui pū ʻana me kāna hui holoʻokoʻa ma ke Komisina ʻo Arizona no nā ʻĀpana; ʻO Eileen May, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Tempe Center for the Arts, a laila (he mea koʻikoʻi maoli) kofe me Shelley Cohn, WESTAF Trustee a me ka noho mua, a he kamaʻilio maikaʻi, ʻike a hoʻoikaika. He mea maikaʻi loa kēia mau huakaʻi hui ʻana, akā hoʻomanaʻo mai lākou iaʻu i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manaʻo o ka "tip of the iceberg" state-by-state, he ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka manawa wale nō e kamaʻilio. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka huakaʻi me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka Phoenix Botanical Gardens a me kā lākou "Electric Desert" projection mapping night show. Auwe! Mahalo i nā memo a me nā leka uila i hoʻouna ʻia i nā mea a pau.
Makaikai Reno
Ma hope o Phoenix, ma Reno kahi aʻu i hui ai (new-ish) ED o ka Nevada Arts Council Tony Manfredi. He mea maikaʻi loa ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻana iā Tony, a ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau kamaʻilio maikaʻi loa (a ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā aloha mau) e pili ana i nā ʻāʻī e kū nei ma waena o WESTAF ma ke ʻano he waiwai ʻole e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe i ke kahua komohana, me kahi hui kūʻai aku. lako polokalamu ma ke ano he lawelawe. Ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i nā pilikia i loaʻa iā NAC i ka hoʻololi ʻana mai GO a GO Smart. ʻAʻole lākou he mea kūʻai aku iā Go Smart i kēia manawa. Ua hopohopo pū ʻo Tony e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana o WESTAF (a e pili ana i kaʻu mau mea alakaʻi mua) ma ke ʻano he hui ʻenehana a me kahi hui i loaʻa kāna mau makemake. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoholo a neʻe i mua, a ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻoponopono pono i kāna mau manaʻo. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau hālāwai huahua loa ma Reno. ʻO kēia mau hālāwai i komo pū me Tracey Oliver, ED o ka Sierra Arts Foundation; Nettie Oliverio, Luna Hoomalu o Reno Little Theatre; ʻO Beth MacMillan, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka hanana ʻoihana Reno makahiki kūleʻa ʻo Artown a me kahi ahiahi maikaʻi i hoʻopau ʻia me David Walker lāua ʻo Ann Wolfe o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Nevada. I ka hopena pule, ua hele au i kahi Burners Without Borders retreat ma Fly Ranch, kokoke i ka Black Rock Playa o NW Nevada. ʻO Fly Ranch he wahi kūʻai kūʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe (ka ʻāina, akā kūpono loa ia) he wahi maikaʻi paha ia no ka hoʻi hope ʻana o nā mea kuleana WESTAF. Mahalo i nā memo a me nā leka uila i hoʻouna ʻia i nā mea a pau.
Hoohou Waiwai NEA
Ma ka lā 15 o Mei, ua hoʻolaha ʻo US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations i alakaʻi ʻia e Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) i ka hoʻonui kālā FY'20 i kēlā me kēia keʻena moʻomeheu federal i loko o kā lākou waihona, me ka National Endowment for the Arts. Hoʻohui hou i ka pule i hala aku nei ua noi aku ka US House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Education Chairman Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) i ka hoʻonui kālā FY'20 i nā keʻena moʻomeheu federal a me nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi i loko o kā lākou kōpili, me ka Institute of Museum a Nā lawelawe hale waihona puke. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau hoʻonui kālā i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ka pae pololei i manaʻo ʻia e nā mea kākoʻo noʻeau a me ka Congressional Arts Caucus ma ka lā Advocacy Art, Malaki 5, 2019. E hele ana kēia mau bila haʻawina i ke Kōmike Haʻawina Hale piha a laila ka papahele o ka Hale no ke koho balota. i Iune. E hoʻouna ʻia nā bila i ka US Senate e hele i kahi kaʻina like e hoʻomaka ana i Iulai a i kēia hāʻule paha.
Hōʻike Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Idaho Arts Commission
Ma hope o ka hālāwai ʻana o ka papa ʻo Bozeman, ma ke kono a ke kahu ʻo Michael Faison, ua hele au i Pocatello, Idaho, e hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike ʻike ʻole a alakaʻi i kahi kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hana a WESTAF (a me kahi mea e pili ana iaʻu a me koʻu kumu) ma ka Idaho Commission on the Arts Commission Meeting at the spectacular LE and Thelma Stephens Performing Arts Center ma Idaho State University. He mea hauʻoli loa ka hui ʻana me nā Komisina a he hanohano ka hiki ʻana i ka hālāwai hope loa i hoʻomalu ʻia e ka luna hoʻomalu ʻo Kay Hardy. He mea maikaʻi loa (e like me nā manawa mau!) ke ʻike aku iā MIchael a me ka hui pū ʻana me kekahi o kāna mau limahana, me kekahi poʻe e holo ana i Denver no SAAPAD a me ka hālāwai Hoʻomohala ʻOihana ma hope o kēia makahiki. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau kamaʻilio maʻamau e pili ana i kā lākou ʻike me nā huahana WESTAF. He kau leʻaleʻa ia a hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻopili ʻana, pane i kekahi mau nīnau a hana i kekahi mau hoaaloha hou. Mahalo iā ʻoe, ka mea hilinaʻi ʻo Michael Faison, no ke kono!
KaapuniWest Panelists
I ka Poalua i hala, 5/14 ua hiki iaʻu ke hui a mahalo pilikino i nā panelists TourWest i ʻākoakoa ma Denver e hana i kā lākou mau kau loiloi. He hana koʻikoʻi kēia a he mea maikaʻi loa ia e hālāwai me lākou a hōʻike pilikino iā lākou i ka mahalo. Ua hana maikaʻi ʻo Seyan i ka mālama ʻana i kēia kaʻina herculanean a ua hoʻomau nā panelists ma ke ala a hoʻopau maikaʻi i kā lākou hana. Ma nā mea a pau (a hūnā ʻia nō), He 257 o 298 mau palapala noi e hōʻike ʻia nei no nā makana he $503,300.
Val Atkin – Kaʻi Hoʻomohala
Ua nīnau kekahi o ʻoukou e pili ana iā Val Atkin, ke kākāʻōlelo, kaʻi a me ke alakaʻi o ka hui hoa nāna e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kā mākou Strat Plan Faire ma Mei 29 a me 30. Eia ka pūnaewele ʻo Val a ke koi nui nei au iā ʻoe e heluhelu i kēia ʻaoʻao e hāʻawi ana i kekahi ʻike maikaʻi e pili ana i ke ʻano a me ke ʻano like ʻole o Val. Ua hauʻoli wau i kona kōkua ʻana iā mākou i ko mākou hele ʻana i ka ʻāina ʻike ʻole ʻia me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi kaʻina hoʻolālā hoʻolālā ʻumi makahiki! Auwe!
Mea Hana Vitality Suite
Mahalo iā ʻoe i ka mea hilinaʻi ʻo Joaquin Herranz nāna i kōkua nui i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kā mākou hoʻolālā a hoʻokokoke i kā mākou hana Creative Economy me Creative Vitality Suite. E like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai ma ka hālāwai papa, ua minamina mākou i ka ʻike ʻana iā CVS Manager Paul Nguyen e haʻalele ana iā WESTAF, akā hauʻoli nō hoʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana o kēia huahana a me kēia hana. Eia ka wehewehe hana hou no ke kūlana CVS Project Manager — e ʻoluʻolu e kaʻana like me kāu mau pūnaewele a e ʻoluʻolu e hana pololei mai iaʻu i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo moho.
Nā kipa SAA e hiki mai ana
I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, e hui ana au i ka California Arts Council ED Anne Bown-Crawford ma ka Creative Placemaking Pacific Summit ma Los Angeles, a laila e hōʻike ana i ka pule aʻe, Iune 25 ma ka California Arts Council Commission Meeting kokoke i Sacramento, i Iulai, I. E hele ana i Honolulu e hoʻolimalima manawa me ke kahu mālama ʻo Jonathan Johnson a e hōʻike aku i ka papa SFCA o Hawaii a e hele i nā hālāwai hou aku, me ke alakaʻi ʻana o FESTPAC; i ʻAukake, e hui pū ana au me ke kahu mālama ʻo Karen Hanan ma Yakima a me Tieton, WA e hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike ma kahi hālāwai Komisina ArtsWA. No laila, piha ka hana!
ʻO ia nō i kēia manawa — nui nā hana ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻoihana o nā mea pū kekahi, kaʻana like i ka wā o ka hālāwai Bozeman BOT a hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kāu mau puke papa. Ma ke ala, inā he nīnau a manaʻo paha kāu, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokaʻaʻike mai. Ke kali nei i ko mākou manawa hui hou ma Denver ma ʻOkakopa 23-24!
Mahalo nui no kāu hana maikaʻi,
Keristiano
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.