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Pacific Jurisdictions Artist Fund

Launched in spring 2025, the fund is a trust-based grant designed specifically for artists and culture-bearers in the Pacific Jurisdictions. The program provides unrestricted awards to support creative practice, cultural preservation, rest, healing, or daily needs—however each artist defines it.

Hāʻawi-hui

Lae Hoʻopili

Nā Hāʻawi, Nā makana a me nā hui papahana

Creative Komohana

grants@wearecreativewest.org

Pacific Jurisdictions Site Visit

Launched in 2025, ka Pacific Jurisdictions Artist Fund is a bold, community-rooted initiative co-designed by artists, cultural practitioners, and creative leaders from American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

This grant program centers cultural sustainability, equity, and care—offering unrestricted support to artists living and creating at the intersection of identity, tradition, and place.

Haawina e ae

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.