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

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ʻaha mele ʻo Moaba

ʻO kā mākou mau mea hāʻawi a me nā hoa

E hui me nā mea hāʻawi makana a Creative West a me nā hoa—nā mea hana kiʻi, nā mea lawe moʻomeheu, nā keʻena hana noʻeau, a me nā hui e hāpai ana i ka noʻonoʻo i ko lākou mau kaiāulu.

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o FY 2023 Tourwest hāʻawi i kākoʻo i ke komo ʻana i nā hana noʻeau ma nā kuaʻāina

Mahalo iā ʻoe a me Yu'us Maʻasi no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mea hana kiʻi ʻōiwi a me nā mea pena kiʻi, a no ka hāʻawi ʻana iaʻu i kēia manawa e kūkulu i waʻa kuʻuna kūikawā no ko mākou kaiāulu!

Pete Perez

2024 BIPOC Artist Fund | ʻO Saipan, ʻĀpana Mariana ʻĀkau

He hana kupaianaha ia i hoʻoikaika iaʻu e hana i kaʻu mau pahuhopu i ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu. Manaʻo wau e hoʻomau ʻia nā pilina a mākou i kūkulu ai i ka makahiki i hala me ke kākoʻo mai ka papahana. Mahalo wau i nā hana a pau mai nā limahana a hoʻoikaika wau i ko lākou makemake e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻololi maoli ka papahana i koʻu ola.

Sam Zhang

23-24' LoCF hoa | Mikikana

E hoʻomaka ana kēia mau kālā i kahi kaʻina hana 2 makahiki lōʻihi e lilo i mea hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai e ka International Economic Development Council. ʻO kaʻu manaʻo nui i ka ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, ʻoihana ʻoihana, wahi hana, ʻenehana a pehea e hoʻolilo ai i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi me nā mea i loko o ka hoʻokele waiwai. ʻO kaʻu pahuhopu ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kaʻu palapala hōʻoia i nā makahiki 2 e hiki mai ana a e hoʻololi i kahi mea hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai a i ʻole ka luna hoʻokele keʻena.

Brandy Reitter

ELC 2014 | ʻEto, Colorado

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A. Alanda Gregory Nā alakaʻi o ka hui kala 2022 - 2023 Iowa
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ʻO ka mea nona ka hui, Tri-Phoenix Media

Ua hoʻomaka kaʻu huakaʻi ʻoihana noʻonoʻo i koʻu wā ʻōpio. ʻO wau he ʻoihana noʻonoʻo a me ke kaiāulu a me ke kākoʻo moʻomeheu. I ka makahiki 2010, ua hana ʻia kaʻu hui ʻo Tri-Phoenix Group, LLC a ua hana ʻo ia ma kekahi mau papahana hoʻokahi a me ka hui pū ʻana. Hoʻohana au i ke kiʻi kiʻi e hōʻike i kaʻu hana. ʻO wau kekahi mea kākau/poet/speaker a me ka mea pena kiʻi hui. Ua hoʻomaka wau i ka ʻoihana e kōkua i nā mea pena kiʻi kūʻokoʻa a me nā DJ me ka branding, media media, promotions, personal/professional development, artist management and PR. He kahua hoʻi ka hui noʻu e hoʻokani i ka mele a me ka ʻōlelo. Ua hauʻoli wau i ke kākau ʻana i nā blog, nā nūpepa a me nā pāʻani. Ma waho aʻe o kaʻu hana, loaʻa iaʻu kahi lekiō pūnaewele, a hoʻokipa i kahi hōʻike YouTube i kēlā me kēia pule.

Mai nā pāhana liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka hui like ʻana, ke ʻimi mau nei au i ka manawa e ʻimi ai i nā ʻenehana hou a aʻo i kahi mea hou e hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohana i kaʻu hana. Ke aʻo au a hoʻoulu i kekahi mea, makemake wau e kaʻana like me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo wau i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā kānaka. Hiki iaʻu ke lawelawe me ka ʻōlelo noʻeau a me ke akamai.

ʻO Abigail Gómez Nā alakaʻi o ka hui kala 2023 - 2024 Winchester, Virginia
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ʻO Abigail Gómez he mea pena kiʻi Latine, ke aʻo ʻana i ka mea pena kiʻi, ka mea kākoʻo kiʻi, ka mea hoʻokumu nonprofit, a me ka mea nona a me ka mea pena ma Pretty Girl Painting, LLC. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi BFA mai Virginia Tech ma 2007. Ua aʻo ʻo ia ma Santa Reparata International School of Art ma Florence, Italia ma 2003. I Dekemaba 2015 ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka MFA i ka pena kiʻi mai ka Academy of Art University ma San Francisco CA.

Aʻo ʻo Abigail i ke kiʻi ma ke kaiāulu ma o Pretty Girl Painting, Fremont Street Nursery, a me Arte Libre VA. He Kumu no ka Art and Design ma Shenandoah University. Ma SU ke hoʻomohala nei ʻo ia i kahi papahana BA ma Art and Design i loko o kahi hoʻolālā kaulike. ʻO ia hoʻi he COIL Fellow, Shenandoah Conversations Fellow, loaʻa i ka 22/23 Faculty Development Grant, a alakaʻi i nā huakaʻi hele ma waho no nā haumāna i nā ʻāina ma Latin America.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Abigail i kēia manawa ʻo Arte Libre VA, he 501(c)(3) hui ʻoihana hana ʻole e hoʻoikaika i ka Latinx/e, Black, a me Youth of Color ma o ke komo kaulike ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi maikaʻi a me ka papahana. Ma Arte Libre VA, lawelawe ʻo Abigail ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele a me ka Luna Makaʻala, Maestra Principal. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻokele ʻo ia i ka papahana hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi i hāʻawi ʻia me ka uku ʻole. Hoʻokele ʻo ia i nā internships uku no Youth of the Global Majority, a me ka hoʻokele a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā Teaching Artists a me Assistant Teaching Artists, a pau lākou i ka uku. Ma o Arte Libre VA, ua hoʻokele a hoʻoikaika ʻo Abigail ma luna o 30 mau papahana kiʻi a me nā kiʻi kiʻi lehulehu ma ke awāwa ʻo Northern Shenandoah.

Adam Chuong Nā alakaʻi o ka hui kala 2022 - 2023 ʻO Rhode Island
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Luna Hoʻonaʻauao, ʻO ka pā hao

ʻO Adam Chuong he mea pena kiʻi a me ka mea hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Teochew ʻAmelika nona kāna hana e ʻimi ai i nā mea ma ke ʻano he ipu no ka ʻike, ke kaumaha, a me ka mālama. Ma ke ʻano he keiki o ka poʻe mahuka mai Vietnam a me Cambodia, hoʻōla ka hana o ka hana ʻana i ko lākou pilina me ko lākou ʻike moʻomeheu, i ka wā i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ka neʻe ʻana a me ka ʻeha.

Ma o ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻomana Taoist & Buddhist a me nā mea hale, ʻimi lākou e loaʻa ka ʻike hohonu o nā hana moʻomeheu a hana i nā manaʻo hou mai nā ʻano kuʻuna. ʻO Queerness⁠—ke ʻoihana e hoʻokumu hou a hānau hou⁠— e uwao ana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ko lākou ʻike moʻomeheu; ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā loina patriarchal, colonial, a capitalist no ke kāhea ʻana i ka palupalu, mālama, a me ka pilina.

Ma muli o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻana mai ka poʻe lawe ʻike i ka moʻomeheu ʻAsia, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kuʻuna ma o ka lens o ka haʻawina keʻokeʻo a me ka wehewehe hou ʻana. No laila, ʻo ka paʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā zines he mea koʻikoʻi ia i kā lākou hana, i mea e hoʻihoʻi hou ai, hoʻolaha a mālama i nā ʻike marginalized.

ʻO Adonis Holmes Nā alakaʻi o ka hui kala 2023 - 2024 Kikako, Ilinoi
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Kakauolelo, Keaka, Keaka

ʻO Adonis Holmes ka mea kākau, ka mea hoʻokani, a me ka mea hoʻohenehene no Chicago. Ua puka ʻo Adonis mai ke Kulanui o Illinois, Urbana-Champaign a ua hōʻike ʻia i nā hōʻike kiʻi kiʻi a puni ke kūlanakauhale, me Chicago Sketch Fest a me ka Best of Annoyance sketch show. ʻO Adonis kahi mea hoʻokani a me ka mea kākau no ka Second City's Black Excellence Revue, 'Dance Like There Are Black People Watching' a ke hana nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu kula no ka hana Mainstage o 'Don't Quit Your Daydream'. Me ka hoʻokumu ʻana a me ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka All-Black improv show 'Satirical Race Theory', ʻo Adonis he lālā o ka Devil's Daughter Improv, ka Improv trope The Mermaids, he 2022 Bob Curry Fellow, a ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele Co-Artistic o ka iO Keaka.

AfroMundo KaapuniWest 2024 Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Aʻo: Hoʻopaʻapaʻa lehulehu

ʻOihana no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke ola maikaʻi Pākīpika Initiative 2024 Pago Pago, Samoa ʻAmelika

Aʻo: Folklife/Traditional Arts

Nānā Pūnaewele

Aisha S Harrison BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Olympia, Wasinetona
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Aʻo: Mea hana lima

ʻO Aisha kahi studio a me ka mea hana kiʻi lehulehu e hana nui ana i ka pālolo a me ke keleawe. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka pālolo i loko o ke keena kaiāulu, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hana ana i kahi kekelē ma ka ʻōlelo Sepania ma Grinnell College ma Iowa. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā makahiki ʻelua e aʻo ana i nā papa ʻekolu a me ʻehā ma Atlanta, Georgia, a e ʻimi ana i ka pālolo ma Callenwolde Fine Arts Center ma Georgia, a me Penland School of Crafts ma North Carolina. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Aisha e hoʻi i ke kula a loaʻa iā ia kahi BFA mai Washington State University, a me kahi MFA mai ke Kulanui o Nebraska- Lincoln. Ke hana nei ʻo ia ma kahi kōmike hana kiʻi ākea ākea me The University of Washington Tacoma a me ka Washington State Arts Commission. Hōʻike ʻia kāna hana studio ma ka ʻāina me ka hana hou ma The Whatcom Museum, The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts, Crocker Art Museum, Northern Clay Center, Wa Na Wari, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Jordan Schnitzer Museum ma WSU, a ma Leonor R. Fuller Gallery ma South Sound Community College.

Akilah Martinez BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Vanderwagen, New Mexico
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Aʻo: Hoʻopaʻapaʻa lehulehu

ʻO Akilah Martinez (inoa mea kiʻi: Glittering World Girl) he mea hana kiʻi lanakila ʻo Diné, ʻenehana loea a me ka mea lawe moʻomeheu e kālele ana i ka ʻōlelo ʻōiwi a me ka hoʻōla moʻomeheu ma o ke kiʻi wikiō a me ka ʻenehana XR. Loaʻa iā Akilah kahi BFA mai ke Kulanui o New Mexico.

Ua hoʻomaka ka pahuhopu o Akilah i kona ola ʻana e hoʻohana i nā pāpaho hou no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a me ka moʻomeheu Navajo i ka wā ʻōpiopio o 3 mau makahiki, ma hope o ka ʻike mau ʻana i kona mau kūpuna (nā kamaʻilio unilingual Diné bizaad) e nānā i nā polokalamu TV i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania.

ʻO ka 2019 Crux XR Immersive Technology Fellowship i hiki iā Akilah ke huakaʻi ma waena o NYC a me LA e aʻo mai nā alakaʻi ʻenehana XR, nā ʻoihana ʻoihana a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka hopena. Loaʻa ʻo Akilah i ka Fulcrum Fund 2022, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation LIFT 2022, The Artizen Fund 2023, 2024 New Mexico Women in Tech Emerging Leader Award, he mea kamaʻilio malihini ma ka MIT XR Reality Hackathon a me kahi kūlanakauhale 2024 o Albuquerque UETF i kēia manawa Resiliency Artist in Residence.

Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. KaapuniWest 2024 Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. KaapuniWest 2023 Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. KaapuniWest 2022 Sitka, Alaska
Hale Keaka Opio Alaska KaapuniWest 2024 Anchorage, Alaska
Hale Keaka Opio Alaska KaapuniWest 2023 Anchorage, Alaska
Hale Keaka Opio Alaska KaapuniWest 2022 Anchorage, Alaska
Kikowaena Hoʻoilina Hawaiʻi ArtsHERE 2024 Anchorage, Alaska

Aʻo: Folklife/Traditional Crafts&Visual Arts

ʻO Alberta Bair Theatre KaapuniWest 2024 Billings, Montana
ʻO Alberta Bair Theatre KaapuniWest 2023 Billings, Montana
Albuquerque Museum Foundation Inc KaapuniWest 2024 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Alexandra James Nā alakaʻi o ka hui kala 2023 - 2024 Portland, Maine
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ʻO Alexandra James, he mea hana, hoʻoneʻe a me ka makuahine i hānau ʻia ma Hema. Ma ke ʻano he kiʻi kūʻokoʻa, ua hana ʻo ia me ka improvisation a me ka hoʻokolokolo interdisciplinary, ka nīnau ʻana o ke aʻo aʻoaʻo a me ka hana, e ʻimi ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma o ka pono o ka ʻike i loko a me ka kaʻana like ʻana o ka hana. Ma waho aʻe o kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o nā Polokalamu Hoʻomaʻamaʻa a BDF, he polopeka hula ʻo Alexandra ma Bates, a he alakaʻi noʻeau o kahi hui ʻōpio Hip Hop. Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna hana ma Chicago, New York a me ʻApelika Hema, me kahi hana aʻo e lawe ana iā ia ma ka ʻāina. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna BFA mai ka Dance Center o Columbia College Chicago ma 2009.

Alexandria Jimenez Nā alakaʻi o ka Waihona Hoʻomohala ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao 2023 Denver, Colorado
Alicia M Olivo Nā alakaʻi o ka hui kala 2022 - 2023 Texas
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Luna Hoʻohui a me nā Hana Hana, Benvenuti Arts

ʻO Alicia Margarita Olivo (ʻo lākou) he mea hoʻokani pila, mea hoʻokani, a me ka mea leʻaleʻa i ka wā ma Houston, nona kāna hana e kālele ana i ka pilina ahi ma waena o ka ʻike, ke kāne, ka huhū, a me ka hoʻomanaʻo. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia nā pāʻani a Alicia a loaʻa nā heluhelu me nā Stage, Company One Theatre, The Workshop Theatre, Teatro Chelsea, Telatúlsa, AlterTheater, a me The Inkwell Theatre. ʻO Alicia ka Luna Hoʻohui a me nā Hana Hana ma Benvenuti Arts, he hui kūkākūkā noʻeau no nā hui liʻiliʻi a ikaika. BA Wellesley College. Makemake ʻo Alicia e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā puke mele, nā meaʻai maikaʻi, a me ke ʻano o ka wā. @aliciamargaritx / amolivo.com

ʻO Allen lāua ʻo Alice Stokes Nature Center KaapuniWest 2024 Logan, Utah
ʻO Allen lāua ʻo Alice Stokes Nature Center KaapuniWest 2023 Logan, Utah

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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.