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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao Kūʻai ʻole i ke kaiāulu

ʻO wau kahi ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻoihana Community Capacity Building me ka ʻike i ka hoʻolālā papahana a me ka hoʻolālā, ke kūkulu ʻana i ka kaiaola, a me ka hoʻolālā kiʻi. Nui koʻu makemake i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kaiāulu o ka waihoʻoluʻu, nā wahine, nā poʻe ʻilihune, a me nā poʻe papa hana ʻilihune i noho ma ka ʻaoʻao. Ua hāʻawi au i ka nui o kaʻu noiʻi a me kaʻu ʻike i nā hui e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka moʻolelo moʻolelo, nā hana noʻeau, a me ka hana kaiāulu e hoʻoikaika i ke kaulike ma waena o nā wahi metropolitan nui mai East Coast a Mississippi. Me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka Media Studies & Production a me nā haʻawina ʻAmelika ʻAmelika mai ke Kulanui o Temple, ua hana mau wau i kaʻu pahuhopu e hoʻopaʻa i ka hana kiʻi a me ka curation me ka hoʻoponopono pilikia. Hauʻoli wau i ka hana pū ʻana me nā hui kanaka, ke aʻo ʻana i nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ka lawelawe pololei ʻana i nā kaiāulu i mālama ʻole ʻia. Ke ola nei au no ke mele ʻuhane ola, ka holo kaʻa, ka paikikala a me ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

Me he ʻumi makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke kahua hoʻolālā, paʻa ʻo Ámbar i kahi BFA ma Design & Digital Arts mai ke Kula ʻo Fine Arts & Design of Puerto Rico (Escuela de Artes Plásticas & Diseño de Puerto Rico), e puka ana ma ke ʻano he Summa Cum Laude. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Ámbar me nā haʻawina mai nā hui e like me ka Luis A. Ferré Foundation (Fundación Luis A Ferré) a me Seguros Múltiples o Puerto Rico. Ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi mau makana, me ka People's Choice Award mai ka Collective Exhibition "El Bizarro" i ka wā o ka Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest. Hōʻike ʻia kekahi o kāna mau hana noʻeau ma ka Contemporary Puerto Rican Art Collection (Colección de Arte Puertorriqueño Contemporáneo). Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna hana ma nā hale kiʻi hanohano e like me Exhibixiones del Plata, Lorenzo Homar Gallery (Galería Lorenzo Homar) ma ke Kula ʻo Fine Arts & Design of Puerto Rico, a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAmelika ma ka Ballajá Barracks (Museo Las Américas, Cuartel de Ballajá). Ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana Audience Choice ma ka 2021 Circus International Film Festival no kāna hana ma Sound Mixing and Film Editing ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole "Isla Bonita Circus Tour" no ka National Circus School of Puerto Rico. No ka lōʻihi o ʻelua mau makahiki, ua lawelawe ʻo Ámbar ma ke Kumu o ka International School of Design & Architecture (Escuela Internacional de Diseño y Arquitectura) i loko o ka SUAGM (Sistema Universitario Ana. G. Méndez). ʻO Ámbar kekahi ʻāpana o The Currier Collective board mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Currier, kahi āna e kākoʻo ai no ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa a me ka moʻomeheu ma Manchester, New Hampshire. Ke hana nei ʻo ia ma BOLD ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolālā huahana e kālele ana i ka UI/UX a me ka hōʻailona ʻike.

ʻO Amy June ka mea pena, mea hana a me ka mea mālama hua ma hope o Bluejacket Handcraft a me Good Way Farm ma Lawrence, KS. Lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he loea pili ʻāina ma ka Land Institute, e hana ana i ka ʻāpana moʻomeheu o ka mahiʻai. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia a hānai ʻia ma Wakinekona, DC a ua neʻe ʻo ia i Kansas i 2023, e hana ana i kona home hou ma nā ʻāina ʻo Kaw, Osage a me Kickapoo. ʻOiai ua aʻa nui ʻo ia i ke kiʻi kiʻi, hauʻoli ʻo ia i kahi ala multidisciplinary i noiʻi a me ka hana. Hoʻomaopopo nui ʻia kāna hana e kāna hoʻoilina hoʻoilina ma ke ʻano he lālā i kākau inoa ʻia o ka Eastern Shawnee Nation of Oklahoma a me ka ʻike queer. Hoʻopuka kāna hana i nā kumumanaʻo o ka hoʻoponopono lāhui a me ka pilikanaka, ʻōiwi hoʻoholo ponoʻī a me ke kūʻokoʻa meaʻai.

Luna Hoʻokele- Nā Artists of Color Accelerate Fellowship, The 224 EcoSpace

ʻO Andre Rochester he mea pena kiʻi maikaʻi mai ka ʻāina ʻo Greater Hartford o Connecticut. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ke kiʻi kiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Connecticut: School of Fine Arts a hoʻopau i kāna BA ma Studio Art ma Charter Oak State College. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi MS ma Organizational Leadership mai Quinnipiac University. ʻO kāna mea i makemake nui ʻia ʻo ka pena acrylic. Hoʻohana ʻo Andre i kāna kiʻi e hana i nā ʻōlelo no ka lawa ʻole o nā huaʻōlelo, e hōʻike ana i nā manaʻo i pili i ke kumuhana. He hui ia o nā kiʻi a me nā hana noʻonoʻo i hoʻopili ʻia e nā moʻolelo o kāna mau ʻike pilikino. I ka wā ʻōpiopio, ua lilo ka hana noʻeau i mea hana no ka ho'ōla a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka pilina. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia i ala no Andre e hōʻike i ka poʻe ʻaʻole lākou wale nō i kēia huakaʻi i ke ola.

Ma waho aʻe o ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi nani, Muralist, a me ke aʻo ʻana i ka Artist, ʻo Andre ka Luna Hoʻokele no nā Artists of Color Accelerate Fellowship. He lālā papa ʻo ia ma Windsor Art Center ma Windsor, CT kahi ʻo ia ka Curatorial Chair, lālā o ka papa ma ka Connecticut Arts Alliance, a me ka Papa koho ma Wadsworth Atheneum. Ua lawelawe pū ʻo ia ma ke Komikina o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Hartford no ka Cultural Affairs (2014-2015). Kōkua pū ʻo Andre i nā mea hana kiʻi e puka mai ana me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka portfolio, curation, a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana no nā hōʻike. Paipai ʻo ia i nā mea hana kiʻi ʻōpio e hoʻomohala i kā lākou hana me ka nalowale ʻole o ka nānā ʻana i ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻoihana a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana. Manaʻo ʻo ia me kēlā me kēia neʻe i mua, pono mākou e wehe i kahi ala no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hui pū me mākou.

Hope Luna Hoʻokele o nā Hana Hana a me nā Pāhana Hoʻolālā, Indiana Arts Commission

Ua komo ʻo André Zhang Sonera i ke Kōmike Hoʻonaʻauao Indiana ma Iulai 2022 ma ke ʻano he Hope Luna Hoʻokele o nā Operations and Strategic Partnerships. Mai San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, ua loaʻa iā André kāna Master in Public Affairs in Policy Analysis mai ka O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) ma ke Kulanui ʻo Indiana ma 2021. ʻO kāna mau ʻike hana mua ma ka Hale Paʻi, New York Na ke Keena o ka Meia o ke Kulanakauhale, ke Keena o ka Lt. Kiaaina o Indiana, a me ke Keena o ka Meia o Indianapolis i hooulu i kona makemake no ka lawelawe aupuni a me ke aupuni.

I kona manawa kaʻawale, haʻaheo ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Big Brother no BBBS o Central Indiana a noho ʻo ia ma ka IndyHub Foundation Boards of Directors.

Luna Hoʻonaʻauao Noʻeau, Breckenridge Creative Arts

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Andrea Edwards (i kapa ʻia ʻo Drea E.) ma Seattle, Wakinekona. Ua puka ʻo ia i ka Cum Laude mai ke Kulanui ʻo Seattle i loaʻa kahi Bachelors of Fine Arts of Photography. Ma ke kulanui, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i hoʻokahi kau ma waho e aʻo ana i ka hana kiʻi a me ka ʻike aupuni ma New Delhi, India. Ma hope o ka puka ʻana, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i hoʻokahi makahiki i ka lawelawe ʻana ma AmeriCorps ma ka pā kula ʻo Youth Villages Inner Harbor, kahi hale lapaʻau no nā ʻōpio me nā pilikia koʻikoʻi o ka naʻau a me ke ʻano. Ma laila, alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā ʻōpio i kahi papahana e hoʻopili ana i nā kumuhana o ke aloha, ka hana a me ka lawelawe. Ma hope o kāna makahiki lawelawe, ua komo ʻo ia i kahi noho mea pena kiʻi 6 mahina ma Navasota, Texas, e hana ana i kahi kino o ka hana e pili ana iā Mance Lipscomb, kahi mea hoʻokani ʻeleʻele kūloko a me ka mea hoʻokani mele blues i hoʻohuli i ke koa o ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi; ke kuleana o Navasota i kapa ʻia ʻo ""Blues Capital of Texas"". I ka makahiki 2017, ua neʻe ʻo Andrea i Colorado e hana i kahi hana kau ma ke ʻano he Craft Shop Supervisor no ka YMCA o ka Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch. Mai laila mai, loaʻa ʻo ia i ka hana hapa manawa ma Breckenridge Creative Arts kahi i hoʻokiʻekiʻe koke ʻia ai ʻo ia i nā kūlana manawa piha ma ke ʻano o kā lākou hui papahana. Ma kāna hana noʻeau ponoʻī, ua neʻe ʻo Andrea mai ke kiʻi kiʻi i ka hana interdisciplinary. Ma muli o ka nalo ʻana o kona makuahine i Pepeluali 2019, ua ʻimi ʻo ia i nā kumuhana o ke kaumaha e like me ka mālama ʻia ma nā ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole, ka pepa hana ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai aku akā ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ke kanaka ma nā ʻano he nui. https://www.dreae.com/Mixed-Media

Hoʻonaʻauao hui o nā papahana ʻōpio, Milwaukee Art Museum

Hoʻonohonoho ʻo Anika Kowalik, Associate Educator of Teen Programs i ka papahana Teen Internship a hana pololei me nā ʻōpio. ʻO Kowalik kahi Artist Multidisciplinary Black and Queer e noho ana ma Milwaukee. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi BFA ma Printmaking mai Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Ma kā lākou hoʻomaʻamaʻa, ʻōlelo lākou i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi wahi palekana, ka hōʻike ʻana a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā kaiāulu hemahema, a me nā papahana e hoʻopuni ana i kēia mau kumuhana. He lehulehu kā lākou mau pilina ma loko o nā kaiāulu a MAM e lawelawe pololei nei ma muli o nā makahiki o ka launa pū ʻana me kēia mau kaiāulu ma ke ʻano he mea pena. Ua lanakila lākou i nā hana mālama intersectional, anti-racist, a holistic no nā hui kūloko e like me Cactus Club Milwaukee, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, a me Milwaukee Art Museum. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Kowalik i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana mai ka Clinical & Translational Science Institute o Southeast Wisconsin no kahi palapala hoʻomohala kamaliʻi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2022 a loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike ma ka loiloi olakino lehulehu ma ke ʻano he Project Assistant no Jael Solutions LLC no ka Kresge Foundation's Climate Change, Health and Equity Grantees. ʻO ka nui a me ka waiwai i loko o ko lākou ʻaoʻao e lawe mai i kahi ala e pili ana i nā pono i nā papahana ʻōpio e hōʻike ana i nā ala kūpono i ka hoʻonaʻauao. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, makemake lākou i nā ʻōpio e ʻike iā lākou iho i nā ʻoihana kiʻi ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ʻike hoʻokō no nā mea āpau.

Luna Hoʻohui Kaiāulu, Hale Keaka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa

ʻO Anna Gonzalez (ʻo ia) ka Luna Hoʻohui Kaiāulu ma American Players Theatre ma Spring Green, Wisconsin. Loaʻa iā Anna he Bachelor of Arts ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania mai Lawrence University, he Masters of Arts in Shakespeare Studies mai ka Shakespeare Institute ma Stratford-upon-Avon, a he MFA ma Shakespeare in Performance at Mary Baldwin University. ʻO ka ʻike hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma mua e pili ana i ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he kahu lole ma Glimmerglass Opera, American Shakespeare Center, a me ka Royal Shakespeare Company. Ma mua o kona hoʻi ʻana i Midwest, ua hana ʻo Anna ma ke ʻano he Kumu Papa Mua ma Las Vegas, Nevada no ʻewalu mau makahiki e aʻo ana i nā keiki 6-makahiki i ka heluhelu a me ka lokomaikaʻi. Hoʻoikaika ʻo Anna e kākoʻo i ka hoʻokomo ʻana, ka hōʻike ʻana, a me ka lilo ʻana i mea e maʻalahi ai ka hale keaka no ka poʻe i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ka mōʻaukala a makemake nui i ka hana like ʻana e hoʻohui pū i ka poʻe i ke kaiāulu a puni ka ʻike like ʻana o ka hale keaka.

Curator a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu, Prisma Art Projects

Hānau ʻia ma Santurce, Puerto Rico, 1987. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ka Bachelor's in Graphics Arts mai ke Kulanui o Puerto Rico ma Carolina a ua puka ʻo ia me kahi Masters in Fine Art me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka Photography mai Miami International University of Art and Design.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he curator kūʻokoʻa a me ka luna hoʻomalu noʻeau ma Vargas Gallery, FL ma 2012. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono papahana a hāʻawi mea kākau ma Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico no nā makahiki 6 i hala. ʻO Saldaña ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i Prisma Art Projects, ka hui alakaʻi kiʻi i kālele ʻia i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mea pena kiʻi hou mai kēia manawa ma o nā hōʻikeʻike curated a me nā hanana. Ma ke ʻano he luna hana noʻeau i komo i nā papahana hoʻomohala ʻoihana like ʻole me ka NALAC's Leadership Institute. Ua hoʻolauna i ʻelua mau hana kiʻi honua a me nā kiʻi kiʻi i ke kaiāulu PR: 24hourproject a me Free Art Fridays.

Ma ke ʻano he mea pena, ua komo ʻo Saldaña i nā hōʻikeʻike he nui ma Puerto Rico, United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, a me Kelemānia, me kāna hōʻike solo hou loa ma ka National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture ma Chicago a me nā hōʻike hui e like me Bienal SalaFAR ma Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Bienal de Fotografía ma Museo de Las Americas ma San Juan, Miami Independent Thinkers ma Miami a me PINTA Art Fair ma Lākana.

ʻO Antonio Camacho Martinez (Tony) no Puerto Rican a me Taino, a ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele papahana ma p:pepeiao, he hui ma Portland, Oregon e aʻo noʻonoʻo nei i nā ʻōpio home ʻole, nā makahiki 15-25, ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana, nā mele a me nā kiʻi. a me ka lealea waonahele. Hāʻawi ʻo Tony i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi i nā ʻōpio e ʻike nei i ka home ʻole ʻoiai ke alakaʻi nei i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā papahana p:pepeiao e hāʻawi i nā wahi hoʻoikaika a hiki i ke kūkulu kaiāulu, hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo, a hana i nā manawa no ka ʻimi ʻana a me ka ulu pilikino. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi BA mai ke Kulanui ʻo Valparaiso, ua neʻe ʻo ia i Portland ma 2007 mai Indiana e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he lālā AmeriCorps ma ke ʻano he Development Coordinator ma Impact NW, e hoʻomaka ana i kāna ʻoihana he 15 mau makahiki e hoʻoikaika ana i nā ʻōpio underserved ma Multnomah County. I loko o nā makahiki, ua aʻo, kākoʻo, a kōkua ʻo Tony i nā ʻōpio e hoʻokele i nā ʻōnaehana ma ke ʻano he Social Services Navigator ma ke keʻena pediatric, a ma ke ʻano he Youth Advocate and Career Skills Coach ma NAYA Youth and Family Center. He puka puka ʻo Tony o ka papahana Conflict Resolution ma ke Kulanui o Portland State, loaʻa ke kēkelē puka a me nā palapala hōʻoia ma interpersonal neurobiology, a me ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana o ka ʻōpio a me ka ʻohana, a hoʻohana i kāna kekelē i ke kōkua ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e neʻe i loko o ka hakakā ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hakakā, hoʻomaʻamaʻa hana, a 'uwao, me ka nānā 'ana i ka holomua kaulike a me ka paipai 'ana i ka ho'ona'auao mo'omeheu.

Luna Hooko, Kumu & Mea kākau Hui

ʻO Asari Beale he mea kākau moʻolelo Afro-Latina, kumu aʻoaʻo, a alakaʻi hoʻi i kūpaʻa nui i ka heluhelu heluhelu a nā keiki. Mai ka makahiki 2019, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele o Kumu & Writers Collaborative, ʻo ia kekahi o nā hui kākau kahiko-i-ke-kula ma ka ʻāina. He lālā ʻo ia o ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, a he lālā kōmike hoʻokele o LitNet, kahi pūnaewele e lawelawe ana i ke kaiāulu palapala ʻAmelika. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka palapala a me ka kākau noʻeau ma Hunter College, Brooklyn College, a me Fordham University. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i nā Kumu a me nā Mea kākau, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o nā Kūkākūkā a me nā Pilina Kaiāulu ma LSA Family Health Service a ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻolaha ma Reach Out and Read of Greater New York. Loaʻa iā Ms. Beale he BA mai ke Kulanui o New York a he MFA mai ke Kulanui ʻo Brooklyn. Noho ʻo ia, aloha, a kākau mai Harlem, New York City.

ʻO Asya P. Webster kekahi o nā Luna Polokalamu no nā haʻawina a me nā papahana lehulehu no ka Arkansas Humanities Council. He Arkansan ʻo Webster i hānai ʻia ma ke kuaʻāina ʻo Wrightsville akā manaʻo ʻo ia he kokoke loa e kapa iā ia iho he kamaʻāina ʻo Little Rock. Ua komo mau ʻo ia i nā hana kanaka mai kona wā ʻōpiopio, e hoʻokani ana i ka hula ma ka Tidwell Center for the Dancarts no 7 makahiki a me ka hale keaka haumāna no 4 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Webster i kāna ʻike haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa me kahi BA ma ka palapala Pelekane ma Philander Smith College. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena o ka Creatives, he hui no nā haumāna hoihoi i ka ʻike ʻike a me ka hana keaka. ʻO ka pāʻani a Webster, Waiting on Sunrise, he pāʻani ʻekolu hana i loaʻa i ʻehiku mau pāʻani pākahi he 10 mau minuke. Ua koho ʻia ka ʻāpana hope o Waiting on Sunrise e lilo i ʻāpana o ka ACANSA ʻEkolu makahiki 10-Minute Play Showcase. Ua aʻo pū ʻo ia i ke kula kiʻekiʻe i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania ma ke kula ʻaʻole mālama ʻia. ʻO ka makemake nui o Webster e hoʻonui i ka manawa no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hana noʻeau i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi no ka poʻe hemahema a nānā ʻole ʻia ma Arkansas. Ke hoʻokumu nei ʻo ia i kēia manawa i ka Next Gen(eration) Humanities Conference ma o ka Arkansas Humanities Council.

ʻO Atabey Sánchez-Haiman he mea pena kiʻi Puerto Rican, mea olaola, kumu aʻo noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo a me ka mea nona ka ʻoihana liʻiliʻi. Aia ʻo Atabey iā Giraffes a me Robots Pop Art Studio, aia i loko o ka Rhode Island ʻo artsy, quirky, liʻiliʻi akā ikaika. Makemake ʻo Atabey e ʻimi i nā ʻano hana like ʻole o ka hana kiʻi, hoʻohui ʻo ia i nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻenehana (ke kaha kiʻi ma ka pepa, ke pena ʻana ma ka canvas, collage, nā kiʻi kiʻi) e hana i kāna kiʻi pop. Hoʻohana manaʻo ʻo Atabey i kahi palette ʻulaʻula, melemele a me ka ʻalani no ka mea ʻo kēia mau kala e ʻakaʻaka ʻoe a hoʻoulu i ka hauʻoli. Ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa nei ʻo Atabey ma ke Kulanui ʻo Brown a ma ka Oxford Mindfulness Foundation e aʻo iā Mindfulness me ka manaʻo o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kiʻi a me ka noʻonoʻo e hana i nā wahi palekana no nā kaiāulu marginalized e hui pū ai e hana, hoʻōla, hoʻoulu hou, hoʻoulu i ka hauʻoli a hoʻololi i ka hopena. Manaʻo ʻo Atabey, ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā kūkulu kaiāulu a me nā pilikia a lākou e kau pono ʻole ai i nā kaiāulu marginalized, hiki ke ala mai nā mea hiki a me nā manawa kūpono a laila hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēia mau pilikia mai kahi o ka ʻike i hoʻokumu ʻia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he waiwai nā kaiāulu o ka waiwai kala a makemake ʻo Atabey e hoʻohana i kēia mākaukau a ka poʻe o ke kala e kaʻana like ma o kā lākou hānai ʻana a me kā lākou ʻike a hoʻomaka i ka neʻe ʻana i ke kaiāulu mai kāna ʻano kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa i kēia manawa i ka manaʻo aloha, kanaka, kaiāulu. kuhikuhi. ʻO ka noʻonoʻo a me ka noʻonoʻo e like me ka hana a me nā kaʻa no ka hoʻololi pilikino a me ke kaiāulu.

Luna Papahana, Dreams of Hope

ʻO Bekezela Mguni he mea pena kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Trinidadian, hale waihona puke radical, hoʻonohonoho kaiāulu, a me ka mea hoʻonaʻauao. Loaʻa iā ia kahi MLIS mai ke Kulanui o Pittsburgh a ua komo ʻo ia i ka hui Librarians and Archivists me Palestine mua i Iune o 2013. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna micro-residency mua ma ka Pittsburgh creative hub Boom Concepts a ua hōʻike ʻia i ka 2015 Open Engagement Conference. He lālā ʻo ia i ka makahiki 2015-2016 o ka Penn Ave Creative Accelerator Program me ka Kelly-Strayhorn Theatre a hoʻokumu i ka Black Unicorn Library and Archive Project. ʻO ka Black Unicorn Library Project he hale waihona kaiāulu kūʻokoʻa wahine ʻeleʻele a me ka waihona. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he 2016 Sophia Smith Archive Activist-in-Residence ma Smith College. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Bekezela ma ke ʻano he Emerging Artist i ka 2016 Three Rivers Arts Festival a lanakila i ka makana Juror's Choice no kāna hana kiʻi ʻike. He mea pena kiʻi ʻia ʻo ia o ka 2017 Activist Print Project, kahi hui ma waena, Artist Image Resource, BOOM concepts, a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Andy Warhol. ʻO Bekezela kahi lālā studio Boom Concepts, kahi wahi kaiāulu a me kahi hale kiʻi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mea hana kiʻi a me nā mea hana hana. He mea pena kiʻi hou loa ʻo ia ma ka Artist Image Resource, e kālele ana i ka paʻi kiʻi ʻana, collage, hoʻolālā hoʻokolohua, a me ke kūkulu ʻana i kāna kōpili hana. He Luna Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Bekezela ma Dreams of Hope nāna e hōʻoia i nā leo a me ke alakaʻi ʻana o nā ʻōpio LGBTQ ma o ka hana noʻeau.

Luna Hoʻokele o ka Hula a me ka Movement, Griot Arts

Ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina ʻo Cleveland, MS, he puka au no ke kula kiʻekiʻe o East Side, Mississippi Delta Community College, a me ke Kulanui ʻo Delta State. Ua lawelawe au i 11 mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo hula a me ke kākāʻōlelo noʻeau ma Clarksdale Municipal School District a ʻekolu makahiki me Memphis/Shelby County School District e aʻo ana i nā papa kindergarten a hiki i ka 8th. I koʻu ola ʻana, ua hele mau ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka hula. Ua hoʻomaka wau i kaʻu aʻo hula ma ke kula hula ʻo Lynn Pace i ka ʻehā o koʻu mau makahiki. Ua hoʻomau au i koʻu mau manaʻo hula ma ke ʻano he lālā a he kāpena poʻokela o ka Puʻupuʻu Golden Dolls Majorette Squad ma East Side High School, ma ke ʻano he Delta Dancer ma Mississippi Delta Community College, a ma ke ʻano he kāpena a me ke kapena o ka Delta Belles ma ke Kulanui o Delta State. Ua hoʻohana au i ka hapa nui o koʻu manawa manawaleʻa e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā ola a me nā manaʻo hula o ka poʻe ʻōpio ma o ka Delta Arts Alliance ma Cleveland, MS, a me ka papahana ʻo Griot Arts ma hope o ke kula ma Clarksdale, MS. Ua lawelawe au ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi noʻeau a me ka haku mele o ka Jazzy Divas Dance Studio kahi i hana ai mākou i nā hoʻokūkū a me nā hanana kaiāulu ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Mississippi a me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā hana maʻamau no nā ʻaoʻao, nā hui hula kula waena/kula kiʻekiʻe, a me nā hui hula kula kaiaulu.

kamaʻilio a me ka mea hoʻolaha kaiaulu, ʻŌiwi ʻĀina Hui

ʻO Big Wind he lālā ʻelua ʻuhane o ka ʻohana Arapaho ʻĀkau mai ka Wind River Reservation. I kona wā ʻōpiopio, ua ʻike ʻo Big Wind i nā hewa he nui a me nā pae o ka hoʻokaumaha i loko o ko lākou kaiāulu. Ua komo lākou i ka ʻōpio a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke aniau i ka makahiki 13 i ko lākou aʻo ʻana i ka racism kūlohelohe e kū kokoke ana i ko lākou home. Mai ia manawa, ua hana lākou i nā hoʻolaha he nui ma ka ""Indian Country"", me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kiʻi ma ke ʻano he moʻolelo moʻolelo i loko a puni nā wahi neʻe. Ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi nui, ua hoʻohana lākou i ka wikiō, leo, a me ka media media e hōʻike ai i nā hewa, me ka kūleʻa o kā lākou mixtape mua i ka hopena o 2019, ke hana nei lākou i kā lākou EP mua me ʻelua mau mele i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui. 30,000 kahawai ma nā paepae.

Artist, Activist, Educator, The Lawrence Arts Center

ʻO Blanca Herrada he Queer, Mexican American Artist a Activist e noho ana a e hana ana ma Lawrence, Kansas, a ʻo kāna mau huaʻōlelo ʻo ia. I ka makahiki 2014 ua loaʻa iā Blanca kahi Bachelor of Fine Art me ka manaʻo nui i ka pena kiʻi a me kahi keiki liʻiliʻi ma Art History mai Emporia State University. Mai ia manawa, ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kāna hana ma ka ʻāina a ma ka ʻāina. Hoʻopili pinepine kāna hana i kona mau ʻike ola, nā hoaaloha, a me ka ʻohana. Ua hauʻoli ʻo Blanca i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi pena ʻaila nui a lākou e hui pinepine ai me nā media i hui pū ʻia e hana i nā ʻāpana o kēia wā e hui pū i nā ʻano kuʻuna a me nā ʻano hou. Leʻaleʻa ʻo Blanca i ka hana ʻana i loko o nā ʻāpana o ke kiʻi a me ka hoʻoikaika a makemake nui i kona kaiāulu. Ua pōmaikaʻi lākou i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau papahana noʻeau lehulehu a i kēia manawa ke aʻo ʻana i nā papa ma Lawrence Arts Center. Ua aʻo mua ʻo ia i nā papa haʻawina i nā mākua me ke kino kīnā a me ke kino ma o Douglas County Day Services. Leʻaleʻa ʻo Blanca i ka hana ʻana me nā kaiāulu like ʻole e hoʻolaha i kona aloha i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻoikaika ʻo ia e hana i nā wahi noʻeau i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā mea a pau.

Luna Hoʻolālā Hāʻawi, Arkansas Arts Council

ʻO Brazierdene Watts koʻu inoa, noho au ma Maumelle, Arkansas. He ʻekolu aʻu keiki a ʻehā moʻopuna. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi Master of Arts Degree in Philosophy. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hana ʻana me nā hui ʻoihana ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Arkansas no nā makahiki he 12. ʻO wau ka luna hoʻomalu no ka Arkansas Arts Council no 12 mau makahiki a ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia au i Grants Manager. Nui koʻu hoihoi i ka hōʻoia ʻana e hāʻawi ʻia ke kālā ma nā wahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia me ka nele o nā kumuwaiwai akā he nui nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā mea hana like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Makemake au e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā papahana noʻeau i nā kaiāulu e nele maoli nei i kēia mau kumuwaiwai maikaʻi akā ʻaʻole nele i ke alakaʻi a me ka manawa e loaʻa ai.