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ʻO kā mākou mau mea hāʻawi a me nā hoa - Creative West (WESTAF kahiko)

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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Hāʻawi ʻia nā haʻawina mai FY 2021 - FY 2023

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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

Huli ma ka inoa a i ʻole huaʻōlelo
Kānana e

Na haawina a me na hoa

Hāʻawi Hāʻawi / Hui Makahiki Hāʻawi ʻia Wahi
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.

Amy Lou S Aguon BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Agana Heights, Guam
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Aʻo: Hoʻopaʻapaʻa lehulehu

Ua hānau ʻia au a hānai ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Guam. He kumu ESL Elementary au no 28 makahiki. ʻO kaʻu mea leʻaleʻa ʻo ka pena kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi ʻāina ʻo Guam a me nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i ka moʻomeheu Chamorro ʻōiwi. Makemake au e hoʻolaha i ka moʻomeheu Chamorro ma o ke kiʻi a kaʻana like i koʻu aloha i ka pena kiʻi kiko a me kaʻu mau haumāna.

ʻO Angelina Ramirez BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Tucson, Arizona
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Aʻo: Folklife/Traditional Arts

ʻO Angelina Ramirez he hula flamenco, aʻo i ka mea pena kiʻi a me ka mea hana e noho ana ma Tucson, Arizona. ʻO ka hana noʻeau a Ramirez e ʻimi i ke ʻano o ka queer, latina flamenca, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana i kahi ʻano hula kuʻuna Roma/gitano. makemake i nā intersections o ka hana a me ka ho'ōla, e kālele ana i ka hana me nā lunakahiko o nā mea āpau a me ka flamenco i hoʻohui ʻia me nā poʻe autistic. he lālā mua o Yjastros, ka American Flamenco Repertory Company a ua huakaʻi me ka hui kaulana o New York ʻo Noche Flamenca. ʻO Ramirez he 2022 Dance/USA Artist Fellow. I ka makahiki 2021, ua loaʻa iā ia ka Master-Apprentice Artist ma o Southwest Folklife Alliance no kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana a me kona kūpaʻa ʻana i nā hana flamenco. ʻO Ramirez kahi hui National o Latino Arts and Cultures hoa.

ʻApelila Werle BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Missoula, Montana
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Aʻo: ʻIke Kiʻi

He mea pena moʻolelo ʻo ʻApelila Werle, nāna kāna mau hana e noiʻi i ke ʻano o ka moʻomeheu i loko a kūkākūkā ʻia ma ke ʻano he kanaka hui. Ma muli o kona hoʻoilina Pilipino a me kona hānai ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole, ʻimi nā hana a Werle i nā kumuhana o ka ʻike ʻano lāhui like ʻole, ka ʻohana, a me ke ʻano.

Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna mau kiʻi pena ma nā wahi kaulana, me ka Holter Museum of Art, Missoula Art Museum, a me The Other Art Fair Los Angeles. Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna hana ma nā puke e like me New Visionary Magazine a me Kapwa Magazine.

He kākoʻo ʻo Werle no ka kamaʻilio multicultural a me nā kamaʻilio intercultural. Ua kono ʻia ʻo ia e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāna hana, me kahi haʻiʻōlelo nui ma Montana State University me ka Asian Student Interracial Association.

Ua loaʻa iā ʻApelila Werle ka mahalo no kāna mau haʻawina, me kahi ARPA Grant a me kahi Strategic Investment Grant mai ka Montana Arts Council.

ʻO Ashli Rocker-St. Armant BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Irvine, Kaleponi
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Aʻo: Hulahula

ʻO Ashli St. Armant he mea hoʻokani leo, mea kākau, mea hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi, mea pāʻani, a me ka haku mele. He mea mele a me ka mea hana keaka i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia me 25 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana a me ka hana keaka, aia kāna hana i nā mele kumu, nā puke, a me nā hana keaka. ʻO kāna mele mele mua, ʻo NORTH, e ʻimi ana i ke ola ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele i ka wā antebellum a ke hoʻolauleʻa nei i kāna huakaʻi ʻāina ʻelua me nā loiloi aloha. ʻO St. Armant nō hoʻi ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Leaping Lizards Music, kahi papahana hoʻonaʻauao no nā haumāna, a ua huakaʻi ʻo ia me kāna hui, ʻo Jazzy Ash a me ka Leaping Lizards, e hoʻokani ana i ka jazz no ka poʻe ʻōpio. Ua hana pū lākou ma nā wahi he nui e like me Lincoln Center a me Sprout Network (NBC), ua hana i ʻeono album, a ua hōʻike ʻia e NPR a me LA Times. ʻO kāna moʻolelo pohihihi, ʻo Viva Durant, e hōʻike ana i kahi kaikamahine ʻōpio nāna e hoʻoponopono i nā mea pohihihi ma New Orleans. ʻO ka puke mua ma ka moʻo, ʻo Viva Durant a me ka Secret of the Silver Buttons, he mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma ka ʻāina me nā loiloi he 10,000.

Casidhe Tuineta Aolani Mahuka BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Pago Pago, Somao Amerika
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Aʻo: ʻIke Kiʻi

He kanaka ulana Polynesian, ʻepekema moana, a mea pena kiʻi..i hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma ʻAmelika Samoa, ua puka ʻo Casidhe (Cassie) Mahuka mai ke Kulanui ʻo Chaminade o Honolulu me ke kēkelē laepua o ka ʻEpekema ma ke Kaiapuni. Ke hana nei ʻo Casidhe i ka manawa piha ma ke ʻano he Marine Invasive Species Coordinator no ka Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG), hale e ke Keʻena ʻOihana Moana a me Wildlife Resources (DMWR). ʻO Casidhe nō hoʻi ka mea nona ka Launiu Life, e hāpai ana i ka hana noʻeau a me nā mākau kuʻuna o ka ulana lima lima mai nā lau niu (ig: @launiulife). ʻO “Launiu” ka huaʻōlelo Sāmoa no nā lau niu, a ke hoʻohana nei au i ka huaʻōlelo “Life” i ke ʻano o ke ola a i ʻole ke ola. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Launiu Life e hoʻohui i ka poʻe me ke ʻano a me ka hoʻoilina ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana ulana kuʻuna Samoa no ka ʻaʻahu, hoʻohana, a me ka nani. . Ma o kēia mau hoʻoikaika ʻana, makemake au e ulu i ke ola ʻo Launiu a hāʻawi nui i ko mākou moʻolelo moʻomeheu a me ke kūpaʻa kaiāulu.

Charles Henry BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Aʻo: ʻOpera/Keaka mele

Nui koʻu mahalo a mahalo no kēia manawa kūpono. ʻO koʻu manaʻolana me kēia e kūkulu i kahi kumu maikaʻi aʻe no koʻu ola lōʻihi a kūkulu i nā pilina i loko o ke kaiāulu artist. He mea kupaianaha maoli nō ke kiʻi ʻana i ke kiʻi ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa loa ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe e nānā ana i ka mea like. Ke wehewehe nei au i kaʻu kiʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻoiaʻiʻo, pili pono a me ka noʻonoʻo a hiki ke hana i kaʻu mea leʻaleʻa maoli e piha ai koʻu puʻuwai i ka mahalo.

David Weiden BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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Aʻo: Hulahula

ʻO David Heska Wanbli Weiden, he kamaʻāina i kākau inoa ʻia o ka Sicangu Lakota Nation, ka mea kākau o ka moʻolelo WINTER COUNTS (Ecco/HarperCollins), i koho ʻia no ka Edgar Award, a me ka lanakila o ka Anthony, Thriller, Lefty, Barry, Macavity, Spur, High Plains, Electa Quinney, Tillie Olsen, a me nā makana ʻē aʻe. He hope loa ka puke no ka VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, ka Hammett Prize, ka Colorado Book Award, a me ka Reading the West Award for Debut Fiction. ʻO ka puke moʻolelo he New York Times Editors' Choice, he Indie Next pick, koho nui o ka Book of the Month Club, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka puke maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki e NPR, Amazon, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The Guardian, Financial Times. , Air Mail, a me nā nūpepa ʻē aʻe. Loaʻa iā ia nā moʻolelo pōkole e kū nei i nā anthologies The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2022, Denver Noir, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. He Polopeka ʻo ia no ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Metropolitan State University of Denver, a noho ʻo ia ma Denver, Colorado, me kona ʻohana.

Elizabeth Siobhan Denneau BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Tucson, Arizona
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Aʻo: Hoʻopaʻapaʻa lehulehu

ʻO Elizabeth Denneau he mea pena kiʻi interdisciplinary, mea kākau, a me ka mea hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi e noho ana ma Sonoran Southwest. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna palapala aʻo a me ka BFA i ka Art and Visual Culture Education ma o ke Kulanui o Arizona a me kāna MFA mai ke Kula ʻo Art Institute o Chicago. He lālā ʻo ia o ka Art21 Educators Institute a hana pū ʻo ia me nā mea hoʻonohonoho kaiāulu kūloko, nā limahana moʻomeheu, a me nā koleke e hoʻomohala i nā kumu hoʻohālike kūpono o ka hoʻoponopono kaiapili ma ka hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi. Ma kāna hana noʻeau, ʻo nā moʻolelo o ke kūpaʻa kanaka, ka nāwaliwali, a me ka ikaika o ka mana e hoʻoikaika mau i kāna mea pena. Kākau ʻo ia e pili ana i kāna mau ʻike ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo ʻeleʻele a me kona hānai ʻana ma kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ma lalo o 3% o ka heluna kanaka. Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻo ia i ka Southwest Black Artists Collective a me The Projects- art space. Hana nā hui ʻelua i kahi misionari e lawe i ka ʻike a me ke kākoʻo i nā mea hana ʻeleʻele.

Fawn Douglas BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Las Vegas, Nevada
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Aʻo: Interdisciplinary

ʻO Fawn Douglas he mea hana kiʻi ʻAmelika, makuahine, a he lālā i kākau inoa ʻia o ka ʻohana Paiute o Las Vegas. He mau aʻa kona me ka Moapa Paiute, Southern Cheyenne, Creek, Pawnee, a me Scottish. ʻO Fawn ke poʻo matriarch o Nuwu Art a holo i ka Nuwu Art + Activism Studios me ka Nuwu Art Gallery + Community Center, aia ma ka puʻuwai o Las Vegas, Nevada. Hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo ia i nā ʻāpana o ke kiʻi, ka hana, ke kaiāulu, ka hoʻonaʻauao, ka moʻomeheu, ka ʻike, ka wahi, a me ke kūʻokoʻa. Hoʻomanaʻo pinepine kāna hana kiʻi i ka wā i hala a hōʻoia i ka lohe ʻia ʻana o nā moʻolelo o nā ʻōiwi i kēia manawa. ʻO kāna hoʻomaʻamaʻa studio ʻo ia ke kaha kiʻi, pena, ulana, kiʻi kiʻi, a me ka hana. Hana ʻo Fawn i kēia manawa i ke kūkākūkā noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma o Nuwu Art, hoʻonohonoho pū me ka IndigenousAF nonprofit, lawelawe ma ke ʻano he Komisina Arts no ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Las Vegas, a hana hapa manawa me Meow Wolf. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna MFA ma UNLV a hana ʻo ia i nā pilikia e pili ana mai MMIR/MMIW a hiki i ka pale kaiapuni.

Gabrielle Tepora Tauiliili Langkilde BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Pago Pago, Somao Amerika
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Aʻo: Interdisciplinary

He mea kākau Samoa ʻo Gabby Langkilde, hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma Samoa ʻAmelika. I ka makahiki 2021, ua puka ʻo ia mai ke Kulanui ʻo Harvard, kahi ʻo ia ma ka papa hoʻoponopono ʻo The Harvard Crimson no ʻekolu makahiki. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau haʻaheo haʻaheo haʻaheo ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i kāna kolamu i kapa ʻia ʻo "Pasefika Presence" - ke kolamu mua loa i hoʻokumu i nā pilikia a me nā ʻike o ka mokupuni ʻo ka Pākīpika ma The Harvard Crimson. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i ka makemake nui i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike no nā pilikia o ka Pākīpika a ke noho nei ʻo ia ma ʻAmelika Samoa, kahi āna e hana nei ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo a ke hoʻohana nei nō hoʻi ʻo ia i kāna ʻike kākau ʻana no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi makasina hou i kapa ʻia ʻo ""Pasefika Presence"" - i kapa ʻia ma muli o kāna hana mua. kolamu. ʻO ka pahuhopu o kēia puke hou, ʻo ia ka hoʻolako ʻana i kahua no nā poʻe moʻolelo a me nā mea pena kiʻi Pākīpika e kaʻana like i kā lākou mau moʻolelo a me kā lākou hana. He manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Gabby i ka mana o ka haʻi moʻolelo, a ʻike ʻo ia he nui nā mea e aʻo ai ka honua mai nā leo o ka Pākīpika.

Gordon Sasaki BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Honolulu, Hawaii
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Aʻo: Mele

Ma o kāna hana, hoʻonui ʻo Gordon Sasaki i nā palena o ke kīnā. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka manawa kūpono e komo ai me ke kino kīnā i ka manawa like me ka paʻakikī a nani hoʻi. Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo ia i kona noho huila ponoʻī ma ke ʻano he kumu "" Still-life "" hana ʻo ia i nā kiʻi pena like ʻole e wehewehe hou i ke kīnā ma ke ʻano he kumu waiwai o ka ikehu hana a me nā kiʻi moʻomeheu.

Indra Arriaga BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Anchorage, Alaska
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Aʻo: Hulahula

ʻO Indra Arriaga Delgado he mea pena Mekiko, mea kākau, mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a me ka mea noiʻi e hana ana ma Alaska. Ua hōʻike ʻo Arriaga Delgado i kāna hana ma ka ʻāina a me ka honua. Ma 2019, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award no kāna papahana Etimologías Opacas/Opaque Etymologies. ʻO kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni hou loa, ʻo Sabor Ártico: Latinos en Alaska (Arctic Flavor: Latinos in Alaska) i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e Latino Public Broadcasting a koho ʻia e kiʻi ʻia i Kepakemapa ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Los Angeles New Filmmakers Festival. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Indra ma ka papa ʻo Perseverance Theatre, aia ma ke komite ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka Identity, a he ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka Center for Technology and Civic Life, he hui nonpartisan e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā hana koho balota a puni ka ʻāina, a ke hui pū nei me Out North ma ke ʻano he Artistic Luna. no ka Hoʻolauleʻa Out North Fringe Festival.

ʻO Jessica Harned BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Nampa, Idaho
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Aʻo: Folklife/Traditional Arts

Ua laki ʻo Jessica Harned i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kāna ʻoihana ma Boise, Idaho. Ua lilo mua ʻo ia i lālā o ka Boise Philharmonic ma 2016, a mai ia manawa, ua hana ʻo ia me ka hapa nui o nā hui ʻoihana kūloko, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Mariachi Sol de Acapulco, ka mea i lanakila i ka makana a ke Kiaʻāina no Musical Excellence ma 2018.

No Jessica, ʻo ka hoʻonaʻauao ka mea nui loa. I ka makahiki 2020, ua loaʻa iā Jessica kāna kēkelē Masters mai Boise State, ma hope o kona lanakila ʻana i ka Boise Philharmonic Graduate Quartet Fellowship. Ua hoʻoikaika kēia ʻike iā ia e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke ola a me nā ʻike o ke kaiāulu BIPOC i loko o nā mele kahiko. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kona manawa i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mele kahiko, ma ka lekiō, i loko o ka lumi papa, a i loko o kāna hana ponoʻī, ʻoiai ke komo pū ʻana i nā mele ma nā wahi like ʻole.

ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna ʻoihana he nui nā ʻano, a no ka haʻaheo loa i kēlā, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Jessica ua kōkua kēia ala like ʻole iā ia e lilo i mea hoʻokani pila a me ke kanaka i kēia lā.

Jessyca Valdez BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Jackson, Wyoming
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Aʻo: Keaka

He kanaka paʻi kiʻi ʻo Jessyca Valdez mai Toluca, Mekiko. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻimi i nā kiʻi 5 mau makahiki i hala aku nei i kona neʻe ʻana i Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a ʻo kona makemake e hoʻomālamalama i nā moʻolelo ʻike ʻole o ka ʻike malihini. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ka papa hana kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi ma o UNAVAD: Escuela de Fotografía ma Toluca, Mekiko. ʻO Jessyca he Community Mobilizer no Voices JH, a hana pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kahu hale.

Julie M Sola BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Las Vegas, New Mexico
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Aʻo: Kiʻi kiʻi

He kiʻi aʻo au iā ʻoe iho e kiʻi ana i nā hoʻomanaʻo o koʻu wā kamaliʻi no koʻu mau kūpuna a me kā lākou moʻomeheu Mekiko a
hoʻoilina, lilo kaʻu hana i ka wehewehe ʻana a maikaʻi o nā manawa like ʻole o koʻu
ola ponoi. Nui koʻu hoʻoikaika ʻia e kaʻu mau ʻike ponoʻī e hana ana i ka mahi holoholona a
hanai holoholona. Ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā holoholona e aʻo i ka pono a me ka hewa
a i ʻole e wehewehe i nā hanana kālaiʻāina i kēia manawa. ʻO kēia kekahi ala e mālama ai i ka poʻe kuaʻāina
ʻike ʻia ʻoiai he nui ka poʻe o lākou i ʻike ʻole i ka palapala. Lawe pinepine nā holoholona i nā ʻano kanaka ma
kaʻu hana a hoʻoikaika wau e hana i kahi moʻolelo wehe e hiki ai i kaʻu poʻe nānā ke hana
kā lākou moʻolelo ponoʻī. Ma kekahi o ka'u mau hana o keia manawa, ke kakau nei au a me ka hoohalike ana i na buke keiki.
He luʻi hou maikaʻi kēia e koi ana iaʻu e nānā i kaʻu hana mai kahi ʻē aʻe
kuʻuna.

Kit A Julianto BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Owyhee, Nevada
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Aʻo: Palapala

ʻO Kit Julianto, ʻo Yooti, he lālā i kākau inoa ʻia no ka Shoshone Paiute Tribes o ka Duck Valley Indian Reservation a he mamo no ka Navajo Nation. Loaʻa iā ia kahi BFA ma Studio Arts mai ka Institute of American Indian Arts of Santa Fe, New Mexico (2010) a me kahi MFA i ke kula kiʻekiʻe mai ke Kulanui ʻo Grand Canyon (2018). He kumu hana noʻeau ʻo ia no nā papa Pre-K a i ka 12 ma ke kula hui ʻo Owyhee ma ka Apana Kula ʻo Elko County. He mele powwow ʻo Kit a he mea hoʻokani ʻo Native American Flute, a hana ʻo ia ma nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻenehana e like me ka ipu lepo, ke kaha kiʻi, ke kālai ʻana, ke kālai ʻana, a ʻike nui ʻia no ka pena me nā acrylics. Hōʻike kāna mau hana i ka moʻomeheu Native American, nā mele, nā kuʻuna, a me ka haʻi moʻolelo, ma o nā ʻano mea like ʻole, nā kala ʻoniʻoni, a me ke ʻano.
Hoʻohanohano a haʻahaʻa wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka WESTAF BIPOC Award. Manaʻo wau i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi hou aʻe a kaʻana like me koʻu kaiāulu a hoʻonui i kaʻu mau pilina.
Mahalo nui iā ʻoe, he pōmaikaʻi nui kēia.
-Kiki

Lauren Benetua BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Mountain View, Kaleponi
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Aʻo: ʻIke Kiʻi

ʻO Lauren Benetua (ʻo ia/lāua) he Pilipina hānau ʻia ma ʻAmelika no Illonggo, Batangueña, Bikolana, a me Ilokana hoʻoilina e noho ana ma ka ʻāina ʻo Huichin Ohlone. He loea moʻomeheu hoʻolaʻa lākou a he haumana ulana me Kalingafornia Laga, he hui ulana ʻana o nā wāhine Pilipino ʻAmelika nāna e mālama, hoʻolaha, a mālama i nā kuʻuna ulana ʻōiwi o Kalinga ma Philippines. Lawe pū ʻo Lauren me lākou i 10 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ulana lole, me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā papa hana hoʻonaʻauao moʻomeheu a me nā hōʻikeʻike ulana me kā lākou kumu aʻo a me kāna kumu, ʻo Jenny Bawer Young. I kēia manawa, ʻimi ʻo ia i ke kuleana o ke aʻo ʻana i ka ulana backstrap maʻamau i nā haumāna hou e like me ke kuʻuna i aʻo ʻia iā ia i hoʻoili ʻia e nā lima o nā wahine ʻōiwi no nā hanauna a makemake nui e hoʻomau i ka mahiʻai ʻana i kahi kaiāulu o nā mea ulana Pilipinx ma ka honua.

Leila Haile BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 portland, ʻOlekona
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Aʻo: ʻIke Kiʻi

ʻO Roux Haile kahi mea hana kiʻi transdisciplinary nona ka hana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaiapili e hoʻokumu i ka noʻonoʻo ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoikaika no ka hoʻokuʻu pilikino a me ka hui. Ma o ka peʻa, ka hula, ka circus, ke kūʻē a me ka hoʻonohonoho kaiāulu e ʻimi lākou i ka pilina ma waena o ke kanaka, ke kūʻokoʻa a me ke kūʻokoʻa.

Loida Maritza Perez BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Aʻo: Folklife/Traditional Arts

ʻO Loida Maritza Pérez ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o AfroMundo. He kamaʻāina ʻo ia no ka Dominican Republic, he haumāna kūʻokoʻa ʻo ia, ka mea hana moʻomeheu a me ka mea kākau o Geographies of Home, he moʻolelo i paʻi ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma waho. Ua lanakila kāna puke e hiki mai ana, Beyond the Pale, i ka PEN America 2019 Jean Stein Grant no ka moʻolelo waha waha. Ua ʻike ʻia kāna hana ma ka Michigan Quarterly Review, Latina, MaComere, Meridians, Edinburgh Review, Bomb, Callaloo a me Best of Callaloo. He 2022-2023 National Leaders of Color Fellow, ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana mai ka New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts i ka hui pū ʻana me University of New Mexico a me Rutgers University, IC3-Institute for Communities, Creativity and Consciousness, Djerassi's ʻO Henry Louis Gates Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation for the Arts US–Africa Writer's Project, MacDowell Arts Colony, Yaddo Foundation, Hedgebrook, Millay Arts Colony, Ucross Foundation a me Villa Montalvo.

Maria C Barcinas BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Hagatna, Guam
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Aʻo: Folklife/Traditional Arts

ʻO Maria ""Lia"" Barcinas he mea pena kiʻi Chamorro fiber no ka mokupuni ʻo Mariana. Ke ʻimi nei kāna hana kiʻi e hoʻolauleʻa i nā hoʻoilina o Oceanic o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kaiapuni no ka hoʻomau a me ka noʻonoʻo.

Mary Zhang BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Spokane, Wasinetona
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Aʻo: Interdisciplinary

ʻO Mary Zhang he mea hana kiʻi a me ka moʻomeheu hoihoi e noho ana ma Spokane, Wakinekona. I nā makahiki ʻewalu i hala iho nei, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o ka Spokane Chinese Dance Group (SCDG), kahi āna i hōʻike ai i nā mākau noʻeau kūikawā ma ka hula Pākē, a me nā mākaukau alakaʻi a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka lawelawe kaiāulu. Ua hoʻonohonoho a hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia ma luna o 48 mau hanana hoʻololi moʻomeheu me nā hui kūloko like ʻole, me nā kikowaena kiʻekiʻe, nā kula, nā hale waihona puke, nā hana moʻomeheu, a me nā hoʻolauleʻa hoʻomaha. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua hoʻokani ka SCDG ma luna o 150 mau hula hula like ʻole, me ka hula kahiko o Han Dynasty, ka hula Qipao, ka hula Tibet, a me ka hula Mongolian. He Hope Peresidena ʻo Mary o ka Spokane Chinese Association mai ka makahiki 2014, i hāʻawi nui i ka hui a me ke kaiāulu Kina Spokane ma ka nui. I ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna mau kālena noʻeau, ua loaʻa iā Mary ka makana Spokane Arts o Mary's Chinese Dance Studio no ka makahiki 2022-2023.

Mauro Romualdo BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah
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Aʻo: Palapala

He loea kaulana ʻo Mestre Jamaika (Mauro Romualdo) ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa o ke ʻano kiʻi kiʻi Afro-Brazilian capoeira, a ua hana a hoʻoikaika maikaʻi i nā haumāna a me nā poʻe o nā makahiki a me nā ʻano āpau no nā makahiki he 30. Hānau ʻia ma ka puʻuwai o ka ʻāina hānau o capoeira a me kona ʻāina kupuna, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kona makemake no ka capoeira i kona wā kamaliʻi. ʻO kāna akamai kūikawā a me kāna kālena acrobatic pahū i hoʻokomo iā ia i ke kahua honua, a ua kono ʻia ʻo ia e noho a aʻo i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela ma 1998, a ukali ʻia e kahi kono e aʻo ma ʻAmelika kahi āna i noho ai mai ka makahiki 1999. He ʻekolu manawa ʻo Brazilian. ʻO Capoeira Confederation Champion, a me ka luna hoʻomalu o Salt Lake Capoeira mai ka makahiki 2005. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i nā mea pāʻani wikiō, aʻo ʻia ma nā kulanui, a komo i nā palapala palapala, nā wikiō mele, a me nā podcast. Noho ʻo ia ma Salt Lake City me kāna wahine ʻo Amanda, a e hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kona moʻomeheu ma o ka haʻi ʻana i kāna moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke kaiāulu ma o kēia mau hana.

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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.