Aloha mai e ka Papa Kahu o WESTAF:
Lana ka manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maikaʻi a me ka hauʻoli. Manaʻo wau e nānā pū me ʻoe ma hope o kaʻu mau pule ʻelua ma ka hana ma WESTAF e hāʻawi i kahi hōʻano pōkole loa e pili ana i ka holo ʻana o nā mea.
Ke kau nei
E like me kāu e ʻike ai, aia wau ma kahi o ʻelua hapakolu o ke ala ma ke kaʻina hana WESTAF Onboarding koʻikoʻi. I nā pule ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa iaʻu nā hālāwai immersive e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala, nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hapa nui o nā huahana a me nā lawelawe WESTAF nui. Mai Ianuali 14, ua uhi mākou i ka General WESTAF Operations, Budget Management, Multicultural Programs, Communication, Marketing and Professional Development Programs, ZAPP, CaFE, Public Art Archive, GO, YouJudgeIt a me Creative Vitality Suite. ʻO ka pule aʻe mai 1/28 - 2/1 e uhi ana au i ka IMTour a e komo ana i kahi hui o nā hālāwai me Anthony i ʻole i ka hana a WESTAF me nā State Arts Agencies, Regional Arts Organizations, NEA, NASAA, AFTA, nā kumu pilikino a Nā NGO. Ma ka Pōʻalima, 2/1, ua puka au mai ka WESTAF Academy me kaʻu diploma, a mākaukau wau e luʻu!
I kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu ua hauʻoli wau i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mālama a me ka hoʻomākaukau i komo i kēia kaʻina hana. No ka laʻana, ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka hui, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Anthony i kahi ʻike mana o ka mōʻaukala, nā hana a me nā manaʻo o kēia manawa e pili ana i kēlā me kēia papahana ʻenehana. ʻO ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kēia nui o ka manawa ma ka hoʻomākaukau a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau hālāwai, he mea ia e hoʻopilikia ai i ka hui, akā kōkua nui i kēlā me kēia ʻano. Mahalo wau.
Kūkākūkā mua me nā kahu, nā hoa hana ma ke kahua a me nā mea pili
He hana mau kēia, akā ua pulu koʻu mau wāwae i kēia mau pule i hala iho nei. Ua hele au a hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻaina awakea me kekahi mau alakaʻi o Colorado Arts, me kekahi mau kahu WESTAF i hala. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi kelepona mua me ka Luna Hoʻokele a loaʻa pū iaʻu ka Papa Hoʻolālā Papa-Level Transition Plan e kamaʻilio ana i nā mea nui a puni kaʻu mau lā 90 mua ma WESTAF. ʻO ka pule aʻe e hele aku au i nā Luna Kōmike e hoʻonohonoho i ka manawa e hālāwai ai ma ke kelepona i ʻole i nā mea nui. ʻO ka pule o 2/4 e hele aku au e ʻōlelo i kahi "hello" i kēlā me kēia State Arts Agency a me Regional Arts Organization. I nā mahina ʻelua e hiki mai ana, e hoʻolālā wau e hoʻolimalima manawa kino me kēlā me kēia SAA, e hoʻomaka me ke komo ʻana i ka Wyoming Arts Alliance Advocacy Day ma 2/7. He hālāwai pū mākou me kā mākou hoa hoʻomohala pūnaewele lōʻihi ʻo Brownrice i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no 2/13.
Hoʻolālā hoʻolālā
ʻOiai ua noho ka hana ma luna o ka hapa nui o kaʻu bandwidth i kēia mau pule i hala iho nei, ʻo ka Strategic Plan ka mea nui o ka noʻonoʻo. Ua kau au i ka mākia Kanban ma koʻu keʻena (no ka manawa lōʻihi) e hoʻomaka e komo i nā mea o ka hoʻolālā a hoʻohālikelike i ko mākou noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā. Mahalo i ka hōʻike ʻana a Erin i nā limahana (ma mua o koʻu hōʻea ʻana), hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ka makemake a me ka makemake i waena o ka hui e hele i kēia kaʻina hana, he mea kupanaha. Ke kali nei au a me ka hui e hui me Erin a me Tamara mai 2/5 - 2/6 e hoʻomaka i ka palapala ʻāina i kēia kaʻina hana.
Moʻomeheu Hui a me ke Keʻena
E hoʻomaka ana i ka Pōʻakahi, 1/28, e hoʻomaka ana mākou i nā hui āpau 10-15 mau minuke i kēlā me kēia lā i ke kakahiaka i ka wā e ʻākoakoa ai ka hui holoʻokoʻa i kahi pōʻai a nānā pōkole loa i kā lākou mau mea nui, hilinaʻi, nā hālāwai, nā lā palena, etc. Manaʻolana wau e kōkua kēia i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻona a me ka mahalo a puni ka tapestry piha o nā papahana a me nā papahana WESTAF weliweli. Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, e kōkua iaʻu i nā inoa, nā helehelena a me nā kuleana! Ua hoʻokumu pū au i ka nānā ʻana he 30 mau minuke 1:1 i nā hālāwai me nā hōʻike pololei e holo i nā mea nui a me nā hana. He mea kūpono ke haʻi ʻia ma ʻaneʻi e mālama ka keʻena WESTAF i kahi ʻoihana hoʻonohonoho pono loa a ʻoihana - he hōʻike maoli i ke alakaʻi ʻana o WESTAF.
NEA
He ʻōlelo wikiwiki wale nō e pili ana i ka hopena o ka pani ʻana o ke aupuni iā WESTAF: Ma ka lā 12 o Dekemaba, ua loaʻa iā WESTAF ma kahi o $300,000 i nā noi kālā i waiho ʻia i ka National Endowment for the Arts. ʻAʻole i uku ʻia kēia kālā ma o ka pani ʻana o ke aupuni. ʻO kēlā huina, ma kahi o ka hapalua e kākoʻo ana i ka hana papahana maʻamau a WESTAF a he hopena koʻikoʻi i ke kahe kālā. Aia ka neʻe ʻana o ka pani ʻana i kēia lā me ka wehe ʻana o ka Pelekikena i ke aupuni no ʻekolu pule. E nānā pono nā limahana kālā i ka waihona panakō no ka uku lohi $300,000 a me ka waiho ʻana i ka noi kālā o Ianuali no kahi $74,000 hou. Me ka hoʻihoʻi pōkole ʻana i ka pani ʻana, hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia nā pani e hiki mai ana a me ka hopena pili i ke kahe kālā.
 
Nui aʻe nā percolating akā ke hoʻāʻo nei wau ʻaʻole e hoʻoluhi iā mākou. Eia naʻe, inā he nīnau a manaʻo paha kāu, mai kānalua e waiho mai iaʻu i kahi laina!
 
I kēia manawa, ke kakali nei au i ka ʻike hou ʻana iā ʻoukou ma ka Hui Papa ma Salt Lake City ma 2/27 – 2/28.
 
Mahalo iā ʻoe no ka pono o ke alakaʻi ʻana iā WESTAF a no ka hana maikaʻi āu e hana nei.
 
E like me ka wā ma mua,
 
Keristiano