ʻO kēia ka 104th ma kahi ʻano hoʻomau e pili ana i ka hana a WESTAF.
 
Nā mea hou e pili ana i ka ʻAha Mokuʻāina ʻo Alaska ma nā ʻĀina
Ua ʻike ka nui o ʻoukou i ke kūlana ma Alaska. No ka poʻe i nānā ʻole i ka pilikia, ma ka Pōʻalima, Iune 28, ua ʻoki ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Alaska ʻo Mike Dunleavy i ka $444 miliona mai ka waihona kālā o ka mokuʻāina o Alaska, e hōʻemi ana i nā lawelawe me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻoki i hana ʻia e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ʻo Alaska-he hana i hoʻopau pono i ka Alaska. 'Aha Moku'āina no ka 'Oihana. ʻAʻohe o nā kūʻai aku a i ʻole ka ʻauhau loaʻa kālā, loaʻa ke kālā no nā lawelawe aupuni ma Alaska mai ka loaʻa kālā o ka ʻoihana aila a me ke kinoea i kuhikuhi ʻia i loko o ka Alaska Permanent Fund—he $44 biliona waihona mālama aupuni. Hoʻihoʻi ʻia kekahi o kēia kālā i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka poʻe kamaʻāina o Alaska ma ke ʻano o nā Puʻu kālā Permanent (PFDs)—ma kahi o $3K i kēlā me kēia makahiki, no ka Alaskan, ʻoiai ʻo ka huina pololei kekahi o nā pilikia kānāwai i hoʻoholo ʻole ʻia e like me ka Pōʻalima, Iulai 12, Ua hoʻopau ka ʻahaʻōlelo i kāna mau hana e hoʻokahuli i nā vetos a ke kiaʻāina. No ka hoʻomaopopo piha ʻana i ka hopena o kēia kūlana i ka hopena o ka ʻAha Mokuʻāina ʻo Alaska ma nā ʻĀina, e nānā i ka hōʻuluʻulu piha a me ka mana o ka Pelekikena NASAA a me ka Luna Nui ʻo Pam Breaux.  
 
Ke hoʻomau nei ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui o WESTAF i ke Komohana
I nā mahina ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua hoʻomau ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Christian Gaines i kāna huakaʻi āpana. I Iune, ua kipa ʻo Gaines i Phoenix, Arizona e hui me WESTAF Trustee Teniqua Broughton a me kekahi mau Arizonans, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Shelley Cohn, ka luna WESTAF kahiko; ʻO Jackie Alling, ka luna philanthropy nui, Arizona Community Foundation; ʻO Mitch Menchaca, ka luna hoʻokele, City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture; ʻO Cindy Ornstein, luna hoʻokele, Mesa Arts Center; ʻO Michelle Mac Lennan, luna nui, Chandler Center for the Arts; ʻO Eileen May, luna hoʻomalu, Tempe Center for the Arts; a me ke Komisina ʻo Arizona no ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻOihana ʻo Jaime Dempsey a me kāna mau limahana. Ma hope o Phoenix, hele akula ʻo Gaines i Reno, kahi āna i hui ai me Tony Manfredi, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Nevada Arts Council; ʻO Tracey Oliver, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Sierra Arts Foundation; Nettie Oliverio, ka luna o ka Reno Little Theatre; ʻO Beth MacMillan, ka luna hoʻokō o ka hanana holomua Reno art event Artown; a ʻo David Walker lāua ʻo Ann Wolfe o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Nevada. 
Ma hope o kāna huakaʻi Reno a me ka WESTAF o ka hui papa ma Bozeman, ua hele ʻo Gaines i Pocatello, Idaho no ka Idaho Commission on the Arts Commission Meeting, kahi āna i alakaʻi ai i kahi hōʻikeʻike a kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hana a WESTAF, hālāwai me nā komisina, a aia ma ka hālāwai hope loa. i peresidena e ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Kay Hardy. Ma hope o kāna kipa ʻana i Idaho, ua hele ʻo Gaines i Kaleponi no ka Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit ma Los Angeles, a laila hele i kahi kipa me ka kahu WESTAF Nikiko Masumoto ma ka ʻohana ʻohana Masumoto ma kahi o Fresno. Ua puni ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi Kaleponi ma Calaveras County no kahi hui ʻo California Arts Council (CAC), kahi āna i hāʻawi ai i kahi hōʻike i nā lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā CAC, a laila hele i Sacramento, kahi i hui ai ʻo ia me ka Luna Hoʻokele CAC ʻo Anne Bown-Crawford a me nā lālā o ia. nā limahana, a me nā poʻe Kaleponi no ka Arts/California Arts Advocates Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Julie Baker. I Iulai, e huakaʻi ʻo Gaines i Honolulu e hōʻike i ka Papa Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi no ka Culture and the Arts a e hele i nā hālāwai me ke alakaʻi o FESTPAC. I ʻAukake, e hui pū ʻo ia i ka WESTAF Trustee Karen Hanan ma Yakima a me Tieton, Wakinekona e hōʻike i kahi hālāwai komisina o ArtsWA a e komo pū i kahi papa me nā alakaʻi noʻeau, mokuʻāina, a federala.
 
Hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo WESTAF Strategic Plan
Ma Mei 30, 2019, WESTAF's 10-makahiki ʻike a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā i hoʻolaha ʻia! Ua hoʻomaka mua ka hui WESTAF i ka hoʻolālā ma kahi hālāwai hoʻomaʻamaʻa limahana ʻelua lā i komo pū me ka hoʻomohala pūʻulu a me ke aʻo alakaʻi me Val Atkin, nāna i hoʻoikaika i nā hana Enneagram kōkua a me nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa hui. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka hui i ʻekolu cohorts (equity, business, and communications) i kēia manawa e kālele ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā palapala scoping e alakaʻi i kā lākou hana i nā mahina e hiki mai ana.
 
Halawai SAAPAD hou loa ma Denver
Iune 3-4, WESTAF hoʻākoakoa ʻia he 20+ mau alakaʻi hana noʻeau a me nā poʻo o ka hōʻike ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā consortia mai ka ʻāina no kāna hālāwai makahiki State Arts Agency Performing Art Directors (SAAPAD). Ua hoʻomaka ka hui me ka huakaʻi a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ke alakaʻi a me nā limahana ma Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, kekahi o nā moʻomeheu moʻomeheu o Denver a me kahi hui hula kaulana i hoʻokumu ʻia i ke kaiāulu ʻeleʻele/ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. ʻO Caitlin Strokosch, ka luna hoʻokele o ka National Performance Network (NPN) i kaʻana like i nā ala e hoʻokō ai ka hui i ke kaulike ma o kāna mau mea pena kiʻi a me nā hoa hana, nā hālāwai, a me nā hālāwai kūkā. ʻO Oregon Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC) 2015 alum Candace Kita, ka luna hoʻokele moʻomeheu ma ka Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO), i hoʻokomo pū i ka hui i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa e nānā ana i ke ʻano o ka mana i nā misionari o nā hui. E mālama ʻia kahi hālāwai hoʻomohala ʻoihana ʻoihana mokuʻāina ʻelua ma Denver Iulai 25-26. Ma kēia kau, e komo hohonu ana ka poʻe i hele mai i nā pili kānāwai no nā ʻoihana ʻole i loaʻa ke kākoʻo mai ka ʻoihana cannabis; ka hana noeau ma na kaiaulu kuaaina; ka hui ʻana o ka hana noʻeau, kālaiʻāina, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kaiāulu a me kahi papahana hāʻawi hui pū ʻana e hoʻoikaika i ka hana ma waena o ka ʻoihana; a me nā kūkākūkā papa ʻaina i alakaʻi ʻia e nā hoa e pili ana i nā kumuhana i ʻike ʻia e ka hui.
 
Hoʻolaha ʻo ZAPP i ka ʻaoʻao Artist Mobile-Responsive Artist
Ua hoʻolaha aku nei ʻo Zapplication.org i kahi ʻaoʻao kiʻi kiʻi kelepona. Me kahi hoʻokuʻu i hoʻolālā ʻia i ka hopena o ke kauwela, e ʻae ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā mea pena kiʻi e lawe iā ZAPP me lākou ma ka hele. Hiki i nā mea pena kiʻi ke hoʻopili maʻalahi i nā hanana, e nānā i kā lākou kūlana noi, a kūʻai aku i nā hale lole mai kā lākou kelepona a i ʻole papa. Ma nā nūhou ZAPP ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻopau koke ka hui i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kahi kaʻina hana uku hou, ʻo Braintree, kahi hopena e-commerce i loaʻa e PayPal ma 2013. Hoʻokumu ʻo Braintree i nā ʻōnaehana uku kelepona a me ka pūnaewele, a ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana iā Braintree ʻo ia ka mea hiki iā ZAPP ke hōʻiliʻili i nā uku mai kēia manawa. nā ʻano hana like ʻole, me Apple Pay a me Venmo, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻano hana kuʻuna e like me PayPal a me ke kāleka hōʻaiʻē. Hāʻawi kēia hoʻohui i nā mea pena e mālama i nā koho uku no ka ʻike ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki.