KUENA SOCIAL & INCLUSION           
2021 ʻO nā alakaʻi e puka mai ana o ka papahana kala ʻo Virtual Convening

Mai ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻākoakoa ʻia ka papahana Emerging Leaders of Color a WESTAF ma kahi o 100 mau alakaʻi like ʻole o ka lāhui a me ka lāhui e hana ana i ka hana noʻeau ma ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no nā seminar alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe i hoʻopilikia i ke kahua o ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi a me nā hoʻololi e pono ai, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka papahana 2021 ELC i kahi ʻano pūnaewele. Ua mālama ʻia ka hui virtual ma Malaki 18-19 a me 22-24, 2021, me 17 mau mea komo e hōʻike ana i nā mokuʻāina he 13 ma ka ʻāina, ʻo kā mākou hui nui loa. ʻO ka papahana, i alakaʻi ʻia e ke kumu kula ʻo Salvador Acevedo, Margie Johnson Reese, Madalena Salazar, a me David Holland, ua komo pū me nā hui e pili ana i ke kulekele moʻomeheu US, ka kamaʻilio ʻoihana ma o ka lens equity, ka mālama ponoʻī, ka noʻonoʻo hoʻolālā, a me ke kaulike moʻomeheu. ʻO Dr. Nancy Maryboy, ka pelekikena a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Indigenous Education Institute a me ka mea hana kiʻi Mexican a me ka paionia i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻōiwi a me ka ʻepekema i hui pū me ka National Science Foundation a me NASA no nā makahiki he mau makahiki; a me ka mea pena kiʻi ʻo Ana Teresa Fernández, i ʻike ʻia no kāna hana manaʻo noʻonoʻo pilikanaka i pili i nā makahiki i hala aku nei me ka helu ʻana a me ka neʻe ʻana o ka hoʻoponopono kaulike.
ALLIANCES, AVOCACY, & POLICY                  
ELC Alumna Ashanti McGee Curates Exhibition me ke kākoʻo mai ka WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund

Ua hana ʻo Ashanti McGee (ELC '14, NV) i kahi hui maʻamau, kahi hōʻikeʻike hui e hōʻike ana i nā kiʻi lole e ʻeiwa wahine kiʻi kala mai Las Vegas a me nā kaiāulu ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hāʻawi ʻia e ka Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art a me ka Las Vegas Womxn of Color Arts Festival, hōʻike ka hōʻikeʻike i nā mea hiki ke loaʻa i nā ʻano kuʻuna. Hōʻike ʻia ka hana a Adriana Chavez, Ashley Hairston Doughty, Yacine Tilala Fall, Noelle Garcia, Isar King, Tiffany Lin, Desire Moheb-Zandi, Lyssa Park, a me Ailene Pasco. Hōʻike pū ka hōʻikeʻike i kahi mele a ka haku mele o Nevadan Hema, ʻo Erica Vital-Lazare, a me nā kikokikona i kākau ʻia e Jocelyn Jackson, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā JUSTUS Kitchen a me ka mea hoʻokumu i ka People's Kitchen Collective. Ke kiʻi nei i nā kuʻuna a me nā hiʻohiʻona mai nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, ke hōʻoia nei kēia mau mea pena kiʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka ʻoihana textile me nā ʻano holomua o ka hōʻike pilikino, ka loiloi moʻomeheu, a me ke kūpaʻa kaiāulu. Hoʻomaka ka hōʻikeʻike mai ʻApelila 2, 2021 a hiki i Iulai 2, 2021. Hāʻawi ʻia ke kākoʻo no kēia hōʻikeʻike e ka WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, kahi haʻawina kōkua i hoʻomohala ʻia me ka The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation e kākoʻo i nā hui ʻoihana ma ka mokuʻāina 13. ka ʻāina komohana i ka wā maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Hāʻawi kālā ʻia nā papahana ʻē aʻe me ke kākoʻo mai Nevada Humanities a me ka National Endowment for the Humanities. Aia ma ka pā kula o ke kulanui ʻokoʻa like ʻole o ka lāhui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, hoʻoikaika ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Marjorie Barrick e hana i kahi wahi hānai no ka poʻe e hoʻomau ʻole ʻia e nā hale kiʻi kiʻi o kēia wā, me nā hui BIPOC a me LGBTQIA+. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me nā pōkole no ka 2021 Virtual Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar Loaʻa i kēia manawa

WESTAF's 2021 (virtual!) Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar (ALAS) i mālama ʻia ma Pepeluali 24 a me 25, 2021. ka hoʻopili pono ʻana o nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ʻana o ke kahua. E nānā i ka papa inoa o nā panelists, Seminā pōkole, a me nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma aneʻi.WESTAF Engages Regional Networks and Washington on Put Creative Workers to Work Policy Proposal

Ke hana nei ʻo WESTAF i kēia manawa no ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā manaʻo kulekele Put Creative Workers to Work—i ulu aʻe e hoʻokomo i kahi pūʻolo $20 billion—ma ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka Hale Paʻi a me kā mākou hui kūloko o nā keʻena kalepa, ka Western Association of Chamber Executives. Ke koi aku nei mākou i ka poʻe i loko o kā mākou pūnaewele e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mau lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, ka Hale Paʻa, a/a i kou mokuʻāina a me nā keʻena kūloko e komo i kēia mau noiʻi ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka palapala noi Put Creative Workers to Work a me ke komo ʻana o ka Chamber of Commerce. Ua kono pū ʻo WESTAF ma luna o nā hui 200 (me 170 mau keʻena noʻeau kūloko) ma ka ʻāina e waiho i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā hana hana hana hana e hana nei ma ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka ʻohi ʻikepili aupuni e kau ʻia ana e ka Getting Creative Workers Working Coalition (ʻo ia mākou. he hapa) a e ʻae i ka manaʻo kulekele Put Creative Workers to Work. Kaʻana like ʻo WESTAF i nā ʻike e pili ana i ka Creative Economy, Arts Advocacy, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hāʻawi kaulike ma nā ʻaha ʻāpana a me ka ʻāina.

Ma ka lā 8 ʻApelila, ua lawelawe ʻo WESTAF Luna Hoʻokele o Impact a Public Policy ʻo David Holland ma ke ʻano he panelist no kahi hālāwai kūkā kamaʻilio ma ka National Arts Action Summit e pili ana i ke kulekele hoʻokele waiwai, me nā ala e holomua ai i ka hoʻokele waiwai waiwai a me ka waiwai ʻole ma o ke kānāwai federal me kahi ka nānā nui ʻana i nā kaiāulu i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. ʻO kekahi poʻe panelists ʻo US Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME); US Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI); Narric Roma, ʻAmelika no ka ʻOihana; Craig Nutt, CERF+; ʻO Carolyn Ryan, ke Keʻena Kalepa Nui ʻo Boston; Frank Cullen, Hui Kalepa o Amerika; ʻO Jonathan Glus, ke Komisina Noʻeau a me ka Moʻomeheu San Diego; a me Amy Schwartzman, National Coalition for Arts' Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER). Ma ka lā 8 ʻApelila, ua komo ʻo ia i ka hui NASAA Grants Directors/Managers no kahi hālāwai hoa kūkākūkā e kūkākūkā ana i ka WESTAF's Regional Arts Resilience Fund a pehea mākou i hoʻololi ai i kā mākou papahana hāʻawi e lawelawe maikaʻi aku iā BIPOC a me nā kaiāulu kua'āina. Ma Malaki 17, ua hōʻike ʻo David lāua ʻo Megan Wagner o Brandeberry McKenna Public Affairs (ka WESTAF-contracted lobbyist ma Colorado) i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo mokuʻāina a federal ma Colorado Creative Industries '2021 Creative Districts Convening, e kūkākūkā ana i nā hanana i ka wā i hala a me nā manawa o ka Hui Nui o Colorado. , nā ʻāpana hana hoʻomohala i nā kulekele ʻāina i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kulekele noʻeau aupuni a me nā hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kulekele noʻeau e like me Save Our Stages, Put Creative Workers to Work, and Arts Workers Unite. Ma Malaki 11, ua komo pū ʻo David i kahi kau o ka NASAA 2021 Learning Series, me Professor Doug Noonan o ke Kulanui ʻo Indiana; ʻO George Tzougros, ka luna hoʻomalu o Wisconsin Arts Board; a me Karen Mittleman, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Vermont Arts Council no ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i nā ʻike o ka papahana noiʻi ʻo Arts and Economy Recovery a me nā hoʻolālā no nā keʻena noʻeau mokuʻāina e hoʻopili i ka ʻāpana hana i nā hana hoʻokele waiwai. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ke kau a loaʻa ma ka pūnaewele NASAA a me YouTube. 
NU NUHOU O NA AHA                             
ʻO $50 miliona ma ke kālā kōkua ma Kaleponi e lawe mai i nā kālā kōkua no ka mokuʻāina a me ka moʻomeheu ma ke komohana i ʻoi aku ma mua o $135 miliona. 

ʻO ka hui pū ʻana, me ka leo o ke kaiāulu noʻeau o Kaleponi a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana mai California Arts Advocates, California Association of Museums, a me CalNonprofits no ke kālā kōkua mokuʻāina no ka ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu, ua kau inoa ʻia ʻo SB 87 i ke kānāwai, e ʻae ana i ka $50 miliona ma ke kālā no nā ʻoihana moʻomeheu ʻole. papalua i ka huina i manaoia e ke Kiaaina) ma Feb 23. Ka Poe 4 o ka California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program, the Arts & Cultural Program, kākoʻo i Kaleponi eligible cultural institutions i hoakakaia he 501(c)(3) nonprofit entities. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka lālā o WAAN ʻo Californians for the Arts i ʻaelike e hāʻawi i ke kōkua ʻenehana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kēia papahana koʻikoʻi, a ua aʻo ka California Arts Council i nā hoa hana o ke aupuni mokuʻāina i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka papahana. ʻO ka mea nui hoʻi ʻo ka poʻe Kaleponi no ka Arts/California Arts Advocates ka uhi ʻana i ka New York Times e hōʻike ana i kā lākou hui pū ʻana me Otis College of Design ma ke kākoʻo hoʻokele waiwai.
HAAWINA HELUHELU                                                    
E pani ʻia ke kālā kōkua CNMI CARES no nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā hui ma ʻApelila 30, 2021

I ka pōʻai hope loa o ka Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) CARES Relief Fund for Artists and Organizations, 12 mau mea pena i hāʻawi ʻia i nā haʻawina ma waena o $2,000 a me $5,000 e kākoʻo i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kā lākou hana noʻeau mai nā papahana a me nā manawa i kāpae ʻia. e ka maʻi maʻi. ʻO ka huina o $49,000 i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea pena kiʻi ma kēia puni. I nā pōʻai mua, ua hāʻawi mākou i $50,000 i ʻekolu hui: 500 Sails, kahi mea waiwai ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā kuʻuna moana ma nā mokupuni ʻo Mariana, ke Kula ʻo Mount Carmel, i kaulana no kāna papahana hana hoʻokani 60 makahiki, a me ke Kula ʻo Isla Montessori. Ma ka huina, ua hāʻawi mākou i 86% o nā kālā i loaʻa a e pani i ka papahana me ka pōʻai o ʻApelila e hiki mai ana.
HANAU WESTAF                                      
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻo Creative Vitality Suite e hoʻolauna i ke kolu o kāna papahana Creative Vitality List: ka 6 Can't-Miss Public Art Stops of the Southwest. Ua hui pū ʻo CVSuite me ke kaikuahine ʻo WESTAF project Public Art Archive e hoʻohana i nā ʻikepili ikaika ʻelua e hōʻike i kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi no ke komohana hema a me nā ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai o kēia mau wahi kūʻokoʻa. E mālama i kou mau maka no ka papa inoa, e hoʻomaka ana i ka hopena o ʻApelila. ʻO kēia kā mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo nei: He Papahana Mural Kulanakauhale mai Mural Arts Philadelphia

Ua hauʻoli ka Public Art Archive e hoʻolauna i ka hōʻikeʻike pūnaewele o Mural Arts Philadelphia's This We Believe: A Citywide Mural Project. Hōʻike ka ʻike virtual i ka moʻolelo o ka papahana, mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a i kona kūlana i kēia manawa, i kūkulu mua ʻia "e hana i kahi kiʻi kiʻi e hōʻike ana iā Philadelphia ʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale paʻakikī." Ke alakaʻi nei ka paepae pūnaewele i ka poʻe malihini ma o This We Believe's evolution ma ka hōʻike ʻana i ʻekolu nīnau kūʻokoʻa: Hiki i kekahi kiʻi kiʻi ke haʻi i ka moʻolelo o ke kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa? He aha ke ʻano o ka hui like ʻana? He aha ka hoʻoilina o This We Believe?

Art of Recovery: He Initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs

Ua hoʻokumu pū ka Public Art Archive i ka hōʻike pūnaewele o Santa Monica Cultural Affairs 'Art of Recovery. Ke ʻimi nei kēia hōʻikeʻike virtual e ulu nei i nā papahana he nui i hoʻolālā ʻia e "hoʻohui i nā mea pena kiʻi i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā pilina ma waena o nā mea pena a me nā ʻāpana hoʻomaikaʻi ʻoihana, nā hui kaiāulu a me nā hui ʻē aʻe." I ke kakahiaka nui o kēia kauwela, e hōʻike ana ʻo CaFÉ i kahi hiʻohiʻona hou no kāna kahua hoʻokele. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻomaha piha ʻana o nā kala a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, e hoʻopili ʻia nā mea hou i kahi mea hoʻomohala noiʻi maʻalahi a me kahi ʻaoʻao hoʻokele jure i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia. I Pepeluali, ua nīnauele mākou iā Ed Dixon o Edward A. Dixon Gallery no kahi mea kūʻai aku ma ka blog CaFÉ. E nānā i ka moʻomanaʻo moʻomanaʻo e aʻo e pili ana i kāna hale kiʻi, a