Manaʻo alakaʻi a hiki           

Hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Creative Vitality™ Summit no ka hopena o Nowemapa
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hōʻike ʻo WESTAF i kāna hoʻomaka ʻana o Creative Vitality ™ Summit (CVSummit), i hana ʻia ma kahi kokoke. Hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā lā no kā mākou hui ʻelua, kahi hanana hybrid e hana ʻia ana ma Nowemapa 30 a me Dekemaba 1, 2022! Ua paʻakikī kekahi hui hoʻolālā i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ʻehā mau panela ikaika e hālāwai me ke kanaka ma Denver, e hōʻike ana i nā kumuhana kūpono e like me Tech and the Creative Economy, Digital Placekeeping, Belonging and Civic Imagination, a me Liberatory Investment Models for the Creative Economy. ʻO ka hui hoʻolālā hui o kēia makahiki ka hui art.coop; Cezanne Charles, rootoftwo; Koven Smith, Naita Foundation; Randy Engstrom, ʻEkolu Ala Creative; Abdiel Lopez, Roanhorse Consulting; Lauren Ruffin, Crux; Moana Palelei HoChing, WESTAF; Cameron Green, WESTAF; a me David Holland, WESTAF. E hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i ka hanana o kēia makahiki ma ka hopena o ka mahina akā mai kali e mālama i kou wahi: RSVP i kēia manawa e komo kokoke ma ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kēia palapala!

nā kuʻikahi, kākoʻo a me nā kulekele            

Hui Pū ʻia o ka Pākīpika
No ka hōʻike ʻana i kona manaʻo hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi kālā kaulike a me nā kaiaola kaiaola noʻeau like ʻole ma ka ʻāina komohana, ua hui pū ʻo WESTAF me ka ʻāina ʻo Pacific Jurisdiction (PJ) ma o kahi ʻaelike i ʻike ʻole ʻia. Ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻo Samoa ʻAmelika, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a me Guam (hui pū ʻia, Pacific Jurisdictions/PJs) i hōʻike ʻole ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana i loko o ka ʻoihana noʻeau US a ma nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻolaha noʻeau. Me kēia hui hou, ʻimi ʻo WESTAF e lawelawe i kēia ʻāina ākea a i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻokipa ʻia nā PJs ma ka WESTAF's annual Executive Director (ED) Forum, i mālama ʻia ma Spokane, Wakinekona, kahi i komo kino ai nā EDs o ka Pākīpika Jurisdiction ma o Zoom—e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā ʻekolu ʻĀpana Pākīpika e hui kūʻokoʻa i ka pūnaewele ʻāpana komohana. Manaʻo ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kēia mau hui i loko o nā ʻoihana hou aʻe a me nā lawelawe e like me kāna Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN).
E heluhelu i ka palapala hoʻolaha piha
Kākoʻo ʻo WESTAF i ka holomua ʻana i ke kaulike ma o ka Arts and Humanities Act a me Co-Hosts Webinar me Congresswoman Barbara Lee a me Kaleponi no ka ʻoihana.
Ua hoʻolauna ʻo Congresswoman Barbara Lee o Kaleponi i ka Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act i Mei 2022. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻolaha ke keʻena o Lunamakaʻāinana Lee i kahi leka hoa hana ma ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana e noi i nā mea kākoʻo bila a hoʻomau i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻae ʻia mai nā hui a puni ka ʻāina. Ua hui pū ke keʻena o ka Congresswoman, Californians for the Arts, a me WESTAF i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi webinar ma Iulai 26th e aʻo ai pehea e hāpai ai kēia bila i ke kuleana o ka hana a me ke kanaka i ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana i ka racism systemic ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a hui me nā mea pena kiʻi, nā limahana moʻomeheu, a nā alakaʻi hoʻoponopono pilikanaka ma ke kahua e holomua ana i ka kaulike lāhui a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka bila. Ua haʻi ʻia nā wahi kamaʻilio no ka poʻe kākoʻo me ka hui.
E hoʻouna i leka e kākoʻo iā HR7627
Ua kono ʻia ʻo WESTAF e hui pū me ka Native Arts & Culture Council Working Group ma ke ʻano he hoa noʻonoʻo a me ka mea hōʻike.
Ua hui pū ʻo WESTAF i ka Native Arts & Culture Council Working Group, he papahana kākoʻo kālā ʻo Ford Foundation ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM). ʻO kahi pahuhopu o ka papahana ʻo ia ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā pilina ma waena o nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi a me nā keʻena hana noʻeau mokuʻāina a me ka ʻĀpana, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaiāulu ʻehiku ma ke ʻano he laʻana o ka hiki ke kūkulu ʻia a hoʻomau ʻia nā pilina pono. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hui hana ma Iulai 26th me John Haworth, Luna Hoʻokele, e hoʻokipa ana i nā poʻe komo mai nā Kaiāulu Cohort ʻehiku, nā lālā o ke Kōmike Aʻoaʻo Native Arts & Culture Councils, nā mea hōʻike, a me nā kumu aʻoaʻo malihini ʻē aʻe i ka hālāwai mua o nā Native Arts and Culture Councils. Pāhana hui. Ua alakaʻi ʻia ke kau e Ruby Lopez Harper, nāna i hana i kahi mana Indigenized o ka palapala "Seven Ways" i kākau ʻia e ʻAmelika no ka ʻAiʻoniʻoni a ma muli o nā manaʻo mai kahi noiʻi kaiāulu.

kuleana pilikanaka & hoʻokomo      
Ke ʻae nei nā alakaʻi o ka Color Fellowship i nā noi
Ua hui pū ʻo Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) me kāna mau hoa ʻelima Regional Arts Organization (RAO) e kākoʻo i ka National Leaders of Color Fellowship, kahi papahana hoʻomohala alakaʻi ʻewalu mahina no nā alakaʻi ʻeleʻele, ʻōiwi, a me nā poʻe o ke kala (BIPOC). kūpaʻa i ka holomua o ke kaulike moʻomeheu i ka hana noʻeau. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka pilina mai ʻOkakopa 2022-Mei 2023 a hoʻohana i kahi hoʻolālā cohort e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻike, kūkulu kaiāulu, a me ka lawelawe ʻana i ke kula. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka papahana WESTAF's Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC) (hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2010 a me ka hui pū ʻana me South Arts mai 2020), ʻo kēia kākoʻo hui a me ka hoʻokō ʻana mai ka hui pū ʻana o ʻeono RAO e manaʻo nei e hoʻokomo i nā alakaʻi alakaʻi like ʻole i kēlā me kēia wahi a ma kēlā me kēia wahi. ka lāhui. Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, ua alakaʻi ʻia ka papahana e nā kumu a me nā alakaʻi o BIPOC, a ʻaʻole i alakaʻi ʻia i ke kula - he ʻano waiwai a e hoʻomau mau ʻia ke hoʻonui ʻia ka papahana ma ka ʻāina.
E aʻo hou e pili ana i ka papahana
Ka lā hou no ka hui ʻana o Folklife/Traditional Arts Network
He lā hou ko ka hui Folklife/Traditional Arts Network a e mālama ʻia i kēia manawa ma Kepakemapa 29, 2022, mai 2-5 pm MDT. ʻO ka manaʻo o ka hui ʻo Folk/Traditional Arts Network ka hoʻohui ʻana a kaʻana like i nā hana noʻeau a me nā hōʻikeʻike a nā poʻe loea i ke kula. Hoʻokipa ʻia nā poʻe kuleana no ka ʻoihana kuʻuna a pau, ka poʻe kālai'āina a me ka mokuʻāina a me nā luna hoʻomalu, a me nā mea kākoʻo hoihoi i ka noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu. Hoʻoiho i ka papa hana hanana hou loa ma lalo nei e hōʻoia i loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike hou loa i nā hanana e hiki mai ana!
Ua ʻae ʻia ka manaʻo hoʻopuka kālā TourWest 2022
Ua ʻae ʻia ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kālā a TourWest 2022-23 e ke Kōmike Hoʻokō o WESTAF. Ma luna o 760K i nā haʻawina mai ka $1,500 - $5,000 e hāʻawi ʻia i nā hui 198 ma ke Komohana e hoʻolaha ana i nā hanana kaʻapuni kūloko. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia nā mea noi a ke hoʻokō nei lākou i nā ʻaelike hāʻawi pūlima. E loaʻa kālā nā mea noi a pau i hoʻopiha i nā ʻaelike i pūlima ʻia. Loaʻa nā ʻaelike i ka lā 12 Kepakemapa 2022.
WESTAF i ka hele ʻana i ka ʻaha kūkā LEAD
Ua hele aku nei ʻo WESTAF Grants a me Access Manager ʻo Ashanti McGee i ke alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻana i nā Arts and Disability (LEAD) Conference ma Raleigh, North Carolina. Hoʻokipa ʻia e ka National Endowment for the Arts a me ka Kennedy Center, hoʻolauna ka LEAD Conference i nā mea hou i ke kahua o nā hoʻonā moʻomeheu moʻomeheu a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo aʻo mau ʻana, ka launa pū ʻana, a me ka hoʻoikaika. Hāʻawi ka ʻaha LEAD i ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana no ke alakaʻi, waena o ka hana, a me nā ʻoihana hou e hana ana i ka hiki, DEI, a me nā mea hou aku. Hoʻokahi kau i loaʻa kahi kūkākūkā pūnaewele kahi i loiloi ʻia ai ka pūnaewele WESTAF no ka hiki ke komo. ʻO ka ʻike i loaʻa ma kēia kūkākūkā a me nā papa hana hou i komo i ka ʻaha kūkā e hāʻawi i ka ʻike a me nā mea pono e hoʻomau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka manaʻo o WESTAF e ʻike a hoʻonui i ka hiki ke komo i loko o ka hui a me nā hui a me nā ʻoihana a mākou e kākoʻo ai a hui pū ai.

NA ALAKAI O NA MEA HOU O KA WAIWAI   

Ma kēia ʻāpana hou, hauʻoli mākou e hōʻike a kaʻana like i ka hana a kā mākou poʻe Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC) alumni!
Ka Papahana Hoʻolaʻa Waiwai Hou
Ua kū pū ʻo Joshua Heim, 2014 ELC Alumnus a me ka lālā o ke Kōmike Aʻoaʻo Kūʻai Kūʻai a me ka Culture Recovery Strategy, me PSRC i ka hana ʻana i kēia hoʻolālā hoʻolaʻa kūloko. Hoʻokumu kēia hōʻike i ka ʻikepili mai ka ArtsFund's COVID Cultural Impact Study a hōʻike i ka hana a nā alakaʻi noʻeau ma ka ʻāina.
ʻO Wyoming Arts Council Vaccine Confidence Project
Ma o ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa mai ka CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Foundation, ua hui pū ʻia ka Wyoming Arts Council me ʻehā mau mea pena kiʻi ʻo Wyoming e hana i nā hana kiʻi kumu me ke kumumanaʻo o ka paipai ʻana i ka hilinaʻi kano COVID-19 ma ka mokuʻāina. Ua noi ʻia nā mea pena kiʻi i kahi kāhea wehe a ua koho ʻia e ke komite loiloi Nā hana kumu i hana ʻia e nā mea pena kiʻi e ʻimi i kā lākou mau moʻolelo maʻi maʻi pilikino, me ka pahuhopu e paipai i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e loaʻa i ka maʻi COVID-19.
ʻO nā mea pena kiʻi a me kā lākou mau moʻolelo i hōʻike ʻia—ʻo ia hoʻi ke kākau moʻolelo autobiographical, wikiō mele, Hoop Dance/Honor Song, a me kahi puke keiki i kiʻi ʻia—e loaʻa ma https://wyoartsvaccineconfidence.com. ʻO Janissa Martinez, 2012 ELC Alumna a koho ʻia ʻo Wyoming-based artist, i hana i kahi moʻolelo moʻokalaleo autobiographical multi-genre e hana ana ma ke ʻano he leka i nā ʻohana ma Wyoming i haehae ʻia e ka kānalua kano.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manawa hana kiʻi uku no nā mea pena kiʻi Wyoming, a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā ala e pili pono ai ke kiʻi i ke olakino āpau a me ka maikaʻi no nā poʻe a me nā kaiāulu," wahi a Michael Lange, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Wyoming Arts Council. .
Loaʻa ke kālā no kēia hoʻoikaika ʻana ma o kahi haʻawina haʻahaʻa mai ka CDC Foundation a he ʻāpana ia o kahi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) o ka US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) makana kōkua kālā he $75,000 me 100 pakeneka kālā mai CDC/HHS*.
* ʻO nā mea i loko o ka mea kākau (mau) a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i ka manaʻo kūhelu o, ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻia e, CDC/HHS a i ʻole ke Aupuni US.
WESTAF a me NASAA Planning Hybrid Session for the People of Color Affinity Group (PoCAG) ma NASAA Assembly 2022
Ke hui pū nei ʻo WESTAF me NASAA no kahi hui pili pili no ka poʻe kala e mālama ʻia i ka wā NASAA Assembly 2022 ma Kansas City, Missouri. E hui ʻia ka hālāwai a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kēia manawa no 5-6pm CT ma ka Pōʻalima, Kepakemapa 23.
ʻO ka PoCAG, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia a kākoʻo ʻia e NASAA, he hui alakaʻi ʻia e nā lālā NASAA i wehe ʻia i nā limahana a me nā lālā ʻaha kūkā o ka mokuʻāina a me nā ʻāpana āpau i ʻike he poʻe kala. Hōʻike ʻia kona kūpaʻa i ka ʻokoʻa, kaulike, a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i loko o kāna ʻōlelo kulekele, e hōʻoia ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka noʻonoʻo mau ʻana, ke kamaʻilio ʻana, a me ke aʻo ʻana e hoʻokō i kēia hana me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina.

NA LAWAI WESTAF                                 
Hoʻolaha ʻo ZAPP i ka pihi hoʻolaha i nā hanana no nā luna hoʻomalu
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