KA HOʻOPIʻI & KĀWAI                                          
ʻO nā alakaʻi e puka mai ana no nā ʻĀpana Hema

Hauʻoli ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi hanana nui i kā mākou hui pū ʻana me South Arts ma kā lākou papahana Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC) hoʻomaka. ʻO WESTAF Manager of Social Equity and Inclusion Madalena Salazar, me nā lālā kumu ʻo Salvador Acevedo lāua ʻo Margie Reese, alakaʻi iā South Arts i ke kūkulu ʻana i kā lākou papahana ELC ma ka pūnaewele me ka manaʻo Hema. Ua koho ʻia nā mea komo mai kahi o 100 mau mea noi, a ua hoʻouna ʻia nā kono i 12 mau kānaka mai Alabama (2), Georgia (1), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (1), Mississippi (1), North Carolina (2), South Carolina ( 2) a me Tennessee (1) i ʻOkakopa. E lōʻihi ka papahana virtual i nā lā ʻekolu—Dekemapa 3, 4 a me 9, 2020—a e hōʻike ʻia i nā haʻiʻōlelo a me nā mea pili a me ka pilikanaka. Mahalo nui ʻo WESTAF i kēia manawa e hoʻonui i ka papahana ELC ma o kā mākou hui pū ʻana me South Arts.SAA Performing Arts and Consortia Partners Convening 2020

I kā mākou hoʻoikaika mau ʻana e holomua i ka kaulike moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ke kula, ua kono ʻo WESTAF iā Kaisha Johnson, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻokumu o Women of Color in the Arts (WOCA), e alakaʻi i ʻelua lā, equity focused convening of the state arts agency performing. ʻoihana noʻeau, nā hoa hui consortia hana, a me nā panelists TourWest. ʻO ke kumu o ka hālāwai, i mālama ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 29 a me 30, ʻo ia ke kūkulu i ke kaiāulu a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻolohe ʻana a me ke kamaʻilio ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoiai e komo ana i ka hana hohonu e pili ana i ka manaʻo ʻole, ka hoʻokumu ʻana a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka racism, ka pono, ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka kaulike a me ke kaulike, a he laulā o nā kumuhana ʻē aʻe. Ma hope o kahi noiʻi o nā poʻe hui he 18, hui pū ʻo Johnson a me WESTAF's Social Responsibility and Inclusion e kūkākūkā i nā kuhikuhi o ka wā e hiki mai ana no kēia hana me kā lākou ʻoihana hana hoʻokani kūloko e kūkulu i ka holomua o ka ʻaha kūkā.
ALLIANCES, AVOCACY, & POLICY                  
ʻO Arts + ka Hōʻike Kau Hana Kūikawā Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai ʻo Rural West 

Ua hauʻoli ʻo WESTAF e hōʻike i kāna puke hou loa, ʻo ka hōʻike ʻo Arts + the Rural West session. Hōʻike ka hōʻike i nā hōʻuluʻulu kūkākūkā a me nā transcripts mai ka ʻApelila 3 Arts + the Rural West virtual workshop. ʻO kahi hui ʻana o 25 mau poʻe loea no ke kuaʻāina mai nā wahi a pau, ʻo Arts + the Rural West i hōʻike i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hopena o COVID-19; ʻoihana kuaʻāina ma ke ʻano he papahana hoʻomohala kuaʻāina; nā ala e hoʻolikelike ai nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina i kā lākou mau hana noʻeau a moʻomeheu; ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma nā kuaʻāina; a me nā manawa kūpono, nā pono, a me nā pilikia no ka hana noʻeau ma ke komohana komohana. Hauʻoli mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēia kumuwaiwai hou i ke kula a manaʻoʻiʻo he hiki i nā manaʻo a me nā ʻike i hopu ʻia i loko o kēia hōʻike ke hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i ka holomua o ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu i nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina ma ke Komohana a ma waho.Grassroots Advocacy Panel

Ua kono ʻia ʻo WESTAF Luna Hoʻokele o Impact and Public Policy David Holland e hoʻomohala a hoʻololi i kahi papa ma ka "Grassroots Advocacy that's Timely and Powerful" ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hui ʻo Arts Midwest + Western Arts Alliance (WAA) hui hui virtual performing art conference Meeting the Moment. Hui pu. ʻO Julie Baker, Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN) co-chair a me California Arts Advocates ka luna hoʻokele; Heather Noonan, hope peresidena o ka hoʻolaha, League of American Orchestras and convener of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition; a me Hal Real, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka pelekikena, World Cafe Live, luna o ka papa o Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, a me ka lālā o ka papa o ka National Independent Venue Association (NIVA). Ua ʻimi ka papa i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia e pili ana i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo noʻeau i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi, ka maikaʻi a me ka hopena o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i kēia mau manawa, a me ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana i ka ʻoihana noʻeau. ʻO ka papa i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia, me kahi Q&A manawa maoli, i hoʻolele ʻia ma ka Pōʻakolu, ʻOkakopa 7 no ka poʻe i hele i ka hālāwai kūkā. Creative Economy and Recovery Research Project

Ke hui pū nei ʻo WESTAF me ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) a me Indiana University Public Policy Institute (IUPUI) e hana i kahi moʻo o ka hoʻokele waiwai hoʻokele waiwai, i huki ʻia mai ka ʻāina a puni, e ʻimi ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana o nā ʻoihana hana i ka hoʻokele waiwai. hoʻihoʻi hou. E hoʻomohala ʻia nā noiʻi hihia mai 15 mokuʻāina (12 na WESTAF a me 3 na IUPUI), a ʻo nā mokuʻāina i koho ʻia i kēia manawa no kēia noiʻi ʻo Hawaiʻi, Arizona, Wakinekona, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maryland, West Virginia, ʻO Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, a me Minnesota. Ke kakali nei mākou i ke kaʻana like ʻana i kēia noiʻi koʻikoʻi me ke kahua i kēia hoʻoilo. Hoʻopili ka papahana i ka nānā ʻana o ka ʻikepili CVSuite a me kahi pūʻulu o nā nīnauele me nā loea kūloko e hoʻomohala i nā ʻike no ka hoʻokele waiwai a me nā haʻawina hoʻihoʻi. Nā moʻolelo o ka hoʻomau

I ka manawa e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohana i kekahi nūhou maikaʻi, ʻoliʻoli ʻo WESTAF e kaʻana like i kēia mau Moʻolelo o ka Resilience e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea hana, a me nā mea kākoʻo o ka ʻāina e hoʻoponopono ai i nā pilikia o kēia manawa a me ka hoʻomau ʻana, e like me ka hoʻolālā hou, ka hoʻoikaika i ke kaiāulu. , hana manawaleʻa, a me nā hana kūleʻa ʻē aʻe e pono ai ke ʻike ʻia. Hāʻawi kēia mau moʻolelo i kahi manawa e hoʻolauleʻa ai i nā kūleʻa ma ke kula i ko mākou lanakila ʻana i nā keʻakeʻa i hōʻike ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi a me ka holomua kaulike a me nā hana hoʻohui. Manaʻo mākou e hāʻawi kēia mau moʻolelo iā ʻoe i ka hoʻoikaika a me ka manaʻo maikaʻi i kēia mau manawa paʻakikī.
HANAU WESTAF                                      

Mea Hana Vitality Suite                                           
Hoʻokuʻu ʻo WESTAF's CVSuite™ i nā kūlanakauhale mele 10 kiʻekiʻe e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike

Ma hope o ka manaʻo nui, ua hoʻokuʻu ka CVSuite ™ i ka Top 10 Music Cities You need to know about, ʻo ka lua o kāna pūʻulu o ka ʻikepili i alakaʻi ʻia i ka ʻikepili e hoʻolauleʻa ana i ka hana noʻeau, moʻomeheu, a me ka hana ʻana o nā wahi koʻikoʻi a me nā wahi ākea o ʻAmelika. Ma hope o ka papa inoa 30 Most Creative Small Cities i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka pūnāwai, hōʻike kēia papa inoa ʻelua i nā hiʻohiʻona mele kūloko o nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi a puni ka ʻāina. Hāʻawi ka WESTAF's Creative Vitality Lists i kahi kiʻi o nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole i loko o nā kaiāulu, nā ʻāina, a me nā mokuʻāina a kānana, hoʻohālikelike, a hoʻohālikelike i ka ʻikepili hoʻokele waiwai hana e hōʻike i ka ikaika noʻonoʻo i nā kaiāulu o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻikepili mai ka WESTAF's CVSuite mea hana ʻikepili hoʻokele waiwai, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka Creative Vitality™ Index (CVI™) e ana a hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai o Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) me nā heluna ma lalo o 500,000.
PAPA PAPA WESTAF                        
Okatoba WESTAF Halawai Papa

Ua hui ka papa luna o WESTAF ma kahi o ʻOkakopa 28-29 no kā lākou hālāwai makahiki. Ua komo ka hālāwai i ka loiloi a me ka ʻae ʻana i ka waihona kālā hana makahiki no ka makahiki kālā e hiki mai ana, nā hālāwai komite, kahi hoʻonohonoho lālā hou o ka papa, a me kahi papa hana kaulike e hōʻike ana i nā limahana a me nā lālā o ke Kōmike Kaulike a me ka Hoʻohui. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hālāwai kahu e kahi hola hauʻoli i loaʻa i kahi aloha aloha i nā kahu mālama haʻalele ʻo Joaquin Herranz, Jr., ke kumu aʻoaʻo ma ke kula ʻo Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, a me Michael Faison, ka luna hoʻokele o ke Komisina Idaho ma. na Nani.
HAAWINA HELUHELU                                                    
WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund

Ma ka Poalua, ʻOkakopa 27, me ka ʻae ʻia o ke Kōmike Hoʻokō WESTAF ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka papa o nā kahu mālama, ua hoʻolaha ʻo WESTAF i nā hui 39 ma ka ʻāina i koho ʻia e loaʻa nā haʻawina Regional Arts Resilience Fund. Hāʻawi ʻia nā makana ma nā huina mai $30,000 a i $74,000, ʻoi aku ka nui o $1.7 miliona. Ua hoʻolako ʻia kēia makana e ka Andrew W. Mellon Foundation me ka hui pū ʻana me ka US Regional Arts Organizations, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻēmi i ka hoʻoweliweli kālā i ka ʻāpana i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Ua hui pū ʻia nā mea akamai he iwakālua o ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma waena o ʻelua panela e kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā mea waiwai kālā. Hiki ke loaʻa kahi papa inoa piha o nā mea hāʻawi a me nā panelist maanei. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ke kālā i Nowemapa. CNMI CARES Relief Fund for Artists and Organizations

Ma ʻAukake 10, ua hoʻomaka ʻo WESTAF e ʻae i nā noi no ka Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Relief Fund for Organizations, kahi papahana kōkua kōkua COVID-19 i kākoʻo ʻia e ka National Endowment for the Arts. . Mālama ʻia e ka WESTAF ma ka inoa o ka CNMI Arts Council, hāʻawi ka haʻawina i ke kākoʻo hana maʻamau ma waena o $5,000 a me $20,000 i nā hui noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi ma ka ʻĀpana Mariana ʻĀkau. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā hui moʻomeheu 501(c)(3) ma ka ʻĀpana Mariana ʻĀkau. Ke ʻae ʻia nei nā noi ma ke ʻano holo. I nā pule e hiki mai ana, e wehe ʻo WESTAF i ka manawa lua o CNMI CARES no nā mea pena kiʻi. E hāʻawi ʻia nā kālā kōkua Artist i nā poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia nā papahana e nā hopena o ka maʻi maʻi. E hāʻawi ʻia nā kālā ma ka laulā o $2,500 a i $5,000, ma ke kumu hele mua, lawelawe mua.
Nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka Moku'āina ʻOihana                  
Loaʻa i ka Colorado Creative Industries ka makana ʻokoʻa, Equity, a me Inclusion Agency

Ua hauʻoli mākou e kaʻana like i ka koho ʻana o ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies i ke keʻena hana noʻeau mokuʻāina o Colorado, ʻo Colorado Creative Industries (CCI), no ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna makana Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Agency. Hoʻomaopopo kēia makana i nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina nāna i hānai a hoʻomohala i ka ʻokoʻa, kaulike, a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana (DEI) i kā lākou hana a hōʻike i ka ʻike a me ka ikaika i ka holomua ʻana o DEI ma ka mokuʻāina. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka makana iā CCI ma ʻOkakopa 22 i ka wā o NASAA's virtual Business Bash. Hoʻomaikaʻi, CCI!
NA HOA                                                            
Hōʻike ʻo Upstart Co-Lab a me Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors i ke alakaʻi

Ua hui pū ʻo Upstart Co-Lab a me Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors ma The Guide: he aha nā ʻoihana moʻomeheu e pono e ʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā no nā waiwai a me ka misionari, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka lā 2 Dekemaba. . Pane ke alakaʻi i nā nīnau maʻamau (He aha ka Impact Investing? ʻO ke ʻano o ka hoʻopukapuka hopena ke ʻano o ka hoʻihoʻi kālā? Hāʻawi ka Guide i nā haʻawina mai nā hui moʻomeheu mua, a me nā laʻana o nā manawa hoʻopukapuka hopena i ka hoʻokele waiwai.
Nā Hoʻololi WESTAF                                       
Hoʻololi alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻana o ka Mahele ʻokoʻa, Kaulike, a me ka Hoʻohui