KUENA SOCIAL & INCLUSION           
ʻO nā alakaʻi e puka mai nei no nā ʻĀpana Hema o nā Wraps Program Wraps

ʻO ka Pōʻakolu, Dekemaba 9th i ʻike i ka hoʻopau kūleʻa ʻana o ka hui mua o ka South Arts Emerging Leaders of Color Program (ELC). Ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia kēia papahana no ka lawe ʻana ma ka pūnaewele e ke kumu, ʻo Salvador Acevedo, Margie Johnson Reese, a me nā limahana WESTAF Inclusion & Equity Division ʻo Madalena Salazar lāua ʻo David Holland, me ka hui pū me ka luna papahana, ʻo Ethan Messere o South Arts. Ma kēia papahana i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia, ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohui i nā mea hou i ka papahana, e like me ke alakaʻi kumu punaewele (i hoʻolālā ʻia e 2015 Colorado ELC alumna Alexandria Jimenez), a kono aku i nā mea kōkua hou, ʻo Shana Tucker lāua ʻo Ashley Renee Watkins. Hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā mea komo he 12 mai ka ʻāina ʻo South Arts i loko o ka ʻohana ELC.
ALLIANCES, AVOCACY, & POLICY                  
Ke hoʻolaha nei i ka ʻimi noiʻi noʻeau hou a me ka hoʻihoʻi waiwai

Hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka noiʻi hou no ka Arts and Economic Recovery, i hana pū ʻia me ka (NASAA) a me Douglas Noonan o ke Kulanui ʻo Indiana e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ka hoʻokele waiwai ma hope o nā wā pilikia o ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻikepili Creative Vitality Suite ™ a me ka noiʻi qualitative hohonu, WESTAF's report, Creative Economies and Economic Recovery: Case Studies of Arts-Led Recovery and Resilience, e hōʻike ana i kahi hōʻuluʻulu o nā moʻolelo e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā kaiāulu liʻiliʻi a nui i kā lākou nā waiwai hoʻomohala e ulu i nā manawa waiwai a hoʻi hou mai nā wā paʻakikī. Hōʻike nā moʻolelo o nā kaiāulu like ʻole ma Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Tennessee, Vermont, Wakinekona, a me West Virginia i ka hoʻokele waiwai hana. Hāʻawi ka hōʻike i nā mea hana kūpono no nā alakaʻi moʻomeheu e ʻimi ana e komo i nā hana hoʻolaʻa a kākoʻo i ka hoʻopukapuka federal, mokuʻāina, a me ka ʻāina i ka hana noʻeau. I kēia manawa o ka maopopo ʻole o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻo nā ʻike o kēia hōʻike e hāʻawi i ka hōʻike kahua ʻo ka ʻoihana he ʻāpana agile a kūpaʻa me ka hiki ke hoʻāla i ka ulu ʻana o ka hana, hoʻemi i ka pōʻino o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana, hoʻoulu i ke kālepa, a hoʻowalewale i ka mākaʻikaʻi. 2021 Seminā alakaʻi alakaʻi a me nā ʻōlelo hoʻolaha

E mālama ʻia ʻo WESTAF's 2021 (virtual!) Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar (ALAS) i ka lā 24 a me 25 o Pepeluali, 2021. Ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia ka hanana e hōʻike i ʻehā mau hanana virtual, me kahi kūkākūkā papa a me kahi hui Q&A hui, i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka ʻano ʻano seminar i hoʻohana ʻia i nā hui ALAS i hala. E komo ana nā kumuhana Seminā i nā hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kulekele noʻeau federala, ke komo ʻana o ka mokuʻāina komohana i nā kulekele noʻeau federala, ka hoʻokomo pono ʻana o nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana o ke kahua. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka papa inoa piha o nā panelists: Heather Noonan, hope peresidena no ke kākoʻo, League of American Orchestras; ʻO Hal Real, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu, World Cafe Live a me ka lālā o ka papa, National Independent Venue Association; Allentza Michel, luna papahana, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; ʻO Julie Baker, ka luna hoʻokele, Kaleponi no ka ʻOihana; Manny Cawaling, luna hoʻokele, Inspire Washington (Washington); ʻO Lauren DeNinno, kākāʻōlelo koʻikoʻi kulekele, Western Governors' Association; Laurel Sayer, Luna Nui, Midas Gold Corp; Ashanti McGee, Lunamakaainana apana, Lunamakaainana o US Susie Lee; ʻO Karmen Rossi, hope luna hoʻokele mokuʻāina, ʻoihana koa a me nā mea kahiko no Congresswoman Liz Cheney; ʻO Cézanne Charles, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu, rootofwo; Abdiel López, luna papahana, Center for Cultural Innovation; a me Jen Cole, ke poʻo o nā limahana, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts ma Arizona State University. Ua wehe ʻia ke kākau inoa ʻana a ʻaʻohe kumu kūʻai no ke komo ʻana i ka seminar.WESTAF Contributes to Federal Policy Recommendations

I Nowemapa 2020, ua hui pū ʻo WESTAF Luna Hoʻokele o Impact a Public Policy ʻo David Holland i ka Cultural Cultural Advocacy Group (CAG), ka hui hana o nā ʻano noʻeau, kanaka, a me nā mea pili moʻomeheu e hui pū ana i kēlā me kēia makahiki e holomua i nā mea nui o ke kulekele federal. Ua kono ʻia kēia pūʻulu e waiho i kahi pūʻulu o nā manaʻo kulekele i ka Biden-Harris Transition's Arts & Humanities Agency Review Team i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba. Ua kākoʻo ʻo WESTAF i kēia palapala ma ke ʻano he hui i kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana. Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka palapala ma muli o nā manaʻo manaʻo mai kahi hui o nā hui kūloko a me ka ʻāina a me kahi mana hou o The Arts and Cultural Sector: Federal Policy Actions ma muli o kēia manaʻo e hoʻolaha ʻia nei no ke kākoʻo.

Ma hope o ka lawelawe ʻana ma ka Creative Economy Working Group i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Americans for the Arts (AFTA) mai ka hopena o 2019, ua kono ʻia ʻo David Holland e hui pū me ka Inclusive Creative Economy Working Group, kahi hui hou i hoʻokumu ʻia e pane i ka hoʻolālā i kū mai ka hana mua. . ʻO ka hui, i hui mua ʻia ma ka Pōʻalima, Dekemaba 10, e komo pū ana nā ʻelele mai nā ʻano hui o loko a ma waho o ka ʻoihana me nā hui e like me Kickstarter a me Etsy, sister regional arts organization NEFA, economic development funder Rural LISC, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ma ka ʻāina WESTAF, lawelawe pū ka Center for Cultural Innovation, ka Economic Security Project, a me LA County Arts and Culture i ka hui hou.
HANAU WESTAF                                      
Hoʻohou ʻikepili CVSuite™

Ma Dekemaba 10, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻikepili CVSuite e hui pū me kā mākou mea hoʻolako data Economic Modeling Specialists International's (Emsi) data version 2020.3. Hoʻopau ʻo CVSuite i kāna ʻikepili i loko o ka makahiki ke loaʻa ka ʻikepili hou mai Emsi. Ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēia mau ʻikepili, hōʻano hou mākou i nā makahiki ʻikepili āpau ma ka pūnaewele me ka ʻikepili o kēia manawa a i ʻoi aku ka pololei i hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā ʻano makahiki o kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ua hoʻolaha aku nei ka Public Art Archive i ka hōʻikeʻike pūnaewele o Mural Arts Philadelphia's Power Map: Historical Mural Activations. ʻO Power Map he pūʻulu o nā papahana lehulehu a me nā hanana i hoʻoulu ʻia e nā kiʻi mai nā makahiki 20 mua o Mural Arts Philadelphia. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka curator-in-residence Daniel Tucker, ua hana ʻia kēia mau hana ma kahi kokoke a ma ka pūnaewele ma nā murals koho ma waena o ke kauwela o 2019 a me ka hāʻule o 2020.

Lives that Bind: A Restorative Justice Installation
Ua hoʻokumu pū ka Public Art Archive i ka hōʻikeʻike pūnaewele o Santa Monica Cultural Affairs 'Living That Bind: kahi hoʻonohonoho hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono. ʻO ka hōʻikeʻike, e hōʻike ana i nā kiʻi kiʻi i ʻāpana āpau o ka waihona ʻo Art Bank o Santa Monica, e loaʻa nā inoa nui e like me Kerry James Marshall, Alfredo Ramos-Martinez, a me Alison Saar a me nā mea hana kiʻi BIPOC e kū mai ana a hoʻokumu ʻia e like me Umar Rashid a me Emma. Robbins.CaFÉ™ Neʻe i ka Braintree

Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ke kaʻina hana uku a CaFÉ mai PayPal i Braintree, kahi lawelawe a PayPal. Hoʻomaikaʻi kēia mea hou i ka palekana, hiki i nā mea pena ke mālama i nā ʻano uku no ka maʻalahi o ka nānā ʻana, a hoʻohālikelike i ke kaʻina hana hoʻopaʻa me ZAPP.
HAAWINA HELUHELU                                                    
Ua wehe ʻo TourWest 2021 Grant Cycle!

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka papahana hāʻawi kālā TourWest 2021-2022 o WESTAF ma Pepeluali 10, 2021. Kākoʻo ʻia e kahi haʻawina mai ka National Endowment for the Arts, hāʻawi ʻo TourWest i nā kōkua i nā ʻoihana a me nā hui kaiaulu i loko o ka mokuʻāina ʻo WESTAF he 13 no ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea hana huakaʻi a me nā palapala. nā mea pena kiʻi. ʻO nā makana makana he $2,500 a i ʻole 50% o nā lilo o ka papahana holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ia ka mea liʻiliʻi, a koi ʻia kahi pāʻani kālā hoʻokahi a me hoʻokahi e ka hui hōʻike. Pono e hana ʻia nā papahana ma waena o Kepakemapa 1, 2021 a me ʻAukake 31, 2022 a pono e hoʻokomo i kahi hana lehulehu a me kahi hana hoʻonaʻauao. E loaʻa kahi ʻokoʻa hoʻokahi manawa no ka pōʻai 2021-2022 i nā mea noi e pilikia ana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mea pena kiʻi ma waho o ka mokuʻāina ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.

Hiki i nā mea noi ke noi no ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea hana kiʻi mākaʻikaʻi i loko o ka mokuʻāina e hele ana ma kahi o 50 mau mile i kou wahi. ʻAʻole e manaʻo ʻia nā mea pena kiʻi i loko o 50 mau mile mai kāu wahi he mau mea hana kiʻi huakaʻi a no laila ʻaʻole e ʻae ʻia kēia haʻawina. Hiki ke hana i nā hana hoʻonaʻauao a me nā hana hoʻonaʻauao inā hoʻopau ʻia nā palena o ka mokuʻāina COVID-19 e ʻae i nā hui kaiaulu. Manaʻo ʻo TourWest i ka palekana o kā mākou mea hōʻikeʻike a me nā mea hoʻokani a paipai i nā mea noi a pau e nānā i kā lākou mau alakaʻi mokuʻāina ma mua o ka noi ʻana a hoʻomau i ka ʻike inā loaʻa iā TourWest hāʻawi. Hiki nō hoʻi ke hoʻokō ʻia nā hana noʻeau ma waho o ka mokuʻāina a me nā hana hoʻonaʻauao hoʻonaʻauao e hana ʻia ma kahi kūlana virtual. Loaʻa nā noi ma ʻApelila 1, 2021 ma 11:59 pm Mountain Time. CNMI CARES Relief Fund for Artists and Organizations

Hoʻokumu ʻia ma o ka hui pū ʻana me WESTAF a me ka Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Arts Council (CNMI), a kākoʻo ʻia e ka National Endowment for the Arts, ka CNMI Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Relief Fund for Artists i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Dekemaba. 14, 2020. Hāʻawi kēia papahana hāʻawi kōkua i ke kākoʻo i nā mea pena kiʻi kūpono i hoʻopilikia ʻia nā papahana e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 ma ka ʻĀpana Mariana ʻĀkau. E hāʻawi ʻia nā haʻawina ma ka laulā o $2000-$5000. Ua wehe ʻia ka CNMI CARES Relief Fund for Organizations i nā hui moʻomeheu 501(c)3 kūpono ʻole ma nā mokupuni ʻo Mariana. Hiki ke loaʻa nā noi ʻelua ma cnmicares.gosmart.org a e hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēlā me kēia hapaha a hāʻawi ʻia ma ke kumu hele mua, lawelawe mua i ka makahiki 2021. ʻO ka lā palena mua ʻo Ianuali 30, 2021, a e hoʻopili ʻia nā mea hāʻawi i koho ʻia i Pepeluali. ʻO ka lā palena hapahā makahiki aʻe no nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā hui ʻo ʻApelila 30, 2021.
NU NUHOU O NA AHA                             
Hāʻawi ʻo WESTAF-Region States i ka $85 miliona a hiki i kēia lā i loko o nā kālā kōkua no ka noʻonoʻo a me ka moʻomeheu.

Ua piʻi aʻe ka huina o nā kālā kōkua i alakaʻi ʻia e ka mokuʻāina e kākoʻo pololei ana i ka ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu a mālama ʻia e nā keʻena noʻeau mokuʻāina i ʻoi aku ma mua o $85 miliona a puni ka ʻāina, me:

Arizona: $2 miliona i loko o nā kālā kōkua mokuʻāina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ke Komikina ʻo Arizona no nā ʻOihana

Colorado: $7.5 miliona ma ke kālā kōkua mokuʻāina i hāʻawi ʻia aku nei iā Colorado Creative Industries

Montana: Ua loaʻa i ka papahana CARES ʻo Montana Arts Council ke kākoʻo hou mai ke Keʻena ʻo ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Montana no ka Budget and Program Planning no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā koi no kā lākou mau haʻawina i kēlā me kēia kanaka a me nā hui.

Nevada: Ua hāʻawi ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Nevada no ka hoʻomohala hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kālā kōkua maʻi maʻi i nā hui noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu (a me nā ʻoihana ʻole a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe) ma o ka papahana hāʻawi $40 miliona Pandemic Emergency Technical Support (PETS) a hui pū me ka Nevada Arts Council e hāʻawi i ke kōkua ʻenehana.

Oregon: $50 miliona pūʻolo kōkua no ka moʻomeheu Oregon

ʻIuta: $19.5 miliona ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā kālā kōkua mokuʻāina i ka Mahele ʻOihana a me nā Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Utah ma o ka papahana Create in Utah.

Wakinekona: $3.4 miliona papahana hāʻawi kōkua i hāʻawi ʻia e Washington State Arts Commission a me ke Keʻena Kālepa Mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona.