Manaʻo alakaʻi a hiki           

2023 Hoʻopau ʻia nā papahana alakaʻi a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā polokalamu Virtual a me In-Person
Ua mālama ʻia ka papahana ʻo 2023 Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar i kēia mahina e hōʻike ana i kahi hālāwai mua pūnaewele ma Pepeluali 7th a me kahi lā hoʻolaha lele i Wakinekona DC Pepeluali 13-15. ʻO nā panelist virtual ʻo Michelle Ramos, BIPOC-Led Arts Advocacy Coalition; ʻO Claire Rice, Hui Pū ʻIa Hui Pū ʻIa; ʻO Ernesto Balderas, Hui Pū ʻIa Hui Pū ʻIa; Heather Noonan, Hui Kūʻai Kūʻai; a me Najean Lee, Hui Kūkākūkā Cultural. Ua hoʻokipa ka lele i Wakinekona DC i 71 mau kākoʻo mai 13 mau mokuʻāina a me Guam. Ua kamaʻilio ka poʻe kākoʻo i nā keʻena Congressional ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 a ua hōʻike i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i kā lākou mau kaiaulu noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu a me nā noi hui ākea i alakaʻi ʻia e WESTAF. ʻO nā mea haʻiʻōlelo ma Wakinekona DC ʻo Shelly Lowe, Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities; ʻO Julie Baker lāua ʻo Manny Cawaling, Co-Chairs, Western Arts Advocacy Network; Pam Breaux, Peresidena a me Luna Nui, NASAA; ʻO Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Luna Nui o ke Aupuni a me ka Public Affairs, ʻAmelika no ka Arts & Executive Director, Americans for the Arts Action Fund; ʻO Ben Kessler, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Congressional Affairs, NEA; a me Alison Share, Luna Hoʻokele o ka ʻAha Ahaolelo, NEH.
E nānā i ka hoʻopaʻa hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma mua o ka hālāwai

 nā kuʻikahi, kākoʻo a me nā kulekele              

Loaʻa ʻo Performing Arts Discovery Showcase ma luna o 160 mau noi
Ua loaʻa i ka Performing Arts Discovery Showcase, ke kākoʻo o ka Endowment-supported o ka papahana Performing Arts Discovery (PAD), he 164 mau noi mai nā mea pena kiʻi e pani ana i nā wahi āpau o ka ʻāina. He kanalimakumamāono pakeneka o nā mea noi i ʻike i kā lākou aʻo mua ma ke ʻano he mele; ʻO nā aʻo ʻē aʻe he hula (18%), multidisciplinary (16%), a me ke keaka (8%). E hoʻomaka ana kahi papa ʻāina o ʻewalu mau loea hana keaka i ʻelua pōʻai loiloi me nā mea pena kiʻi i koho ʻia e hoʻolaha ʻia ma Malaki.

Hoʻolaha ʻo WESTAF i ka State Arts Agency Innovation Fund
Hauʻoli ʻo WESTAF e kaʻana like i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o WESTAF's State Arts Agency Innovation Fund. Ma ka hoʻoikaika mau ʻana e hoʻoikaika i nā hana hou a hoʻololi i loko o nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina he 13 ma ke Komohana, manaʻo ka Fund e kākoʻo i nā hana ʻoihana ʻoihana mokuʻāina e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā lākou lawelawe i nā poʻe, nā ʻohana, a me nā kaiāulu a me nā ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu i kā lākou ʻōlelo ma nā ʻano i paʻakikī mua e hoʻokō.

kuleana pilikanaka & hoʻokomo      

Hoʻokipa ʻo WESTAF i ka Halawai Kūikawā ʻEhā no nā Luna Hoʻohui Hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo State Arts Agency
Ma ka hui o Ianuali, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Grants and Access Manager Ashanti McGee i kekahi mau mea hoʻonohonoho hou i ka hui a alakaʻi i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka loiloi ponoʻī NEA 504 a me nā hoʻolālā pilikino a hui pū no ka makahiki. Ua hana ka pūʻulu i kahi ʻaoʻao punawai hui no nā keʻena hana noʻeau āpau o ke komohana e hōʻike ana i nā papahana, nā alakaʻi, nā papahana, a me nā mea hou aʻe no nā SAA e hoʻohana ai no kā lākou mau keʻena.

Hele ʻo WESTAF i ka ʻaha kūkā makahiki 40 o Montana Performing Arts Consortium
Ua alakaʻi ʻo WESTAF i kahi papa hana ma kāna papahana TourWest ma Montana Performing Arts Consortium's (MPAC's) 40th Annual Conference, i mālama ʻia ma Fort Benton, Montana. Ua hāʻawi ka hālāwai i nā mea hou i nā mea hāʻawi manawaleʻa e pili ana i nā koi no ka hāʻawi TourWest e hiki mai ana a hāʻawi i nā kūkākūkā hoʻokahi-a-hoʻokahi i nā mea kōkua TourWest i kēia manawa. Ua hōʻike ʻo Grantees i ka mahalo no ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā hoʻololi hana i ka wā maʻi maʻi.
Nānā i ka hōʻike

Ua pani ʻia ke kālā Artist WESTAF BIPOC
ʻO ka manawa hou loa o WESTAF, i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā mea pena kiʻi BIPOC e noho ana a e hana ana ma nā mokuʻāina 16 a me nā ʻāina ʻo WESTAF e holomua i kā lākou hana noʻeau a me nā pahuhopu, i pani ʻia me nā noi he 456. Ua kōkua ka pūʻulu hoʻolālā papahana, i hui ʻia e nā poʻe mai ʻewalu mau makahiki like ʻole Emerging Leaders of Color cohort, i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka waihona kālā pena, me ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻoholo ponoʻī no nā mea pena BIPOC a me ko lākou mau kaiāulu. Manaʻo ka papahana e hoʻokomo i ka maikaʻi a me ka palekana o nā mea pena kiʻi BIPOC, nā loea moʻomeheu, a me nā hui like ʻole ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kālā a me ke kākoʻo ʻole. Manaʻo ʻo WESTAF i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kālā i hoʻokahi mea noi mai kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina a me ka mana i hōʻike ʻia. E hoʻopili ʻo WESTAF i nā lālā o ka Emerging Leaders of Color Alumni and the Leaders of Color Fellowship Program, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e nānā i nā noi. Hiki ke loaʻa nā ʻike e pili ana i nā koina loiloi a me nā alakaʻi papahana ma aneʻi.

NA ALAKAI O NA MEA HOU O KA WAIWAI   

Kākoʻo ʻo WESTAF i nā alakaʻi o ke komo ʻana o ka hui kala ma ALAS
Ma waho aʻe o nā lālā o ka Equity and Inclusion Committee, nā lālā o ka Papa Kahu a me nā limahana he ʻāpana pū kekahi o nā alakaʻi o ka hui kala a me nā alakaʻi e puka mai ana o nā alumni kala, ua kono ka Social Responsibility and Inclusion Team i ka pūnaewele holoʻokoʻa e waiho. nā palapala hoihoi e komo i ka ALAS ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā ʻelele mai ko lākou mau mokuʻāina. ʻO nā mea komo: Tatiana Ticknor (AK), Luis "LT" Martinez (CA), Nawahine Lanzilotti (HI), Humberto Marquez Mendez (OR), Hakim Bellamy (NM), David Dadone (CO), Yvonne Montoya (AZ), ʻO Jennifer Kleven (NV), Dayo Ayodele (ID), Tara Gumapac (HI).

NA LAWAI WESTAF                                 

Hou ma ZAPP: ʻOi aku nā ala e kānana ai i nā noi
Ma ka moʻomanaʻo hou a ZAPP, e aʻo i nā mea a pau e pili ana i nā ala hou e kānana ai i nā noi mea pena! Me nā ala ʻē aʻe e hoʻokaʻawale a nānā i nā noi, ʻaʻole i maʻalahi ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kāu hana kiʻi a i ʻole ʻoliʻoli!
Nānā iā ia

Hou ma ZAPP: ʻOi aku nā ala e kānana ai i nā noi
Ma nā wahi a pau a kāu huakaʻi ʻahaʻaina e lawe ai iā ʻoe i kēia makahiki, e hoʻolulu iā ʻoe iho i nā hana noʻeau o nā kaiāulu āu e kipa nei! Ma kēia pou blog, hōʻike ʻo ZAPP iā ʻoe pehea e hoʻohana ai i kahi hiʻohiʻona 'Near Me' hou ma Public Art Archive™! Me ke koho e nānā i nā hōʻiliʻili kiʻi lehulehu ma ka ʻāina, ʻaʻohe mea e haʻi i kahi e lawe ai kāu mau ʻimi ʻana iā ʻoe.
Heluhelu i ka blog

2022: He Makahiki CaFÉ i ka nānā ʻana
E hui pū me ka hui CaFÉ i ko lākou nānā ʻana i hope o kekahi makahiki hou o nā manawa kūpono mai nā papahana noʻeau lehulehu, nā hele wāwae kiʻi kiʻi, nā hōʻikeʻike kiʻi, a me nā mea hou aʻe! E kipa i ka moʻomanaʻo e ʻike i nā mea i hoʻololi ʻia ma CaFÉ i ka makahiki i hala a e aʻo hou e pili ana i nā mea e hiki mai ana.
E kipa hou i ka makahiki 2022 me CaFÉ

Hoʻolaha ʻo Public Art Archive i ka punaewele hou
Hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā mākou pūnaewele Public Art Archive™ i kūkulu hou ʻia a hoʻonui ʻia! Me kēia ʻike immersive hou, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka PAA e lilo i wahi kikohoʻe a me nā kumu hana noʻeau lehulehu loa no kēlā me kēia - mai nā curators kiʻi, nā mea kākau moʻolelo, nā mea noiʻi, a me nā mea hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale a i nā mea hoʻohana maʻamau e like me ka poʻe hoihoi no ka lehulehu a me nā mākaʻikaʻi moʻomeheu. Hoʻokumu mua ʻia i ka makahiki 2010 me ka mikiona e hoʻolaha i nā kiʻi lehulehu, ʻo ka hoʻolālā hou ʻana o ka pūnaewele PAA i kālele ʻia i ka hoʻonui ʻia a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea hoʻohana, e hana ana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka mōʻaukala, ka pōʻaiapili, a me ka manaʻo ma hope o kēlā me kēia hana kiʻi maʻalahi a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o ka wā ma mua. E nānā i kēia kākau ʻana ma Forbes e pili ana i ka pūnaewele hou!
E ʻike i ka waihona kiʻi kiʻi lehulehu hou!