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Kipa ke alakaʻi ʻo WESTAF i nā ʻĀina Pākīpika
I loko o ka mahina hoʻoilina o ʻAsia ʻAmelika a me ka Pākīpika i ka mahina o Mei, ua hele ka ʻelele o ke alakaʻi o WESTAF i ʻelua pule i Guam, ka Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e aʻo a hoʻolauleʻa i nā moʻomeheu o kēia mau ʻano ikaika. kaawale naʻe nā kaiāulu Pākīpika i kēia manawa he ʻāpana o ka ʻāina WESTAF. Ua holo ka huakaʻi ma mua o 18,000 mile mai Los Angeles a i Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi a Guam a me CNMI, a laila hoʻi i Hawaiʻi e hiki i Samoa ʻAmelika, me ka hoʻi ʻana mai Hawaiʻi a Los Angeles. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ka hui e nā keʻena hana noʻeau o kēlā me kēia mana a ua hiki ke hālāwai me nā mea pena kiʻi, nā luna hoʻomalu a me nā luna i koho ʻia mai kēlā me kēia kaiāulu, me ʻekolu a ʻehā paha lā ma kēlā me kēia wahi. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me kēlā me kēia kaiāulu, ʻo ia ka mākaʻikaʻi hale hōʻikeʻike, nā hanana hale kiʻi, nā komo ʻana i ka ʻaha hula, nā hōʻikeʻike moʻomeheu, nā hana kūikawā, nā kipa i nā papahana holo moana, nā hōʻike WESTAF i hana ʻia no nā mea pena kiʻi pākahi, a me nā hui me nā luna aupuni. ʻOiai he nui nā mea e hōʻike ʻia, ʻo nā mea aʻoaʻo nui a WESTAF e pili ana i ka pono o ka pūnaewele a me ka pilina, ke kōkua palapala hāʻawi, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai no kēlā me kēia mea pena kiʻi a me nā hui noʻeau kūloko i loko o kēlā me kēia o ka Pākīpika. ʻOiai ʻo ka United States Regional Arts Organization e kū nei i kēia mau ʻāina, ua ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o WESTAF ma mua o ka manawa i ka waiwai kaulike a me ke kaiāulu o kēia mau kaiāulu kūʻokoʻa a mamao ma waena o ka Moana Pākīpika.
Kipa ke alakaʻi ʻo WESTAF i nā ʻĀina Pākīpika
He hui lehulehu ka New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation e alakaʻi ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao mele, ka hana kaiāulu, a me ka mālama moʻomeheu ma Louisiana. ʻO ka mea kaulana loa, nona ka Foundation a hoʻohana i ka New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, kahi hōʻikeʻike makahiki kaulana o nā hana mele, nā mākeke hana noʻeau, a me nā mea leʻaleʻa meaʻai kūloko - e lawe mai ana ma luna o 460,000 poʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
I ʻApelila, huakaʻi nā limahana WESTAF i New Orleans e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ZAPPlication®, CaFÉ™, a me GO Smart™ i kōkua ai i ka Foundation e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka ʻahaʻaina a hoʻonui i ka hopena o kā lākou papahana i ke kaiāulu kūloko. E heluhelu i kā mākou moʻomanaʻo moʻomanaʻo hou e kiʻi i ka moʻolelo piha!
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo WESTAF i ke kākoʻo o NEA Performing Arts Discovery Program ma ka launa pū me Western Arts Alliance
Ua hōʻano hou ka National Endowment for the Arts i kahi haʻawina iā WESTAF e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka papahana Performing Arts Discovery me ka hui pū me ka Western Arts Alliance (WAA). ʻO nā hoʻonui e noʻonoʻo nei ʻo WAA a me WESTAF no ke kolu o ka makahiki o ka papahana i hoʻolālā hou ʻia, i kapa ʻia i kēia manawa ʻo PAD Showcase, e hoʻokomo i nā papahana hoʻomohala ʻoihana no nā mea hana kiʻi e komo ana me ka nānā ʻana i nā manawa kūpono o ka honua, kahi PAD live showcase/jam session ma San Diego WAA Conference a huakaʻi. no nā mea hōʻike mai nā mākeke pahuhopu nui i ka ʻaha kūkā.
Hoʻouna ʻo WESTAF i nā ʻōlelo a ka lehulehu e pili ana i ke kānāwai noʻeau a me nā hana lima o India
Ke nānā nei ʻo WESTAF i nā hoʻololi i manaʻo ʻia e ke Kōmike Senate no India Affairs i ka Indian Arts and Crafts Act. Ma ʻApelila, ua waiho ʻo WESTAF i nā manaʻo lehulehu i ka bila draft e kākoʻo ana i ka ʻōlelo e hoʻokomo i nā Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders ma lalo o ka pale o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ke kānāwai hoʻolaha a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka "Native creative economy." Ua paipai ʻo WESTAF i ke Kōmike e komo i loko o ke kūkākūkā hohonu me nā mea pili pono a hoʻomākaukau pū i kahi kumu mua o ka mōʻaukala kānāwai o ke kānāwai e kākoʻo i ke kūkākūkā a me ka noʻonoʻo.
Manaʻo ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu i loko o nā papahana hāʻawi kālā kaulike a NTIA no ke kākoʻo ma ke kaiāulu.
Hoʻokumu ka Digital Equity Act 2021, kahi ʻāpana o ka Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, i ka $2.75 biliona i nā papahana hāʻawi e hoʻolaha i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kikohoʻe a me ke kaulike e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā poʻe āpau a me nā kaiāulu i nā mākau, ʻenehana, a me ka hiki ke ʻohi i nā pono piha. o kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai kikohoʻe. ʻO ka National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) ka ʻoihana e lawelawe ana i nā haʻawina. Ua hoʻouna ʻo WESTAF i nā manaʻo lehulehu ma Mei e paipai ana i nā papahana hāʻawi e hoʻokomo i nā ʻoihana noʻeau a me nā hui moʻomeheu ma ke ʻano he mau mea nui e hana ana i ka heluhelu heluhelu kikohoʻe, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā limahana, a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka māhele kikohoʻe. Hāʻawi pū ʻo WESTAF i nā manaʻo ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana helu e makemake ana i ka hui pū ʻana e kākoʻo i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki o nā hui kaiaulu kūloko e lawelawe ana i ka lehulehu i uhi ʻia. E hoʻomau ka WESTAF i ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ke kānāwai no nā manawa e pili ana i nā hui noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu.
Waiho mai o WESTAF i ka hoike komite malalo o na haawina kalaiaina o ka Senate
Ua waiho mai o WESTAF a me WAAN i ka hoike hui i ka Senate Appropriations Subcommittee no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka manaʻo kālā a ka Peresidena no $211 miliona no ka National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). (No ka hōʻike ʻana, ʻo ka waihona kālā FY23 o NEA he $207 miliona.) Hōʻike kēia hōʻike i ka hōʻike i waiho ʻia i ke Kōmike Haʻawina Hale i Malaki. Ke koi nei ka hōʻike i ka Congress e kākoʻo i ka noi kālā i waiho ʻia e ka Biden Administration a me ka parity i ke kālā ma waena o NEA a me National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Ke koi pū nei ʻo ia i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e kūkulu i kahi ala kikoʻī e helu i ke kālā no ka NEA a me NEH ma $1 no kēlā me kēia kanaka.
Hoʻopuka hou ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Barbara Lee i ka Advancing Equity through the Arts in Humanities Act
Ua hoʻopuka hou ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Barbara Lee o Kaleponi i ka The Advancing Equity Through Arts and Humanities Act (HR 3239). Ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo mua o ka hana, ua hui pū ʻo WESTAF me Californians for the Arts and the Congresswoman's Office ma kahi webinar e pili ana i ke kānāwai i mālama ʻia i ke kauwela i hala.
Hoʻopili ʻo WESTAF i ka hui hana hoʻokele waiwai o Kaleponi
Ua kono ʻia ʻo WESTAF e hui pū me ka California Creative Economy Work Group i alakaʻi ʻia e Julie Baker, CEO, Californians for the Arts/California Arts Advocates a me Gustavo Herrera, CEO, Arts for LA a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e California Forward, he hui ʻoihana ʻole o ka mokuʻāina e alakaʻi ana i kahi neʻe. e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ke aupuni e hana no kēlā me kēia.
He ʻōnaehana hoʻouna palapala noi pūnaewele ʻo CaFÉ e hoʻoikaika ana e hoʻolako i nā manawa hana no nā mea āpau ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hui noʻeau i kahi kahua hoʻouna kūpono a me nā mea hana kiʻi i kahi ala maʻalahi e noi ai.
ʻO GO Smart kahi polokalamu hoʻokele hāʻawi kūpono e hāʻawi ana i nā palapala noi mua a ma hope o ka noi, ka loiloi panel, a me ka hōʻike ʻikepili no nā mea hāʻawi.
ʻO ka Public Art Archive (PAA) he waihona manuahi, hiki ke huli, a e ulu mau ana i ka ʻikepili pūnaewele o nā hana noʻeau lehulehu i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka US a ma waho, me kahi hui o nā kumuwaiwai a me nā mea hana i kūkulu ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻiliʻili kiʻi lehulehu.
Hāʻawi ʻo ZAPP i nā luna hoʻomalu noʻeau a me nā ʻahaʻaina me kahi hui o nā mea hana e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā noi kikohoʻe a me nā jury, mālama i nā uku hale hale, a kamaʻilio pū me nā mea noi āpau i loko o kahi kahua kikohoʻe maʻalahi. Hiki i nā mea pena ke hoʻohana i nā haneli o nā hōʻikeʻike ma ka ʻāina ma o kahi pūnaewele kikowaena.