Manaʻo alakaʻi a hiki           

Hoʻi hou ka Creative Vitality™ Summit!
Ke kono nei mākou iā ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa inoa e hui pū me mākou ma ka lā 30 Nowemapa a me Dekemaba 1, 2022, no ke ʻano o nā kūkākūkā ʻana mai nā poʻe loea hoʻokele waiwai, nā alakaʻi noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu, a me nā poʻokela kaulike. E nānā i ka pūnaewele Summit e ʻike i ka ʻike o ka hālāwai, e aʻo i ka mea e manaʻo ai mai ka hanana, e ʻike i ka papa kuhikuhi, a e ʻike i nā mea kamaʻilio Summit. E hōʻike ana ʻo Creative Vitality™ Summit i kēia makahiki i ʻehā panela me nā kūkākūkā alakaʻi kaiaulu e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokele waiwai hoʻomohala me ka ʻenehana, ka mālama ʻana i nā kikohoʻe, a me nā mea hou aku. E komo pū ana kēia mau kūkākūkā i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai ma o nā kumu hoʻopukapuka hoʻokuʻu, a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana a me ka civic.

Hāʻawi ʻo WESTAF i ka Advocacy Grantmaking ma GIA Conference me Partners Californians for the Arts, Hewlett Foundation, a me Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Ua hoʻonohonoho a hōʻike ʻo WESTAF i kahi hālāwai e pili ana i ka hāʻawi kālā ʻana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻoihana i kapa ʻia ʻo "How Arts Funders Can Advance Systems Change: Developing Advocacy in the West & Beyond" ma ka Grantmakers in the Arts Conference ma ʻOkakopa 6-12. Ua hui pū ʻia ʻo WESTAF e Julie Baker o Californians for the Arts, Ted Russell o ka Kenneth Rainin Foundation, a me Adam Fong o ka Hewlett Foundation. Ua hoʻokomo kēia kau i nā poʻe i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke kākoʻo kālā ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kulekele, nānā i nā palena o ka hāʻawi kālā, hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona kūpono o ke ʻano o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hiki, a kono i nā haumāna e noʻonoʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ke kākoʻo kālā kālā.

nā kuʻikahi, kākoʻo a me nā kulekele            

Mālama ʻo Western Arts Advocacy Network i ka hālāwai kanaka mua ma Wyoming
Ua ʻākoakoa ka Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN) no kāna hui kanaka mua ma hope o ʻekolu makahiki o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana ma ka UCROSS Foundation a me Artist Residency aia ma waho o Sheridan, Wyoming. Ua hui pū ʻo WAAN a me ke Kōmike Hoʻokō o WESTAF e kūkākūkā i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻolaha no ke Komohana. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā poʻe kākoʻo noʻeau mai 10 mai 13 mau mokuʻāina ʻo WESTAF a me 1 o 3 mau ʻĀina Pākīpika. Ua nānā ʻia nā hālāwai WAAN i nā hana o ka hui i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei, pehea e kākoʻo ai i ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma nā kuaʻāina a me nā wahi mamao, a me nā hihiʻo no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka hui. Ua hui pū ʻia ka hui e Richard Saxton o M12 Studio a me Matthew Fluharty mai Art of the Rural. Ua hoʻopaʻa kiʻi ʻo Ellen O'Neill i ka hālāwai.

Hoʻomaka ʻo WESTAF a me nā hoa hana i ka hui hana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka Washington Creative Economy Strategic Plan ma Olympia, WA Hosted by s'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ: House of Welcome
Ua ʻākoakoa nā lālā 31 o ka Washington Creative Economy Strategic Plan Work Group, i alakaʻi ʻia e Martin Cohen o Cultural Planning Group a me David, ma Olympia, Wakinekona, ma ka Longhouse Education and Cultural Center ma Evergreen State College no kahi hālāwai mua. I loko o ka hui ʻelua lā, ua komo nā poʻe i nā kūkākūkā waiwai e pili ana i ka WESTAF a me CPG ka hoʻokele waiwai mua a me ka noiʻi kulekele a me nā hoʻolālā no ke kūkākūkā ʻana me nā mea kuleana ma ka mokuʻāina. Ua loaʻa nā hoʻololi hohonu e pili ana i nā ʻano hana, nā pilikia wehewehe, nā kūlike ʻole i loko o nā ʻoihana hoʻomohala o Wakinekona, a me nā ʻoihana ʻāpana ākea a me nā ʻano moʻomeheu o ka mokuʻāina. ʻOiai ma Olympia, ua hoʻonohonoho ka hui papahana i kahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka papahana Armory Creative Campus a me kahi hui koʻikoʻi me nā mea pena kiʻi kūloko a me nā ʻoihana hoʻomohala, nā ʻoihana hoʻomohala waiwai, nā alakaʻi ʻoihana, a me nā limahana o ka ʻoihana noʻeau kūloko e kūkākūkā i ke ʻano, ka ulu ʻana, a me nā pale ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma ka ʻāina. Ma hope o ka pule, ua alakaʻi ka hui papahana i nā nīnauele pākahi a me kahi hui koʻikoʻi ma Yakima, e hui pū me nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā ʻoihana hoʻomohala, nā mea hōʻiliʻili kiʻi, a me nā ʻelele mai ka mākaʻikaʻi, hoʻomohala waiwai, a me nā ʻoihana nui a me nā moʻomeheu ma ka ʻāina.

Ke hoʻomau ʻia nei ka Seminā Kūkākūkā a me nā alakaʻi alakaʻi o WESTAF Bay Area Arts ma Oakland a me Santa Rosa
Ua hui ʻia ka hui ʻĀina noʻeau no ka Bay Area Arts Policy and Leadership i ka Oakland Asian Cultural Center ma ʻAukake 23, 2022. ʻO kēia hālāwai ʻehā (lua o ka hui ʻana kanaka) i kālele ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana e noʻonoʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana o kēia hui pū ʻana a me ka wehewehe maikaʻi ʻana i kāna mau pahuhopu. I ka wā o ke kau, ua kūkākūkā ka hui i nā pilikia kūloko a me nā ʻano o kā lākou papa hana kulekele me nā keʻena noʻeau kūloko a me nā alakaʻi philanthropy pilikino. ʻO nā poʻe i komo pū me: Roberto Bedoya, luna hoʻomalu moʻomeheu, City of Oakland; Kerry Adams Hapner, luna hoʻomalu, Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose; ʻO Jennifer Lovvron, ka luna hoʻomalu moʻomeheu, kūlanakauhale o Berkeley; ʻO Ted Russell, ka luna hoʻokele a me nā ʻoihana hana, Kenneth Rainin Foundation; a me Adam Fong, luna o ka papahana, Performing Arts, Hewlett Foundation. ʻO ka hālāwai hou aʻe o ka hui e mālama ʻia mai ʻOkakopa 17-18 ma Santa Rosa me ka hui pū ʻana me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo California Indian a me Cultural Center.

Hoʻonui ʻo WESTAF i ka pili ʻana me nā mokuʻāina komohana
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, nānā ʻo WESTAF i ka waiwai o kā mākou hui ʻana me nā mokuʻāina ma ke Komohana a hāʻawi i nā metric e hōʻike i kēia waiwai me kā mākou mau keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina e komo nei i ko mākou ʻāina. Ma muli o ka hōʻike hou loa, e piʻi mau ana ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā no nā mokuʻāina o ka ʻāina. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ke kālā pololei a WESTAF ma o ka hāʻawi kālā ʻana i loko o nā mokuʻāina he 13 e 333% mai ka makahiki 2019. Ua loaʻa kēia mau hopena ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā mai ka National Endowment for the Arts a me nā kumu pilikino. Ua hoʻonui pū ʻo WESTAF i kā mākou hui ʻana me kā mākou mau hoa ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina. I ka makahiki i hala, ua alakaʻi mākou i 33 mau hālāwai me nā SAA. I kēia makahiki, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā hālāwai me nā SAA wale nō i 58; i ka hui pū ʻana me nā keʻena hana noʻeau o ka Pākīpika i lilo i mau hoa no WESTAF ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua mālama ʻia he 74 mau hālāwai. Eia kekahi, ua alakaʻi mākou i 52 mau hālāwai me nā hui kākoʻo kamaʻāina a me nā lobbyists ma ko mākou ʻāina. Ma mua o ka pau ʻana o kā mākou makahiki kālā, ua alakaʻi mākou ma luna o 125 mau hālāwai me nā hoa mokuʻāina (SAA, nā hui kākoʻo, a me nā lobbyists). Ua alakaʻi pū mākou i 18 mau kōkua ʻenehana a me nā hui kūkākūkā o nā ʻano like ʻole me nā keʻena hana noʻeau mokuʻāina a me nā hui aupuni mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka papahana Washington Creative Economy Strategic Plan no ke Keʻena Kalepa o Wakinekona; Ka Hoʻonaʻauao Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai no ka Mahele ʻOihana a me nā Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Utah, Ke Keʻena ʻOihana Moʻomeheu a me ka Community Engagement ʻo Utah, a me Utah Cultural Alliance; a me ka Semina Kumukānāwai a me nā alakaʻi alakaʻi o Bay Area me ka Hewlett Foundation a me Kenneth Rainin Foundation.

E hoʻolaha ʻo WESTAF i ke Kau Kūkākūkā no nā hoa hana ʻĀpana ʻĀina Hema
Ua kono ʻo South Arts iā WESTAF e hui pū me Arts North Carolina e hana i kahi papa hana hoʻolaha noʻeau virtual, Vote SmART '22 no ka ʻāina Hikina Hema ma ʻOkakopa 21, 2022.

kuleana pilikanaka & hoʻokomo      

ʻO ke kuleana o ka Social Responsibility and Inclusion (SRI) e hele i ka 134th Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society.
E hele ana ʻo Grant a me Access Manager Ashanti McGee o ka Pūʻulu Hana Hana a me ka Hoʻohui (SRI), i ka 134th Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society ma Tulsa, Oklahoma mai ʻOkakopa 13-15, 2022. ʻO kēia makahiki ke kumuhana o ka hālāwai ʻo “Re-Centering the Periphery," e nānā ana i nā "pilina, nā pilikia, a me nā loli o nā mea i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia a i waena o ka moʻolelo. ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana a i loko o nā kaiapuni nui." ʻO nā mea pena kiʻi, nā luna hoʻomalu, nā mea kākau moʻolelo, a me nā limahana Living Traditions ma ke kahua o Living Traditions, e ʻākoakoa no nā papa hana, nā hōʻikeʻike, a me nā mākaʻikaʻi kūloko e hoʻopili a kūkākūkā i nā hana o kēia manawa a me nā hana e kū nei.

Hele ka Pūʻulu SRI i ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Arts Northwest
E hele ʻo Anika Tené lāua ʻo Ashanti McGee i ka 41st Annual Arts Northwest Conference mai ʻOkakopa 10-13, 2022, ma Tacoma, Wakinekona, kahi i kono ʻia ai ʻo WESTAF e kaʻana like i ka ʻike e pili ana i kāna papahana hāʻawi huakaʻi huakaʻi, TourWest. ʻO ka Arts Northwest Conference he hōʻuluʻulu no ka hana ʻana i nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea kuleana, a hoʻohui a aʻo ʻia ma o nā haʻawina, alakaʻi, hālāwai, a me ka hana ola.

Mālama ʻo WESTAF i ke kaulike, hoʻihoʻi, a me ka hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo kōkua no nā mea hāʻawi
Ma ka Pōʻakolu, Kepakemapa 28, ua ʻākoakoa ka Pūʻulu Manaʻo Social and Inclusion (SRI) me 85 mau mea hāʻawi e hōʻike ana i kā mākou American Rescue Plan, CARES Act, a me Mellon Foundation hāʻawi kālā i 2020 a me 2021, i hoʻāla ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Me kahi hālāwai plenary i alakaʻi ʻia e Dr. Michelle Ramos, ua loaʻa i nā mea hāʻawi ka manawa e kaʻana like i kahi kaiapuni peer-to-peer i nā hui breakout maʻalahi i alakaʻi ʻia e nā hui ʻelima hāʻawi ma nā kumuhana e pili ana i ke ola ʻana, ka pilina, ke alakaʻi hoʻokuʻu a me nā hana papahana, a me ke kākoʻo. no nā hui moʻomeheu liʻiliʻi. Ma kahi noiʻi ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana, ʻoi aku ma mua o 90% o ka poʻe pane i ʻōlelo ua hui a ʻoi aku paha nā kau i ko lākou mau manaʻo. Ma ke noi a ka poʻe i hele mai, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo WESTAF i kahi listserv e kākoʻo i kā lākou hoʻomau mau ʻana ma o ka haʻi ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai a me ka ʻike.

Hele ʻo WESTAF i ka ʻaha kūkā mua a me ka ʻaha kūkā o NASAA
Ua hele ʻo Grants and Access Manager Ashanti McGee i ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Living Traditions (formal Folk and Traditional Arts) a me Accessibility pre-conferences. Ua hui pū nā mea hoʻoponopono kuʻuna ola o ka Mokuʻāina ʻAmelika mai ko mākou ʻāina me Ashanti e kūkākūkā i ka hui pū ʻana a me nā papahana hiki. Loaʻa nā haʻawina i ka Team Dynamics, nāna i nānā i ka ikaika o ka mana i loko o ke kahua Living Traditions. ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o nā limahana kuʻuna ola e kōkua ana i nā kaiāulu e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me nā malihini hele ʻana, pehea e hoʻoikaika ai i nā hui kūloko e hoʻokomo i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hiki, a me kahi kūkākūkā e pili ana i nā "pilikia wela" ma ke kahua hiki.

NA ALAKAI O NA MEA HOU O KA WAIWAI   

Ke neʻe nei ʻo WESTAF a me nā US Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs) i nā koho hope loa no ka National Leaders of Color Program (LoCF)
Ma ka lā 7 Kepakemapa, alakaʻi ʻo Anika Tené i ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Social Responsibility and Inclusion i ka USRAO panelists i kahi ʻano no ka loiloi ʻana i nā noi LoCF. He iwakāluakūmākolu panelists e pani ana i nā hui āpau āpau i hoʻopau i ka loiloi o nā noi āpau. E hoʻomaka ana ka papahana me ka orientation ma ʻOkakopa 14. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo WESTAF i kahi listserv no nā Fellows a me ka LoCF faculty a me ka hui a hui pū me ke kākā'ōlelo pūnaewele ʻo Alexandria Jimenez (ELC 2015) e hoʻonohonoho i nā kumuwaiwai polokalamu virtual. Ua kono pū ʻo WESTAF i nā mea noi ʻoi aku ma mua o 300+ i hiki ʻole ke koho ʻia i kahi ʻike kūikawā a me ka hui alakaʻi hui me ka USRAO Collective a me nā lālā o ka LoCF kumu a me ka hui e hana ʻia ma Nowemapa 7. E ʻimi ʻo WESTAF e hoʻokomo i nā mea noi a pau. mai ko mākou ʻāina ma kā mākou papa inoa leka uila e hoʻomau i ke komo ʻana me lākou a kaʻana like i nā hana, me nā papahana hāʻawi e hiki mai ana a me nā manawa panelling.

NA LAWAI WESTAF                                 
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