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WESTAF Origins: Kākoʻo ʻana i ka Hoʻokumu i ke Komohana

Pepeluali 15, 2024

ʻO ka hoʻokumu ʻana iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he ala kākoʻo no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻāina e ulu mau nei o ke Komohana, ʻo ka Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), i ʻike ʻia i kēlā manawa ʻo ka lālā Arts & Humanities o ka Federation of Rocky Mountain States, ua hānau ʻia e kahi hui. ʻike a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūpaʻa ʻole i ke komo kaulike i ka hana no nā mea a pau. ʻO ka mikiona o WESTAF i hoʻokalakupua a puni i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hana noʻeau, hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻololi moʻomeheu, a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana kākoʻo no ka lehulehu o nā mea pena a me nā hui moʻomeheu i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma nā mokuʻāina Komohana.

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Ka hopena o kahi lālā hoʻokumu

He lālā hoʻokumu o WESTAF, ua lawelawe ʻo Louise Tester ma ke ʻano he hope-hoʻomalu mai 1973-1977. Ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi kiʻi abstract a me ka mea pena kiʻi ponoʻī, ua paipai ʻo ia i kona kaiāulu kūloko ma Yuma, Arizona e apo i ka hana noʻeau a me ka hopena o ke kiʻi. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me ka Metropolitan Museum of Art i ka hui ʻana o ka hōʻikeʻike noʻeau keiki ʻo Hopi Indian, a laila kaʻahele a puni ka ʻāina.

I ka makahiki 1963, ua wehe ʻo Tester i ka Yuma Fine Arts Association a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma kāna alakaʻi mua. A laila ua neʻe ʻo ia e alakaʻi i ke Komisina ʻo Arizona no ka Arts and Humanities, e loaʻa ana ke kālā e pono ai no nā papahana he nui ma ka mokuʻāina.

Ua loaʻa iā ia ka 1977 Distinguished Achievement Award mai Arizona State University, College of Fine Arts. I ka makahiki 1982, ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia me ka makana no ke kiaʻāina no kāna hana lōʻihi a me kāna mau haʻawina i ka hana noʻeau.

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He Hōʻikeʻike Kaʻahele Noʻonoʻo

Ua kākoʻo ka Federation of Rocky Mountain States i kahi hōʻikeʻike huakaʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Artrain i ka makahiki 1973 me ke kōkua o ka Southern Pacific a me Union Pacific Railroads. Ua huakaʻi kēia kaʻaahi mai kēlā wahi a i kēia wahi me ka nui o nā kiʻi i loko e hiki ai ke lawe, e lawe ana i nā kiʻi i nā kaiāulu he nui.

Ua lanakila ʻo Artrain ma ʻApelila o 1973, ua hoʻolaha ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Utah, ʻo Calvin Rampton, i kēlā mahina ʻo ia ʻo "Mahina Artrain" ma waena o ka mokuʻāina, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana o ka Meia o Brigham City, Utah he lā hoʻomaha ʻo Artrain Week mai ʻApelila 22-28, pū kekahi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka Meia "Ua hoihoi nui au i nā ʻike a pau e hoʻonui ai i ke ola o nā kamaʻāina o ko mākou kaiāulu, kahi i hoʻokipa mau ai nā kānaka i nā mea pena o kēlā me kēia aʻo i Brigham City."

Nā Papahana Kaiāulu e ulu mau nei

Ma ka pae ʻāina, ua kōkua ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā papahana i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā pono kaiāulu a me nā makemake. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ʻo kēia mau hana e like me nā kaiāulu a lākou i lawelawe ai, mai ke kālā ʻana i nā papahana noʻeau kūloko a hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hanana moʻomeheu e hōʻike ana i nā makana noʻeau waiwai o ka ʻāina. ʻO ka manaʻo nui i nā papahana i alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaiāulu i hōʻike i ka pilina symbiotic ma waena o ka noʻeau a me ke kaiāulu.

Ua hānau ʻia kekahi kula, ʻo Ballet West, ma muli o ka hui pū ʻana me ka Federation of Rocky Mountain States. He mea pani no ka Utah Civic Ballet, Ballet West ua hana ʻo Ballet West i ʻano hana kiʻi maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi ma ka ʻāina komohana ma o ke kākoʻo ʻana o ka Federation e kūkulu i ka Utah Civic Ballet i loko o kahi hui ballet ʻoihana kūloko.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Willam Christensen e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, "Inā kūleʻa ia e like me kā mākou i manaʻo ai, ʻaʻole mākou he hui ballet maikaʻi wale nō ma ʻaneʻi akā he ʻoihana maikaʻi loa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e noho mau mākou i hui ʻo Utah a ʻo Utah ko mākou home mau. Akā i kēia manawa hiki iā mākou ke lawelawe i nā poʻe hou aʻe, hoʻohui i ko mākou kūpaʻa, a kōkua i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o ka hana ma kahi ākea a me ka lehulehu.

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He huakaʻi e wehe mau nei

Ke hoʻomau nei ka WESTAF o kēia lā i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo komohana ma o ka hana noʻeau, a ua haʻahaʻa a mahalo mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hui moʻomeheu o ko mākou ʻāina e hana ana i nā hoʻoilina a ʻike i nā kaiāulu e hui pū ana ma lalo o ka malu o ka hana noʻeau. ʻAʻole i hoʻololi ʻia kā mākou ʻike a ke hoʻomau nei kā mākou misionari i 50 mau makahiki ma hope o ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hui hana noʻeau a me nā mea pena kiʻi i kā lākou ʻimi e lawelawe i nā lehulehu lehulehu, hoʻonui i ke ola o nā kaiāulu kūloko, a hāʻawi i ke komo i ka hana no nā mea āpau.

E kau inoa i kā mākou leka uila:

Nā lawelawe pūnaewele i hoʻohana ʻia e

Creative Komohana

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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.

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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.

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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.