WESTAF is now Creative West. Read all about it.

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Urban Arts Gallery, Photo by Sky Hatter for Utah Arts Alliance

Creativity is socially valuable and essential to us all.

We support the people and organizations across the U.S West who make it happen. Explore our impact across the region.

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This award is significant to my ability to teach and continue sharing traditional Mexican folk dancing in Idaho.

Monique Michel

Leaders of Color Fellowship | Boise, Idaho

We appreciate the work of [Creative West] and consider it high value. As the most remote location on the planet (Hawaii), WESTAF keeps us in touch.

Thank you and si Yu'us Ma'asi for supporting Indigenous art and artists, and for giving me this opportunity to build a very special traditional canoe for our community!

Pete Perez

BIPOC Artist Fund | Saipan, Northern Mariana

ZAPP has taken the application and jury process and simplified it, saving approximately 50% of the previous system's working hours.

Anonymous ZAPP Client

From the first time that we used CaFÉ we were absolutely thrilled. We were able to access a greater number and variety of artists, locally, regionally and nationally. From using calls for individual artists to calls for juried shows we were impressed with the vast improvement in the quality of art we were able to show in our gallery.

Shelly Trewolla

Prairie Village Arts Council

Of all the gatherings and convenings I engage in each year, I truly look forward to this the most. Thank you.

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CaFÉ is an online application submission system that strives to make art opportunities available to all by offering arts organizations an affordable submission platform and artists an easy way to apply.

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GO Smart is an affordable grants management software that offers pre- and post-application forms, panel reviewing, and data reporting for grantmakers.

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The Public Art Archive (PAA) is a free, searchable, and continually growing online database of completed public artworks throughout the U.S. and abroad, with a suite of resources and tools built for managing public art collections.

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ZAPP provides art fair and festival administrators with a suite of tools to digitally collect and jury applications, manage booth payments, and communicate with applicants all in one easy-to-use digital platform. Artists can apply to hundreds of shows nationwide through a central website.