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Faatatau ia tatou

O tatou Tausi Mavaega

Creative West o loʻo pulea e se komiti eseese e oʻo atu i le 25 tausi mavaega mai setete i Sisifo. Faatasi ai ma i latou, e toaono o faatonu sili o ofisa faatufugaga a le setete, ae o le 19 o totoe o sui o le nuu mai le itulagi. O setete taitasi e tatau ona avea ma sui i le komiti o tausi mavaega, e pei ona taua i totonu oa tatou tulafono laiti.

 

Komiti Komiti Faatino

I le taimi nei, e fa komiti komiti a Creative West: o le Komiti Fa'atonu, Komiti o Pulega a le Komiti Fa'atonu, Komiti Fa'asoa ma Fa'aofi, ma le Komiti o Tupe ma Tupe Fa'afaigaluega. E tusa ai ma a tatou tulafono, o sui uma o komiti ma ofisa o Creative West e tofia e le Creative West Chair. O tofiga i komiti e tasi le tausaga ma e toe faafou i le faitalia a le nofoa. O ofisa o loʻo galulue i le Komiti Faʻatonu e galulue mo le lua tausaga. O le Komiti Fa'atonu o lo'o iai fo'i sui "to'atele" o lo'o galulue mo le tasi le tausaga fa'afouina.

The Executive Committee is composed of the four officers of Creative West and up to three at-large members. The committee manages the work of the trustees between gatherings, determining when business needs the full board’s attention between meetings. The Executive Committee leads in the annual budget review process and also in the evaluation of the executive director.

The Board Governance Committee recruits and vets candidates for board service, collaborates with the Creative West chair, develops a slate of officers (every two years) and a slate of at-large members of the Executive Committee (every year), conducts an annual survey to fine-tune board business processes, oversees the orientation of new members of the Board of Trustees, and identifies areas where the board may require additional orientation. The Board Governance Committee meets in conjunction with each in-person meeting of the Creative West trustees. It also meets via conference call approximately three times throughout the year.

The Equity and Inclusion Committee is composed of voices from within and beyond the Creative West region who have been appointed to the committee by the Creative West chair, largely outside of the board of trustees. Led by luminaries, this committee champions multicultural leadership in the arts through visionary projects among leaders of color in the arts. Established in 1992, the Committee has played a leading role in the diversification of the board and staff of Creative West.

O le Komiti o Tupe ma Tupe Teufaafaigaluega e tu'ufa'atasia le tomai o le itiiti ifo ma le to'atolu Tausi Mavaega tofia e le Nofoa fa'atasi ma le Komiti Fa'afoe. O le Komiti e vaavaaia lipoti tau tupe, faʻatonuga, tausisia, fuafuaga tau tupe, paketi, suʻega faʻalotoifale, faiga faʻavae tupe teufaafaigaluega, ma le puleaina o lamatiaga. E toe iloilo ma fautuaina faʻamatalaga tau tupe, paketi, avanoa faʻafaigaluega, ma faʻataʻitaʻiga e faʻaitiitia ai lamatiaga, faʻamautinoaina lelei le faʻaogaina ma le tausisia. E fa'atautaia fo'i e le Komiti le filifilia o su'etusi ma su'etusi su'etusi, su'esu'e le fa'atulagaina o tupe faavae ma fuafuaga fa'asoa, ma mata'ituina tulaga lamatia tau tupe ina ia mautinoa le soifua maloloina tau tupe a Creative West.

O tatou Tausi Mavaega

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Julie Baker

Ofisa Sili o Pulega, Californian's for Arts

Nevada City, Kalefonia

I le avea ai ma Pule Sili o faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa faʻatekonolosi a Kalefonia talu mai le 2018, sa galue Julie e faʻateleina le faʻatulafonoina ma le vaʻaia o faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa ma aganuʻu e ala i le fausiaina o felagolagomaʻi i vaega mo ma e leai ni tupe mama o pisinisi fatufatuaʻi a Kalefonia, faʻatupuina le faʻalauiloaina o faatufugaga e tasi le masina ma faalauiloa faalauiloa ia Aperila uma, ma tauivi mo punaoa ma tulafono e tautua ma puipuia ai tusiata ma tagata faigaluega faaleaganuu. E galue o ia o le Kapeteni a le Setete o Kalefonia i Amerika mo le Arts' National Arts Action Summit ma le State Arts Action Network Council ma o le taʻitaʻifono lagolago o le Western Arts Advocacy network mo WESTAF. O loʻo i luga o le komiti faʻatonu o California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project, o se sui na faavaeina le Nevada County Relief Fund faufautua fono ma sa filifilia i le komiti aoga a Nevada County ia Novema o le 2020.

I le aluga o tausaga, sa umia e Julie se faletusi matagofie mo tusiata fou, faʻavae Flow art fair - o se satelite i Art Basel Miami Beach - tatalaina se kamupani faufautua Julie Baker Projects ma faʻatautaia se faasologa musika faaletausaga i le Crocker Art Museum. I le amataga o lana galuega sa avea ai o ia ma Peresetene o le kamupani tau maketi a lona aiga i le Aai o Niu Ioka ma sa galue i le fale faatautu'i a Christie a'o le'i siitia atu i Kalefonia i le 1998. Sa galue foi Julie mo le valu tausaga o le Pule Sili o le The Center for the Arts, o se tagata e le o- nofoaga e faatino ai galuega tau tupe ma California WorldFest, o se tausamiga faaletausaga musika ma tolauapiga i Grass Valley, CA. O ia o le na mauaina le Peggy Levine Arts & Community Service Award mai le Nevada County Arts Council. Ma o le 2021 Alene Valkanas State Arts Advocacy Award mai Americans for the Arts, lea e faʻaaloalogia ai se tagata i le setete tulaga o ana taumafaiga faʻalauiloa faatufugaga na matua afaina ai le tulaga faʻapolokiki.

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Bassem Bejjani

Creative West Nofoa

Sui Peresetene, CARAVAN

Sammamish, Uosigitone

Bassem A. Bejjani, MD o le Sui Taitaifono ma le Nofoa-Filifilia o Creative West, o le US Regional Art Organization (USRAO) e lagolagoina le fatufatuga i Sisifo ma tua atu. O ia o le Ofisa Sili o Fuafuaga a le Metis Genetics, o se kamupani faʻapitoa ile telegenetic medicine ma genetic counseling. E galue foi o ia o le Sui Peresetene o le Komiti Faatino a CARAVAN, o se tagata e le o ni tupe mama e tuuto atu i le fausiaina o le filemu e ala i le Arts. O Dr. Bejjani o se faufautua faatufugaga na galue i luga o le komiti o le tele o faʻalapotopotoga faʻa-ata e aofia ai, le Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA), le Spokane Symphony, le Henry Art Gallery ma Northwest Folklife i isi. O se tamaititi ma fomaʻi geneticist e ala i aʻoaʻoga, o le umi o galuega a Dr. Bejjani i aʻoga, suʻesuʻega, aʻoaʻoga ma pisinisi na faʻaosofia ai lona fiafia i aʻoaʻoga faatufugaga ma faasaienisi ma i le matafaioi o faatufugaga i le faʻaleleia o le fatufatuaʻi, aʻoaʻoga ma mafaufauga ogaoga.

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Josh Blanchard

Faatonu Sili

Colorado Creative Alamanuia

Denver, Colorado

Josh o loʻo avea ma Faʻatonu o Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) i le Ofisa o le Atinaʻeina o le Tamaoaiga ma Fefaʻatauaʻiga Faʻavaomalo (OEDIT) i Colorado lea e nafa ma le fuafuaga faʻataʻitaʻiga, faʻatonuga, pulega, faʻatinoga ma le iloiloga o faʻatinoga a le ofisa o faatufugaga a Colorado, polokalame. & tautua. I le avea ai ma Fa'atonu o le CCI, e galue Josh e fa'alautele le tamaoaiga o le tamaoaiga o Colorado e ala i le fa'amalosia o feso'ota'iga, fuafuaga ma polokalame e aofia ai faatufugaga, aganuu, pisinisi ma taitai o le malo.

Aʻo leʻi auai i le 'au a le CCI, na galue Josh o se Summit County, Colorado Commissioner e taulaʻi ile fale ma le faʻaogaina o fanua, vai ma fanua, auaunaga faʻaagafesootai, atinaʻe tau tamaoaiga ma faiga faʻavae. E le gata i lea, o Josh e 20+ tausaga o le poto masani i tulaga taʻitaʻi i le pulega o faatufugaga, aʻoaʻoga faʻataʻitaʻi, pulega e leai ni tupe mama, aʻoaʻoga maualuga, pulega o nofoaga, turisi ma mea e fai. E talitonu o ia o fa'aaliga a tagata e ala i faatufugaga ma humanities e fa'amalosia ma tu'uina atu le uiga i avanoa ta'ito'atasi ma tagata lautele. Ua umia e Josh le Bachelor of Arts mai le School of Arts and Humanities mai le Iunivesite o Texas i Dallas ma le Master of Humanities mai le Iunivesite o Colorado i Denver.

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Laura Curry

Executive Director, Idaho Commission on the Arts

Boise, Idaho

Laura von Boecklin Curry became executive director of the Idaho Commission on the Arts in August 2023. Since then, she has crisscrossed the state on a listening tour that shaped the commission’s new strategic plan, reorganized staff for greater impact, and moved the agency to a hub closer to the arts communities it serves.

With more than a decade of leadership in arts and nonprofit organizations, Curry previously guided Ballet Idaho through four seasons—including the pandemic—as executive director and led the College of Western Idaho Foundation. Before moving to Idaho in 2017, she supported low-income and senior populations in Colorado as executive director of Lift-Up of Routt County and the Routt County Council on Aging.

Curry holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in public relations from Southern Methodist University and serves on the Boise State University School of the Arts Advisory Board. She has also provided board leadership for Idaho Concerts in Care and Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp.

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Susan Garbett

Pule Sili, Meow Wolf

Sante Fe, Niu Mekisiko

Susan Garbett na fanau ma tausia i Los Angeles, CA i matua i le Arts and Entertainment industry. A o aoga ai Susana i le Iunivesite o Iuta, sa ofo atu Susana mo le Olimipeka o le Taumalulu 2002 ma sa fanau ai lona fiafia i faagaioiga ma le gaosiga o mea e fai. Mai le 2004 i le 2014, sa tautua Susana i le faiga o pepa tiketi ma le fa'agaioiga i le Film and Comedy Festivals e aofia ai le Outfest LGBTQ Film Festival, Sundance, American Film Institute's AFI Fest ma le HBO's Comedy Arts Festival. I le 2014 na auai ai Garbett i le vaega amata o The Theatre i le Ace Hotel, atiae faiga faapaaga ma faiga masani mo le nofoaga fou. I le avea ai ma Pule Sili sa ia vaaia polokalame polokalame ma paaga e pei ole CAP UCLA, The David Lynch Foundation ma Goldenvoice. O nisi o mea e sili ona fiafia i ai i le Ace e aofia ai Taylor Macs 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Seu Jorges tribute to Bowie, David Lynch's Festival of Disruption ma konaseti e aofia ai The Pixies, Patty Smith, Hannah Gadsby, Kamasi Washington, ma Tim Minchin. Ia Tesema o le 2019, na ia auai ai ia Meow Wolf e avea ma Pule Sili o le Maota o le Toe Foi Mai. E popole tele Susana i le aumaia o faatufugaga i tagata uma ma le faia o avanoa e feavea'i ai tagata maimoa i nofoaga matagofie o tala ma su'esu'ega.

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Karen Ewald

Faatonu Sili, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and Arts

Honolulu, Hawai'i

O le Faatonu Sili o le Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), Honolulu, o le galuega a Karen i le SFCA e fa'atotonu i le atina'eina ma le fa'afoeina o le paketi a le fa'avae, fuafuaga, tagata faigaluega, va'aiga a le komiti fa'afoe ma avea ma so'otaga ma le Fono Faitulafono a le Setete o Hawaii. . A'o le'i tauaveina lona tulaga o le Pule Sili, sa galue Ewald mo le 8 tausaga o le Fa'atonu o le Art in Public Places Program ma Hawai'i State Art Museum i le SFCA ma le pule o polokalame mo a'oa'oga ma fa'aaliga i le Natural History Museum o Los Angeles mai. 2004-2013.

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Ann Hudner

Pule A'oga, Hudner Strategies

Portland, Oregon

I le avea ai o se tagata tomai faapitoa i fesoʻotaʻiga ma se poto masani i le faʻatulagaina o tulaga, fesoʻotaʻiga faʻasalalau, ma le faʻaogaina o tagata lautele, o Ann Hudner sa auai i le faatufugaga ma le faʻatalanoaina o mamanu i luga o le tele o tulaga i tulaga eseese. Sa galue muamua o ia o se faatonu o fesoʻotaʻiga i Ziba Design, o se faʻatalanoaga fou ma faʻataʻitaʻiga i le lalolagi atoa i Portland, Oregon. Na tuufaatasia e Hudner matafaioi o fesoʻotaʻiga i fafo ma polokalame lautele i le Pacific Northwest College of Art, lea sa nafa ai foi ma le toe faʻatulagaina ma le siʻitia o galuega tau fesoʻotaʻiga a le kolisi ma le faʻavae polokalame lautele. E le gata i lea, a o iai i Portland, na fausia ai e Hudner se faufautua faʻapitoa ma faʻataʻitaʻiga, galulue faʻatasi ma tagata atiaʻe ma tusiata e avea ma a latou pisinisi faʻafesoʻotaʻi i tusiata ma tagata mamanu, faʻatonuina ma faʻapipiʻi galuega faʻalotoifale mo a latou meatotino i le salafa o le atunuʻu. A'o le'i o'o i lenei mea, na ta'ita'ia e Hudner le Matagaluega o Fegalegaleaiga i fafo i le Rhode Island School of Design mo le 14 tausaga, lea na ia fa'atuina ai a latou polokalame fa'asalalau fa'asalalau a le atunu'u ma atina'e ai le galulue fa'atasi i fafo e fa'aeaina ai le tulaga fa'aalumaga a le kolisi ma le va'aiga i le lalolagi atoa. Sa galue o ia o se sui o le Komiti Fa'atonu a le Design Museum Foundation ma sa faia se sao malosi i lo latou fa'alauteleina o le atunu'u i Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; ma Chicago, IL. E le gata i lea, faatasi ai ma le tusitala tusitala ma le tusitala mamanu o Akiko Busch, sa avea Hudner ma faatonu i luga o le lomiga, Szenasy, Design Advocate, o se tuufaatasiga o tusitusiga a Susan S. Szenasy, Metropolis magazine's sa avea muamua ma tusitala / faatonu sili na lomia e Metropolis Books, ARTBOOK | DAP Faatasi ai ma se faailoga o le matuaofaiva i le tusitala / talafou pulega faasalalau ma se faailoga o le tagata malaga i le pulega o pisinisi, sa ia galue malosi mo le sili atu i le 30 tausaga i le atiaeina o fuafuaga faataatitia, fuafuaga galulue faatasi ma faiga faapaaga lavelave galulue faatasi ma tusiata, mamanu, pisinisi alualu i luma lautele, tusiata, tagata atiae, faalapotopotoga e le o ni polofiti, aoaoga maualuluga, ma le aufaasālalau. O lo'o galue nei Hudner o se tausi mavaega mo le WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation), o se fa'alapotopotoga fa'apitonu'u e le o ni polofiti fa'apitoa e tu'ufa'atasia mo le fa'amalosia o mea tau tupe, fa'alapotopotoga, ma faiga fa'avae o faatufugaga i Sisifo.

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Michelle LaFlamme-Tamaiti

Faatonu Sili

New Mexico Arts

Santa Fe, Niu Mekisiko

I le avea ai ma faatonu sili o New Mexico Arts - o le ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete - Michelle LaFlamme-Childs e galue e atiina ae ni manatu fatufatuaʻi e faʻamalosia, faʻaleleia, ma faʻalauteleina polokalame i le lala sooupu aʻo fausia ni faiga faapaaga fou e faʻafetaui ai le suiga o manaʻoga o tusiata ma faʻalapotopotoga faatufugaga i Niu Mekisiko. . Faatasi ai ma lana vaai agai i le sili atu o le tautuaina i nuu i tua ma isi tala faasolopito e le o tausia ma le aofia ai nuu, LaFlamme-Childs ma le New Mexico Arts team o loʻo suʻesuʻeina ni auala fou e faʻaleleia atili ai faʻafitauli o le avanoa ma le tutusa i a latou faʻameaalofa, polokalame faʻataʻitaʻiga lautele, ma taumafaiga faʻaleleia gafatia. . O se pule o faatufugaga mo le toeitiiti atoa le 20 tausaga i le vaega tumaoti ma le lautele, LaFlamme-Childs o loo tuliloaina foi lana lava faiga fatuga o se tusisolo, faatasi ai ma se tusi faitau tusi e tasi ma se tusitusiga umi-tusi i galuega ma e mafai ona maua i le viliina o fatu fou e pei o se leitio DJ i luga ole leitio fa'apitonu'u 98.1 Leitio Free Santa Fe. O loo ia umia se faailoga o le tagata malaga i tusitusiga faaPeretania mai le Iunivesite o Massachusetts, se faailoga o le matuaofaiva mai le St. John's College i Santa Fe, ma e faamoemoe o le a i ai se aso e faamaea ai lana MFA i tusitusiga fatuga i le Iunivesite o Texas, El Paso.

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Toni Manfredi

Taitaifono Komiti Pulega o Pulega

Faatonu Sili, Nevada Arts Council

Reno, Nevada

Na auai Tony Manfredi i le Nevada Arts Council e avea ma faatonu sili ia Setema 2017. Manfredi e tuʻuina atu le taʻiala ma le taʻitaʻiga mo le faʻalapotopotoga, iloilo ma vaʻaia polokalame o loʻo iai nei; fa'amalieina avanoa tau atina'e pisinisi mo tufuga, fa'alāpotopotoga tufuga, ma tagata lautele; fai ma sui o le lala sooupu ma le setete i fono faaitulagi ma le atunuu; ma le puleaina o le aufaigaluega ma le paketi o lo'o i totonu o le malo o le setete. O lona talaaga faʻapolofesa e tuʻufaʻatasia ai le 24 tausaga o fuafuaga faʻataʻitaʻi, pulega, maketiina, fatufatuga, ma le faʻatupeina o auaunaga mo pisinisi ma faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitonuʻu ma faavaomalo. O Manfredi o se fa'au'u mai le Iunivesite o San Diego ma tikeri i su'esu'ega feso'ota'iga ma faatufugaga. I le taimi muamua, o Manfredi sa avea ma sui peresitene sinia o mataupu ma maketi mo le ofisa sui o le Auaunaga Faasalalau a Reno KNPB. I lona taimi i le KNPB, na fesoasoani ai Manfredi i le puleaina o le tuputupu aʻe o tupe maua ma faʻaititia le aofaʻi o tupe faʻaalu a le matagaluega aʻo suʻesuʻeina le aoga o, ma suiga pe a manaʻomia, galuega faʻatupe ua mavae.

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Adrian San Miguel

Teutupe & Komiti o Tupe ma Tupe Teufaafaigaluega

Ofisa Sili o Polokalama, Idaho Division of Career Technical Education

Boise, Idaho

Adrian San Miguel o le Ofisa Sili Polokalama mo le Vaega o Idaho o Career Technical Education i Boise. O le amataga mai Texas, o ia o se musika faauu mai le Baylor University ma sa ia faaaluina le 15 tausaga talu ai o galue i aoga maualuluga i Texas, Indiana, ma Idaho. O lana galuega ma le naunau e taulaʻi i le tautuaina o tagata faʻapitoa, tamaiti aʻoga e le masani ai, ma faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa. I lana matafaioi i le tulaga o le setete o loʻo iai nei, na te tuʻuina atu le taʻitaʻiga a le setete mo polokalame feterale ma polokalame faʻapitoa, faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa mo matata taʻitaʻi aʻoga, ma le tulaga lelei o polokalame o polokalame CTE i tulaga lua ma tulaga maualuga. I le 2018, na ia maua ai se tofiga kovana e galue o se Komesina i le Idaho Commission on Arts (ICA). I le faaopoopo atu i le lagolagoina o faatufugaga e ala i le ICA, o ia o se faiaoga faaopoopo i le Kolisi o Western Idaho, o se kolisi e lua tausaga i le tele o Boise metro eria, o aʻoaʻoga e faʻaogatotonu i musika lauiloa, jazz, ma musika o le lalolagi.

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Megan Miller

Failautusi

Faatonu o Fesootaiga, Tagata Mu

Reno, Nevada

I le avea ai ma Fa'atonu o Feso'ota'iga a Burning Man, o lo'o va'aia e Megan le 'au tau feso'ota'iga a le fa'alapotopotoga i tausaga ta'itasi, lea e fa'afaigofie ai le fa'agasolo atu o fa'amatalaga i ma toe fo'i mai i le fa'avae o le Burning Man, Komiti Fa'atonu, volenitia, fa'asalalauga, ma tagata lautele. Aʻo leʻi auai i le aufaigaluega Burning Man i le 2012, na faʻaaluina e Megan le sefulu tausaga i le lautele ma le leai o ni tupe mama e galue mo le puipuiga o le siosiomaga, HIV / AIDS puipuia, faʻaupuga faʻapolokiki, ma le Senate a le Iunaite Setete. Fanau ma tausia i Juneau, Alaska, Megan na maua le faailoga o le Bachelor i le Igilisi & Tala Faasolopito mai le Iunivesite o McGill i Montreal, Quebec.

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Andrea Noble

Faatonu Sili, Alaska State Council on Arts

Anchorage, Alaska

Andrea Noble o le faatonu sili o le Alaska State Council on Arts (ASCA), na tofia i le tulaga i le 2016 ina ua tuliloaina e le faalapotopotoga tulafono e avea ma faalapotopotoga a le malo. I le taimi muamua, na auai Noble i le ofisa i le 2006 e avea ma Faʻatonu a le ASCA Public Art and Visual Arts Program Director. I le taimi na avea ai o ia ma Faatonu Sili, na faatuina ai e Noble ma le Komiti Faafoe le Alaska Cultural Trust i le galulue faatasi ai ma le Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation i le mavae ai o le 10 tausaga na amata ai ona faalauiloa le manatu.

O lona alofa mo Alaska na amata i le 1998 ina ua siitia mai Kanata i sisifo. Na ia toe faatuina lana galuega e sefulu tausaga o se faiaoga faatufugaga i le Anchorage School District ma faailoa lona tulaga muamua o le Curator of Art Education i le Anchorage Museum of History and Art e avea o se avanoa taua i galuega na taitai atu ai o ia i le Alaska's State Arts Agency.

Na siitia i le fa'atauaina o fa'aaliga fa'aleaganu'u e taua i lo tatou ola ai, na a'oa'oina ai e Noble gagana Falani ma Iapani ma tauva i le atunu'u i le Tae Kwon Do. E lua ona faailoga o le tagata malaga: Arts Education mai le Iunivesite o British Columbia, Vancouver, Kanata, ma Honors Visual Arts mai le Iunivesite o Western Ontario, Lonetona, Kanata. O lo'o galue o ia o se sui o le Komiti Fa'atonu a le Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation o lana misiona o le lagolagoina lea o le Alaska State Council on the Arts.

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Jess Peña

Faatonu Sili, Fairbanks Arts Association

Fairbanks, Alaska

O Jess Peña o se tusiata ma se faiaoga mai Fairbanks, Alaska. Talu mai le 2016, sa galue o ia o le Faatonu Sili o Fairbanks Arts Association, le ofisa faatufugaga i totonu o le lotoifale mo Alaska.
I le isi itu o ana matafaioi o le faatonu i Fairbanks Arts, faia'oga o a'oa'oga fa'afetai i le Iunivesite o Alaska Fairbanks, ma se fa'ata'ita'i a'oa'oga fa'ata'ita'i a le autalavou, o lo'o taula'i atu Peña i le fa'ateleina o le fa'aogaina o manatu fa'aata i augatupulaga. E ala i galuega fa'ale-nu'u ma tua atu, o ia o se fautua mo le fa'alauteleina o le lagolago o faatufugaga i Alaska. O lo'o galue nei o ia i le Komiti Faufautua mo A'oa'oga Fa'ata i le setete atoa o le Alaska State Council on Arts, o se vaega fa'apitoa mo le lalagaina o feso'ota'iga, fa'afetaui faiga fa'avae, ma le fa'ateleina o le auai i fa'ata'ita'iga ma aganu'u a Alaska.

O le galuega a Peña o loʻo faʻaosofia e le sini o le fesuiaiga o faiga - faʻaaogaina o faatufugaga e fai ma faʻamalosi, faaliliu, ma avanoa mo avanoa. E fa'afetaia e ia le avanoa e fa'alautele ai nei taumafaiga i lona nu'u, lea o lo'o i luga o fanua fa'aleaganu'u tua'a ma fanua fa'aleaganu'u o Tanana Dene Peoples maualalo. O loo tulimatai atu Jess i le faaauauina o lenei galuega o se vaega o le komiti faafoe a le WESTAF.

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Brandy Reitter

Chair-Elect

Faatonu Sili o le Colorado Broadband Office

Aeto, Colorado

O Brandy Reitter, le tagatanuu o Denver, o le faatonu sili o le Colorado Broadband Office ma e 15 tausaga o lona poto masani galue i le pulega o le aai e fausia nuu ma faaleleia le tamaoaiga. Na amata lana galuega i le atinaʻeina o le tamaoaiga galue mo le Aai ma le Itumalo o Denver ma le Itumalo o Columbia i Uosigitone, DC. Aʻo leʻi oʻo i le Eagle, sa avea o ia ma Pule o le taulaga mo Buena Vista ma lagolagoina faatufugaga, mea na tutupu, ma musika i le Vanu o Arkansas River o se avetaavale tamaoaiga. Sa tautua o ia i matafaioi ta'ita'i eseese na fesoasoani i nu'u ina ia ausia le Avanoa e Fausia galuega tusiata galuega fa'atino, ata i nofoaga faitele, Itumalo Fa'afofoga, toe fa'afouina o le taulaga, ma fale taugofie. O le auai i le WESTAF's Emerging Leaders of Colorado i le 2014, na amata ai e Reitter lana faigamalaga o se faufautua faatufugaga ma humanities i le setete ma le feterale. I le faaopoopo atu i ona aafiaga i le malo o le malo, na maua ai e Reitter se faailoga o le matuaofaiva i pulega lautele mai le Iunivesite o Colorado Denver's School of Public Affairs i le 2008. O Brandy foi o loʻo galue i le Komiti Faʻatonu mo Downtown Colorado, Inc. ma na tofia e Kovana John Hickenlooper e tautua i le Colorado Creative Industries Council. I lona taimi avanoa, e fiafia Reitter i fafo ma fiafia e faimalaga.

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Karmen Rossi

Sui Field, US Senator Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyoming

O Karmen Rossi o se sui o le fanua ma le militeri ma le veterans mo le US Senator Cynthia Lummis o Wyoming. I le taimi muamua, sa avea Rossi ma sui o le fanua ma le faatonu o le setete mo le US Representative Liz Cheney. I lona tulaga, na te va'aia se vaega tautua a le itumalo e fa o lo'o ia fegalegaleai ai ma ta'ita'i o pisinisi ma nu'u, ma fesoasoani ai i le au faipule e aapa atu mo se fesoasoani i ofisa feterale. O Rossi o lo'o avea nei ma sui o le komiti fa'atonu ma sa avea muamua ma fa'atonu o le Wyoming Arts Alliance (WyAA), o se fa'alapotopotoga fa'apitoa e le o ni polofiti i le setete atoa o lo'o taumafai e tu'uina atu se leo ma le fa'atonuga lelei mo galuega taulima. I le WyAA, na vaaia ai e Rossi le fonotaga faaletausaga a le setete o poloka poloka, Arts Advocacy Day ma gaioiga lautele a le setete atoa. Sa avea o ia ma fa'amasino fa'ameaalofa mo fesoasoani fesoasoani a le Fono a Wyoming Arts Council. O Rossi sa avea ma Ta'ita'ifono mo le Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum Western Art Show and Sale, o le sailiga tupe tele a le falemataaga mo galuega. O isi ana aafiaga e le o ni polofiti e aofia ai le avea ma faatonu sili le tumau mo le Wyoming Affiliate o Susan G. Komen, o se sui o le au aʻoga mo Laramie County United Way, ma le avea ma faatonu o le polokalame mo Girl Scouts of Montana ma Wyoming. O Rossi o lo'o umia le tikeri o le tagata malaga i Mataupu Fa'avaomalo, Italia, ma le Tamaoaiga mai le Iunivesite o Colorado, Boulder.

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Makanani Sala

Ta'ita'ifono o le Komiti Fa'atasi ma Fa'atasi

Ofisa Sili o Pulega, Gravitas Pasifika

Honolulu, Hawai'i

Na soifua mai Makanani Salā ma soifua a’e i Hālawa, O’ahu ma sa fa’aalu lona la’ititi e a’oa’oina ai le hula. O lo'o ia umia le PhD i Talafa'asolopito mai le Iunivesite o Kalefonia, Irvine ma le pasene ma fa'au'u tikeri i Su'esu'ega Hawaii mai le Iunivesite o Hawai'i i Mānoa. Ua silia ma le sefulu tausaga sa galue ai o ia i tulaga tau a'oa'oga i tulaga lua ma tulaga maualuga e a'oa'oina ai le gagana Hawaii, tala fa'asolopito, hula, ma le tala fa'asolopito o Hawai'i. O Salā fo'i o se Kumu Hula, ua uma ona faia tu ma aga 'ūniki 'ailolo i le 2016.
tele o gaosiga ma asiasiga a tamaiti aoga. Talu ai nei lava, sa avea ai Salā ma Pule Sili o le Ofisa o Aganu'u ma Fa'aleaganu'u a le Pulenu'u mo le A'ai ma le Itumalo o Honolulu, lea na va'aia ai e lona ofisa le polokalame o Tufugaga Lautele, Sister Cities and International Relations, mataupu fa'ale-aganu'u, ma mea fa'apitoa. O le taimi nei, o loo galue ai Makanani o le Pule Sili o Galuega mo le Gravitas Pasifika, ose kamupani faufautua ma tomai fa'apitoa e fa'apitoa i faufautua, su'esu'ega, ma auaunaga fa'atupu fa'apitoa e fa'atatau i le va'aiga o le lalolagi ma anotusi o le Pasefika.

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Eunique Yazzie

Designer ma Co-Founder, Cahokia Social Tech ma Artspace

Phoenix, Arisona

O Eunique o se Designer ma o se Sui Fa'avae Fa'atasi o Cahokia Social Tech ma Artspace o ona a'a e mai Navajo Nation ma tula'i mai Phoenix, Arizona. O lana galuega foafoa e 19-tausaga ua fa'aleleia ai lona tomai fa'atekinisi, lu'itau manatu, ma fa'amautu ona tulaga fa'aata. Afai e fa'ata'ita'i le ata i le olaga, e mānavaina e le palette a Eunique le ola fou ma le fa'amoemoega i totonu o le nu'u o faatufugaga ma aganu'u; o ia o se tusisolo ma se tala i le vaega o Mujeres Del Sol; o se sui o le komiti faafoe o le Roosevelt Row CDC; o se tusiata galue, tusiata ata, ma se tusiata; na faavaeina le Indige Design Collab; ma e ona le euniQue Design LLC. O ana galuega foafoa o lo'o fa'atotonugalemu i le fa'atulagaina ma le tu'u, fa'amamafaina le mamanu o a'afiaga fa'aagafesootai. O ia o se fa'atonu malosi, fa'aa'oa'oga fa'aaoaoga, failauga, ma le tufuga fa'ata'ita'i o lo'o fa'agasolo nei i tekinolosi. O lo'o galue nei o ia o se Faufautua Faufautua ma Su'esu'ega Talosaga o lo'o taula'i atu i faiga fa'ata'ita'iga, galulue fa'atasi, ma avanoa fa'apitoa.

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Ioane Zirkle

Faatonu Sili, Fa'atonu Fa'ata'ita'i, Warren Miller Performing Arts Center

Big Sky, MT

O John Zirkle o le Fa'atonu Fa'avae o le Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, ose fatupese fa'ailoga fa'ava-o-malo, ma o se a'oa'o musika fa'aaloalo i le atunu'u. I lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a John, ua faʻatautaia e le WMPAC le silia ma le 325 polokalame i le silia ma le 80,000 tagata asiasi i se taulaga e itiiti ifo i le 4,000 tagata nofomau tumau. I le avea ai ma ofisa autu o le atinaʻe mo le WMPAC, ua siitia e John le silia ma le $8 miliona mo faatufugaga i Montana e ala i le faʻavaeina o sootaga malolosi ma faʻalapotopotoga faʻatupeina lautele, faʻavae tumaoti, ma tagata foaʻi taʻitoʻatasi. I lana nofoaiga i le WMPAC, sa galue ai John o se tagata tomai faapitoa mo le Fono a le Montana Arts Council, le Cultural and Aesthetics Projects Committee mo le Montana State Legislature, Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), ma le National Endowment for the Arts. Sa tautua o ia i le tele o tofiga faatonu ma ofisa i luga o laupapa o le Arts Council of Big Sky, le Montana Performing Arts Consortium, Montana Chamber Music, Arts Northwest, ma sa avea o ia ma Peresitene na faavaeina le Roots in the Sky, o se aufaipese potu faapolofesa e faavae. i Bozeman. I le 2024, na filifilia faalaua'itele ai Ioane i le komiti faatonu o le Itumalo o le Itulagi a le Big Sky Resort.

I le avea ai o se tusiata, e maua ai e Ioane lana musumusuga mai le faia o musika tuʻufaʻatasia. I le 2008, na malaga tutoatasi ai o ia mo le tausaga i Europa i Sasae e aʻoaʻoina ai leo leo ma faalapotopotoga pese i Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia, ma Estonia o se Thomas J. Watson Fellow. O lo'o ia umia tusi pasi mai le International Summer Academy of Music i Ochsenhausen, Siamani ma o ana faia'oga fatuga e aofia ai Jan Jirasek, Ofer Ben-Amots ma David Hykes. O le mea pito sili ona taua o lana tala fa'amusika sa galulue fa'atasi ma Emmy fa'ailoga musika fa'atonu Michael Kosarin ma Oscar Alan Menken fa'ailoga ma Disney i Broadway.

Talu mai le 2010, sa avea foi John ma malosiaga malosi i luga o le vaaiga o faatufugaga i le lotoifale, taitaia, faafaigofieina ma gaosia le silia ma le 60 tala faatino ma musika i le tele o faalapotopotoga, o nisi o ia na ia fesoasoani e maua mai i luga, e aofia ai Big Sky Broadway, lea i le taimi nei. auauna atu i le silia ma le 125 talavou i Big Sky i tausaga taitasi. O se tagata faauu mai le Kolisi o Colorado ma le Iunivesite o le Setete o Montana, e fiafia lava John i le tulaga maualuga i faatufugaga ma e faafetai ua mafai ona ia tulituliloa uma ona fiafiaga maoae—faafiafia faatufugaga ma faafiafiaga i fafo—i le Big Sky matagofie.

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