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Every year, TourWest makes it possible for communities across the West to open their doors to music, movement, and story.
This year, 288 organizations are doing exactly that. The 2026-27 TourWest awardees represent the full range of what arts and community look like in the West – from school gyms and rural community halls to libraries and established venues. What they share is a commitment to bringing people together around live art.
That might look like a packed room full of laughter, a poem that puts words to something people have felt but never said, or a performance a student carries with them for years.
TourWest supports arts and community organizations that present out-of-state touring performers and literary artists to their communities. Backed by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the program has strengthened the cultural fabric of the West since 1994 — connecting artists with new audiences and giving communities of every size access to live, regional work.
Congratulations to the 2026-27 TourWest awardees, and thank you for the incredible work that you do!
Meet the Awardees
O le CaFÉ ose faiga tu'uina atu i luga ole laiga e taumafai e fa'aavanoa avanoa ata mo tagata uma e ala i le tu'uina atu o fa'alapotopotoga fa'ata'ita'i se fa'ailoga taugofie ma tufuga se auala faigofie e fa'aoga ai.
GO Smart ose polokalama fa'ameaalofa taugofie e tu'uina atu ai fomu a'o le'i faia ma pe a mae'a talosaga, iloiloga a le laulau, ma lipoti o fa'amaumauga mo le au foa'i.
O le Public Art Archive (PAA) ose fa'amaumauga e leai se totogi, su'esu'e, ma fa'aauau pea le fa'atupuina o fa'amaumauga i luga ole laiga o galuega fa'atino a tagata lautele i totonu o le Iunaite Setete atoa ma fafo, fa'atasi ai ma le tele o punaoa ma meafaigaluega ua fausia mo le fa'afoeina o fa'aputuga fa'atagata lautele.
E tu'uina atu e le ZAPP i le au fa'atauga fa'ata'ita'iga ma fa'afiafiaga fa'atasi ai ma se vaega o mea faigaluega e aoina fa'atekinolosi ma fa'atonu tusi talosaga, fa'atautaia totogi o fale'oloa, ma feso'ota'i ma tagata talosaga uma i se fa'aoga fa'afuainumera faigofie e fa'aoga. E mafai e le au tusiata ona talosaga i le faitau selau o faʻaaliga i le atunuʻu atoa e ala i se upega tafaʻilagi tutotonu.