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Feiloai atu i le Creative West's award awardees and fellows—artis, aganu'u, ofisa faatufugaga, ma fa'alapotopotoga o lo'o fa'atupuina le fatufatua'i i totonu o latou nu'u.

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Fa'ameaalofa mai le FY 2021 - FY 2023

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Ta'ita'i o le vasega lanu lanu

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o le FY 2023 fesoasoani a Tourwest na lagolagoina le auai o faatufugaga i nuu i tua

Faafetai ma si Yu'us Ma'asi mo le lagolagoina o faatufugaga ma tusiata, ma mo le tuuina mai ia te au o lenei avanoa e fau ai se paopao faaleaganuu faapitoa mo lo tatou nuu!

Pete Perez

2024 BIPOC Artist Fund | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

O se aafiaga ofoofogia na faaosofia ai au e galue agai i au sini i faatufugaga ma aganuu. Ou te faʻamoemoe o le a faʻaauau pea fesoʻotaʻiga na matou fausia i le tausaga talu ai ma le lagolago mai le polokalame. Ou te faafetai mo galuega uma mai le aufaigaluega ma ou te musuia i lo latou naunautaiga mo le faia o se eseesega. E mautinoa na faia e le polokalame se suiga i loʻu olaga.

Sam Zhang

23-24' LoCF Uso | Michigan

O nei tupe o le a amata ai le 2 tausaga le umi o le faʻagasologa o le avea ma Faʻamaumauga Faʻapitoa o le Tamaoaiga a le International Economic Development Council. O la'u taulaiga o le pisinisi laiti, pisinisi, nofoaga, tekinolosi ma le auala e faʻatupe ai pisinisi laiti e aofia ai i latou i totonu o le tamaoaiga. O laʻu sini o le mauaina lea o loʻu faʻamaonia i le isi 2 tausaga o lumanaʻi ma faʻafeiloaʻi i se tagata tomai faʻapitoa tau atinaʻe poʻo se faʻatonu o potu.

Brandy Reitter

ELC 2014 | Aeto, Colorado

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A. Alanda Gregory Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Iowa
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Co-Owner, Tri-Phoenix Media

O la'u malaga faapolofesa fatufatuga na amata a o talavou. O aʻu o se faʻapolofesa faʻapolofesa ma faʻalapotopotoga ma faʻaleaganuʻu. I le 2010 O laʻu kamupani Tri-Phoenix Group, LLC na fausia ma talu mai lena taimi na galue ai i le tele o galuega faʻapitoa ma galulue faʻatasi. Ou te faaaogaina ata vaaia e faailoa ai la'u galuega. O aʻu foʻi o se tusitala / tusisolo / failauga ma tufuga faʻasalalau fefiloi. Na ou amataina le pisinisi e fesoasoani i tusiata Tutoatasi ma DJ i le faʻailogaina, ala o fesoʻotaʻiga lautele, faʻalauiloa, atinaʻe o le tagata lava ia / faʻapolofesa, pulega tusiata ma le PR. O le kamupani foi o se tulaga mo au e faatino ai solo ma tomai tautala. Sa ou maua le fiafia i le tusiaina o blogs, nusipepa ma tala faatino. I le faaopoopo atu i laʻu galuega, ou te umiaina ma faʻatautaia se leitio initaneti, ma talimalo i vaiaso taʻitasi YouTube faʻaaliga.

Mai galuega laiti, solo solo i le galulue faʻatasi, o loʻo ou sailia pea le avanoa e suʻesuʻe ai auala fou ma aʻoaʻo se mea fou e mafai ona ou faʻaoga i laʻu galuega. Pe a ou aʻoaʻoina ma atiaʻe se mea, ou te manaʻo e faasoa atu i isi. Ou te talitonu i le avea ma se auaunaga i tagata. E mafai ona ou auauna atu ma le faatufugaga ma le tomai.

Apikaila Gomez Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2023 - 2024 Winchester, Virginia
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O Abigail Gómez o se tusiata ata Latina, tusiata faiaoga, faufautua faatufugaga, faʻavae e leai ni tupe, ma le pule ma le tusiata i Pretty Girl Painting, LLC. Na ia mauaina le BFA mai Virginia Tech i le 2007. Na ia aʻoga i le Santa Reparata International School of Art i Florence, Italia i le 2003. Ia Tesema 2015 na ia maua ai le MFA i ata vali mai le Academy of Art University i San Francisco CA.

O Apikaila e a'oa'o ata i totonu o le nu'u e ala i Pretty Girl Painting, Fremont Street Nursery, ma Arte Libre VA. O ia foi o se Polofesa o Art and Design i le Iunivesite o Shenandoah. I le SU o lo'o ia atia'e se polokalame BA i Art and Design i totonu o se fa'avae tutusa. O ia foi o se COIL Fellow, Shenandoah Conversations Fellow, e mauaina le 22/23 Faculty Development Grant, ma taʻitaʻia suʻesuʻega i fafo mo tamaiti aʻoga i atunuu i Latina Amerika.

Talu ai nei na fa'avaeina ai e Abigail Arte Libre VA, o le 501(c)(3) fa'alāpotopotoga fa'apitoa e fa'amalosia le Latinx/e, Black, ma le Autalavou o Lanu e ala i avanoa tutusa i a'oa'oga ma polokalame fa'apitoa. I Arte Libre VA, o lo'o galue Abigail o le Fa'atonu Fa'atonu ma le Pule Va'ai Sili, Maestra Principal. Na te fa'atautaia ma fa'atautaia polokalame fa'ata'ita'iga fa'atusa e ofoina atu e leai se pili. Na te fa'atautaia galuega fa'atino totogi mo Autalavou o le Global Majority, fa'apea fo'i ma le fa'afoeina ma le a'oa'oina o Faia'oga Tusiata ma Fa'afaiaoga Fesoasoani, e totogi uma i latou. E ala mai ia Arte Libre VA, na fa'atautaia ma fa'atautaia e Apikaila le silia ma le 30 galuega fa'atino fa'atasi ma fa'asoa fa'alaua'itele ma ata i le Vanu o Shenandoah i Matu.

Atamu Chuong Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Rhode Island
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Pule o Aoga, Le Uamea

O Adam Chuong o se tusiata Amerika Teochew ma se faiaoga o lana galuega e suʻesuʻeina mea faitino e avea ma pusa mo le faʻasinomaga, faʻanoanoa, ma le tausiga. I le avea ai ma se tamaititi a tagata sulufaʻi mai Viatename ma Cambodia, o le gaioiga o le faia e faʻamalolo ai lo latou vaʻaiga i lo latou faʻasinomaga faaleaganuu, i le taimi na vavae ese ai e ala i le faʻateʻaina ma le faʻalavelave.

E ala i le gaosiga o le Taoist & Buddhist sauniga ma meafaitino, latou te saili e maua se malamalama loloto atu i tu ma aganuu ma faia ni uiga fou mai tu ma aga masani. Queerness⁠—le lala sooupu e toe faafoʻisia ma toe fanau—e faatalanoaina le toe faaleleia o lo latou faasinomaga faaleaganuu; fa'a-peteriaka, fa'akolone, ma fa'atama'ita'i fa'ale-aganu'u ua 'alo'ese ona o vala'au mo le agamalu, tausiga, ma le fa'afeusuaiga.

Talu ai ua vavae'ese mai i latou o lo'o malamalama i le aganu'u a Asia, o le avanoa i tu ma aga masani e masani lava ona ala mai i tioata o le fa'atatauina ma le toe fa'aliliuga. O le mea lea, o le lolomiina ma le faʻasalalauina o zines e taua tele i la latou faʻataʻitaʻiga, ina ia mafai ai ona toe maua, faʻasalalau, ma faʻamaumauga faʻapolopolo poto.

Adonis Holmes Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2023 - 2024 Chicago, Ilinoi
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Tusitala, Fa'afiafia, Kose

O Adonis Holmes o se Tusitala, Fa'afiafiaga, ma Fa'afiafia mai Chicago. Na faauu Adonis mai le Iunivesite o Ilinoi, Urbana-Champaign ma sa faʻaalia i le tele o ata faʻaaliga i totonu o le taulaga, e aofia ai le Chicago Sketch Fest ma le Best of Annoyance sketch show. O Adonis o se fa'afiafiaga fa'afiafia ma tusitala mo le Second City's Black Excellence Revue, 'Dance Like There Are Black People Watching' ma o lo'o galue nei o se tamaititi aoga mo le gaosiga o le 'Don't Quit Your Daydream'. Faatasi ai ma le Co-faavaeina ma le taitaia o le All-Black improv show 'Satirical Race Theory', o Adonis o se sui o le Devil's Daughter Improv, le Improv trope The Mermaids, a 2022 Bob Curry Fellow, ma o le Co-Artistic Director of the iO Falemataaga.

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Amioga: Tu'ufa'atasi

Saolotoga mo Taumafaiga Ola Lelei Pacific Initiative 2024 Pago Pago, Amerika Samoa

Amioga: Folklife/Traditional Arts

Va'ai le Upega Tafa'ilagi

Aisha S Harrison BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Olympia, Uosigitone
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Amioga: Tufuga

Aisha o se faletusi ma tagata tusiata lautele e galue muamua i le omea ma le apamemea. Na ia mauaina le omea i totonu o se faleaoga a le nuu, a o galue agai i se faailoga i le gagana Sipaniolo i le Kolisi o Grinnell i Iowa. Ina ua uma ona faauu, sa ia faaaluina le lua tausaga na sosoo ai e faiaoga i vasega tolu ma le fa i Atlanta, Georgia, ma sailiili omea i Callenwolde Fine Arts Center i Georgia, ma Penland School of Crafts i North Carolina. Na filifili Aisha e toe foi i le aoga ma maua se BFA mai le Washington State University, ma se MFA mai le Iunivesite o Nebraska- Lincoln. O lo'o galue nei o ia i se komisi faatufugaga lautele i fafo ma le Iunivesite o Washington Tacoma ma le Washington State Arts Commission. O lana galuega faʻapitoa o loʻo faʻaalia i le atunuʻu ma galuega lata mai i le Whatcom Museum, The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts, Crocker Art Museum, Northern Clay Center, Wa Na Wari, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Jordan Schnitzer Museum i WSU, ma i Leonor R. Fuller Gallery i le South Sound Community College.

Akilah Martinez BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Vanderwagen, Niu Mekisiko
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Amioga: Tu'ufa'atasi

Akilah Martinez (igoa tusiata: Glittering World Girl) o se tusiata manumalo a Diné, fa'atekonolosi fa'akomepiuta ma tu'ufa'atasiga fa'aleaganu'u o lo'o taula'i i le toe fa'afouina o gagana ma aganu'u e ala i ata vitiō ma tekonolosi XR. Akilah o lo'o umia le BFA mai le Iunivesite o Niu Mekisiko.

O le sini o le olaga atoa o Akilah e fa'aaoga ala fa'aonaponei e fa'aauauina ai le gagana & aganu'u Navajo na amata i le talavou o le 3 tausaga, ina ua uma ona molimauina i taimi uma ona matua matutua (unilingual Diné bizaad speakers) e tatau ona matamata i polokalame TV na'o le gagana Peretania.

O le 2019 Crux XR Immersive Technology Fellowship na mafai ai e Akilah ona faimalaga i le va o NYC ma LA e aʻoaʻo ai mai le taʻitaʻia o tekinolosi XR, tagata fai pisinisi faʻapisinisi ma aʻafiaga a le aufaipisinisi. O Akilah o se tagata na mauaina le Fulcrum Fund 2022, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation LIFT 2022, The Artizen Fund 2023, 2024 New Mexico Women in Tech Emerging Leader Award, o se failauga asiasi i le MIT XR Reality Hackathon ma le 2024 City of Albuquerque UETF. Tufuga Agalelei i le Nofo.

Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. Taamilo i Sisifo 2023 Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. Taamilo i Sisifo 2022 Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Junior Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Junior Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2023 Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Junior Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2022 Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Native Heritage Center ArtsIE 2024 Anchorage, Alaska

Amioga: Folklife/Tufuga Fa'aleaganu'u & Tufuga Va'ai

Alberta Bair Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Billings, Montana
Alberta Bair Theatre Taamilo i Sisifo 2023 Billings, Montana
Albuquerque Museum Foundation Inc Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Albuquerque, Niu Mekisiko
Alexandra James Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2023 - 2024 Portland, Maine
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Alexandra James, o se tagata na fanau mai i Saute Maine, faʻanofo ma tina. I le avea ai o se tusiata tutoʻatasi, o loʻo ia faʻatasi ma le faʻaleleia ma suʻesuʻega faʻapitoa, le suʻesuʻeina o aʻoaʻoga ma faiva, saili le saʻolotoga e ala i le faʻamaoni o le malamalama faʻapitoa ma le fefaʻasoaaʻi o faʻataʻitaʻiga. I le faaopoopo atu i lana matafaioi o le BDF's Director of Training Programs, o Alexandra o se polofesa o siva i Bates, ma o le faatonu faatufugaga o se kamupani Hip Hop talavou. O lana galuega sa tuuina atu i Chicago, Niu Ioka ma Aferika i Saute, faatasi ai ma se faiga faafaiaoga o loo tauaveina i le atunuu. Na ia mauaina lana BFA mai le Dance Center o Columbia College Chicago i le 2009.

Alexandria Jimenez Ta'ita'i o Fa'aputugatupe Atina'e Fa'apolofesa Lanu 2023 Denver, Colorado
Alicia M Olivo Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Texas
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Sui Usufono ma Fa'atonu Fa'agaioiga, Benvenuti Arts

Alicia Margarita Olivo (theythem) o se tagata fai tala, tagata fai pese, ma tagata fiafia i le tau, o lana galuega e taulai atu i fegalegaleaiga afi i le va o le faasinomaga, itupa, ita, ma le manatua. O tala faatino a Alicia ua fausia ma maua faitauga i Stages, Company One Theatre, The Workshop Theatre, Teatro Chelsea, Telatúlsa, AlterTheater, ma The Inkwell Theatre. Alicia o le Sui Usufono ma Fa'agaioiga Coordinator i le Benvenuti Arts, o se kamupani faufautua fa'ata'ita'i mo fa'alapotopotoga fa'atutufu laiti ma malolosi. BA Kolisi a Wellesley. E fiafia Alicia e talanoa e uiga i tusi malie, meaai lelei, ma le tau. @aliciamargaritx / amolivo.com

Allen ma Alice Stokes Nature Center Taamilo i Sisifo 2024 Logan, Iuta
Allen ma Alice Stokes Nature Center Taamilo i Sisifo 2023 Logan, Iuta

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