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O matou Tagata Fa'ameaalofa & Uso - Creative West (muamua WESTAF)

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Moapi Musika Festival

O matou Tagata Fa'ameaalofa & Uso

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

Su'e ile Igoa Po'o Upu
Filifili e

Fa'ameaalofa & Uso

Fa'ameaalofa Fesoasoani/Fesoasoani Tausaga Faamanuiaina Nofoaga
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.

Amy Lou S Aguon BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Agana Heights, Guam
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Amioga: Tu'ufa'atasi

Na ou fanau ma ola aʻe i le motu o Guam. Sa ou faiaoga Elementary ESL mo le 28 tausaga. O la'u mea e fiafia i ai o le vali togitogi o laufanua Guam ma faatusa e fai ma sui o le aganuu Chamorro. Ou te manaʻo e faʻalauiloa le aganuʻu a Chamorro e ala i ata ma faʻasoa atu loʻu fiafia i ata vali togi ma faʻataʻitaʻiga lautele i aʻu tamaiti aʻoga.

Angelina Ramirez BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Tucson, Arizona
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Amioga: Folklife/Traditional Arts

Angelina Ramirez o se siva flamenco, faiaoga tusiata ma le gaosiga o nofo i Tucson, Arizona. O le galuega faatufugaga a Ramirez e suʻesuʻeina le uiga o le queer, latina flamenca, faʻataʻitaʻi i se siva masani Roma /gitano. I le avea ai ma se tusiata faiaoga, o ia fiafia i fesoʻotaʻiga o faatufugaga ma faʻamalologa, taulaʻi i le galuega ma toeaina o tomai uma ma tuʻufaʻatasia flamenco ma tagata autistic. Ua tuuto atu o ia i le faʻalauiloaina o le faʻaogaina ma le faʻaumatia o le agavaʻa, faʻailoga lanu ma le faʻatauvaʻa e ala i le faʻataʻitaʻiina ma le faʻalauiloaina o talanoaga, taliaina ma le auai o tagata lautele.Ramirez o o se sui muamua o Yjastros, le American Flamenco Repertory Company ma sa malaga taamilo ma le lalolagi-lauiloa, kamupani Niu Ioka Noche Flamenca. O Ramirez o se 2022 Dance/USA Artist Fellow. I le 2021, na ia mauaina ai le Master-Apprentice Artist e ala i Southwest Folklife Alliance mo lona tuuto ma lana tautinoga i flamenco arts. Ramirez o se National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures uso.

Aperila Werle BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Missoula, Montana
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Amioga: Ata Vaaia

O Aperila Werle o se tusiata tala, o ana galuega e suʻesuʻe pe faʻafefea ona faʻaulufaleina aganuʻu ma faʻatalanoaina o se tagata fefiloi. O le a'afiaina e lona tofi Filipino ma le fa'atupuina o aganu'u eseese, o galuega a Werle e su'esu'e ai autu o le fa'asinomaga fefiloi-ituaiga, aiga, ma le auai.

O ana atavali na fa'aalia i nofoaga iloga, e aofia ai le Falemata'aga o Fa'ata'ita'i a Holter, Falemata'aga Fa'aata a Missoula, ma le isi Ata Fa'aaliga Los Angeles. O lana galuega na faʻaalia i lomiga e pei o le New Visionary Magazine ma Kapwa Magazine.

O Werle ose fautua mo aganuu eseese ma felafolafoaiga. Ua valaaulia o ia e tautala e uiga i lana galuega, e aofia ai se lauga autu i le Montana State University ma le Asian Student Interracial Association.

Ua maua e Aperila Werle le fa'ailoga mo ana sao, e aofia ai le ARPA Grant ma le Strategic Investment Grant mai le Montana Arts Council.

Ashli Rocker-St. Armant BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Irvine, Kalefonia
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Amioga: Siva

Ashli St. Armant o se tagata leo, tusitala, faiaoga faatufugaga, tusitala tala, ma le fatu pese. O se tagata pese ma se tagata taalo ua aoaoina faapolofesa ma le 25 tausaga o le poto masani i aoaoga ma faatufugaga, o lana galuega e aofia ai uluai musika, tusi, ma tala faatino. O lana uluai musika, NORTH, e suʻesuʻeina le olaga Black American i le vaitaimi o le antebellum ma o loʻo faʻamanatuina lana taʻaloga lona lua a le atunuʻu ma faʻaaliga fiafia. O St. Armant foi o le na faavaeina le Leaping Lizards Music, o se polokalame a'oa'oga faatufugaga mo tamaiti aoga, ma e malaga taamilo ma lana faaili, Jazzy Ash ma le Leaping Lizards, i le taina o le jazz mo tupulaga talavou. Sa latou faia faʻatasi i le tele o nofoaga e aofia ai le Lincoln Center ma le Sprout Network (NBC), ua gaosia ni pese se ono, ma sa faʻaalia e NPR ma LA Times. O lana faasologa lilo, Viva Durant, o loʻo faʻaalia ai se teine talavou na te foia mea lilo i New Orleans. O le tusi muamua i le faasologa, Viva Durant ma le Secret of the Silver Buttons, o se faʻatau sili a le atunuʻu ma sili atu i le 10,000 iloiloga.

Casidhe Tuineta Aolani Mahuka BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Pago Pago, American Somao
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Amioga: Ata Vaaia

O se tagata lalaga Polenisia, saienitisi o le gataifale, ma le tusiata..na fanau ma tausia i Amerika Samoa, Casidhe (Cassie) Mahuka na faauu mai le Iunivesite o Chaminade i Honolulu ma le faailoga o le Bachelors of Science in Environmental Studies. O lo'o galue nei Casidhe o le Marine Invasive Species Coordinator mo le Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG), fale e le Matagaluega o Gataifale ma Manuia Punaoa (DMWR). O Casidhe fo'i e na'o ia le Launiu Life, o lo'o fa'alauiloaina le tomai ma le tomai fa'aleaganu'u o le lalagaina o meataulima mai lau niu (ig: @launiulife). “Launiu” o le upu faa-Samoa mo lau niu, ma ou te faaaogaina le faaupuga “Ola” e uiga i le taua poo le ola. O le Launiu Life o lo'o taumafai e fa'afeso'ota'i tagata ma le natura ma measina e ala i le fa'aaogaina o lalaga fa'aSamoa mo la'ei fa'aonaponei, fa'aoga, ma fa'alelei. . E ala i nei taumafaiga, ou te fa'anaunau e fa'atupuina le Launiu Life ma sao taua i la tatou tala fa'ale-aganu'u ma le maufetuuna'i o nu'u.

Charrolet Henry BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Amioga: Opera/Fa'amusika

Ou te matua fa'aaloalo ma fa'afetai mo lenei avanoa. O loʻu faʻamoemoe i lenei mea e fausia ai se faʻavae sili atu mo loʻu lava ola umi ma fausia sootaga i totonu o le au tusiata. E matua ofoofogia lava le mafai e se tasi ona puʻeina se ata i se auala e matua ese lava nai lo se isi e tilotilo i le mea lava e tasi. Ou te faʻamatalaina laʻu ata e faʻamaoni, vavalalata ma faʻataʻitaʻi ma ia mafai ona faia le mea ou te fiafia moni lava e faʻatumu ai loʻu loto i le faʻafetai.

David Weiden BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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Amioga: Siva

O David Heska Wanbli Weiden, o se tagatanuu lesitala o le Sicangu Lakota Nation, o le tusitala o le tala WINTER COUNTS (Ecco/HarperCollins), filifilia mo se Edgar Award, ma manumalo i le Anthony, Thriller, Lefty, Barry, Macavity, Spur, High Plains, Electa Quinney, Tillie Olsen, ma isi faailoga. O le tusi sa avea foi ma sui faaiu mo le VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, le Hammett Prize, le Colorado Book Award, ma le Reading the West Award for Debut Fiction. O le tala o le New York Times Editors' Choice, o se Indie Next pick, filifiliga autu o le Book of the Month Club, ma faaigoaina o se Tusi Sili o le tausaga e le NPR, Amazon, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The Guardian, Financial Times , Air Mail, ma isi mekasini. E iai ana tala pupuu o loʻo faʻaalia i tala faʻasolopito The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2022, Denver Noir, ma isi. O ia o se Polofesa o Native American Studies i le Metropolitan State University of Denver, ma e nofo i Denver, Colorado, ma lona aiga.

Elizabeth Siobhan Denneau BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Tucson, Arizona
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Amioga: Tu'ufa'atasi

Elizabeth Denneau o se tusiata interdisciplinary, tusitala, ma faiaoga faatufugaga e nofo i le Sonoran Southwest. Na ia maua lana tusi pasi faafaiaoga ma le BFA i le Art and Visual Culture Education e ala i le Iunivesite o Arizona ma lana MFA mai le Aoga a le Art Institute of Chicago. O ia o se sui o le Art21 Educators Institute ma o loʻo galulue faʻatasi ma faʻalapotopotoga faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitonuʻu, tagata faigaluega faʻaleaganuʻu, ma kolisi e atiaʻe faʻataʻitaʻiga faʻataʻitaʻiga o le amiotonu faʻaagafesootai i aʻoaʻoga faatufugaga. I ana fa'ata'ita'iga fa'ata'ita'iga, o tala o le fa'apalepale o tagata, fa'aletonu, ma le malosi o le malosi o lo'o fa'aauau pea ona a'afia ai lana tusiata. Na ia tusia e uiga i ona aafiaga i le avea ai ma se faiaoga Black ma lona tausia i se nofoaga e fai ai tagata uli i lalo ifo o le 3% o le faitau aofaʻi. Sa ia fa'avaeina le Southwest Black Artists Collective ma le Projects-art space. O faʻalapotopotoga uma e lua o loʻo galulue i se misiona e aumaia le vaʻaia ma le lagolago i Black creatives.

Fawn Douglas BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Las Vegas, Nevada
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Amioga: Interdisciplinary

Fawn Douglas o se tagata tusiata Amerika, tina, ma le sui auai o le Las Vegas Paiute Tribe. E iai fo'i ona a'a i le Moapa Paiute, Southern Cheyenne, Creek, Pawnee, ma Sikotilani. Fawn o le ulu matriarch o Nuwu Art ma faʻatautaia le Nuwu Art + Activism Studios faʻatasi ai ma le Nuwu Art Gallery + Community Center, o loʻo i totonu o le loto o Las Vegas, Nevada. E fa'amaoni o ia i feso'ota'iga o faatufugaga, fa'agaioiga, nu'u, a'oga, aganu'u, fa'asinomaga, nofoaga, ma le pule silisili ese. O ana faatufugaga e masani ona manatua ai le taimi ua tuanai ma mautinoa o loʻo faʻalogoina tala o tagata Initia i le taimi nei. O lana fa'ata'ita'iga fa'apitoa e aofia ai le tusi ata, vali, lalagaina, fa'atagata, ma le fa'atinoga. Fawn i le taimi nei o loʻo faia faʻatalanoaga faatufugaga ma aganuu e ala i le Nuwu Art, faʻatulagaina ma le IndigenousAF e leai ni tupe mama, galue o se Komesina Faʻataʻitaʻi mo le Aai o Las Vegas, ma galue faavaitaimi ma Meow Wolf. Na maua lana MFA i le UNLV ma galue i le tele o mataupu e amata mai i le MMIR/MMIW i le puipuiga o le siosiomaga.

Gabrielle Tepora Tauiliili Langkilde BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Pago Pago, American Somao
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Amioga: Interdisciplinary

O Gabby Langkilde o se tusitala Samoa, na soifua mai ma soifua a‘e i Amerika Samoa. I le 2021, na faauu ai o ia mai le Kolisi o Harvard, lea sa i ai o ia i le komiti faatonu o le Harvard Crimson mo le tolu tausaga. Masalo o se tasi o ana matati'a fa'amaualuga fa'aa'oa'oga fa'aa'oa'oga o le gaosiga lea o lana koluma ua fa'aulutalaina "Pasefika Presence" - o le ulua'i koluma e fa'atotonu ai mataupu ma aafiaga a tagata Pasefika i le The Harvard Crimson. O lo’o fa’aauau pea lona naunau e fa’alauiloa mataupu a le Pasefika ma o lo’o fa’amautu nei i Amerika Samoa, lea o lo’o galue ai o se faia’oga ma o lo’o fa’aaoga nei fo’i lona tomai tusitusi e fa’alauiloa ai se mekasini fou e fa’aulutalaina “”Pasefika Presence”” – fa’aigoa i lona igoa muamua. koluma. O le manulauti o lenei lomiga fou o le saunia lea o se avanoa mo isi tagata fai tala ma tusiata Pasefika e faasoa ai a latou tala ma galuega. O Gabby e talitonu mautu i le malosi o tala, ma ua ia iloa e tele mea e ao ona a'oa'oina e le lalolagi mai leo o le Pasefika.

Gordon Sasaki BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Honolulu, Hawaii
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Amioga: Musika

E ala i lana galuega, ua faʻalauteleina e Gordon Sasaki tapulaʻa o le le atoatoa. Na te fa'atupuina avanoa e fa'atasi ai ma mana'oga fa'apitoa e lu'itau ma matagofie i le taimi e tasi. O le fa'aaogaina o lona lava nofoa fa'ata'avalevale e fai ma fa'ailoga ""still-life"" na te faia ai ni ata vali fa'atusa e toe fa'amatala ai le le atoatoa e avea o se puna'oa tele o le malosi foafoa ma ata fa'aleaganu'u.

Indra Arriaga BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Anchorage, Alaska
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Amioga: Siva

O Indra Arriaga Delgado o se tusiata Mekisiko, tusitala, fai ata tifaga, ma se tagata suʻesuʻe o loʻo galue i Alaska. Ua fa'aalia e Arriaga Delgado ana galuega i le atunu'u ma fa'avaomalo. I le 2019, na ia maua ai le Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award mo lana poloketi Etimologías Opacas/Opaque Etymologies. O lana ata tifaga talu ai nei, Sabor Ártico: Latinos en Alaska (Arctic Flavor: Latinos i Alaska) na faʻatupeina e Latino Public Broadcasting ma filifilia e matamata ia Setema o se vaega o le Los Angeles New Filmmakers Festival. O Indra o lo'o galue i le komiti fa'atonu a le Perseverance Theatre, o lo'o i le komiti faufautua mo le Identity, fa'apea fo'i ma le Faufautua i le Center for Technology and Civic Life, o se fa'alapotopotoga e le fa'aituau e fesoasoani i le fa'amalosia o faiga palota i le atunu'u atoa, ma o lo'o galulue fa'atasi nei ma Out North e avea ma Fa'atonu Fa'ata. mo le Out North Fringe Festival.

Jessica Harned BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Nampa, Idaho
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Amioga: Folklife/Traditional Arts

Ua laki Jessica Harned e amata lana galuega i Boise, Idaho. Na avea muamua o ia ma sui o le Boise Philharmonic i le 2016, ma talu mai lena taimi, sa faia ma le tele o faʻalapotopotoga faʻapolofesa i le lotoifale, e aofia ai Mariachi Sol de Acapulco, o le na manumalo i le Faʻailoga a le Kovana mo Musika Sili i le 2018.

Ia Jessica, o a'oa'oga e sili ona tāua. I le 2020, na maua ai e Jessica lona faailoga Masters mai Boise State, ina ua manumalo i le Boise Philharmonic Graduate Quartet Fellowship. O lenei aafiaga na faamalosia ai o ia e tautala e uiga i le olaga ma aafiaga o le BIPOC community i totonu o musika masani. Talu mai lena taimi, na ia faʻaaluina lona taimi e faʻaleleia ai talanoaga e uiga i le faʻaalia o musika masani, luga o le leitio, i totonu o le potuaoga, ma i totonu o lana lava galuega, aʻo auai uma i musika i avanoa fou ma eseese.

I le malamalama ai o lana galuega e tele ona itu, ma o lona mitamita tele i lena mea, ua talitonu Jessica o lenei auala eseese ua fesoasoani ia te ia e avea ai ma tagata musika ma tagata o loʻo i ai nei.

Jessyca Valdez BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Jackson, Wyoming
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Amioga: Faletifaga

O Jessyca Valdez o se tagata pu'e ata mai Toluca, Mekisiko. Na amata ona ia tulituliloa ata i le 5 tausaga talu ai ina ua siitia atu i Jackson Hole, Wyoming, ma o lona naunautaiga o le faʻamalamalamaina o tala e le mafaamatalaina o le poto masani mai tagata malaga. Ua mae'a a'oa'oga fa'ata'ita'iga fa'apitoa e ala ile UNAVAD: Escuela de Fotografía i Toluca, Mekisiko. Jessyca o se Community Mobilizer for Voices JH, ma e galue foi o se tausi fale.

Julie M Sola BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Las Vegas, Niu Mekisiko
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Amioga: Ata pue

O aʻu o se tusiata e aʻoaʻoina e le tagata lava ia o loʻo tusia i luga o manatuaga o tamaiti laiti o ou matua matutua ma a latou aganuu Mekisiko ma
talatuu, ua avea la'u galuega ma se faauigaga uigaese ma lelei o vaitau eseese o a'u
lava ola. E faapitoa lava le musuia o aʻu i oʻu lava aafiaga i le galue i le fagafao ma
lafumanu. O le tele o taimi i talatuu a Mekisiko sa masani ona faʻaaogaina manu e aʻoaʻo ai le saʻo mai le sese
po o le faamatala atu o mea o loo tutupu i le taimi nei. O se tasi lea o auala e faatumauina ai le faitau aofaʻi o tagata i tua
logoina ona o le toatele oi latou e le iloa faitau. E masani ona fa'apea manu uiga o tagata i
o laʻu galuega ma aʻu e taumafai e fatuina se tala e le gata e mafai ai e aʻu tagata matamata ona fatuina
la latou lava tala. I nisi o a'u galuega o lo'o i ai nei o lo'o ou tusia ma fa'ata'ita'iina tusi a tamaiti.
O se lu'itau fou matagofie lea e una'ia ai a'u e va'ai i la'u galuega mai se isi mea
vaaiga.

Kit A Julianto BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Owyhee, Nevada
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Amioga: Tusitala

Kit Julianto, Yooti, o se sui auai o le Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation ma e tupuga mai i le Navajo Nation. Na te umia le BFA i le Studio Arts mai le Institute of American Indian Arts of Santa Fe, New Mexico (2010) ma le MFA i Aoga Maualuga mai le Iunivesite o Grand Canyon (2018). O ia o se faiaoga Art mo togi Pre-K i le 12 i le Owyhee Combined School i le Elko County School District. O Kit o se tagata pese powwow ma le Native American Flute player, ma e galue i auala eseese ma metotia e aofia ai ipu, tusi, vaneina, vaneina, ma e tele lava ina lauiloa mo le valiina i acrylics. O ana galuega e atagia ai aganuʻu a Amerika Amerika, musika, tu ma aga, ma tala faʻasolopito, e ala i auala eseese, lanu viia, ma mea.
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Lauren Benetua BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Mountain View, Kalefonia
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Amioga: Ata Vaaia

O Lauren Benetua (o ia/latou) o se tagata Filipina na fanau mai i Amerika o Illonggo, Batangueña, Bikolana, ma Ilokana o lo'o nofo i le teritori o Huichin Ohlone. O i latou o se fa'ata'ita'i fa'aleaganu'u fa'apitoa ma le aperenitisi lalaga ma Kalingafornia Laga, o se vaega lalaga o tama'ita'i Pilipino Amerika o lo'o fa'asaoina, fa'alauiloa, ma fa'atumauina tu ma aga lalaga a le atunu'u mai Kalinga i Filipaina. O loo aumai e Lauren le 10 tausaga o tomai lalaga ie, e aofia ai le faafaigofieina o aoaoga faaleaoaoga faaleaganuu ma faatinoga lalaga faatasi ma lo latou faiaoga ma le faiaoga, Jenny Bawer Young. Ua ia su'esu'e nei le tiute o le a'oa'oina o lalaga lalaga tua i tua i tagata fou o lo'o a'oa'oina i le tu ma aga na a'oa'oina ai o ia na tuufaasolo mai e lima o tama'ita'i o le atunu'u i augatupulaga ma o lo'o naunau e fa'aauau le fa'ato'aga o se fa'alapotopotoga a le au lalaga Pilipinx i le atunu'u.

Leila Haile BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 portland, Oregon
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Amioga: Ata Vaaia

O Roux Haile o se tusiata transdisciplinary o ana galuega ma agafesootai e totonugalemu le fatufatuaʻi e avea ma malosiaga faʻamalosi mo le saʻolotoga o le tagata lava ia ma le tuʻufaʻatasia. E ala i le taina o pe'a, siva, ta'amilosaga, tetee ma fa'alapotopotoga fa'alapotopotoga latou te su'esu'eina le va o tagata ta'ito'atasi, sa'olotoga fa'aletagata ma fa'alapotopotoga.

Loida Maritza Perez BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Albuquerque, Niu Mekisiko
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Amioga: Folklife/Traditional Arts

Loida Maritza Pérez o le Faavae ma le Pule Sili o AfroMundo. O se tagatanuu o le Dominican Republic, o ia o se tagata suʻesuʻe tutoatasi, tagata faʻaleaganuʻu ma le tusitala o Geographies of Home, o se tala na lomia i le Iunaite Setete ma fafo. O lana tusi o lo'o lumana'i, Beyond the Pale, na manumalo i le PEN America 2019 Jean Stein Grant mo le Tala Fa'asolopito Tutala. O lana galuega na faʻaalia i le Michigan Quarterly Review, Latina, MaComere, Meridians, Edinburgh Review, Bomb, Callaloo ma Best of Callaloo. O le 2022-2023 National Leaders of Color Fellow, na ia mauaina faailoga mai le New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for Arts i le galulue faatasi ma le Iunivesite o Niu Mekisiko ma le Rutgers University, IC3-Institute for Communities, Creativity and Consciousness, Djerassi's Henry Louis Gates Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation for the Arts US–Africa Writer's Project, MacDowell Arts Colony, Yaddo Foundation, Hedgebrook, Millay Arts Colony, Ucross Foundation ma Villa Montalvo.

Maria C Barcinas BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Hagatna, Guam
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Amioga: Folklife/Traditional Arts

O Maria ""Lia"" Barcinas o se tagata tufuga a le Chamorro fiber mai le Atu Mariana. O lana faatufugaga e taumafai e fa'amanatu le talatuu a le Oceanic o le fa'aogaina o le si'osi'omaga mo le fa'atumauina ma le faatufugaga.

Mary Zhang BIPOC Artist Fund 2023 Spokane, Uosigitone
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Amioga: Interdisciplinary

O Mary Zhang o se tusiata tomai ma e fiafia i aganuu e nofo i Spokane, Uosigitone. I le valu tausaga talu ai, sa avea ai o ia ma Fa'atonu o le Spokane Chinese Dance Group (SCDG), lea na ia fa'aalia ai tomai fa'apitoa tau fa'ata'ita'iga i siva fa'aSaina, fa'apea fo'i ma tomai fa'ataitai ma fa'alapotopotoga i auaunaga i nu'u. Sa ia fa'atulagaina ma fa'amaopoopoina le silia ma le 48 fa'asalalauga fa'aleaganu'u fa'atasi ma fa'alapotopotoga fa'apitonu'u eseese, e aofia ai ofisa sinia, a'oga, faletusi, fa'aaliga fa'aleaganu'u, ma fa'amanatuga o aso malolo. I lalo o lana taʻitaʻiga, ua faʻaalia e le SCDG le silia ma le 150 faʻafiafiaga siva eseese, e aofia ai le siva masani a Han Dynasty, Siva Qipao, siva Tibet, ma le siva Mongolian. O Mary sa avea ma Sui Peresetene o le Spokane Chinese Association talu mai le 2014, sa tele sona sao i le faalapotopotoga ma le lautele o tagata Saina Spokane. I le fa'ailoaina o ana taleni fa'ata'ita'i, na fa'aa'oa'o ai Mary i le Spokane Arts na tu'uina atu e Mary's Chinese Dance Studio mo le tausaga 2022-2023.

Mauro Romualdo BIPOC Artist Fund 2024 Aai o Sate Leki, Iuta
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Amioga: Tusitala

Mestre Jamaika (Mauro Romualdo) ose lōia fa'ava-o-malo o le ata Afro-Pasila o le capoeira, ma sa fa'aauaina ma fa'aaafia lelei tamaiti a'oga ma tagata fa'alogo i vaitausaga uma ma talaaga mo le silia ma le 30 tausaga. Fanau mai i le fatu o le nofoaga na fanau ai capoeira ma lona tuaa fanua, na ia iloa ai lona naunau mo le capoeira ao laitiiti. O lona tomai tulaga ese ma le taleni acrobatic mata’utia na tu’u ai o ia i luga o le tulaga o le lalolagi, ma sa valaaulia o ia e nofo ma faiaoga i Isaraelu i le 1998, sosoo ai ma se valaaulia e faiaoga i le Iunaite Setete lea sa ia nofo ai talu mai le 1999. E faatolu ona avea o ia ma Pasila. Capoeira Confederation Champion, ma le faatonu o Sate Leki Capoeira talu mai le 2005. E le gata i lea, sa ia musuia tagata o taaloga vitio, lauga i iunivesite, ma auai i faamaumauga, vitio musika, ma podcasts. E nofo o ia i le Aai o Sate Leki ma lona faletua, o Amanda, ma o le a faaauau pea ona faamamaluina ona aa e ala i le faasoa atu o lana aganuu ma faamalosia le nuu e ala i nei faatufugaga.

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