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

WESTAF ua avea nei ma Creative West.  Faitau uma e uiga i ai.

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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
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.

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.

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

Amaris R Mitchell Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 East Orange, New Jersey
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Fausiaina o Avanoa i Nuu ma Afioaga Fa'apolofesa

O aʻu o se tagata tomai faʻapitoa mo le fausiaina o le Community Capacity Building ma le poto masani i le mamanu ma fuafuaga o polokalame, faʻaleleia o meaola faanatura, ma polokalame faʻataʻitaʻiga. Ou te fiafia tele e fautua mo nuu lanu, fafine, faufau, ma tagata faigaluega matitiva o loʻo i ai i le tala faasolopito. Ua ou tu'uina atu le tele o a'u su'esu'ega ma tomai i 'au e fa'aleleia ai tala fa'asolopito, faatufugaga, ma feso'ota'iga i nu'u e fa'amalosia le tutusa i totonu o nofoaga tetele mai le Talafatai i Sasa'e i Misisipi. Faatasi ai ma se faailoga o le Bachelor of Arts i Media Studies & Production ma African American Studies mai le Temple University, ua ou faia pea lava pea ma aʻu sini o le fusifusia i le fatuina o faatufugaga ma le faʻavasegaina ma le galulue faʻatasi o faʻafitauli-faʻafitauli. Ou te fiafia e galulue ma 'au o tagata, fa'atonu tamaiti a'oga maualuga i ata tifaga ma tautua sa'o i nu'u e le'o maua. Ou te ola foʻi mo musika ola agaga, taʻavale taʻavale, uila ma ata tifaga.

Ambar Ruiz Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2023 - 2024 Manchester, Niu Hampshire
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Faatasi ai ma le sefulu tausaga o le poto masani i le mamanu, Ámbar o loʻo umia le BFA i Design & Digital Arts mai le School of Fine Arts & Design of Puerto Rico (Escuela de Artes Plásticas & Diseño de Puerto Rico), faʻauʻu o Summa Cum Laude. Ua aloaia Ámbar i fesoasoani mai faalapotopotoga e pei o le Luis A. Ferré Foundation (Fundación Luis A Ferré) ma Seguros Múltiples o Puerto Rico. Na ia mauaina foi le tele o faailoga, e aofia ai le People's Choice Award mai le Collective Exhibition “El Bizarro” i le taimi o le Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest. O se tasi o ana galuega taulima o lo'o fa'aalia i le Contemporary Puerto Rican Art Collection (Colección de Arte Puertorriqueño Contemporáneo). O lana galuega na faʻaalia i fale faʻaaloalogia e pei o Exhibixiones del Plata, Lorenzo Homar Gallery (Galería Lorenzo Homar) i le School of Fine Arts & Design of Puerto Rico, ma le Falemataʻaga o Amerika i le Ballajá Barracks (Museo Las Américas, Cuartel de Ballajá). Na ia mauaina le faailoga Audience Choice i le 2021 Circus International Film Festival mo lana galuega i le Sound Mixing and Film Editing i luga o le ata puupuu "Isla Bonita Circus Tour" mo le National Circus School of Puerto Rico. Mo le umi o le lua tausaga, na galue ai Ámbar i le Faculty of the International School of Design & Architecture (Escuela Internacional de Diseño y Arquitectura) i totonu ole SUAGM (Sistema Universitario Ana. G. Méndez). O Ámbar foi o se vaega ole The Currier Collective board mai le Currier Museum of Art, lea na ia fautua mo le amanaiaina o eseesega ma aganuu i Manchester, New Hampshire. O lo'o galue nei o ia i le BOLD o se Fa'atauga Fa'atau oloa e taula'i ile UI/UX ma le fa'ailoga va'aia.

Amir AH Jackson Ta'ita'i o Fa'aputugatupe Atina'e Fa'apolofesa Lanu 2023 Ogden, Iuta
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Amy June Breesman Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2023 - 2024 Lawrence, Kansas
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O Amy June o le tusiata, tagata fa'amalosi ma le tausi fatu i tua o Bluejacket Handcraft ma Good Way Farm i Lawrence, KS. O lo'o galue foi o ia o se Fa'apitoa mo Fegalegaleaiga Fanua i le Inisetiute o Fanua, fa'atasi i le vaega fa'ale-aganu'u o fa'ato'aga. Na fanau ma tausia o ia i le eria o Uosigitone, DC ma toe siitia i Kansas i le 2023, ma faia ai lona fale fou i Kaw, Osage ma Kickapoo teritori. A'o maua'a malosi i ata pu'e, e fiafia o ia i le fa'aogaina o su'esu'ega ma galuega taulima. O lana galuega e tele lava ina logoina e lona tupuaga fefiloi o se sui auai o le Eastern Shawnee Nation of Oklahoma ma le faʻasinomaga. O lana galuega o lo'o fa'atatau i autu o le fa'ailoga tagata ma le vafealoa'i fa'amasinoga tonu, Fa'atosina a le Atunu'u ma le pule fa'atatau o mea'ai.

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.

Andre M Carbonell Ta'ita'i o Fa'aputugatupe Atina'e Fa'apolofesa Lanu 2023 Denver, Colorado
Andre Rochester Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Connecticut
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Pule o Polokalama- Fa'ata'ita'i o Lanu Fa'avavevave Feau, Le 224 EcoSpace

Andre Rochester o se Fa'ata'ita'i Lelei mai le itumalo o Greater Hartford o Connecticut. Na ia suʻesuʻeina faʻataʻitaʻiga i le Iunivesite o Connecticut: School of Fine Arts ma faʻamaeʻa lona BA i le Studio Art i le Charter Oak State College. Na ia maua foʻi le MS i le Taʻitaʻi Faʻalapotopotoga mai le Iunivesite o Quinnipiac. O lana auala e sili ona fiafia i ai o le valivali acrylic. E fa'aaoga e Andre lana faatufugaga e fai ai fa'amatalaga e le lava upu, e fa'ailoa ai lagona fa'avae e feso'ota'i ma le mataupu. O se tu'ufa'atasiga o ata ma galuega fa'apitoa e feso'ota'i ma fa'amatalaga o ona aafiaga patino. I se talavou, na avea le faatufugaga ma meafaigaluega mo le faʻamalolo ma faʻamalosi mo fesoʻotaʻiga. Na atiina ae i se auala mo Andre e faailoa atu ai i tagata e le o tuua na o i latou i lenei faigamalaga o le olaga.

I le faaopoopo atu i le galue o se tusiata ata, muralist, ma le faiaoga tusiata, o Andre o le Polokalama Pule mo le au tusiata o le lanu faatelevaveina mafutaga. O ia o se sui o le komiti faafoe i Windsor Art Center i Windsor, CT lea e avea ai o ia ma Taitaifono Curatorial, sui o le komiti faafoe i le Connecticut Arts Alliance, ma le Komiti Faafoe i Wadsworth Atheneum. Sa galue foi o ia i le City of Hartford Commission on Cultural Affairs (2014-2015). E fesoasoani foi Andre i le au tusiata o loʻo tulaʻi mai i le atinaʻeina o faila, faʻatonuga, ma faʻatalanoaga mo faʻaaliga. Na te faʻamalosia le au tusiata talavou e atiaʻe a latou faiva e aunoa ma le leiloa o le taulai atu i le aʻoaʻoina o tomai faʻapitoa ma pisinisi. E talitonu o ia i laasaga uma i luma, e tatau ona tatou faʻamalamalamaina se ala mo isi e faʻatasi ma i tatou.

André Zhang Sonera Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Initiana
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Sui Fa'atonu o Fa'agaioiga & Fa'apa'aga Fuafuaga, Indiana Arts Commission

André Zhang Sonera na auai i le Indiana Arts Commission ia Iulai 2022 e avea ma Sui Faatonu o Galuega ma Fuafuaga Paaga. O André na sau mai San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, na maua ai e André lona Matai i Mataupu Lautele i Faiga Faʻavae Suʻesuʻega mai le O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) i le Iunivesite o Indiana i le 2021. O ana galuega muamua i le White House, Niu Ioka O le Ofisa o Galuega a le Pulenu’u o le Aai, le Ofisa o le Kovana Lt. Kovana, ma le Ofisa o le Pulenu’u o le Aai o Indianapolis, ua fa’atupuina lona naunau mo le tautua a le malo ma le malo.

I lona taimi avanoa, e galue ma le mitamita o ia o se Big Brother mo BBBS o Central Indiana ma nofo i luga o le IndyHub Foundation Board of Directors.

Andrea L Edwards Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Colorado
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Pule o Aoga, Breckenridge Creative Arts

Andrea Edwards (fa'ailoga fa'apitoa o Drea E.) na soifua mai, fa'aleleia ma a'oa'oina i Seattle, Uosigitone. Na fa'au'u o ia ma le Cum Laude mai le Iunivesite o Seattle ma maua ai le Bachelors of Fine Arts of Photography. I le kolisi sa ia faaaluina se semesa i fafo e suesue ai faatufugaga & faasinomaga faaleatunuu i New Delhi, Initia. Ina ua maeʻa le faauuga, sa ia faʻaaluina le tausaga e galue ai i AmeriCorps i le lotoa a Youth Villages Inner Harbor, o se nofoaga e togafitia ai tupulaga talavou e ogaoga faʻafitauli o lagona ma amioga. O iina, na ia taʻitaʻia ai tupulaga talavou i se poloketi e fesoʻotaʻi ai autu o le agaalofa, ata ma le tautua. Ina ua mavae lona tausaga faaleauaunaga, sa auai o ia i se 6 masina nofomau tusiata i Navasota, Texas, fatuina o se tino o galuega e uiga ia Mance Lipscomb, o se tagata fai meaʻai uliuli i le lotoifale ma le musika blues na avea ma tamaʻi toa o le taulaga; e nafa ma Navasota ua faaigoaina o le ""Blues Capital of Texas"". I le 2017, na siitia ai Andrea i Colorado e fai se galuega faʻavaitaimi e avea o se Supervisor Shop Craft mo le YMCA o le Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch. Mai iina, na ia maua ai se galuega faavaitaimi i Breckenridge Creative Arts lea na vave ai ona siitia o ia i avanoa tumau o se vaega o le latou au polokalame. I lana lava fa'ata'ita'iga fa'ata'ita'iga, ua si'itia e Andrea mai le pu'ega ata i le tele o galuega fa'apitoa. Ona o le maliu o lona tina ia Fepuari 2019, talu ai nei sa ia suʻesuʻeina autu o le faanoanoa e pei ona taulimaina i aganuu eseese, pepa galue o se auala taugofie ae faʻatusa faʻatusa tagata i le tele o itu. https://www.dreae.com/Mixed-Media

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.

Anika M Kowalik Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Wisconsin
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Faiaoga Lagolago o Polokalama Tupulaga,, Milwaukee Art Museum

Anika Kowalik, Faiaoga Lagolago o Polokalama Tupulaga, faamaopoopoina le polokalame Teen Internship ma galue tuusao ma tupulaga. O Kowalik o se Black and Queer Multidisciplinary Artist o lo'o nofo i Milwaukee. Latou te umia le BFA i le Lomitusi mai le Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. I a latou faʻataʻitaʻiga, latou te faʻatalanoaina le fausiaina o avanoa saogalemu, faʻataʻitaʻiga ma le faʻaalia o nuʻu le lelei, ma polokalame e aofia ai nei autu. E tele a latou sootaga i totonu o nuʻu o loʻo tautua saʻo e MAM ona o le tele o tausaga o fesoʻotaʻiga ma nei alalafaga o se tusiata. Ua latou lagolagoina faiga fa'afeagai, fa'afeagai ma fa'ailoga lanu, ma fa'alapotopotoga fa'alotoifale e pei o le Cactus Club Milwaukee, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, ma le Milwaukee Art Museum. Na mae'a a'oa'oga a Kowalik mai le Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin mo se tusipasi o le Atina'eina o Tamaiti i le amataga o le 2022 ma e iai lona poto masani i iloiloga o le soifua maloloina lautele o se Fesoasoani Poloketi mo Jael Solutions LLC mo le Kresge Foundation's Climate Change, Health and Equity Grantees. O le tele ma le tamaoaiga i totonu o latou talaaga e aumaia ai se faiga e fa'atatau i mana'oga i polokalame a tupulaga e atagia mai ai le tutusa o auala i a'oa'oga. I le aotelega, latou te mananaʻo i tupulaga talavou e vaʻavaʻai ia i latou lava i galuega faʻataʻitaʻi e ala i le tuʻuina atu o se poto masani faʻamalieina mo tagata uma e aofia ai.

Ana Gonzalez Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2023 - 2024 Madison, Wisconsin
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Community Engagement Coordinator, American Players Theatre

Anna Gonzalez (ia/her) o le Community Engagement Coordinator i American Players Theatre i Spring Green, Wisconsin. Ua umia e Anna le Bachelor of Arts i le Igilisi mai le Iunivesite o Lawrence, o le Masters of Arts in Shakespeare Studies mai le Shakespeare Institute i Stratford-upon-Avon, ma le MFA i Shakespeare in Performance at Mary Baldwin University. O le poto masani o le gaosiga o fale tifaga e aofia ai le galue o se Supervisor Wardrobe i Glimmerglass Opera, American Shakespeare Center, ma le Royal Shakespeare Company. A o lei toe foi atu i Midwest, sa galue Anna o se Faiaoga o le Vasega Muamua i Las Vegas, Nevada mo le valu tausaga i le aoaoina o le 6-tausaga le matutua i le faitautusi ma le agalelei. O lo'o taumafai Ana e lagolago le fa'aaofia, fa'atusa, ma le auai ina ia fa'afaigofie ona fa'aogaina tala fa'asolopito mo le au fa'asalalau fa'asolopito ma e naunau e auai i le galulue fa'atasi e aumai fa'atasi tagata fa'alogo i totonu o nu'u e fa'atatau i le fa'asoa fa'atasi o le fale fa'afiafia.

Anne Huang Greater Bay Area Arts and Culture Advocacy Coalition 2024 - 2024 Oakland, Kalefonia
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Faatonu Sili, World Arts West

O Dr. Anne Huang o le Faatonu Sili o le World Arts West, o se faalapotopotoga faatufugaga e 46 tausaga le matua e lagolagoina le au tusiata faaleaganuu o loo lagolagoina tu ma aganuu eseese a le lalolagi. I le 2019 na tofia ai Dr. Huang e avea ma tagata muamua o lanu ma aganuu e taʻitaʻia le World Arts West. I lalo o le tutusa ma le fa'aaofia a Dr. Huang, ua fa'ataunu'uina e le World Arts i Sisifo se malaga fa'atusa e suia. O Huang o le sa avea muamua ma Faatonu Sili o le Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC), o se tasi o nofoaga tutotonu faaleaganuu pan-Asia i le US I le taimi o lana nofoaiga, na ia suia ai le OACC mai se faalapotopotoga i faafitauli tau tupe i se faalapotopotoga faʻaleaganuʻu olaola e tautuaina le 50,000 tagata i le tasi. tausaga. Na ia lagolagoina le tele o faʻalapotopotoga faʻaleaganuʻu autu i Kalefonia ma tua atu, e pei o Parangal, Cuicacalli, Arenas Dance Company, Afro Urban Society, Diamano Coura West African Dance, ma isi. I le avea ai o se taʻitaʻi mafaufau ma le malamalama loloto i luitau ma fofo mo tufuga aganuu i le 21st seneturi, ua tuʻuina atu e Huang mo Grantmakers i Arts, National Association of Latino Arts & Culture, Arts Administrator of Color Network, Northern California Grantmakers, International Association of Blacks i Siva, ma isi fono. O ia o le NALAC Advocacy Leadership Institute Fellow, o se Faʻalapotopotoga Faʻatonu mo le Greater Bay Area Arts and Cultural Advocacy Coalition, ma o se sui o le Siva/USA Board of Trustees.

Annie Y Saldana Ta'ita'i o le Felauaiga Lanu 2022 - 2023 Karolaina, Puerto Rico
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Pule ma Fa'avae, Prisma Art Projects

Fanau i Santurce, Puerto Rico, 1987. Ma'ea le Bachelor's Graphics Arts mai le Iunivesite o Puerto Rico i Carolina ma fa'au'u mai ma le Masters in Fine Art ma le fa'atonuga i Ata Ata mai le Miami International University of Art and Design.

Amata lana galuega o le pule tutoatasi ma le pule o faatufugaga i Vargas Gallery, FL i le 2012. Sa galue o se faamaopoopo o galuega faatino ma le tusitala fesoasoani i Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico mo le 6 tausaga talu ai. O Saldaña o le fa'avaeina o Prisma Art Projects, fa'alapotopotoga fa'atautaia e tufuga e taula'i i le lagolagoina o tufuga fa'aonaponei fa'atupuina e ala i fa'aaliga fa'apitoa ma mea na tutupu. I le avea ai ma fa'atonu fa'ata'ita'iga sa auai i polokalame fa'apolofesa eseese e pei o le NALAC's Leadership Institute. Ua fa'alauiloa atu ni ata fa'ava-o-malo e lua ma fa'agaioiga ata i le PR community: 24hourproject ma Free Art Fridays.

I le avea ai o se tusiata, ua auai Saldaña i le tele o faaaliga i Puerto Rico, Iunaite Setete, United Kingdom, Mekisiko, ma Siamani, e aofia ai lana faaaliga solo fou i le National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture i Chicago ma faaaliga vaega e pei o Bienal SalaFAR i Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Bienal de Photografía i Museo de Las Americas i San Juan, Miami Independent Thinkers i Miami ma le PINTA Art Fair i Lonetona.

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