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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

Su'e ile Igoa Po'o Upu
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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

Amanda King Creative West Artist Fund 2025 Boulder City, Nevada
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Amanda King is a classic singer of standards and jazz, celebrated as a true chanteuse with a straight-ahead style steeped in tradition.

Praised by The New York Times critic Stephen Holden as one of the nightclub world’s “exceptional rising talents,” King dives deep into the treasure trove of musical history, honoring the stories, songs, and legends that shaped the rich tapestry of early American popular music and jazz.

Having recently made her international debut, she is currently touring across the United States, captivating audiences with her smooth voice and confident style. Her performances, infused with the sophistication of a bygone era while resonating with contemporary vibrancy, have earned her the affectionate moniker “Las Vegas’ Queen of Swing.”

In 2024, she was featured on “Standards Deluxe,” an album by the Rob Dixon/Steve Allee Quintet. The record spent 18 weeks on the JazzWeek Top 50 chart.

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 Carbonell (Hakeem Furious) Creative West Artist Fund 2025 Denver, Colorado
Andre Carbonell (Hakeem Furious)

Hakeem Furious (Andre Carbonell) is a wordsmith from Jacksonville, Florida, with roots in the Rocky Mountains. He graduated from a Southern performing arts high school as a theater major and developed a passion for words through the spoken word community at Florida A&M University, a historically Black college and university that deepened his understanding, appreciation, and preservation of Black culture and resilience.

Currently, he travels the country performing poetry and comedy, curating shows, and writing curriculum and grants as CEO of the #UltraTerrestrialTour.

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

Angelica Trimble-Yanu Creative West Artist Fund 2025 Oakland, Kalefonia
Angelica Trimble-Yanu

Angelica Trimble-Yanu, born and raised in Oakland, California, is an enrolled member of the Oglála Lakȟóta Sioux Nation from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Trimble-Yanu’s work has been exhibited at venues including the De Young Museum, MarinMOCA, and the Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello during the 2022 Venice Art Biennale. That same year, she was nominated for the SFMOMA SECA Award following her first solo exhibition, BLACK SUN, at San Francisco’s MRKT Gallery.

Her interdisciplinary and community-based practice has led to numerous public residencies and artist talks with institutions such as Google, the De Young Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art SF, the Berkeley Art Center, the Museum of Archaeology at South Alabama University, Oregon State University, and Santa Clara University.

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.

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