WESTAF Update Notes #95 | Tesema 2017
Mai ia Anthony Radich, Faatonu Sili
 
Ole 95 lenei ile fa'aauauina o fa'afouga e uiga ile galuega a WESTAF.

Manuia le Fonotaga a le Public Art i Honolulu
O le WESTAF na galulue fa'atasi ma le Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and Forecast Public Art e fa'amaopoopoina le 17th cultural policy symposium a WESTAF, The Future History of Public Art, i Honolulu. O le mea na tupu na faʻapotopotoina ai faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa faʻataʻitaʻi, tusiata, tagata faitio, tausi, tagata aʻoga, tagata faʻasao, ma tagata suʻesuʻe mai atunuu e ono, e aofia ai Niu Sila, Pasila, Atenitina, Ausetalia, Kanata, ma le US O le taulaiga o le lauga o le mafaufau i le lumanaʻi o le fanua faatufugaga lautele. O fa'asalalauga fa'asalalauga na taula'i i autu tetele e lima: fa'atemokalasi o fa'ata'ita'iga lautele, o le lumana'i o fa'atekonolosi aga'i i luma i fa'ata'ita'iga lautele, fa'ata'ita'iga fa'ata'ita'iga a le lautele, o le toe fa'atupuina o le le tumau i fa'ata'ita'iga lautele, ma le toe mafaufau i faiga fa'avae fa'atagata lautele ma faiga fa'atupe. O le faʻasalalauga na taʻitaʻia e Cameron Cartiere, polofesa lagolago o Aganuu + Community i le Emily Carr University of Art + Design, lea e tu i Vancouver, British Columbia. O Cartiere o se sui fa'ato'a o le Komiti Faufautua Sinia a le Public Art Archive. O le lisi o tagata autu autu ma a latou bios e mafai ona maua iinei. I le lomiga o loʻo lumanaʻi o le Public Art Review, lea e faʻasalalau e Forecast Public Art, o le a iai se tala e faʻaalia ai le au auai.
Afai e te manaʻo e maua se kopi o taualumaga pe a avanoa, faʻamolemole faʻafesoʻotaʻi Lori Goldstein, Public Art Archive Manager, ile Lori.Goldstein@westaf.org.

Ta'ita'i Fa'atupuina ole Polokalame Lanu afifi i Denver
O Novema nei, na talimalo ai le WESTAF i le 13 o le au fa'ata'ita'iga fa'apitoa mo lana polokalame fa'aletausaga fa'apolofesa fa'aletausaga lona ono mo ta'ita'i o lanu. Faʻatautaia e sui o le aʻoga ua leva o Salvador Acevedo, Margie Johnson Reese, ma Tamara Alvarado, o le 2017 cohort o loʻo auai i le 70-plus-member alumni network of professionals of color across the region. O sui auai o le 2017 e aofia ai: • Andrew Akufo, Faatonu Sili, Lea County Commission for Arts, Hobbs, New Mexico; • Katherin Canton, Co-Director, Emerging Arts Professionals San Francisco/Bay Area, Oakland, Kalefonia; • Eric Chang, Fa'atonu Polokalama Fa'ata'ita'i, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i; • Cynthia Chen, Development Associate, Spy Hop Productions, Salt Lake City, Iuta; • Julz Ignacio, Polokalama Fa'atonu Pule, Arts Corps, Seattle, Uosigitone; • D'Ante McNeal, Lagolago Fesoasoani, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Colorado Springs, Colorado; • Kai Monet, Fa'atonu Polokalama a'oa'oga, Falemata'aga o Tufuga Fa'aonaponei, Los Angeles, Kalefonia; • Reyna Montoya, Founder/Executive Director, Aliento, Phoenix, Arizona; • Mariana Moscoso; Su'esu'e Polokalame, Fa'ata'ita'iga i Fa'asa'oga; California Arts Council, Sacramento, Kalefonia: • Hunter Old Elk, Curatorial Assistant, Plains Indian Museum i le Buffalo Bill Center i Sisifo, Cody, Wyoming; • Leah Shlachter, Faamaopoopo Polokalama Matutua, Teton County Library, Jackson, Wyoming; • Ashley Stull Meyers, Faatonu ma le Pule, Art Gym ma Belluschi Pavilion, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon; ma • Uarota a Sandra Margarita, Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Fa'aleaganu'u Sinia, A'ai o Las Vegas, Ofisa o Mataupu Tau Aganu'u, Las Vegas, Nevada.
O fa'amatalaga fa'aopoopo e uiga i le WESTAF's Multicultural Initiatives and Emerging Leaders of Color program, e aofia ai ma le au matutua o le polokalame, e mafai ona maua iinei.

Fonotaga a WESTAF-Region State Arts Agency Directors
O faatonu faʻatonu a le ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete i le itulagi WESTAF o le a fono i Denver Tesema 11 ma 12. O le a auai ia i latou Tom Simplot, le Faufautua Sinia fou i le Sui Taitaifono Sinia i le NEA. Ose mataupu autu i le fono o le talanoaina lea o le ata ua toeitiiti mae'a o le fuafuaga mamao mamao a le WESTAF. O le fuafuaga e toe fa'atulagaina ai tagata faigaluega ma punaoa tau tupe i le WESTAF ina ia iloa atili ai le fiafia lua a le WESTAF. O le a faʻaauau pea ona taulaʻi le faʻalapotopotoga i faiga faʻaleaganuʻu, aemaise lava e faʻatatau i ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete. Ae ui i lea, o le fuafuaga fou, ua iloa ai o le WESTAF o loʻo faʻatautaia nei se faʻauluuluga manuia o poloketi e fitu i luga o le initaneti e tautua ai tusiata ma faʻalapotopotoga faatufugaga i le atunuʻu. O tupe maua e maua mai i ia poloketi e fa'atupe ai le tele o galuega fa'avae fa'aleaganu'u a le WESTAF.

Fa'amatalaga mai le WESTAF History Archives
WESTAF su'esu'e Dinah Zeiger o lo'o fa'atulagaina le WESTAF archives. I lena faagasologa, na ia tau atu ai i pepa e faatatau i polokalama atonu sa faamanuiaina muamua—pe leai—ae ua leiloa i le talafaasolopito. I nei faʻamatalaga, o le a matou tuʻuina atu nisi oi latou mo lou faʻafiafiaga. Ole muamua ole numera 1-900 e mafai e le au tusiata ona valaʻau mo fautuaga ile galuega. O le totogi-mo le auaunaga (i le minute) galuega sa fa'aputu lelei i faufautua maualuluga. Ae paga lea, o manaoga e leʻi ausia faʻamoemoega, ma o le 1997-na amataina le polokalame na litaea i le 2001.
O lo'o aga'i atu le ofisa WESTAF! Amata i le aso 18 o Tesema, o le matou tuatusi o le: 1888 Sherman Street, Suite 375, Denver, CO 80203. Fa'amolemole fa'afouina au fa'amaumauga.