WESTAF Fa'asalalau Fa'ailoga Fa'ailoga Fa'aputugatupe Fa'aitulagi Fa'aitulagi

O le faatupega e maua ai le lagolago mo faalapotopotoga faatufugaga ma aganuu i Sisifo e fesoasoani e faaitiitia le taufaamatau tau tupe i le vaega e mafua mai i le COVID-19I Iuni 2020, na faalauiloa ai e le WESTAF lana faiga faapaaga ma le Andrew W. Mellon Foundation i se fesoasoani fesoasoani fou e lagolago ai faalapotopotoga faatufugaga i totonu o le atunuu. 13-setete itulagi i sisifo. O le $10 miliona Faaputugatupe Fa'asao Fa'aitulagi Fa'aitulagi ose fa'ameaalofa muamua lea na tu'uina atu i Fa'alapotopotoga Fa'aitulagi e ono a Amerika. O le tupe na fuafuaina e fesoasoani e faʻaitiitia le faʻamataʻu tau tupe i le vaega e mafua mai i le faʻamaʻi COVID-19 e ala i le lagolagoina o faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa laiti ma le ogatotonu o faʻalapotopotoga faʻataʻitaʻi uma i totonu o nuʻu ma taulaga o loʻo vaʻaia e a latou tupulaga o loʻo i ai i le setete atoa, faʻaitulagi. , po o aafiaga faaleatunuu. I le tautoulu 2020, na amata fa'atautaia ai e le WESTAF le toe tu'uina atu o le sili atu i le $1.7 miliona i le Regional Arts Resilience Fund lagolago.

Faatasi ai ma le fesoasoani a le 20 taʻitaʻi o faatufugaga ma aganuʻu mai le isi itu 13-setete itulagi o loʻo avea ma faufautua / panelist, WESTAF na faʻamasinoina talosaga e 81 mai faʻalapotopotoga na valaʻaulia e talosaga i le va o Aokuso 19 ma Setema 8, 2020. Mai le 464 uluai filifiliga na maua. ia Aukuso, na fa'atupeina ai e le WESTAF ia fa'alapotopotoga e 39 o lo'o fa'atasi ai ma foa'i mai le $30,000 i le $74,000. O talosaga na iloiloina i luga o le tautinoga i le tutusa; aafiaga faatufugaga tulaga ese; ta'ita'i va'ai; ma le auai ma le aafiaga i le lotoifale, faaitulagi, ma le atunuu. Ole lisi ole 20 WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund faufautua e mafai ona maua i lalo. 

O fa'alāpotopotoga agava'a e aofia ai le 501(c)(3) nonprofits, iunite a le setete po'o le malo fa'aitumalo, fa'alapotopotoga e le o ni polofiti o a'oa'oga maualuluga, ma malo fa'ale-aganu'u a Initia. O loʻo faia faʻailoga i faʻalapotopotoga i Sisifo, faʻatasi ai ma le itiiti ifo ma le tasi le fesoasoani e tuʻuina atu i setete taʻitasi i le itulagi, lea e aofia ai setete o Alaska, Arizona, Kalefonia, Colorado, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Iuta, Uosigitone, ma Wyoming. O le faagasologa o le tufatufaina atu o tupe ua fuafua e faia ia Novema. Fa'afetai i fa'alapotopotoga nei ua filifilia mo le mauaina o fesoasoani a le WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund:

Igoa o le Faalapotopotoga
Aai
Setete

Alaska Native Heritage Center 
taula
AK

Bunnell Street Arts Center
Homera
AK

Arts mo Tagata Uma 
Tucson
AZ

Falemataaga o Tagata Atunu'u
Prescott
AZ

Rising Youth Theatre
Phoenix
AZ

Xico Inc.
Phoenix
AZ

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
Santa Rosa
CA

East West Players, Inc.
Los Angeles
CA

EastSide Arts Alliance
Oakland
CA

New Americans Museum and Immigration Learning Center
San Diego
CA

Plaza de la Raza, Inc.
Los Angeles
CA

Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
San Francisco
CA

Aoga o Tufuga ma Aganuu i le MHP
San Jose
CA

A'ai Aurora Visual Arts
Aurora
CO

Ft. Lewis College Foundation – Maota Fa'afiafia a Nuu
Durango
CO

Museo de las Americas
Denver
CO

Rocky Mountain Arts Association
Denver
CO

Autalavou i Faamaumauga
Denver
CO

Hana Arts
Hana
MALO

Tagata Pasefika i Fesootaiga
Honolulu
MALO

Sun Valley Center mo Fa'ata'ita'iga
Sun Valley
ID

Kolisi Laiti Tele Horn
Fa'atonuga Crow
MT

Mauga Taimi Arts
Bozeman
MT

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Inc.
Albuquerque
NM

Kamupani Siva Keshet
Albuquerque
NM

Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, Inc.
Santa Fe
NM

Komiti Fa'atonu, Nevada System of Higher Education e fai ma sui o le Iunivesite o Nevada, Las Vegas, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas
NV

Stewart Indian School Cultural Center ma Falemataaga
Aai o Carson
NV

Asia Pacific American Network of Oregon Community United Fund
Portland
POO

Lo'u Leo Musika
Portland
POO

p: taliga
Portland
POO

Avanoa Ata
Aai o Sate Leki
UT

Nofoaga Autu Tu'ufa'atasi a le Vanu o Moapi
Moapi
UT

Asia Pacific Cultural Centre
Tacoma
WA

LANGSTON
Seattle
WA

Northwest African American Museum
Seattle
WA

Aeto Mumu Fa'alele
Seattle
WA

Polokalama fanua
Spokane
WA

Pinedale Fine Arts Council, Inc.
Pinedale
WY

Fa'afetai i Faufautua/Panelist Fa'atupe Fa'aitulagi Fa'aitulagi:

Laurel Canon Alder, Pule Fa'ameaalofa, Ata ma Fale Mataaga a Iuta (UT) 
Sean Chandler, Dean of Academics, Aaniiih Nakoda College (MT)
Eric Chang, Fa'atonu Polokalama Fa'ata'ita'i, East-West Center (HI)
Justin Favela, Tusiata, Justin Favela Studio (NV)
Asia Freeman, Fa'atonu Fa'ata'ita'i, Bunnell Street Arts Center (AK)
Gustavo Herrera, Faatonu Sili, Arts mo LA (CA)
Maureen Hearty, Fa'atonu Polokalama, Grassroots Foundation, Liberty Rural Learning Cooperative (CO)
Jason Jong, Fa'apitoa Polokalama Fa'atai, California Arts Council (CA)
Leilani Lewis, Sui o le Komiti Fa'atonu, Faufautua Fa'atufugaga, Falemata'aga Amerika i Matusisifo Aferika, SAL (WA)
Brandie Macdonald, Faatonu o Decolonizing Initiatives, San Diego Museum of Man (CA)
Robert Martinez, Owner/Artist, Martinez Art and Design (WY)
Humberto Marquez Mendez, Tagata Fa'apitoa e A'afia i Nuu ma Afioaga (OR)
Tariana Navas-Nieves, Faatonu, Mataupu Faaleaganuu, Denver Arts and Venues (Aai ma Itumalo o Denver) (CO)
Prentice Onayemi, Saito o le Masima (OR)
Moana Palelei HoChing, Creative Director, Pasifika First Fridays (UT)
Scott Palmer, Faʻatonu Faʻatonu Faʻataʻitaʻi, Kamupani a Fools/Sun Valley Museum of Art (ID)
Faaluaina Pritchard, Pule Sili, Asia Pacific Cultural Centre (WA)
Ruth Saludes, Faatonu Sili, Arte Americas The Mexican Arts Center (CA)
M. Jenea Sanchez, Ta'ita'ifono, Alalautusi Fa'ata'ita'i (AZ)
Winoka Yepa, Pule Sinia o A'oa'oga Mata'aga, Inisetiute o Fa'ata'ita'iga a Initia Amerika, Falemata'aga o Tufuga Fa'aonaponei (NM)

E uiga ile WESTAF

O le Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) ose fa'alāpotopotoga tu'ufa'atasi e le'o fa'apolokiki e fa'atumauina le fa'amalosia o mea tau tupe, fa'alapotopotoga, ma faiga fa'avae o galuega taulima i Sisifo. E fesoasoani le WESTAF i ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete, faalapotopotoga faatufugaga, ma tusiata i la latou sailiga e auauna atu i tagata eseese, faatamaoaigaina olaga o nuu i le lotoifale, ma maua avanoa i aoaoga faatufugaga ma faatufugaga mo tagata uma. E ala i polokalame fou, faʻasalalauga, suʻesuʻega, tekonolosi, ma le faʻameaalofa, e faʻamalosia e le WESTAF le faʻalauteleina o le atinaʻe ma le faʻasaoina o faatufugaga faʻaitulagi ma e ala i se fesoʻotaʻiga a le atunuʻu o tagata faʻatau ma fesoʻotaʻiga.About The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Founded in 1969, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the largest national supporter of the arts and humanities, endeavors to strengthen, promote, and, where necessary, defend the contributions of the humanities and the arts to human flourishing and to the well-being of diverse and democratic societies by supporting exemplary institutions of higher education and culture as they renew and provide access to an invaluable heritage of ambitious, path-breaking work.[vc_column column_padd