MATAFAIOI FAALEAGAIGA & FAAAOFIA           
South Arts Fa'amata'u Ta'ita'i o Polokalame Lanu afifi

Aso Lulu, Tesema 9, na tapunia manuia ai le vaega muamua o le South Arts Emerging Leaders of Color Program (ELC). O lenei polokalame na toe faʻaleleia mo le tuʻuina atu i luga ole laiga e le faiaoga, Salvador Acevedo, Margie Johnson Reese, ma le aufaigaluega a le WESTAF Inclusion & Equity Division Madalena Salazar ma David Holland, i le faiga faapaaga ma le pule o le polokalame, Ethan Messere o South Arts. I lenei polokalame toe teuteu, na mafai ai ona matou faaopoopo elemene fou i le polokalama, e pei o le taiala o punaoa i luga o le initaneti (na mamanuina e le 2015 Colorado ELC alumna Alexandria Jimenez), ma valaaulia nisi e faafoeina, o Shana Tucker ma Ashley Renee Watkins. Matou te fiafia e faʻafeiloaʻi le toʻa 12 o loʻo auai mai le itu i Saute Arts i le aiga ELC.
SO'OGA, FA'AVAE, MA FAIGA FA'AVAE                  
Fa'asilasilaina Fa'amatalaga Fou ma Su'esu'ega Toe Fa'aleleia o le Tamaoaiga

Matou te fiafia e faʻasalalau suʻesuʻega fou o le Arts and Economic Recovery, faʻatautaia i le galulue faʻatasi ma le (NASAA) ma Douglas Noonan o le Iunivesite o Indiana e faʻaalia ai le auala e faʻamalosia ai e le faatufugaga le tamaoaiga pe a maeʻa vaitau o faʻalavelave faʻalavelave tau tamaoaiga. I le faʻaopoopoga i le faʻaaogaina o faʻamaumauga a le Creative Vitality Suite ™ ma suʻesuʻega faʻapitoa loloto, o le lipoti a le WESTAF, Creative Economies and Economic Recovery: Case Studies of Arts-Led Recovery and Resilience, o loʻo faʻaalia ai se aofaʻiga o tala e faʻaalia ai le faʻaogaina e nuʻu laiti ma tetele a latou. aseta foafoa e fa'atupula'ia avanoa tau tamaoaiga ma toe fa'aleleia mai taimi faigata. Tala'aga o nu'u 'ese'ese i Arisona, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Tennessee, Vermont, Uosigitone, ma West Virginia o lo'o fa'aalia ai le fa'atinoina o le tamaoaiga. O le lipoti o loʻo tuʻuina atu ai meafaigaluega talafeagai mo taʻitaʻi faʻaleaganuʻu o loʻo vaʻavaʻai e auai i galuega toe faʻaleleia ma fautua mo feterale, setete, ma faʻapitonuʻu tupe teufaafaigaluega i faatufugaga. I le taimi nei o le le mautonu o le tamaoaiga, o mea na maua i lenei lipoti ua ofoina mai ai le faʻamaoniga faʻapitoa e faʻapea o faatufugaga o se vaega faʻamalosi ma maufetuunaʻi ma le gafatia e faʻaosofia ai le tuputupu aʻe o galuega, faʻaitiitia le lamatiaga o le tamaoaiga e ala i le faʻalauteleina, faʻaosofia pisinisi, ma faatosina mai tagata tafafao maimoa. 2021 Seminare mo Ta'ita'i ma Fautuaga Fa'ata'ita'i

WESTAF's 2021 (virtual!) Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar (ALAS) o le a faia Fepuari 24 ma 25, 2021. O le mea na tupu ua toe faʻatulagaina e faʻaalia ai ni faʻasalalauga faʻapitoa e fa, e aofia ai se talanoaga faavaega ma se vasega Q&A auai, e musuia e le semina fa'aoga sa fa'aoga i fa'atasiga a le ALAS ua tuana'i. O autu o le semina o le a aofia ai atinaʻe i faiga faʻavae a le feterale, faʻasalalauga a le setete i sisifo i faiga faʻavae a le feterale, faʻamalosia lelei o sui o le Konekeresi, ma le toe faʻaleleia o le fanua. Ua fa'amaonia mai le fa'asologa atoa o le au faipule: Heather Noonan, sui peresitene mo le fautua, League of American Orchestras; Hal Real, na faavaeina, World Cafe Live ma sui o le komiti, National Independent Venue Association; Allentza Michel, ofisa o polokalame, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Julie Baker, faatonu sili, Californians for Arts; Manny Cawaling, faatonu sili, Inspire Washington (Washington); Lauren DeNinno, faufautua sinia faiga faavae, Western Governors Association; Laurel Sayer, Pule Sili, Midas Gold Corp; Ashanti McGee, sui o le itu, Sui US Susie Lee; Karmen Rossi, sui faatonu o le setete, mataupu tau militeri ma veterans mo le tamaitai faipule o Liz Cheney; Cézanne Charles, fa'avae fa'atasi, rootoftwo; Abdiel López, ofisa o polokalame, Nofoaga Autu mo Faiga Fa'aleaganu'u; ma Jen Cole, pule o le aufaigaluega, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts i le Iunivesite o le Setete o Arizona. Ua tatala nei le lesitala ma e leai se tau e auai ai i le semina. WESTAF Fesoasoani i Fautuaga Faiga Fa'avae a le Malo Tele

Ia Novema 2020, WESTAF Faatonu o Aafiaga ma Faiga Faavae a le Malo o David Holland na auai i le Cultural Cultural Advocacy Group (CAG), o le vaega galulue o faatufugaga a le atunuu, humanities, ma aganuu e galulue faatasi i le tausaga atoa e agai i luma faiga faavae feterale faamuamua. O lenei vaega na vala'aulia e tu'uina atu se seti o fuafuaga fa'avae i le Biden-Harris Transition's Arts & Humanities Agency Review Team i le amataga o Tesema. Ua fa'amaonia e le WESTAF lenei pepa o se tasi o fa'alapotopotoga na fesoasoani i lona atina'eina. Ua toe teuteu le pepa e tusa ai ma manatu faaalia mai se vaega o faʻalapotopotoga faʻaitulagi ma faʻalapotopotoga faʻale-atunuu ma se faʻamatalaga fou o The Arts and Cultural Sector: Federal Policy Actions e faʻavae i luga o lenei faʻamatalaga o loʻo faʻasalalau atu mo le faʻamaoniga.WESTAF Valaulia e Auai i le AFTA Inclusive Creative Economy Working Group

Ina ua maeʻa ona tautua i le Creative Economy Working Group na faʻatulagaina e Americans for the Arts (AFTA) talu mai le tuai o le 2019, na valaʻaulia talu ai nei David Holland e auai i le Inclusive Creative Economy Working Group, o se vaega fou na fausia e tali atu i le fuafuaga na tulaʻi mai i le faiga muamua. . O le vaega lea na feiloai mo le taimi muamua i le Aso Tofi, Tesema 10, e aofia ai sui mai le tele o faʻalapotopotoga i totonu ma fafo atu o faatufugaga e aofia ai kamupani e pei o Kickstarter ma Etsy, faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitonuʻu faʻaitulagi NEFA, faʻatupeina o le tamaoaiga o le Rural LISC, ma isi. I le itulagi WESTAF, o le Nofoaga Autu mo Aganuu Faʻafouina, le Poloketi Puipuiga o le Tamaoaiga, ma le LA County Arts and Culture o loʻo tautua foi i le vaega fou.
WESTAF TECHNOLOGY                                      
CVSuite™ Fa'afouina Fa'amatalaga

I le aso 10 o Tesema, na toe fa'afouina ai fa'amaumauga a le CVSuite ina ia fa'atasi ma le matou tu'uina atu fa'amatalaga Economic Modeling Specialists International's (Emsi) fa'amaumauga 2020.3. E fa'afou e le CVSuite ana fa'amaumauga i le tausaga atoa pe a maua fa'amatalaga fou mai le Emsi. A fa'ailoa mai nei fa'amaumauga, matou te toe fa'afouina uma fa'amaumauga o tausaga i luga o le saite i fa'amaumauga o lo'o iai nei, sili atu ona sa'o ina ia fa'aauau pea le fa'atusaina o fa'asologa i lea tausaga ma lea tausaga.
Le Public Art Archive talu ai nei na fa'alauiloa ai le fa'aaliga i luga ole laiga o Mural Arts Philadelphia's Power Map: Historical Mural Activation. O le Power Map o se fa'asologa o galuega fa'alaua'itele ma mea na tutupu na fa'aosofia e ata mai le 20 tausaga muamua o Mural Arts Philadelphia. Faʻatulagaina e le pule-i-nofoaga Daniel Tucker, o nei faʻagaioiga na faia toetoe lava ma luga o le saite i ata filifilia i le va o le taumafanafana o le 2019 ma le tautoulu o le 2020.

Olaga e fusifusia ai: O se Fa'atonuga Fa'amasinoga Toefuata'i
Na faalauiloa foi e le Public Art Archive le faaaliga i luga o le initaneti o Santa Monica Cultural Affairs 'Lives That Bind: o se toe faʻatulagaina o le faamasinoga tonu. O le faʻaaliga, o loʻo faʻaalia ai galuega taulima o vaega uma o le Santa Monica's Art Bank collection, e aofia ai igoa tetele e pei o Kerry James Marshall, Alfredo Ramos-Martinez, ma Alison Saar faʻapea foʻi ma isi tusiata a le BIPOC o loʻo tulaʻi mai ma faʻavaeina e pei o Umar Rashid ma Emma. Robbins.CaFÉ™ Agai i Braintree

O le faagasologa o totogi a CaFÉ ua siitia mai PayPal i Braintree, o se auaunaga e umia e PayPal. O lenei faʻafouga e faʻaleleia ai le saogalemu, faʻatagaina tusiata e teu ituaiga tupe totogi mo le faʻafaigofieina o le siakiina, ma faʻaoga le faagasologa o le siakiina ma le ZAPP.
FA'AFONOA                                                    
TourWest 2021 Grant Cycle Ua tatala nei!

O le polokalame fesoasoani a le WESTAF TourWest 2021-2022 na faalauiloa aloaia ia Fepuari 10, 2021. Lagolagoina e se fesoasoani mai le National Endowment for Arts, TourWest e tuuina atu fesoasoani i faatufugaga ma faalapotopotoga i totonu o le 13-setete o le WESTAF itulagi mo le tuuina atu o tagata tafafao maimoa ma tusitusiga. tusiata. O taui fa'ameaalofa o le $2,500 po'o le 50% o le aofa'iga o tupe fa'aalu o le poloketi, po'o fea lava e la'ititi, ma e mana'omia se fa'atusatusaga tupe tasi-i-tasi e le fa'alapotopotoga o lo'o tu'uina atu. O poloketi e tatau ona faia i le va o Setema 1, 2021 ma Aukuso 31, 2022 ma e tatau ona aofia uma ai se faʻaaliga lautele ma se gaioiga faʻaaoaoga. O le a avanoa se tuusaunoaga e tasi mo le taamilosaga 2021-2022 i tagata talosaga o loʻo feagai ma faigata ona faʻasalalau tusiata mai fafo ona o le faʻamaʻi COVID-19.

O tagata talosaga e agavaa e talosaga mo le tuʻuina atu o tusiata taʻavale i totonu o le setete o loʻo malaga a itiiti ifo i le 50 maila i lou nofoaga. O tusiata o lo'o i totonu ole 50 maila mai lou nofoaga o le a le ta'ua o tusiata ta'amilo ma o lea e le agavaa ai mo lenei fesoasoani. Fa'afiafiaga ma a'oa'oga fa'aa'oa'oga e mafai ona faia fa'atasi pe a le COVID-19 fa'atapula'a a le setete e fa'ataga ai fa'atasiga. E fa'atauaina e TourWest le saogalemu o a tatou fa'aaliga ma tagata fa'afiafia ma fa'amalosia tagata talosaga uma e toe iloilo a latou ta'iala a le setete a'o le'i talosaga ma fa'ailoa pea pe a maua se fesoasoani a le TourWest. O fa'afiafiaga fa'aa'oa'oga i fafo atu o le setete ma galuega fa'aa'oa'oga e agava'a fo'i e fa'atino i se tulaga fa'apitoa. O talosaga e tatau ia Aperila 1, 2021 ile 11:59 pm Mountain Time.CNMI CARES Relief Fund mo Tusiata ma Faalapotopotoga

Fa'atūina e ala i se faiga fa'apa'aga ma le WESTAF ma le Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Arts Council (CNMI), ma lagolagoina e le National Endowment for Arts, le CNMI Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Relief Fund for Artists na tatalaina ia Tesema 14, 2020. O lenei polokalame fesoasoani fesoasoani e maua ai le lagolago i tusiata agavaa o latou galuega faatino na aʻafia i le faʻamaʻi COVID-19 i Northern Mariana Islands. O tupe fa'ameaalofa o le a tu'uina atu ile vaega ole $2000-$5000. Ole CNMI CARES Relief Fund for Organizations o lo'o tatala pea ile 501(c)3 fa'alapotopotoga fa'aleaganu'u e le'o fa'apolokiki i le Atu Mariana. O talosaga uma e lua e mafai ona maua i le cnmicares.gosmart.org ma o le a tatau ona totogi i kuata taʻi tolu ma faʻatagaina i luga o le sau muamua, muamua tautua i le 2021. O le taimi muamua o Ianuari 30, 2021, ma o le a faʻafesoʻotaʻi tagata filifilia ia Fepuari. Ole isi kuata ta'i masina mo tusiata ma fa'alapotopotoga o Aperila 30, 2021.
TALA FOU A LE MALO                             
WESTAF-Region States ua faamatuu atu le $85 Miliona e oo mai i le taimi nei i Faaputugatupe Fesoasoani ma Aganuu.

O le aofaʻi o tupe fesoasoani a le setete o loʻo lagolagoina saʻo faatufugaga ma aganuu ma faʻatautaia e ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete ua siitia i luga ole $85 miliona i le itulagi atoa, e aofia ai:

Arisona: $2 miliona i tupe fesoasoani a le setete o loʻo tuʻuina atu i le Arizona Commission on Arts

Colorado: $7.5 miliona i tupe fesoasoani a le setete na tuuina atu talu ai nei i Colorado Creative Industries

Montana: O le polokalame CARES a Montana Arts Council na maua le lagolago faaopoopo mai le Ofisa o le Tala o le Tupe ma le Fuafuaga o Polokalama a le Kovana o Montana e faʻafetaui ai manaʻoga mo a latou foaʻi i tagata taʻitoʻatasi ma faʻalapotopotoga.

Nevada: O le Ofisa o le Kovana o Nevada mo le Atinaʻeina o le Tamaoaiga na tuʻuina atu tupe fesoasoani faʻamaʻi i faʻalapotopotoga o faatufugaga ma aganuʻu (ma isi faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa ma pisinisi) e ala i le $40 miliona Pandemic Emergency Technical Support (PETS) polokalame fesoasoani ma faipaaga ma le Nevada Arts Council e ofoina atu fesoasoani faʻapitoa.

Oregon: $50 miliona pusa fesoasoani mo le aganuu a Oregon

Iuta: $19.5 miliona le faasoasoaina o tupe fesoasoani a le setete mo le Vaega o Fa'aagaaga ma Fale Mataaga a Iuta e ala i le polokalame Create in Utah.

Uosigitone: $3.4 miliona fesoasoani fesoasoani na tuuina atu e le Washington State Arts Commission ma le Washington State Department of Commerce