Dancing Earth Outreach, Southern Ute Cultural Center, Ignacio, Colorado
Creative West serves states, jurisdictions, and tribal nations — inlands and islands — cities that rise like steel cliff sides, and rural landscapes where the earth meets the sky. We refer to our region as “the West” inclusively. Though it’s a burdened, imperfect phrase, we hope over time — and through our action — to fill this term with a reverent, responsive meaning.
Our direct-service work includes funding, programming, leadership development, convenings, and advocacy to move arts and cultural policy forward. Across all, we focus on distributive action that spreads power, information, and resources into our creative communities. We honor their agency by supporting their goals directly — seeking partnership, not power — knowing that our region contains multitudes.
We offer direct, practical support to artists, culture-bearers, state arts agencies, and creative organizations.
We convene experts and leaders to address critical arts and culture issues and to provide an opportunity for practitioners and thinkers to reflect on topics particular to the West while considering a national context.
Our technology platforms equitably build bridges in the arts — connecting artists and arts organizations with opportunities and art-seekers with artists.
We amplify the work of creative organizations by building arts technology and policy systems that can be delivered anywhere.
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CaFÉ 是一个在线申请提交系统，致力于通过为艺术组织提供实惠的提交平台和为艺术家提供简便的申请方式，让所有人都能获得艺术机会。
GO Smart 是一款价格实惠的资助管理软件，为资助者提供申请前和申请后表格、小组审查和数据报告。
公共艺术档案馆 (PAA) 是一个免费、可搜索且不断增长的在线数据库，其中包含美国和国外已完成的公共艺术品，以及一套用于管理公共艺术收藏的资源和工具。
ZAPP 为艺术博览会和艺术节管理员提供了一套工具，用于以数字方式收集和评审申请、管理展位付款以及与申请人沟通，所有这些都在一个易于使用的数字平台上完成。艺术家可以通过一个中央网站申请参加全国数百场展览。
