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Pagbati sa mga katiwala at kawani ng WESTAF:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some really significant advances in all corners of WESTAF World over the past few weeks! Look immediately below for some great news about a confirmed new partnership with <\/span>Ang Wallace Foundation<\/span><\/a>. This is a huge step forward for WESTAF and our RAO partners and we\u2019re all extremely excited about this project! This week, we also responded to an RFP issued by the state of Washington\u2014more on this below, as well. Fingers crossed! Also, check out Creative Vitality Suite\u2019s new <\/span>DataEd project<\/span><\/a>\u2014a really crisp and elegant way to make some complex ideas more understandable for those with a growing interest in evaluating their own creative economies. Last but not least, ZAPP is off to a strong start just 45 days into the new fiscal year. Thanks and gratitude to the team for taking WESTAF programs, fundraising and technology businesses to new heights! Read on for more.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WESTAF AY TATANGGAP NG PUNDO MULA SA WALLACE FOUNDATION UPANG UMALIS SA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS OF COLOR (AK\/CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF SUBMITS PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP IS WASHINGTON STATE CREATIVE ECONOMY STRATEGIC PLAN WITH CULTURAL PLANNING GROUP AT RANDY ENGSTROM (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF AT RAOS, DUMALO SA INAUGURAL CREATIVE STATES COALITION CONFERENCE (CG\/DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF DEPUTY DIRECTOR NA MAGSILBI BILANG MENTOR SA BAGONG MEXICO WOMEN OF COLOR NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF MAGPRESENTA SA REGIONAL ADVOCACY BEST PRACTICES SA PAPARATING NA CREATIVE BAGONG MEXICO ADVOCACY PLANNING SESSION (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF DEPUTY DIRECTOR SASALI SA COLORADO CREATIVE DISTRICTS PANEL SITE VISIT SA AURORA CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n TEKNOLOHIYA (PN)<\/b> <\/p>\n NASAA ANTI-BIAS TRAINING SESSIONS CONCLUDE (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n ALL-TEAM GOOD FEEDBACK SESSION (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n AMERICAS CULTURAL SUMMIT (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n
\nAng Wallace Foundation, na ang misyon ay itaguyod ang pagkakapantay-pantay at mga pagpapabuti sa pag-aaral at pagpapayaman para sa mga kabataan at sa sining para sa lahat, ay naglunsad ng isang inisyatiba upang suportahan ang mga organisasyong pang-sining na may kulay at matutunan kung at paano makatutulong ang kanilang oryentasyon sa komunidad na palakasin ang kanilang lakas sa pananalapi. at pagpapanatili. Napili ang WESTAF na magtatag ng isang programang regranting para sa pangalawang pangkat ng mga organisasyon ng sining ng Wallace na may kulay, na tumutuon sa mga may badyet ng organisasyon na mas mababa sa $500,000. Ang programa ay magbibigay sa WESTAF ng $2 milyon bawat taon sa loob ng tatlong taon para sa kabuuang $6 milyon para magsisi sa mga organisasyong ito sa buong Kanluran. Ang bawat isa sa aming mga katapat na regional arts organization (RAO) sa buong bansa ay makakatanggap ng katulad na pagpopondo para sa gawaing ito sa kanilang mga rehiyon.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAng WESTAF\/CVSuite ay nagsumite ng panukala sa State of Washington Department of Commerce bilang tugon sa isang RFP para bumuo ng isang malikhaing ekonomiya na estratehikong plano sa pakikipagtulungan ng Cultural Planning Group at Randy Engstrom ng Third Way Creative, LLC, ang co-director ng Creative Vitality Summit. Kasama sa iminungkahing pangkat ng proyekto ang mga miyembro ng Alliances, Advocacy, at Public Policy, CVSuite, Business, at Leadership team, gayundin ang tatlong CPG consultant, isang academic economist, at Engstrom. Kung matagumpay, magsisimula ang dalawang taong proyekto sa Disyembre 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSa susunod na linggo, dadalo sina Christian at David sa unang Creative States Coalition Conference, kung saan personal na dadalo si David sa Charleston, South Carolina. Ang Creative States Coalition ay naglalayon na magsilbi bilang isang koalisyon ng mga pinuno ng adbokasiya sa sining at kultural sa antas ng estado na nagpapasimula, sumusuporta, nagpapalakas, at nagpapalaki ng aksyon para sa paglago ng sektor ng sining sa antas ng estado at lokal sa pamamagitan ng pakikipagtulungan, edukasyon, pagbuo ng kapasidad, at pampublikong patakaran pag-unlad. Isinasaalang-alang ng mga RAO ang paggawa ng mga pamumuhunan sa inisyatiba upang suportahan ang mahahalagang imprastraktura, at si Susie Surkamer, presidente at CEO, South Arts at tagapangulo ng US RAOs; Torrie Allen, presidente at CEO, Arts Midwest; Margaret Keough, direktor ng marketing at komunikasyon, Mid-America Arts Alliance, at Charles Phaneuf, vice president ng diskarte, South Arts, ay dadalo rin sa kumperensya upang matuto nang higit pa tungkol at mag-ambag sa mga plano ng grupo. Dadalo din si WAAN Co-Chair Julie Baker ng Californians for the Arts\/California Arts Advocates at Crystal Young ng Utah Cultural Alliance.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAng ELC alumna at dating miyembro ng koponan ng WESTAF na si Madalena Salazar, executive director, Working Classroom, ay napili para sa 2021 cohort ng New Mexico Women of Color Nonprofit Leadership Initiative, at inimbitahan si David na maglingkod bilang kanyang mentor sa programa. Ang WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund at panelist ng American Rescue Plan Fund na si Elena Higgins, executive director, Indigenous Ways, ay napili din para sa 2021 Cohort. Ang New Mexico Women of Color Nonprofit Leadership Initiative ay isang programa ng Santa Fe Community Foundation na idinisenyo ng 2019-2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist na si Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz, Ed.D. para sa mga matatag at umuusbong na kababaihan ng kulay na naghahanap upang palawakin ang kanilang mga kasanayan at lumikha ng komunidad habang pinapalalim ang kanilang pamumuno sa isang peer-based, supportive na kapaligiran. Ang mga pangmatagalang layunin ng Inisyatiba ay upang bumuo ng kapasidad sa pamumuno at praktikal na mga kasanayan ng mga kalahok at, sa huli, upang makita ang isang napapanatiling pagtaas sa mga hindi pangkalakal na tungkulin sa pamumuno na pinupuno ng mga babaeng may kulay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMagtatanghal si David tungkol sa mga pinakamahuhusay na kagawian sa adbokasiya ng rehiyonal na sining sa isang paparating na Creative New Mexico board at constituent meeting na pinangangasiwaan ng New Mexico First, isang nonprofit na bipartisan advocacy group na inatasan upang suportahan ang capacity building para sa arts advocacy sa buong estado na may suporta mula sa WESTAF . Ang Creative New Mexico ay mga miyembro ng Western Arts Advocacy Network at mga tatanggap ng WESTAF Advocacy Funds. Sa pulong, tutukuyin ng grupo ang mga priyoridad sa adbokasiya ng sining na maaaring isulong ng organisasyon sa 2022. Noong nakaraang taon, nakatuon ang organisasyon sa komunikasyon at outreach, muling pagdidisenyo ng website upang maging mas inklusibo, epektibo, at nagbibigay-kaalaman at pagbuo ng isang email advertising campaign naka-target sa mga mambabatas ng NM at humihiling sa kanila na isama ang makabuluhang pagpopondo ng sining at kultura sa badyet ng estado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNoong Biyernes, Nobyembre 5, lumahok si David sa isang pagbisita sa site ng Aurora Cultural Arts District kasama ang Deputy Director ng Colorado Creative Industries na si Christy Costello at Direktor ng Colorado Minority Business Office na si Antonio Soto. Inayos ng mga panelist ang pagbisita sa site bilang bahagi ng proseso ng sertipikasyon ng creative district. Nakipagpulong ang grupo sa mga kinatawan mula sa mga miyembro ng lupon ng City of Aurora at Cultural Arts District at bumisita sa WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund grantee ng Downtown Aurora Visual Arts, The People's Building, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, The Aurora Fox Arts Center, at Vintage Theater bilang pati na rin ang ilang lokal na malikhaing negosyo sa loob ng distrito. Ang pagbisita sa site ay nagtatapos sa serbisyo ni David sa panel ng pagsusuri ng Colorado Creative Districts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe theme for technology in Q1 has been about learning. With Paul Nguyen taking the helm as Director of Technology, it has been a timely opportunity to take inventory of everything we do across technology, security, and our stakeholders with a fresh perspective. Here are some highlights from our recent learnings: the foundation for security across our products is sound. We are working closely with Brownrice to implement dashboards to detect and measure vulnerabilities in PCI compliance. Discussions with <\/span>Extrahop<\/span><\/a> will begin to actively monitor threats within our networks for the first time; the Public Art Archive has the least comprehensive knowledge about system administration and deployment, but every day we learn something new with the help of the PAA team and <\/span>Code & Care<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Each new learning builds our collective understanding of how the product works, and Trevor and Paul kicked off six internal interviews across the business to learn more about our data needs and goals. We are exploring the potential of a data lake to provide WESTAF with a central repository of data for business intelligence and an analytics engine for our customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nChristian and Anika attended the final <\/span>NASAA Anti-Bias Training Session, a 3-part<\/span><\/a> series meant primarily for state arts agency executive directors. The last session focused primarily on: Agent Identity and Target Identity, <\/span>how identity presents itself in varying situations<\/span><\/a> and also <\/span>the different types of power dynamics<\/span><\/a> and how different forms of power can be present in certain situations even if not being consciously exercised. Sometimes, people bring these dynamics into situations based on their own lived experiences. This session was particularly timely, as the concept of power dynamics provided a useful preface to the all-team feedback session this past week.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nVal Atkin provided a useful two-hour workshop on the giving and receiving of useful feedback\u2014a competency that WESTAF wants to deploy as part of its evaluation and development process with all WESTAFers. The session was a more complete and thorough presentation than the last one, held in May 2021 during that all-team meeting. The team responded positively to this session (<\/span>which was recorded in its entiret<\/span><\/a>y) and followed along closely with <\/span>this presentation deck<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 along with a few breakout sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSome team members dropped in and out of the <\/span>2021 Americas Cultural Summit<\/span><\/a> from November 1-4, an ongoing initiative of the<\/span> International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies<\/span><\/a> (IFACCA), which the IFACCA Secretariat delivers in partnership with a National Member of the Federation from the Americas. The Inaugural Americas Cultural Summit was hosted by the Canada Council for the Arts in Ottawa in 2018, with a program that explored the theme of Cultural Citizenship. The second summit was hosted by the Secretary of Culture of Argentina in Buenos Aires in 2019 under the theme Cultural Change in a Diverse Territory. A highlight for me was the presentation given by <\/span>Angelique Power, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation<\/span><\/a> in Detroit.<\/span><\/p>\n