Aloha WESTAF Trustees:
Maikaʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā memo noʻonoʻo nui mai iā ʻoe mai ko mākou hui pū ʻana ma Reno i ka pule i hala! ʻO ko mākou manawa i ka hālāwai a me ka ʻaina ahiahi hoʻi i hoʻonāukiuki i kekahi mau kamaʻilio hahai ʻana ma nā kumuhana like ʻole e like me ke kaulike, ka hoʻolaha a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, no laila mahalo no kēlā! Ke hoʻi hou nei mākou i ke ola o ke keʻena, eia kekahi mau hana hou mai ka hui alakaʻi kumu (LRC) me kekahi o kaʻu mau ʻōlelo a me kaʻu ʻike.

HOOLAHA
He mahina paʻa ʻo Ianuali no ka ʻoihana kālā a me ka hoʻokele me ka waiho ʻana i nā palapala ʻauhau 990, ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā palapala 1099 no nā mea kūʻai aku, nā waihona pono olakino a me ka nui o nā hoʻololi a me nā mea hou. Eia hou, ʻo Ianuali ka mahina mua a mākou e noi nei i nā luna hoʻokele kālā e hāʻawi i nā kuhi no ke koena o ka makahiki: ua nui ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana e hōʻuluʻulu i kēia mau helu no ka manawa mua.

ʻenehana — NA HOOLOLI HANA
ʻElua mau hoʻololi limahana kūʻokoʻa i hana ʻia ma ka hui ʻenehana. Ua hoʻoholo koke ʻo Ellis Garaudy, ka mea o ʻoukou i hui ai ma ka hui ʻana, e ʻimi ʻo ia i ka hana me kahi ʻoihana hoʻomaka ma waho o Aspen e hana ana i kahi polokalamu no ka poʻe kahiko. Ua paʻakikī nā mahina i hala aku nei no ka hui ʻenehana a me Adam Sestokas, a e hoʻomau mau ka paʻakikī o nā mahina e hiki mai ana. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻohui ka hui i kahi ʻenekini polokalamu mamao hou i kapa ʻia ʻo Jon Cantwell. Ua kokoke ʻo Jon i kahi ʻumi makahiki o ka ʻike coding a ua loaʻa iā ia kahi pilina hana kūleʻa me Adamu. He hoolimalima hoihoi keia. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kahi hui ʻenehana o 4 i ka nui o ka hana o ke keʻena (a ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻolālā ʻia no FY20), e loiloi mākou i ka hopena o kahi hoʻolimalima hou.

IKE NUI — NA MEA E AE
Ke hoʻomau nei ka manaʻo o ka 'Oihana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lawelawe ʻenehana, hilinaʻi a paʻa: 28 mau mīkini i nā keʻena i kūʻai ʻia i 7 mau makahiki i hala, a hoʻomaka e hāʻule, no laila ua hoʻomaha lākou a pani ʻia. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mea hana hou me ka lako polokalamu a kau ʻia i nā limahana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana Mobile Device Management e hoʻāʻo ʻia ana no ka pono o ka lawelawe ʻana i nā pono o nā limahana. Mai ka makahiki 2013 mai ka Pūnaehana Pūnaewele Waiwai, a, ma muli o ka laikini hou mai Microsoft, e hoʻonui ʻia. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Amazon Web Services i ka hana hou a hoʻololi i kāna mau lawelawe a me nā kūlana a ʻoiai lākou e hana nei, ke hana nei ka hui e hoʻomau i kā mākou ʻoihana me kēlā mau kūlana i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia. Ke hoʻomau nei ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou polokalamu ma ke ʻano he lawelawe lawelawe me ka nānā ʻana i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka scalability, ka wikiwiki, ka hiki a me ka hoʻopakele ʻana o nā lawelawe i kā lākou mau mea hana kiʻi, nā luna hoʻomalu a me nā luna hoʻokele. ʻO kēia kahi kahi e kōkua nui ai ka ʻike o Jon. Ua hoʻokō ʻia nā kānāwai Kuleana ʻIkepili ma 10 mau mokuʻāina me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe e manaʻo nei e hoʻololi i kēlā me kēia mahina. Ke hana mau nei mākou no ka mālama pono ʻana i ka ʻikepili e like me ka pono o kēlā me kēia ʻāpana ʻikepili, a ua hoʻoholo ʻia e ke kānāwai a/a i ʻole nā pono o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hoʻohana.

KAFE
Ua holo mākou i kekahi ʻikepili ʻikepili o nā hopena o ka 2019 CaFE artist survey, i loaʻa iā 2,300 pane. Eia ka mea i loaa iaia.

ʻO ka helu awelika no ka maʻalahi o ke noi ʻana i kahi kelepona ʻo 3.98/5.
ʻO ka helu awelika no ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku he 3.79.
ʻO 74% o nā mea kūʻai mai CaFE he 45 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha me 65 a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka heluna makahiki me 39.2%.
Ua hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku iā CaFE me 34.6% he 4-7 mau makahiki hoʻohana. Ua hoʻohana ʻo 6% i ka mea hana ma mua o 10 mau makahiki.
Awelika o ka manaʻo ʻana i kahi hoaaloha: 78.5%.
Hoʻopili nui ʻia ka manaʻo o CaFE i nā manaʻo maikaʻi e pili ana i "nā manawa kūpono no nā mea kūʻai aku" a me ka "maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana."
Hoʻopili nui ʻia nā loiloi maikaʻi ʻole me nā lā palena wikiwiki a me ka hiki ʻole ke kānana maʻamau a hoʻokele.
Hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi i noi ʻia: Hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana ʻimi (e like paha me nā hoʻopiʻi ma luna aʻe) a hiki ke kānana i ka wā huli.

HELE MAKEMAKE
Aia ʻo GO Smart i ka manawa ʻaelike me kahi mea kūʻai aku hou, ke Keʻena Hoʻoilina o ka Honua ma San Antonio. Ua hele ko lākou hui i kahi hōʻikeʻike kūleʻa me nā poʻo ʻoihana ʻē aʻe i hiki ke hoʻohana i ka ʻōnaehana no nā haʻawina hou. Ke kālele nei mākou i nā hana kūʻai aku ma kahi hoʻolaha Personas e hoʻohui i ka ʻike e pili ana i kā mākou mea hoʻohana maikaʻi loa a makemake nui ʻia me nā leka kūʻai kikoʻī a me nā ala lawe. Ua hana pū mākou i kahi noho ma LinkedIn me nā hoʻolālā e hoʻohana i kēlā wahi no ka kaʻana like ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i ka mākeke. 

PALAPALA NUI LEHULEHU
Aneane hoʻopau ka hui Public Art Archive (PAA) i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻikepili no ka lehulehu o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Santa Monica i loko o kahi Pūnaehana Hoʻoponopono ʻOhi PAA hou. Ke hoʻopau ʻia ke kaʻina hana, e kau ʻo PAA i ka ʻōnaehana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Santa Monica e hoʻokele i kā lākou hōʻiliʻili ʻana a e kiola pololei i ka ʻikepili i ka Public Art Archive no ka hoʻopuka pūnaewele. Ke hoʻomau nei nā hana kūʻai aku ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā palapala ʻāina kikoʻī a e kuhikuhi ʻia nā kamaʻilio i nā hui i loaʻa i kēia manawa kahi laʻana o kā lākou hōʻiliʻili no ka lehulehu ma kā mākou pūnaewele. Ma kēia ala, hiki i ka hui PAA ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi palapala ʻāina me ka ʻikepili o ka mea kūʻai aku inā makemake ʻia.

ZAPP
Ua hui pū ʻo Brandon Jay, kā mākou mea hoʻoponopono ʻike kūʻai hapa manawa, i ka hui ZAPP manawa piha e pani iā Justina Braziulyte, ka mea i haʻalele iā WESTAF e hoʻi i ka home i Chicago. E hoʻokele ʻo Brandon i nā hana a Justina a hāʻawi pū ʻo ia i ke kākoʻo kūʻai aku iā Julia Alvarez, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike ma ke kūʻai aku a me ke kelepona ʻana. Ma ke ʻano he ʻumi makahiki o ka loiloi ʻana no kā mākou nūpepa i kēlā me kēia hapaha, ua hoʻoholo mākou ua loaʻa iā ZAPP he 6,771 mau manawa palapala noi, ua hoʻoponopono ʻia he 1,403,307 mau noi mea pena, a ua ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o 55% i nā noi mea pena mai 2010 a 2019. 

KULA KULA
Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe a pau kahi hōʻike e pili ana i kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻokele waiwai mai CVSuite Project Manager Kelly Ernst. No ke kōkua ʻana iā mākou e noʻonoʻo i kahi hoʻolālā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka papahana CV List a me nā mea kūʻai aku a kūʻai aku, e kono mākou i ka Common Notice e kōkua iā mākou. ʻO nā loina o ka ʻoihana ʻo Amelea Gritter lāua ʻo Todd Herring he mau hoa hana mua oʻu mai ArtPrize a he akamai loa i ka haʻi moʻolelo a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana. Ke hilinaʻi nei au i kā lākou hana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma kahi o ke alakaʻi hana. He haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa kēia, haʻahaʻa-uku ($2K) hoʻokūkū hoʻokele mua e hālāwai me ka hui a kamaʻilio e pili ana i kā mākou e hoʻāʻo nei e hana a me kahi a mākou e hoʻāʻo nei e hele. A laila i ka wā e piʻi ai lākou i ka wikiwiki - a inā ua lanakila lākou i ka manaʻo hoihoi o ka hui WESTAF e hana nei i kēia - e kono mākou iā lākou e waiho i kahi ākea no ka hana hoʻokō e hiki mai ana. Mahalo nui i ka mea hilinaʻi ʻo Ann Hudner no ka nānā ʻana i ko mākou mau manaʻo i ke kuhikuhi, ʻoiai e pili ana i ke kaiāulu hoʻolālā.

ED FORUM HIKI
He mea kūpono ke haʻi aku e hoʻomau mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā manaʻo maikaʻi mai ko mākou mau luna hoʻokele ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina. I nā pule e hiki mai ana, e hui pū mākou i kahi hōʻike pōkole e pili ana i ka ʻaha kūkā, e loaʻa ana nā mea e pili ana i ka hahai ʻana a me nā loulou i nā hōʻike like ʻole, me ka papa hana hoihoi a Richard Evans ma Adaptive Change. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻokomo wau ma lalo o kahi leka noʻonoʻo nui mai Anthony Manfredi, ED o ka Nevada Arts Council a me kā mākou mea hoʻokipa no ka pule. Makemake au e kaʻana like me ʻoe no ka mea makemake wau e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manaʻo i ka hopena o ka Forum i kā mākou ED. Nui koʻu makemake e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā David Holland a me ko mākou noho ʻo Tamara Alvarado, ʻo ia ka mea i hele mai ma ka ʻaha kūkā (ʻaʻole wale nā manaʻo hoʻokipa maikaʻi, akā pili i ke ala āpau) ua manaʻo a mahalo nui ʻia!

HANA KĀNĀ AINA (LAGI)
I ka hōʻike ʻana o Megan Miller Burning Man ma ka hālāwai BOT, ua haʻi ʻo ia iā Fly Ranch a me kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Land Art Generator Initiative LAGI) Fly Ranch. Hoʻokahi mea i loaʻa ʻole iaʻu ka manawa e haʻi aku ai i ka wā o ka hōʻike ʻana, ʻo ia (cough cough) ua hoʻohanohano ʻia kou kono ʻia e lawelawe ma ke kiure o ka hoʻokūkū (cough cough).

HOOLAHA PAPA
Ua paʻa mākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā lālā hou o ka papa mai ka hālāwai BOT i ka pule i hala. Ua hoʻopili mākou i ʻelua mau moho hou (e hōʻike ana iā Burning Man a me Meow Wolf) e ʻike i ko lākou hoihoi i ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he kahu mālama WESTAF. ʻAʻohe mea i hōʻoia i kēia manawa, akā hoʻoikaika i ka kamaʻilio ʻana i kēia manawa. Ina makou e hoomau aku i ko lakou moho, e loaa ia makou ka palapala hoihoi a me ka hoolauna ana mai ia lakou mai e hoike aku i na kahu a pau, alaila koho ia lakou ma ka halawai o Mei ma Boise, a o ko lakou halawai mua ana ma Denver i ka malama o Okatoba. E hoʻomau mākou iā ʻoe!

NA HAAWINA KANI
Pono e ʻōlelo ʻia e hele ana nā ʻelele WESTAF i ʻelua mau ʻaha kūkā i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka National Endowment for the Arts (Arts Endowment). He ʻāpana ʻo ELC Alum Robert Martinez mai Wyoming mai ka ʻohana Arapaho ʻĀkau a e hele ana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lunamakaʻāinana o WESTAF ma kahi ʻaha kūkā no Native Arts and Culture ma Pepeluali 14, me kekahi mau ʻelele ʻē aʻe mai ko mākou ʻāina komohana. No ka hōʻoia ʻana e mākaukau ʻo WESTAF e like me ka hiki ke loaʻa ka loiloi federal mai ke Keʻena o ka Inspector General, e hele ʻo Amy Hollrah a me Grants Coordinator ʻo Lani Morris i kahi lā Federal Audit Convening ma Wakinekona, DC no nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina a nā hui ʻoihana ʻāpana. Mālama ʻia ka ʻaha kūkā e ka National Endowment for the Arts ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies a e mālama ʻia i ka lā Malaki 18. ʻO kēia ʻaha hui pū ʻia me ka manawa alo me ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Luna Nui e kūkākūkā i ka Hoʻolālā Hoʻokolo Makahiki a pane i nā nīnau hoʻokolokolo, Q & A me ka Arts Endowment Office of Grants Management, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me ke alakaʻi ʻana, me nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia mai nā keʻena hana noʻeau mokuʻāina i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me nā ʻoihana ʻāpana nā hui, kamaʻilio me nā limahana hui ʻo Arts Endowment, a me nā mea hou o ka papahana a me 2020 Arts Endowment initiatives.

KAU O RAO MA FORT COLLINS, CO
Mai Mei 24-26, e hele ana māua ʻo Chair Tamara Alvarado i ka hoʻomaha makahiki makahiki ma Fort Collins, CO. ʻO ka ʻāina WESTAF e mālama i ka ʻaha kūkā (ua kōkua mākou me kekahi mau loiloi hōkele - mahalo, Leah Horn. ). Ke lawelawe pū nei māua ʻo Tamara ma ke kōmike e hana nei i ka papahana no kēia ʻaha kūkā ʻana, akā hoʻonui ʻia kahi hopena i makemake nui ʻia e nā RAO āpau a hoʻomau i ka hui pū ʻana.

HUAKAI e hiki mai ana
ʻAʻole nui loa iaʻu no ka wā e hiki mai ana! Hooray! Makemake au e ʻike i ko mākou ʻāina komohana nani, akā makemake nō hoʻi au e ʻike i ke kūlanakauhale kupaianaha aʻu e noho nei! ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana, e lawe wau i ʻelua lā pilikino ma Ianuali 30 a me Jan 31 poʻo i Taos a me Santa Fe no kahi hopena pule hoʻomaha lā hānau. Ma ke ʻano he poʻo hou aʻe, e hele ana au i Iapana no kahi huakaʻi ʻelua pule mai ʻApelila 5-18. E kipa ana au i ka mokupuni kaulana ʻo Naoshima a laila hele i ka huakaʻi hele.
E like me nā manawa a pau, mai hoʻokaʻulua e kelepona mai iaʻu a i ʻole kekahi o ka hui WESTAF inā he manaʻo, nīnau a manaʻo paha kāu. Mahalo iā ʻoe no ka heluhelu ʻana i kēia mamao! 
E like me ka wā ma mua,
Keristiano