E nā kahu mālama WESTAF:
Lana ka manaʻo e hana maikaʻi ana nā mea a pau! Ke hana nei mākou i kēia hoʻoilo hau ʻo Denver a manaʻo e like me ka pūnāwai ʻaʻole hiki ke mamao loa, ʻeā?! Aia kekahi mau kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ke keʻena WESTAF i Maui, akā no kēlā me kēia pule ʻelua…no laila, i kēia manawa:

NA KIAAINA O WYOMING
Ua hoʻouna au i leka uila e pili ana i kēia pule i hala, akā ma ke ʻano he hoʻomanaʻo wikiwiki, loaʻa iā WESTAF kahi papaʻaina ma ka Governor's Arts Awards ma Pepeluali 21 ma Cheyenne, kahi e hoʻohanohano ai lākou i ʻelua poʻe kūikawā iā WESTAF - ʻo Wendy Bredehoft ka mea mālama i hala. ELC alum Robert Martinez. E hoʻokipa ana ʻo WESTAF i kahi papaʻaina ma nā hōʻailona (kūpono loa, mahalo i ka mea hilinaʻi ʻo Mike Lange). Hauʻoli mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu tiketi i ka hanana makana a hiki iā mākou ke hana pū me ʻoe e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i kāu hoʻonohonoho huakaʻi hele ʻole i Cheyenne. E hiki no hoi ia kakou ke hoonohonoho i kekahi mau kono no ka hookipa maikai loa mamua o ka cocktail i malama ia e ke Kiaaina a me ka Lede Mua ma ka Hale Noho Kiaaina, a he hanohano maoli no ia. Makemake mākou e ana i kou hoihoi i ka hele ʻana i kēia hanana kupaianaha i kēia pule, me ka lā 14 Pepeluali paʻa. I kēia manawa, e hele ana ʻo Amy Hollrah lāua ʻo Kelly Ernst mai ka hui WESTAF (he mau hoa papaʻaina maikaʻi lākou a leʻaleʻa), me David Holland e hāʻawi ana i kahi mea hou WESTAF i nā komisina Wyoming Arts Council i ka lā ma mua. E hōʻike i kāu kākoʻo iā WESTAF, Wyoming, ka ELC a me ko mākou ʻāina komohana! E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻopili pololei mai iaʻu a e lawe mākou mai laila mai.

KA HOʻOPIʻI KĀNĀWAI
E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ke kau nei ʻo WESTAF i kahi hoʻāʻo e kālele i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu kūpono e hui pū ai. Ua hoʻonoho mākou iā mākou iho i kahi pahuhopu $100,000 haʻahaʻa no 2020 i ka hoʻomaka ʻana, e kūkulu pono i ka hiki a puni kā mākou papahana Emerging Leaders of Color. Ma ka hana, ua mākaukau mākou e hoʻomaka i kēia hoʻoikaika ʻana no ka mea he ʻano like ʻole mākou a paʻa maikaʻi ʻole i ke ʻano kālā maikaʻi; ua hele hou aku nei mākou i kekahi loiloi impeccable; loaʻa iā mākou kahi pūnaewele ikaika o nā mea hilinaʻi akamai a pili pono; loaʻa iā mākou nā kuleana like ʻole ma ke Komohana a mākou e hui pū ai a ua mākaukau mākou e hoʻolako i kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻoikaika kālā hoʻonui a i ʻole i hāpai ʻia. I nā pule e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻonohonoho mākou i nā hālāwai me Todd Stein, Luna Nui o ka Mid-America Arts Alliance, ko mākou hoa hana RAO ma ka hikina a me Gary Steur o ka Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Grantmakers in the Arts board member a he hoaaloha i WESTAF, e kūkākūkā hou i ka mea nui a me ka hoʻolālā.
I kēia manawa, makemake wau e hoʻopiʻi i ko mākou mau kahu: e like me kou ʻike, ʻaʻole koi ka ʻohi kālā no ka lawelawe ʻana ma ka papa o WESTAF. Eia nō naʻe, inā he mea hoihoi iā ʻoe ka ʻohi kālā, a i ʻole he manaʻo no nā kumu kūpono a/a i ʻole nā mea hāʻawi i kūpono i kā mākou hana kaulike, makemake wau e kamaʻilio me ʻoe e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻokokoke. Aia kekahi hui ma kou moku'āina e hoʻopili i ka manaʻo komohana a me ka hana kaulike o WESTAF? ʻO kā mākou mau pahuhopu 2020 he haʻahaʻa akā paʻa: hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua iā mākou e hoʻokō pono? Hoʻokaʻaʻike mai iaʻu!

WAIWAI & HOOPONOPONO
Ke hoʻopau nei ka hui Waiwai & Administration i nā palapala ʻauhau a me ka loiloi, e kaʻana like ʻia me ke Kōmike Hoʻokō a me ka papa ma Pepeluali a me Malaki. Ke hana nei ka hui me nā luna hoʻokele kālā ma ka mahina ʻelua o ka wānana: ua aʻo iki mākou mai ka mahina i hala aku nei a ke lana nei ka maʻalahi o kēlā me kēia mahina i ka hele ʻana i mua. No ka manawa mua loa, e kaʻana like ʻia kahi palapala hoʻolālā makahiki me ke Kōmike Hoʻokō ma ka hālāwai ʻo Pepeluali. Ua hele ʻo Becca lāua ʻo Amy i ka "Mile High Society for Human Resource Management Conference" i kēlā me kēia pule i hala a ua aʻo nui ʻia. Nui nā hoʻololi kānāwai e koi ai i nā hoʻololi kūloko no ka hoʻokō. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ka nui o kēia mau hoʻololi i ka docket e kōkua i ka hana kaulike!

E ʻae ana ka papahana mākaʻikaʻi i nā noi a hiki i ka lā 1 o ʻApelila.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka papahana hāʻawi TourWest 2020-2021 i Ianuali 19, 2020. E like me kāu e hoʻomanaʻo ai, kākoʻo ʻia e kahi haʻawina mai ka National Endowment for the Arts, hāʻawi ʻo TourWest i nā kōkua i nā ʻoihana a me nā hui kaiaulu i loko o ka mokuʻāina ʻo WESTAF he 13 no ka hōʻike ʻana i waho. -ʻo nā mea hana kaʻapuni a me nā mea kākau moʻolelo. ʻO nā makana hāʻawi he $2,500 a i ʻole 50% o nā uku noʻeau, ʻo ia ka mea liʻiliʻi, a koi ʻia kahi pāʻani kālā hoʻokahi a hoʻokahi e ka hui hōʻike. Loaʻa nā noi i ka lā 1 ʻApelila 2020. E aʻo ana ʻo Chrissy Deal lāua ʻo Lani Morris, ka "hui" TourWest hou i nā kaula mai Seyan Lucero a me Madalena Salazar ma o ke kaʻina hana ʻoiai e loaʻa ana ka kamaʻāina me ke kālena nui i hōʻike ʻia ma ka ʻāina komohana.

WESTAF A ME KA NATIONAL ARTS STRATEGIES CREATIVE COMMUNITY LAUNCHPAD
Ua kono ʻia ʻo Chrissy Deal e komo ma ke ʻano he hoa hana ma ka National Arts Strategies (NAS) Creative Community Launchpad, kahi ʻāpana o kā lākou papahana Creative Community Fellows Pepeluali 27-Malaki 1, 2020. ʻO ka hanana kahi manawa e ulana pū ai i kahi hui like nā mea hoʻomohala kaiaulu me nā alakaʻi philanthropic i kēia manawa, nā loiloi a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe o ke kahua e mālama nei i ka holomua ʻana i ka hana kaiāulu. E hōʻuluʻulu nā hoa ma 1440 Multiversity (Scotts Valley, CA) e hoʻoikaika i ko lākou hiki ke kamaʻilio i ka waiwai o kā lākou hana a hoʻoikaika i nā pūnaewele o nā hoa a me nā hoa hana (kahi papa inoa me nā mea hāʻawi kālā a me nā mea kōkua nui ʻē aʻe i maʻa i ka lohe ʻana i nā pitch a me nā manaʻo papahana. mau.) Ke kakali nei ʻo Chrissy e aʻo hou e pili ana i ke ala NAS a me kā lākou pūnaewele pili (ʻo Nikiko kahi alum), e pili ana me nā alakaʻi philanthropic a noʻonoʻo i ka hiki hui pū.

HOOLAHA HOOKO HANA
Ke ʻimi nei ka hui WESTAF i ke kaʻina hana Hoʻokele Hana i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia FY. Ma kahi o 6 mau pule a hiki i ka hopena o Q2, ʻo kaʻu pahuhopu e hōʻoia i ka hopu ʻia ʻana o nā pahu alakaʻi alakaʻi (LRT) a e nānā i kēia mau pahuhopu ma mua o ka hopena o Pepeluali. A laila, e hahai ana ʻo LRT i ka hana like me kā lākou hōʻike pololei a hiki i Malaki.

ED FORUM HAAWINA
I ka pule i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hōʻike piha mai David Holland e like me ka hahai ʻana i kā mākou kūleʻa ED Forum e hui ana ma Reno i Ianuali. Hoʻokomo hou au iā ia ma ʻaneʻi inā ʻaʻole ʻoe. He mea mua ia no David, Tamara a me a'u iho no laila ua maopopo ole ia makou ka hopena, aka, ua hauoli makou i ka pane ana a ua loaa ia makou kekahi mau manao maikai no ka hoomau ana i ka hookani maikai a me ka hoololi ana i ke ano e like me ia. pili i ka mea hiki i ko mākou poʻe kuleana oihana noʻeau koʻikoʻi. Ua hāʻawi pū ʻo David i kahi noiʻi e kōkua iā mākou i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻaha kūkā i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.

NA MEA HANA I KA KAUKAU KOMOHANA
Ma ke ʻano he mea hou aʻe, ua hoʻolālā ʻo David lāua ʻo Chrissy i kahi papa hana hoʻokahi a me ka hapa ma mua o ʻApelila 2-3 e komo i kahi pūnaewele komohana o nā alakaʻi noʻonoʻo a me nā mea kūkulu kaiāulu e pili ana kā lākou hana me ka papahana ʻoihana kuaʻāina. E mālama ʻia kahi ʻāpana o ka papa hana ma ka Mahiʻai ʻo Masumoto ma Del Rey, Kaleponi (mahalo iā ʻoe, ke kahu mālama ʻo Nikiko!) a me ke koena ma Fresno kokoke. Aia mākou ma waena o ke kono ʻana i nā mea komo a hoʻopau i kahi papahana a me nā wahi kikoʻī ma ke awāwa waena o Kaleponi. E hoʻopau koke ʻia ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hōkele a me nā wahi hanana. He 20-25 mau mea kākoʻo no ke kuaʻāina, poʻe a me nā ʻoihana hana kuʻuna, nā luna hana noʻeau, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ke kuaʻāina a me nā loea kulekele, nā mea pena kiʻi ʻōiwi, nā mea lawe moʻomeheu, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e kaʻana like i ka ʻike, hana a me nā manaʻo. I kēia manawa, ʻike mākou i nā ʻelele mai Art of the Rural, Artplace America, Association of California Traditional Arts, Rural LISC, California Arts Council, City of Bozeman, First Nations Development Institute, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Plains Indian Museum ma ka Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA), a me Western Folklife Center e hoʻolālā e hele. 

HUI HANA NUI AINA
No ka hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻana i kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke aupuni pekelala a me nā hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka AFTA, e hele ana māua ʻo David i ka National Arts Action Summit ma Wakinekona, DC Malaki 30-31. Ma kahi o 9 o ko mākou 13 mau mokuʻāina i komo i kēia manawa ua hoʻohana pono i ka WESTAF's 2020 Federal Advocacy Funding pilot no nā mokuʻāina komohana, me nā mea ʻē aʻe e kali ana. He manawa hoʻonaʻauao kēia noʻu a me David e hoʻomau i ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kēia papahana i hiki ke maʻalahi a kūpono hoʻi no ko mākou mau mokuʻāina e komo nei.

MAUNA KOMOHANA KAU AHA
Mahalo iā Vicki Bourns lāua ʻo Kelly Stowell, ua kono ʻia au e komo i ka 2020 Mountain West Arts Conference ma Utah i Mei. Ke kakali maoli nei i keia. E hiki mai ana ka ʻike hou aku i nā pule ʻelua e hiki mai ana.

COLORADO CREATIVE SUMMIT
Ke hele pū nei māua ʻo David i ka Colorado Creative Summit ma Steamboat Springs i Mei. Ke hana nei ʻo WESTAF me CCI i ka hiki ke komo i kahi papa hana mua a ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai e pili ana i nā ʻoihana kuaʻāina a i ʻole ke kālā lehulehu. I kēia manawa, ke hilinaʻi nei mākou i ka ʻoihana kuaʻāina no ka mea he ʻoi aku kēia ma mua o hoʻokahi mahina ma waho o ka hui ʻana o nā ʻoihana kuaʻāina ma ke Komohana a loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau ʻike mua mai kēlā hālāwai e hoʻonohonoho i kahi kau ma ka Summit.

KAFE
Ua hoʻokō ʻo Leah i ka CaFE Google Adwords Campaign. Ke ʻike nei mākou ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā "Kahea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi" ma mua o "Greater Reach"! I kēia mahina, hoʻolālā mākou e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻolaha leka uila CaFE no Public Art—he nui ka papa inoa o nā alakaʻi me ka hiki ke loaʻa hou i kahi ʻāpana o nā mea kūʻai aku i nalowale lohi i nā mea hoʻokūkū. I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻonohonoho ka hui CaFE ma luna o 1,100 mau papa inoa kelepona (avg. o 91 i kēlā me kēia mahina.) Ke hoʻomau nei ka hana me ka hui ma ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā hana a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala hou no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa huahana e kōkua i kā mākou manawa pōkole akā kiʻekiʻe. i-manaolana koi mea kūʻai mai. Ua loaʻa iā CaFE 21 mau laikini hou i Ianuali!

CVSUITE
E kālele nui ana ʻo CVSuite i ka kūʻai ʻana a me ke kūʻai ʻana i kēia hapaha aʻe. Ke emi nei kā mākou hana hou a ke manaʻo nei mākou e kōkua nā hoʻolaha kālepa koʻikoʻi iā mākou e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā. ʻElua mau manaʻo nui he hoʻolaha leka uila maʻamau e hōʻike ana i ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku ikaika a me nā lawelawe kūkākūkā a CVSuite a me kāna hui e hāʻawi ai. ʻO kekahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ʻē aʻe kā mākou papa inoa kiʻekiʻe (nā) hoʻolaha (AKA top 20) e neʻe nei i mua.  

HELE MAKEMAKE
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo GO Smart i ʻehā mau mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kūʻai aku: Millennial artist, Millennial IT professional, Gen X business professional, and Boomer CEO/ED. E hoʻomaka mākou e hoʻopili i nā hoʻolaha kūʻai aku i kēia mau ʻano admin ma nā hui kūloko, kūloko, a me ka mokuʻāina i ka hana noʻeau, kanaka, a me ka hoʻomohala kaiāulu. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou e ʻike i nā pilikia ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana "PDF i HTML", kahi e kaomi ai i ka "App PDF" e wehe i ka Hōʻike hope. Ke hana nei mākou e hoʻoholo i ke kumu. 

PALAPALA NUI LEHULEHU
Ua hauʻoli ʻo PAA i ka hōʻike ʻana he 14,000 ʻoi aku ka nui o nā moʻolelo kiʻi lehulehu i kēia manawa no ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka lehulehu mai kā mākou papapihi a me nā pūnaewele kelepona. Ua hoʻopau ka hui i ke kaʻina hana no Santa Monica Cultural Affairs. I kēia mahina, e hana pololei ʻo Lori me nā limahana mai Mural Arts Philadelphia (MAP) e wehewehe i kahi hoʻolālā hana no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana ma luna o 4,000 mau kiʻi kiʻi mai kā lākou hōʻiliʻili no ka lawe ʻana mai. Eia hou, e hana pū ʻo Lori me nā limahana MAP e wehewehe hou i nā manawa kūpono no ka hui lehulehu me kā lākou ʻaoʻao Collection Showcase ma PAA ʻoiai e hana ana e hoʻopau i ke kaʻina hana ʻaelike me kāna mea kūʻai hou aku, ʻo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Sunnyvale, CA.

ZAPP
Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana iā Brandon i kāna hana hou, a ke hana mau nei mākou i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i kahi pani no kāna kūlana hoʻonohonoho hoʻokele ʻike manawaleʻa. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Natalie Villa i kā mākou wikiō kākoʻo kākoʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku, hōʻano hou ʻia no nā loli a mākou i hana ai i ka module jury. Ua lawe pū mākou i kahi kahua lawelawe mea kūʻai aku i kapa ʻia ʻo Groove e kōkua me ka pane ʻana i nā leka uila o nā mea kūʻai aku; E kōkua kēia mea hana iā mākou e kālele maikaʻi i nā ʻano a me nā pono kākoʻo a hāʻawi iā mākou i nā ana no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka maikaʻi o kā mākou kōkua ʻana i kā mākou mea kūʻai. 
ʻAe, ʻo ia wale nō i kēia manawa. E like me nā manawa a pau, mahalo iā ʻoe no kāu kōkua a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ko mākou kīkēkē ʻana i ka Q2. ʻIke ʻoe i kēia, akā e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona mai iaʻu e pili ana i kekahi mea. Makemake au e lohe mai iā ʻoe!
Me ka mahalo,
Keristiano