Aloha mai WESTAF Trustees:

Ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a puni ka honua, ua ʻike ʻia nā pule ʻelua i hala aku nei i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kāhea ʻana no ka hoʻopono i ka pepehi ʻana iā George Floyd a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui, a no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka racism systemic a me ka hana hoʻomāinoino a nā mākaʻi. I loko o nā pule liʻiliʻi wale nō, ua hāʻawi kahi kaula o nā hanana manaʻolana e hōʻailona ana i ka loli maoli i kahi manaʻolana e hiki mai ana ka manawa. Akā ʻaʻole i pau ka hakakā ʻana, a ʻaʻole hōʻike nā ʻano kūʻē honua i nā hōʻailona o ka lohi. Mahalo iā ʻoe, nā alakaʻi o ka WESTAF ma ka papa a me nā limahana, nāna i hoʻokumu i kā mākou ʻōlelo no ka pepehi kanaka ʻana iā George Floyd a me kā mākou ʻōlelo hoʻohiki i ka hoʻoponopono Lahui. ʻO ka moʻolelo - ʻo ia ka manawa mua i hoʻokuʻu ai ʻo WESTAF i kahi ʻōlelo lehulehu e pili ana i kahi hanana honua. Hōʻike pū ia i ka manaʻo o WESTAF e lilo i hui kaulike a hui pū. ʻO ka hana a kā mākou hui SRI, kā mākou hui kaulike hoʻolālā hoʻolālā, kā mākou alakaʻi alakaʻi a me kā mākou kōmike kaulike a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i mea nui i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hui holoʻokoʻa ma kēia huakaʻi. E lohe hou ana ʻoe e pili ana i kēlā mau hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā mahina e hiki mai ana a i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kā mākou hui kahu ma ʻOkakopa. E hoʻomaka kākou a nānā i nā pule ʻelua i hala iho nei:
KE ALAIA ANA (CG) KE KUMU KUE ANA O KA AINA AUPUNI.
Ua hoʻomaka mua ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia papahana, e hana pū ana me kāna mau kaikuahine ʻelima RAO a me ka Mellon Foundation ma kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha, pono e puka i kēia pule. E lawelawe ʻo WESTAF i ka hāʻawi hou ʻana o $1.7 miliona a hiki i ke kauwela o 2020, me nā makana mai ka $30,000 a i ka $75,000, me kekahi mau haʻawina $100,000. ʻO ka $10 miliona Regional Arts Resilience Fund kahi hāʻawi ulia pōpilikia mua loa i kēlā me kēia ʻeono US Regional Arts Organizations a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli kālā i ka ʻāpana ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hui liʻiliʻi a waena ʻO nā ʻano aʻoaʻo noʻeau a pau ma nā kuaʻāina a me nā kūlanakauhale i manaʻo ʻia e ko lākou mau hoa he hopena mokuʻāina, kūloko, a i ʻole ka hopena aupuni. E hoʻonohonoho mua ka waihona kālā i nā hui i pilikia loa i ka wā o kēia pilikia, me nā hui i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia i ka mōʻaukala, a me ka poʻe e lawelawe ana i ka lehulehu, nā kaiāulu, a me nā ʻano hana kiʻi.
WESTAF CARES AND TOURWEST PANELS MAMUA IUNE 15 – 18 (CD)
E hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Chrissy, Madalena a me Lani i ʻelima mau hālāwai papa e hoʻomaka ana i Iune 15 a hoʻopau i Iune 18 no ka WESTAF CARES Relief Fund for Organizations and TourWest. I ka pane ʻana i nā kūʻē a me nā hōʻikeʻike e kākoʻo ana i nā ola ʻeleʻele ma ka ʻāina, ua hana mākou i kekahi mau hoʻoponopono papahana a hoʻolōʻihi i nā palena manawa helu no nā panelists a pau, ka nui o ka poʻe e hoʻonohonoho ikaika ana no ka hoʻopono a/a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo e mālama iā lākou iho a Mahalo nui ka hui SRI i ka 21 panelists mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāina i hoʻolaʻa i nā hola koʻikoʻi e nānā i nā haneli o nā noi no nā papahana ʻelua. Ke hoʻoholo ʻia nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kālā WESTAF CARES a me TourWest, e hōʻike ʻia lākou i ke Kōmike Hoʻokō no ka ʻae ʻana i ka hopena o Iune. E ʻimi i kahi hoʻolaha kūhelu ma hope koke iho.
HOOLAHA NUI KA MANAO COVID-19 (DH)
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia nā hualoaʻa o ka COVID-19 Arts Impact Survey ma o ka leka uila, ka media kaiapili, a ma ka pūnaewele WESTAF. Mai ia manawa mai, ua pane ʻo WESTAF i nā nīnau mai nā wahi a puni e kaʻana like, hōʻike, a kūkākūkā i nā ʻike. Ma Iune 10, ua hāʻawi ʻo David i kahi hōʻike o nā ʻike noiʻi a me nā noiʻi ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka WESTAF COVID ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hui wikiō wikiō holoʻokoʻa mua o Wyoming Arts Alliance ma "How the Arts Will Survive and Thrive," i hele ʻia e nā mea hana kiʻi 40 a ʻoi aku. nā alakaʻi noʻeau a me nā moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe ma ka mokuʻāina. Aia pū ʻo WESTAF Treasurer Mike Lange ma ka hālāwai wikiō ma kāna kūlana ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele o ka Wyoming Arts Council. ʻO kēia ka mua o nā kelepona pūnaewele ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 mau pule e hoʻonohonoho ʻia a alakaʻi ʻia e ka lālā WAAN ʻo Bill Lindstrom a me ka luna WESTAF mua ʻo Wendy Bredehoft. Ma ka lā 11 o Iune, ua nīnauele ʻia ʻo David e Wyoming Public Radio ma nā hopena o ka noiʻi a me nā hopena no ka hana noʻeau ma Wyoming. Ua loaʻa nā nīnau hou mai Montana a me Nevada a ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou i kahi loiloi mokuʻāina o ka ʻikepili.
NUI MA KA RURAL WEST SESION SESION PREVIEW (DH)
Ua hoʻopau hou ʻo WESTAF i kahi hōʻike hālāwai o ka Arts in the Rural West virtual workshop i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻApelila i loiloi ʻia e nā mea komo. Aia mākou i ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻolālā ʻana e hoʻomākaukau ʻoihana i ka hōʻike kau no ka paʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ākea. Ke kaʻana nei mākou i kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka hōʻike ma mua o ka hele ʻana i kahi mea hoʻolālā e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi manaʻo piha o ka ʻike o ke kau. Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi hou i ke kahu WESTAF ʻo Nikiko Masumoto no ka lilo ʻana i hoa koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka papa hana virtual a e ʻike i ka luna WESTAF ʻo Tamara Alvarado a me nā kahu mālama ʻo Brandy Reitter lāua ʻo Kelly Stowell no ke komo ʻana i ke kau. 
NĀ LAWA HANA HOʻOPIʻI HOʻOPIʻI I NĀ KĀWAI AʻO AʻO A ME NA AHAHUI AʻO AʻO (DH)
Ua hoʻopau ʻo WESTAF i kekahi pūʻulu noiʻi noiʻi pane wikiwiki/noi kōkua ʻenehana mai nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina a me nā hui kākoʻo noʻeau mokuʻāina i nā pule ʻelua i hala. Hoʻokahi noi i hana ʻia me ke kōkua ʻana i ka wehewehe ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona kūpono o kahi kahua noʻeau ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻolālā no ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā moho politika a ʻo kekahi e pili ana i nā koi aupuni kūloko a mokuʻāina no nā kālā CARES. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo WESTAF i kahi papa hana maʻalahi i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e ʻike i nā wahi kulekele hiki ke wehewehe i kahi kahua noʻeau i hoʻokahi hihia. Ua noiʻi pū mākou i nā alakaʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kālā pili i CARES e ke aupuni kūloko a mokuʻāina mai kahi ʻano o nā keʻena federal, me ka Treasury a me HUD a me nā hui aupuni e like me ka Government Finance Officers Association.  
WESTERN STTES ARTS ADVOCACY NETWORK (WAAN) SECOND MEETING (DH)
Ua hui ka Western Arts Advocacy Network no ka lua o ka manawa ma Iune 5, 2020 i mālama ʻia e WESTAF ma Zoom. Ua komo nā Lunamaka'āinana o Alaska State Council on the Arts, Arizona Citizens for the Arts, Arts for Colorado, Californians for the Arts, Cultural Advocacy (Montana), Idaho Commission on the Arts, Nevada Arts Council, Utah Cultural Alliance, a me Wyoming Arts Alliance. ka leo. Kūkākūkā ka hui i nā kūʻē kūʻē aupuni, nā kūlana i loko o nā mokuʻāina, a ke kāhea nei i ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu e hoʻoponopono maikaʻi i ka racism systemic a me ka pono ʻole i kā mākou hana. Ua kūkākūkā pū ka pūʻulu i ke kānāwai o ka Paycheck Protection Program, nā mea hou e pili ana i nā waihona kālā mokuʻāina a me nā ʻoki hiki ke ʻoki ʻia i nā keʻena noʻeau mokuʻāina, nā hana hoʻolaha mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala, a me ke koho ʻana i kahi noho (a i ʻole nā noho hui) no ka pūnaewele. Ke hoʻolalelale koke nei ka hui, kaʻana like ʻana i ka ʻike, a makemake nui e hana pū me WESTAF ma ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hoʻolālā hoʻolaha ma ke Komohana.
LOA ANA I KA AHAHUI HANA (DH)
Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Christian lāua ʻo David i kēia manawa ma ka Getting Creative Workers Working Coalition, he ʻupena aupuni i puka mai mai nā manaʻo a me nā kelepona he nui e hoʻokumu i kahi papahana noʻeau WPA hou, e ʻākoakoa ʻia nei e nā ʻAmelika no ka ʻOihana. E lawelawe ʻo Christian ma ka hui hana kamaʻilio hou i kūkulu ʻia a ʻo David ma ka hui hana kulekele o kēia hui hoʻonui. ʻO kēia pūnaewele, kahi i loaʻa i kēia manawa ma mua o 50 mau kānaka e pani ana i nā keʻena ʻoihana kūloko a me ka mokuʻāina, nā kumu, nā hui lawelawe ʻoihana, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e hana wikiwiki ana e neʻe mai ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā manaʻo paʻa a me nā hoʻolālā hana no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā limahana hana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomaha. ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, a me ka noʻonoʻo hou ʻana me ka ʻike ʻana i ke kua o nā pilikia o kēia manawa.
KULA KULA (DH)
Ua hui hou aku nei ka Hui Kūkākūkā o ka Papahana Hoʻolālā no ke kolu o ka manawa, a ua koho ka hui iā Justine Chapel a me Janae De La Virgen i mau alakaʻi. ʻO ka hui pū kekahi me Rebecca Brown, Ken Cho, Brandon Jay, Natalie Scherlong, Laurel Sherman, a me Lauren Wilson. Ua hoʻokumu ka pūʻulu i ʻekolu mau pūʻulu hana e ʻimi ana i ka hana a ka Cohort ma nā ʻāpana hoʻolālā hoʻolālā ʻekolu o State Services and Advocacy, National Services and Advocacy, a me Thought Leadership and Reach. Ua hoʻomaka pū ka hui i ka hana ma kahi papahana e ʻike ai i nā "moʻolelo o ke kūpaʻa" e hōʻike ana i nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea hana, nā hui ʻoihana, nā luna i koho ʻia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e ʻeleu ana i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, ka hana manawaleʻa, a me ke alakaʻi kaiāulu a puni ka ʻāina. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia kēia mau moʻolelo a kaʻana like me ka hui Marketing and Communications ma ke ʻano he manaʻo no ka hoʻolaha ʻana.
PLAN STRATEGIC (NS)
Ua hoʻouna ʻo Natalie i nā kamaʻilio i kēlā me kēia o nā alakaʻi cohort e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kā lākou ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo Trustee, me nā moʻolelo pilikino no kēlā me kēia TA. E hana ana nā Cohorts i kā lākou mau leka uila hoʻolauna i ka pule e hiki mai ana, a laila e hoʻouna ʻia i kā lākou TA. E hāʻawi kēia i nā kākāʻōlelo i ka ʻike o nā lālā o kēlā me kēia cohort a me ka manaʻo o kā lākou hana. ʻO kēia mau hoʻolauna ʻana ka hana mua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka pilina paʻa a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma waena o nā kahu mālama a me nā limahana i ko mākou neʻe ʻana a kokoke i ka hālāwai papa ʻOkakopa. 
KULA a me ka hooponopono (AH)
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hui kālā i ka hana pū me ka hui ZAPP ma ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻike hoihoi: ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou i nā ala e hoʻomau ai ka haʻahaʻa hana ma o ka noiʻi ʻana i nā mea hana ʻenehana no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā kālā e uku ʻia a hoʻohui pū i ka ʻikepili i loko o kā mākou ʻōnaehana kālā. Hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana ua hoʻolōʻihi ka Paycheck Protection Program i nā pule i ʻae ʻia no ke kala ʻana, no laila hiki iā WESTAF ke loaʻa ka $377,550 piha i kala ʻia i ka hopena o ke kauwela. Ua ʻae piha ʻia nā palapala hōʻoia a me nā palapala ʻauhau e ka papa a ua hoʻouka ʻia i ka pūnaewele WESTAF Board no ka ʻike e hiki mai ana. Aia ma luna o mākou ke kau kālā a ke hana pū nei ʻo Amy me Christina ma kāna pūlāwai ZAPP a me nā luna kālā WESTAF e hoʻomohala i kahi kiʻi mua no WESTAF ma ka hopena o Iune. No ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka uku o nā limahana a me ka pūlāwai pōmaikaʻi, ua haku ʻo Amy lāua ʻo Christian i kahi kulekele uku e loiloi ʻia e ko mākou mau loea kānāwai HR, ka Equity Cohort, ka Hui alakaʻi a me ke Kōmike Hoʻokō ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻana.
KAFE (RV)
Ua hōʻea ʻo CaFE i 1,000 mau mea hahai ma Instagram ma muli o kā Justine koho ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā e nā mea pena kiʻi ma ke Komohana! Ke hoʻomaka nei nā alakaʻi hou e ʻohi me ʻekolu mau alakaʻi hou i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua kau inoa ʻo CaFE i ʻekolu mau mea kūʻai aku a hiki i Iune. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku he mau hale kiʻi a me nā wahi kiʻi kūʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole i hana maikaʻi loa nā hoʻolaha kālepa CaFE ma muli o ka manawa i manaʻo ʻole ʻia; akā naʻe, hōʻike ʻia ka hōʻike ʻana i kā mākou "Trusted for 15 Years" me ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe lehulehu, a e ʻimi mākou i kēia i nā hoʻolaha e hiki mai ana. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hui i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ke kaʻina hana laikini a me ke kau ʻana me nā manaʻo maikaʻi a Eliza, i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike o Natalie V. no Zapier a me nā hoʻohui polokalamu ʻē aʻe. 
CVSUITE (KE)
E hana ana ʻo CVSuite i kahi hōʻano hou ʻikepili e hoʻopili pū me ka mea hāʻawi ʻikepili Emsi's 2020.1 data ma Iune 15. Ua hoʻouna mākou i kahi kamaʻilio i nā mea kūʻai aku a pau ʻo Iune 9 me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana e huki i ka ʻikepili ma mua o ka lā o ka hoʻohou, a hoʻomau ʻo Trevor i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, huki a hoʻonui. ʻikepili. Ua hoʻolaha ka hui i kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha no kā mākou hōʻike COVID-19 ma o ka leka uila i hoʻouna ʻia i nā luna hoʻokele 50 SAA āpau. Ke hana nei mākou e hoʻonui i ka hiki ʻana o nā hōʻike hopena COVID-19 ma o ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kahi anaina lua o nā luna hoʻokele hoʻokele waiwai. Ua hoʻohana pū mākou i ka pule i hala ma ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha impromptu no ka AFTA Convention, me ka hui pū ʻana me PAA ma nā hoʻolaha kikohoʻe hui a me kahi palapala pae kūʻai. 
E hele akamai (JG)
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo GO Smart i ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Matanuska-Susitna Borough a alakaʻi i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua 90 mau minuke. Hāʻawi mākou i kahi hōʻikeʻike i ka Pendleton Foundation, kahi kahua kaiāulu liʻiliʻi ma Oregon hikina i holo i kahi palapala noi pepa a me ka haʻawina no 70+ mau makahiki a makemake e hoʻololi i kahi kahua pūnaewele. Ke hoʻomau nei nā hana hou i loko, akā ʻoi aku ma mua o nā makahiki ʻē aʻe, ke noi nei nā luna hoʻoponopono i nā kūkākūkā lōʻihi e kūkākūkā i kā lākou mau hoʻolālā hāʻawi, ma mua o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kahi hōʻano hou i kau inoa ʻia a noi i ka invoice. Aia paha ke koena o ka loaʻa kālā ma waena o nā mea kūʻai aku e pono e hōʻoki i nā lawelawe i kēia makahiki a me ka poʻe e hoʻohui nei i nā lawelawe, pili COVID a i ʻole. 
PUBLIC ART ARCHIVE (LG)
Ke kau nei ʻo PAA i ka mea kūʻai CMS a me Showcase hou loa, ʻo Lancaster Public Art. Ke hana pololei nei ʻo Lori me ka hui LPA e hana i kahi palapala hoʻopaʻa inoa no ka lehulehu ma ke ʻano he manawa hou e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i nā mea hana kiʻi lehulehu e kū mai ana. Kūlike kēia hana me kekahi mau papahana hōʻikeʻike virtual kūikawā e holomua ana me ka hui pū ʻana me Mural Arts Philadelphia. Ke hoʻoholo ʻia nei kahi pilikia i ʻike ʻia me nā palapala ʻāina ʻo Collection-Specific ma mua o ka hui ʻana o ka AFTA virtual, kahi e hoʻolālā ʻia ai kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku no ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā PAA.
ZAPP (CV)
Ua mālama mākou i kā mākou hui hui ZAPP makahiki ma Iune 8, kahi i kūkākūkā ai mākou i ka hopena o COVID-19 i ka ʻoihana, a me kona hopena i ka ʻoihana kiʻi a me ka ʻoihana ʻahaʻaina holoʻokoʻa. ʻEwalu mau hoa ZAPP, ʻehā i hoʻopau i kā lākou mau hanana, hoʻokahi i hoʻopaneʻe ʻia i ka hāʻule, a ʻo nā mea ʻekolu ʻē aʻe e manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻia e like me ka mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Ke hana pū nei kā mākou hui i ka waihona kālā ZAPP no FY21, me kahi kikoʻī mua i ka hopena o ka mahina, ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kā mākou mea hoʻoponopono kūʻai hou e lawe i nā hana kūʻai i loko a i waho no ZAPP a me CaFE. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā leka hoʻopau a hoʻopaneʻe paha mai nā hanana, a ke hāʻawi nei mākou i nā hoʻemi i nā hanana no kā lākou hoʻohana ʻana iā ZAPP ma kēlā me kēia hihia.

Mahalo nui loa,

Keristiano