E nā kahu mālama WESTAF:

Mahalo nui iā ʻoukou a pau, no ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻana i ko ʻoukou manawa waiwai a no nā manaʻo a me nā manaʻo i nā hui like ʻole a me nā ʻākoakoa ʻana o ka hālāwai makahiki o ka WESTAF i ka pule i hala. E hahai mākou i kekahi mau mea i noi ʻia i kēia pule mai kā mākou kūkākūkā. ʻO ka hapa nui naʻe, makemake wau e paʻa i kēia pule e hoʻouna i nā hōʻailona maikaʻi no ke koho koho nui loa o ko mākou ola. Nani maoli ka noho pū ʻana me ʻoe ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu no ke alakaʻi ʻana a hiki i kēia pule. I kēia manawa, e haʻalele wau iā ʻoe i kēia ʻōlelo kupanaha a WESTAF-er Eliza Weatherill i hōʻike pū me ka hui kaulike i ka pule i hala.

“ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻi i ka maʻamau. ʻAʻole maʻamau. ʻAʻole maʻamau ko mākou noho ʻana ma mua o ka corona ma mua o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka manaʻoʻiʻo, ka pono ʻole, ka luhi, ka hoʻopau ʻana, ka unuhi ʻana, ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, ka huikau, ka huhū, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ka inaina, a me ka nele. ʻAʻole pono kākou e hoʻi mai, e nā hoaaloha. Hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou ka manawa e humuhumu i kahi lole hou. ʻO kahi i kūpono i ke kanaka a me ke ʻano. — Sonia Renee Taylor
NYT ARTICLE ON A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S SUPPORT OF THE ARTS (CG)
Eia kahi ʻatikala o New York Times i paʻi ʻia i ka pule i hala e hōʻike ana i ka ʻike nui e pili ana i ke kākoʻo a me ke komo ʻana o Joe Biden i ka hana ʻoihana me nā huaʻōlelo i hōʻike ʻia e ʻAmelika no ka Pelekikena Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo Robert L Lynch lāua ʻo Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Arts Action Fund.
Koi ʻia ʻo WESTAF e hui pū me ka CULTURAL ADVOCACY GROUP.
Ma ka Pōʻalima, ʻOkakopa 30, ua hele ʻo David, e pani ana i ka WESTAF, i nā hālāwai Cultural Advocacy Group no ka manawa mua, ma hope o kona kono ʻia ʻana e hui pū ʻia e ka convener, ʻo Heather Noonan, VP no ke kākoʻo me ka League of American Orchestras. ʻO CAG, e like me ka mea i kapa nui ʻia, ʻo ia ka ʻaha kūkā e hoʻomohala ai nā hui lawelawe moʻomeheu aupuni i kahi papahana federal i hui pū ʻia no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ke hoʻopau nei ka hui i kahi papahana kulekele aupuni e kaʻana like me ka hoʻokele e hiki mai ana, e kūkulu ana i nā hana kūleʻa i hana ʻia i ke komo ʻana i ka hui hoʻololi no ka hoʻokele Obama. Hoʻonohonoho kēia pūʻulu i nā noi kālā no ka National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities i kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻomohala i nā manaʻo kānāwai, mālama i nā pilina me ke alakaʻi o ka ʻaha kūkā, a ke pani nei i ke kahua i nā kumuhana kulekele paʻakikī e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea pena. Aia ka hui i ka National Coalition for Art's Preparedness & Emergency Response (NCAPER), Phi Beta Kappa, ka Recording Academy, ka National Art Education Association, Theatre Communications Group, ka National Council for the Traditional Arts, Alliance of Artists Communities, American Alliance of Nā Hale Hōʻikeʻike, ʻAmelika no ka ʻAiʻoniʻoni, League of American Orchestras, National Humanities Alliance, the National Network for Folk Arts in Education, the International Association of Blacks in Dance, Federation of State Humanities Councils, LitNet: the Literary Arts Network, Dance/USA, OPERA America, Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), CERF + The Artists Safety, the Association of Art Museum Directors, NASAA, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
HOʻOU ANA ʻO WESTAF i nā ʻoihana noʻeau o ka Pākīpika (DH)
Ua hui ʻo Christian lāua ʻo David me Parker Yobei, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) Arts Council, a me Jillette Leon-Gurerro, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Guam Arts & Humanities Council, e kūkākūkā i ka ulu ʻana o kā lākou mau keʻena i ka ke ea o kēia manawa a me ka hiki ke komo pū me ka pūnaewele puni honua o WESTAF. ʻOiai me ka hoʻoikaika kālā a me ka hoʻemi ʻana o nā limahana, hoʻomau kēia mau keʻena i ka lawelawe ʻana i kā lākou poʻe koho a hoʻololi hou i kā lākou kuleana i mea e hopena ai. Manaʻolana mākou e hoʻomau i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kā mākou mau hoa hana ma Samoa ʻAmelika i ka manawa koke. Ua kūkulu ʻo Madalena lāua ʻo David i kahi palapala MOU me CNMI Arts Council. ʻOi aku ka wehewehe ʻana o ka MOU i nā kuleana a me nā kuleana no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kālā CARES Act oiai e hōʻike ana i nā kuhikuhi hou e hiki ai i ka hui pū ʻana o WESTAF me CNMI, me ko lākou komo ʻana i ka papahana āpana. I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, e hoʻomohala ka hui i kahi hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano o MOU a i ʻole he lālā hoʻopaʻa ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā keʻena ʻoihana territorial Pacitfic a waiho i kēia i ka papa no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana. 
WESTAF SAA PERFORMING ARTS & CONSORTIA PARTNERS CONVENING 2020 (LM)
Ma ka Pōʻalima, ʻOkakopa 29 a me ka Pōʻalima ʻOkakopa 30, ua alakaʻi ʻo Kaisha Johnson, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻokumu o Women of Color in the Arts (WOCA), i ʻelua mau lā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hui pū ʻana me ka ʻoihana hana hana SAA, nā hoa hana consortia hana, a me TourWest panelists. Ua manaʻo ke kau e kūkulu i ke kaiāulu a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻolohe hoʻolohe a me ke kamaʻilio maoli ʻana i ka wā e komo ana i ka hana hohonu e pili ana i ka manaʻo kūʻokoʻa, ka hoʻokalakupua a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana, ka pono, ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ke kaulike a me ke kaulike, a me nā kumuhana ʻē aʻe. Ma hope o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana o nā mea komo he 18, e hui ʻo Kaisha a me ka hui SRI e kūkākūkā i nā kuhikuhi o ka wā e hiki mai ana no kēia hana me kā mākou pūnaewele hoʻokani pila. 
WESTAF REGIONAL ARTS RESILIENCE FUND (MS)
Ma ka Poalua, ʻOkakopa 27, me ka ʻae ʻia o ke Kōmike Hoʻokō ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka papa o nā kahu mālama, ua hoʻolaha ʻo WESTAF i nā hui 39 a puni ka ʻāina i koho ʻia e loaʻa nā haʻawina Regional Arts Resilience Fund. Hāʻawi ʻia nā makana ma nā huina mai $30,000 a i $74,000, ʻoi aku ka nui o $1.7 miliona. Ua hoʻolako ʻia kēia makana e ka Andrew W. Mellon Foundation me ka hui pū ʻana me ka US Regional Arts Organizations, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻēmi i ka hoʻoweliweli kālā i ka ʻāpana i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Ua hui pū ʻia nā mea akamai he iwakālua o ka ʻoihana noʻeau ma waena o ʻelua panela e kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā mea waiwai. Hiki ke loaʻa kahi papa inoa piha o nā mea hāʻawi a me nā panelist maanei. Hoʻomaka ka wehe ʻana o ke kālā i Nowemapa 2020.
LUNA o ke kuleana pilikanaka a me ka huli komo ana (DH)
Ma ka Pōʻakolu, ʻOkakopa 28, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ka wehewehe kūlana no ka Luna Hoʻokele o ke kuleana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā limahana a i ka lā aʻe ua kau ʻia ma ka pūnaewele WESTAF a ma nā papa inoa hana o ka Colorado Nonprofit Association, APAP, AFTA, Change Philanthropy. , Philanthropy News Digest, a me Idealist. E ʻoluʻolu e kaʻana like i kēia manawa me kāu pūnaewele. E ʻae ʻia nā noi a hiki i Nowemapa 30, 2020. Me ke kākoʻo mai ke kōmike loiloi i haku ʻia e nā limahana, nā kahu, a me nā ʻelele mai nā ʻoihana kūloko koʻikoʻi, manaʻolana mākou e ʻike i kahi kanaka e hoʻokō i kēia kuleana koʻikoʻi ma ka hopena o Ianuali 2021.
KULA a me ka hooponopono (AH)
Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hapalua lā i ka pule i hala, ua hōʻoia ʻo Amy & Becca i nā mea pōkole a lōʻihi no ka hana a me nā kumuwaiwai kanaka no ka makahiki kālā hou. Hoʻomaka ʻo Lauren lāua ʻo Jess i ka holo ʻana o Nowemapa i kēia pule aʻe a e hoʻopau lākou i ka hapa nui o kā lāua mau hana hoʻoponopono i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa. A laila, loaʻa iā Amy lāua ʻo Becky ʻelua pule e hoʻopau ai i nā hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono āpau, nā hoʻonohonoho, a me ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā palapala i ka pae hoʻokolokolo ma ka lā 16 o Nowemapa.
KULA WAIWAI MAKAHIKI (AH)
Hōʻike nā kālā kālā i ka hopena o Kepakemapa i kahi kūlana kālā ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia me kahi koena o $717,000. I ke kauwela holoʻokoʻa, ua manaʻo nā kuhi he $550,000 koena akā me nā hoʻolālā no ke kālā Mellon a me CARES i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me nā hoʻolimalima conservative a me nā kuhi kālā, ua ʻoi aku mākou ma mua o kēlā mau manaʻo. Ua kaʻana like ʻia ka hōʻuluʻulu kālā a me ka memo o Sepatemaba me ka papa piha ma ka puke hālāwai papa ʻOkakopa a ua hoʻopili ʻia ma ʻaneʻi no kāu kuhikuhi. Hoʻomaka nā kuhi piha no ka makahiki kālā hou ma waena o Nowemapa. E hoʻopau ʻia ka loiloi i Ianuali a e unuhi i ka ʻike kālā kālā i ke ʻano o ka helu helu.
HOIKE RAO (CG)
Eia ka hōʻike hana hou o ka ʻĀpana ʻĀpana ʻĀina (RAO). Hāʻawi ʻia kēia hōʻike me ka Arts Endowment, AFTA a me NASAA. E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Cynthia Steele i kāna hana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻoponopono RAO hou ma Nowemapa 1.
MAUNA TIME ARTS IN BOZEMAN, MT E ʻIMI ANA I KA LUNA HOOKO (CG)
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Mountain Time Arts, kahi hui hoʻonaʻauao lehulehu e pili ana iā Bozeman, i luna hoʻokele e alakaʻi i kā lākou hui i kāna pae o ka ulu ʻana. He manawa kūʻokoʻa kēia e loaʻa ai kahi alakaʻi no kahi hui i hana ikaika e kūkulu i kona kūleʻa ma o ka hoʻokō hohonu ʻana i ka hui pū ʻana. Loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ka ʻike maikaʻi i kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke kaʻana like i kēia hoʻolaha, a i ʻole makemake paha e hoʻolaha i ka ʻōlelo ma kāu pūnaewele. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka Mountain Time Arts, a me ke komo ʻana a kaʻana like i ka loulou i ka hoʻolaha hana ma aneʻi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mea kikoʻī, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou—makemake lākou e ʻimi i kahi moho me nā pilina hohonu a/a i hōʻike ʻia paha nā mākau i ka hana pū ʻana me nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi a i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
HOOLAHA KUMUAI (NS)
Ke nānā nei i mua i ka FY21, ke hoʻololi nei ka Communications Cohort i kā lākou ala i kā lākou OKR e hoʻokomo i nā milestones a me nā pahuhopu hiki ke ana ʻia no kā lākou hopena koʻikoʻi. E hoʻokō ana ka cohort i nā hana i hiki ke hana i kā lākou mau hana Asana, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā manawa manawa a me nā lā palena hapahā no kā lākou mau pahuhopu FY21. Ke hoʻomau nei ka Policy Cohort i kāna hana e pili ana i kāna mau palapala scoping, a e hui ana nā hui i kēia pule aʻe e hoʻopau i nā loli i koe. Ke hoʻopau ʻia nā palapala scoping, e hui hou ka Cohort e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻohui ʻana i kāna mau palapala ʻekolu i loko o hoʻokahi palapala hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka Policy Cohort. 
HANA HANA (CV)
Ua hoʻihoʻi hou ka ʻoihana ʻoihana i kāna hapaha ʻehā kālā a me ka holomua ʻoihana.
KAFE (RV)
Ua kau inoa ka hui CaFE i kahi hui lawelawe noʻeau Kanada ma ʻOkakopa, ʻo Biafarin Inc. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i haʻihaʻi i ka nūhou ma nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, he hōʻailona kēia e hakakā nei ka ʻoihana me nā helu noi haʻahaʻa. ʻO Ken Cho, kā mākou mea hoʻonohonoho kūʻai e hana nei i kahi hana maikaʻi loa o ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana o nā alakaʻi. Ua loaʻa iā mākou he 43 i ʻOkakopa, me 7 i hoʻololi ʻia i nā mea kūʻai hou. Eia kekahi, ua loaʻa iā Ken nā demos e hiki mai ana me ka Phillips Collection a me LexArts. ʻO ka mea hope loa, aia ka CaFE admin UI hou a i kēia manawa i ke ʻano hoʻāʻo me ka hui.
CVSUITE (KE)
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo CVSuite i ka hana nui ma ka NASAA Creative Economy Recovery Project. Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo David lāua ʻo Trevor i ka loiloi noiʻi hihia mua a ua hoʻomaka i ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻikepili a me kā lākou ʻike. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Kelly lāua ʻo David i ke kaʻina o ka nīnauele ʻana i nā moho. He ʻehiku kā mākou mau nīnauele i hana mua ʻia a ʻelima mau mea e hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Ke kākau nei ʻo Sam lāua ʻo Laurel i nā haʻawina hihia no nā mea i pau. Ma nā nūhou ʻē aʻe, ke luʻu nei ka Hui CVS i kahi hoʻoponopono kaʻina kūʻai. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Natalie i kahi hoʻolālā papahana no ka hoʻololi ʻana i kā mākou alakaʻi mea hoʻohana i kā mākou kahua kūʻai aku ʻo ia ka hana mua i ke kiki ʻana i ka papahana kaʻina kūʻai. 
E hele akamai (JG)
Ua hoʻopau ʻo GO Smart i ʻelua hola o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana no nā luna hoʻomalu he 16 ma ke Keʻena ʻOihana ʻOihana a me Culture o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo San Antonio. ʻOiai he mea kūʻai aku ka ʻoihana mai ka makahiki 2015, ua ʻike ʻo COVID i ka nui o ka huli ʻana a me ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana, a ʻo kēia aʻo ʻana i alakaʻi i ka hui holoʻokoʻa i ka wikiwiki. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā mea hana media a ua hoʻopau ʻo Jessica Gronich lāua ʻo Jon Cantwell i nā hola e hana ana ma o ka hoʻolālā mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a ua hoʻopau i ka pōʻai mua o nā memo hoʻāʻo a me nā hana aʻe. Ua hoʻohana nui ʻia ka manawa o ka hui GO Smart ma nā hana kūloko, e like me ka pani ʻana i ka FY20 a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka polokalamu Insights hou.  
PUBLIC ART ARCHIVE (LG)
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo PAA i kahi hōʻikeʻike virtual, Lives That Bind: kahi hoʻonohonoho hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono, me ka hui pū ʻana me Santa Monica Cultural Affairs. ʻAʻole wehe ʻia ka hōʻikeʻike, aia ma kahi ʻēheu o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike kūlanakauhale ʻo Santa Monica i kēia manawa, a ʻo ka ʻaoʻao hōʻikeʻike virtual ma PAA e kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i ka nānā hou aku i nā papahana maʻamau a PAA hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻomohala. Ma waho aʻe o Lives That Bind, ke hoʻopau nei ʻo PAA i nā ʻike a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana ma Mural Arts Philadelphia's Power Map: Historical Mural Activations, kahi ʻike kikohoʻe i kūkulu ʻia e hoʻonui i ka hoʻopili ʻana me ka waihona i kahi papahana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Mural Arts a i hoʻoponopono ʻia e Daniel Tucker. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo PAA i ka ʻaelike no ka lehulehu ma Los Alamos, akā pili ka ʻaelike i ka loaʻa ʻana o WESTAF i palapala hōʻoia e hana i ka ʻoihana ma ka Mokuʻāina ʻo New Mexico, kahi e koi ai i kahi ʻelele i kākau inoa ʻia. Inā hoʻopau maikaʻi ʻia kēia pepa, ʻo Los Alamos ke kūʻai lua ʻana o PAA o FY21.
ZAPP (CV)
Ua ʻae like ʻia ka waihona kālā FY21 e ke Kōmike Manaʻo o ZAPP, ʻo ka hui i hana ʻia e ka hoa hoʻokele (WESTAF, pani ʻia e Christian), he hoa pili, a he mea pena (lala mai ke kaiāulu). ʻAʻole e loaʻa kahi uku hoahana ma FY21, no laila ʻaʻole pono ka hui e ʻae i kēlā ʻāpana e like me ka mea maʻamau. Ua hoʻouna mākou i kā mākou nūpepa ʻehā hapaha, kahi i hōʻike ʻia i kahi hōʻike o nā ʻike mai kahi noiʻi e pili ana i nā hiʻohiʻona mea pena i nā hanana virtual a mākou i alakaʻi ai me The Art of Events. Hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu i kekahi o nā ʻike nui ma ke kaomi ʻana ma aneʻi. Hoʻomaka pū mākou e hoʻokuʻu i ka Pōʻalua i kahi hoʻonui i ka ZAPP e hiki ai i nā hanana ke loaʻa kahi hale kiʻi kiʻi virtual o nā mea pena i noi i kā lākou hanana. Aia kēia hoʻonui i ka pae mua a ʻaʻole e hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka lehulehu a hiki i ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau mea hana e hōʻoia i ka holo pono ʻana o kēia ʻōwili. 

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