Aloha e nā kahu mālama WESTAF!
Ua hauʻoli nui mākou e hoʻokipa iā ʻoe i Denver i kēia pule! Loaʻa iā mākou kahi papahana leʻaleʻa, huahana a me ka ʻike i hoʻolālā ʻia, a hauʻoli nā limahana WESTAF e hoʻolimalima manawa me ʻoe! E ʻoluʻolu e heluhelu, no ka mea, ʻoiai mākou e hui koke nei, nui nā ʻike koʻikoʻi e kaʻana like ʻole i komo i loko o ka papahana ma ka hālāwai papa:

HALAWAI PAPA MA DENVER MA 10/23 A ME 10/24
I ka Poaha iho nei, ua loaa ia oe ka papa hana a me ka buke papa. Eia kekahi mana pūnaewele o ka puke papa, me ka .pdf i loaʻa iā ʻoe. Loaʻa i kēia mana pūnaewele kekahi mau mea hou, me kahi hiʻohiʻona o nā koho koho kahu me kahi papa hou o nā luna. Eia kekahi, no ka mea, ʻo kekahi o nā hopena i manaʻo ʻia no kēia hālāwai papa ʻo ia ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻana i ko mākou mau kahu a me kā mākou limahana, ua hoʻolālā ʻia kekahi mau hana leʻaleʻa, e komo pū ana me kahi kamaʻilio puʻupuʻu i kā mākou ʻaina ahiahi ma 10/23 a me kahi Hale Hōʻikeʻike i hoʻolālā ʻia. Kau ma mua o ka ʻaina awakea i ka lā aʻe. Ma ka ʻaina awakea, hui pū mākou me nā hoa MAC, a i ke ahiahi e luʻu mākou i kekahi mau manaʻo a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka hana DEI a WESTAF i hala, i kēia manawa a me ka wā e hiki mai ana. Mai poina e loaʻa iā mākou kahi kiʻi kiʻi kūpono e kiʻi pū ana i nā kiʻi maikaʻi o mākou. Hooray!

(E)LC 2019 MA DENVER
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo WESTAF i ka poʻe alumni o ka papahana Emerging Leaders of Color i Denver ʻOkakopa 7-9 no kahi papa hana ʻekolu lā i kapa ʻia ʻo Designing Our Future - Imagining Inclusive Systems. Ma waho aʻe o ka poʻe alumni, ʻo wau iho, ʻo David Holland, a me ke kahu ʻo Teniqua Broughton i hui pū me Chrissy Deal a me ke kumu papahana ʻo Tamara Alvarado, Salvador Acevedo, a me Margie Reese no kēia ʻike lima a me ka launa pū ʻana. Ua hoʻokumu ka papa hana i wahi no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā pilina ma waena o nā lālā ma waena o nā cohorts a me ka ʻāina komohana a hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi WESTAF i kahi manaʻo ikaika o nā ala e makemake ai nā lālā o ka pūnaewele e hui pū me WESTAF e neʻe nei i mua. E hoʻohana ʻo Chrissy lāua ʻo Madalena i nā ʻike mai ka hui e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi kahua no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka pilina a me ka hui pū ʻana me kēia pūʻulu alakaʻi akamai ma o FY20 a ma waho. No ka mea ʻaʻole wau he alakaʻi o ka waihoʻoluʻu, he kuleana kūikawā ke kono ʻia i loko o kēia pōʻai a hiki ke kaʻana like i kēia ʻike a aʻo hou e pili ana i ka papahana ponoʻī. Leʻaleʻa kiʻi ma lalo!

HOOLAHA, HOOLAHA & KUAI
Ua komo ʻo David Holland i ka hui WESTAF Emerging Leaders of Color Professional Development Program kahi āna i hoʻoikaika ai i kahi hālāwai e pili ana i ka pono ʻole o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hana noʻeau. Ua hoʻokomo ka hui i nā poʻe komo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻikepili mai nā ʻano kumu (me ka NASAA, Arts Endowment, Institute for Policy Studies) e hoʻonui i nā manaʻo e pili ana i ka hopena o nā pilikia hoʻokele waiwai i ke kula ma nā pae ʻāina a kūloko. Ua hoʻomaka pū ʻo David e komo i nā hui kākoʻo noʻeau mokuʻāina a me nā lobbyists ma waena o nā mokuʻāina he ʻumikumamākolu a ua hoʻopili hou ʻo Julie Baker ma Californians for the Arts, ʻo JD Bullington, he lobbyist ma New Mexico, a he hālāwai e hiki mai ana me Megan Wagner, he lobbyist ma Colorado. I nā pule e hiki mai ana, loaʻa iā David nā hālāwai a me nā kelepona i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me Katharine Ferguson, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o CSG's Regional and Rural Development Initiatives, Dee Schneidman, Luna Hoʻokele, Research & Creative Economy ma NEFA, a nā mea ʻē aʻe e kūkākūkā i nā wahi o ka makemake maʻamau a me ka hiki ke hana like i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ke hana nei ʻo David lāua ʻo Laurel Sherman i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papahana FY20 Advocacy Funds i Nowemapa a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana no ka Hui Luna Hoʻokele e hiki mai ana ma Ianuali 2020.

HOOLAHA MAKEKE & HOOLAHA
Ua hoʻopau ʻo Leah a ua kaʻana like i ka FY20 MarComm Master Plan, e wehewehe ana i nā hoʻolālā kūʻai mua no CaFE, CVSuite, GO Smart, a me PAA, a me ke kālepa a me nā kamaʻilio no nā papahana a me nā lawelawe a WESTAF no ka makahiki kālā 2020. hoʻolālā no ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻike hou aku i ka hana a WESTAF ma kahi o nā kuʻikahi a me nā kuleana. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana me nā hui GO Smart a me CVSuite no nā hoʻolālā kūʻai hoʻolālā i hoʻolālā ʻia o ka makahiki, me ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi Polokalamu Client Touch no GO Smart a me ka papahana Top 20 Lists no CVSuite. ʻO ka hui kickoff me ka hui CaFE e mālama ʻia i kēia pule aʻe, kahi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ai nā kumu kūʻai aku e kākoʻo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā kūʻai kikohoʻe ikaika ma FY20. Aia kekahi papahana hoʻolaha no nā hopena loiloi ELC a me kekahi alakaʻi no nā limahana e pili ana i nā ʻōnaehana kamaʻilio kūloko, nā mea hana, a me nā kumuwaiwai. Ua hoʻomau ka hui MarComm i ka hōʻano hou ʻana i nā palapala a me nā kumu waiwai FY20, me ka WESTAF Style Guide a me FY20 boilerpplate, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kikoʻī a me nā mea no ka ʻaha mua o ʻOkakopa a me ka hālāwai papa e hiki mai ana ma Denver.

KA POE MAKAAINANA I KA AHAHINI NUI
ʻO kēia ka manawa mua i komo ai ʻo WESTAF i kēia ʻaha kūkā, a he mea kōkua nui a ʻike, ʻoi aku ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ke ʻano o ka ʻenehana a me ka hoʻoponopono pilikanaka philanthropy. Ua hele au i kekahi mau manawa kūpono loa a hele mai me ka manaʻo ikaika o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kumu a mākou e hoʻokokoke ai a puni kā mākou hana kuleana pili i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ua komo ʻo Chrissy i kahi hālāwai pre-conference - Philanthropic Imaginaries: Ke hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻāina kālā e pono ai mākou - ka mea i hōʻeuʻeu i ka poʻe i hele mai e hoʻopau i nā hale i loko o ka philanthropy e keʻakeʻa nei i ka hiki ke hoʻoponopono pono i ka pono ʻole o ka nohona a me ka hoʻokele waiwai i nā kaiāulu marginalized a me nā kaiāulu kala. He manawa maikaʻi loa ka ʻaha kūkā e hoʻopili aku ai i nā lālā lōʻihi o ka ʻohana WESTAF, nā hoa ʻoihana ʻoihana mokuʻāina a me nā lālā o ka hui alakaʻi o ke kala. Ua hele pū ʻo David i ka Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, kahi i hui ai me Randy Cohen, Hope Pelekikena o ka Research and Policy ma Americans for the Arts. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me ka hui Emcarts e pili ana i ke komo ʻana i ka papahana WESTAF e hiki mai ana no nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina. Ua hiki nō iā ia ke komo pū me nā hui ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina a me nā hui ʻoihana noʻeau kūloko mai nā wahi a pau o ka WESTAF me nā ʻelele mai nā ʻano kumu āpana a me nā aupuni.

KAFE 
Ke holo maikaʻi nei nā kūʻai kūloko o CaFE. Ua loaʻa iā CaFE nā noi demo 42 i ʻOkakopa, a ua hoʻopau ʻia nā demos 10. ʻElima mau mea kūʻai aku i kau inoa. Ma 10/22, e hoʻohui ʻo CaFE i nā pihi kaʻana like i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao papa inoa kelepona no ka maʻalahi o nā manawa.

CVSUITE
Ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kahi mea hou i ka ʻōlelo kākau ʻōlelo, PHP, a ke hana nei mākou i kahi hōʻano hou ʻikepili me kā mākou mea hoʻomohala. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻaelike mai ke Kulanui o Boulder no kahi papa hoʻolālā kaiapuni e hoʻohana i ka ʻikepili CVSuite e hana i nā hoʻohālikelike a hāʻawi i ka loiloi no ʻelua mau kūlanakauhale ʻo Colorado, ʻo Boulder a me Longmont. Ma ke ʻano he hoʻohana mua o kā mākou kulanui, e hāʻawi lākou i nā manaʻo no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pūnaewele.

HELE MAKEMAKE
Ke hana hou nei ʻo Alaska State Council on the Arts i kā lākou mau haʻawina. Hāʻawi mākou i kahi demo i ka Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund i makemake nui ʻia akā aia ma kahi ala RFP 18 mahina a hiki i kekahi manawa ma mua o ka lohe ʻana. Ua noi ʻo Black Belt Foundation i ke kolu o ka demo e hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou luna hoʻokele. ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana me nā mea kūʻai aku he 90 mau lā ma mua o ka lā pau ʻana o kā lākou kau inoa e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi a e hoʻomau ka hui i kēia i mea nui.

PALAPALA NUI LEHULEHU
E hōʻike ana ʻo PAA Manager Lori Goldstein e pili ana i nā huahana a me nā lawelawe a ka Public Art Archive i ka Northern California Public Art Administrators Network (NorCal PAAN) ma ka Pōʻalima, ʻOkakopa 18. Manaʻo ʻo PAA e pani i ke kūʻai ʻana o ka CMS iā Mural Arts Philadelphia, kahi mea kaulana, 30. ʻO ka hui noʻeau makahiki i kauoha ʻia ma luna o 4,000 mau kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi.

ZAPP 
E huakaʻi ʻo Christina V. lāua ʻo Julia P. i Alexandria, Virginia, i ka pule aʻe e hele ai i ka Art Fair Directors' Conference a hoʻokipa i ka hui ʻo ZAPP Oversight Committee, kahi i ʻae ʻia ai ka waihona kālā FY20 ZAPP. Ua kau inoa mākou i kā mākou ʻaelike mua, hōʻike maʻamau (hōʻiliʻili ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 mau noi) o FY20, me kahi mea kūʻai mai Kaleponi e hoʻokipa i ʻekolu mau hōʻike ma ZAPP; ua waiwai ʻia ka ʻaelike ma ka uku kumu haʻahaʻa o $4,700.
ʻO ia wale nō i kēia manawa. Mahalo iā ʻoe, e like me nā manawa a pau, no kāu lawelawe waiwai nui ma ke ʻano he kahu!
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