E nā kahu mālama:
 
Leʻaleʻa maoli a hoʻohua i kekahi mau pule, me kahi huakaʻi kupaianaha i ka Black Rock playa o NW Nevada (ʻoi aku ma lalo o kēia) a me ka holomua nui ma nā ʻano mea nui! Heluhelu mai . . .
 
WESTAF MA WAA
Ua hele ʻo Chrissy lāua ʻo Seyan i ka ʻaha kūkā makahiki o Western Arts Alliance ma ʻAukake 27-29 ma Los Angeles. Ma ke ʻano he hoa lōʻihi ma ka papahana kaʻapuni kūloko o WESTAF, he manawa aʻo waiwai ia no Chrissy, ʻo ia ka mea e lawe mālie nei i ke kuleana o ka papahana TourWest a WESTAF a me nā pilina koʻikoʻi me nā alakaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka papa hōʻike. (ʻO TourWest kā mākou papahana hāʻawi hoʻokūkū e hāʻawi i nā kōkua i nā ʻoihana a me nā hui kaiaulu no ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea hoʻokani kaʻahele ma waho o ka mokuʻāina a me nā mea kākau moʻokalaleo.) Ua lilo ʻo Equity i mea koʻikoʻi no WAA, kahi i hāʻawi i kahi manawa no nā limahana e launa pū me nā alakaʻi. mai nā hui e like me Women of Color in the Arts, El Teatro Campesino, Association of Performing Arts Professionals, a me nā hoa hana mai nā RAO ʻē aʻe a me nā mea pena kala. Ua hana maikaʻi ʻo Seyan i ka nānā ʻana iā TourWest i nā makahiki i hala iho nei - ʻo ia, ʻo Madalena, Chrissy a me aʻu e kali nei i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o kēia papahana WESTAF he 20+ makahiki i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana a ma hope.
 
KANAKA KUMU
ʻO kēia ke kolu o kaʻu "puhi" akā ʻo ia ka mea mua no kekahi mau malihini kūikawā i komo i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi US Conference of Mayors ma Black Rock City ma ka Pōʻakolu, Kepakemapa 28. ʻO ka poʻe Meia, ma ke ʻano nui, hoihoi ʻia e ka hoʻolālā aupuni a me ka hiki Kanaka Puhi a me Black Rock City. Ma waho aʻe o nā ʻumikūmālua a ʻoi paha mau mayora a me nā mea kōkua a me nā hoa pili, ua hoʻokipa pū ʻo Burning Man's External Relations Team (XRT) i ka National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Mary Anne Carter a me Endowment Senior Deputy Chairman Tom Simplot. ʻO Nora Halpern kekahi ma luna o ka moku no ka huakaʻi, VP o Leadership Alliances ma Americans for the Arts. Eia kekahi mau kiʻi o ko mākou lā (a me kekahi mau bonus Burning Man, pū kekahi). Ua hoʻohana pū ʻia kekahi manawa maikaʻi me Crimson Rose, he mea hoʻokumu pū ʻo Burning Man a me ka mea hilinaʻi WESTAF hou (ʻoi aʻe ma ia mau mahina e hiki mai ana).
 
FORT COLLINS, CO
Ua kipa aku iā Fort Collins, CO e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i kēia kaiāulu hoihoi loa a e hui pū me kekahi poʻe e hana ana e hoʻoikaika a hoʻokani pila! Aia ʻo Bryce Merrill, ka WESTAF-er mua, ke kī i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o IMTour a i kēia manawa he luna papahana ma ka Bohemian Foundation. ʻOiai ʻo IMTour e noʻonoʻo hou a hana hou iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he papahana papahana o WESTAF (ma mua o ke ʻano he kahua ʻenehana me nā pahuhopu kālā), ʻo Bryce a me ka Bohemian Foundation ke kī i kēia hoʻololi. Ua kipa ʻia a mākaʻikaʻi pū i ka Lincoln Center a me ke kula o CSU's School of Theatre, Music and Dance, kahi i loaʻa ai kekahi mau papahana kupaianaha e hana nei a me kekahi mau hana hui pū ʻana ma kahi o ka papahana hoʻokele waiwai. He mea leʻaleʻa ka hoʻolimalima manawa me Jim McDonald, ka Luna Hoʻokele o nā lawelawe moʻomeheu hou no ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Fort Collins, nāna i hoʻokipa iaʻu i ka hapa nui o ka lā.
 
COLORADO
He hui ʻoluʻolu a maikaʻi hoʻi a māua ʻo David Holland me Margaret Hunt, ke poʻo o CCI. He hālāwai nui kēia me David, a ua kamaʻilio hohonu mākou e pili ana i ka hana alakaʻi a CCI i kēia makahiki, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā Apana ʻauhau Cultural ma nā ʻāpana kuaʻāina ʻē aʻe o CO, i hoʻohālike ʻia ma muli o ka kūleʻa o Denver (akā, ʻo ke kūlanakauhale pū kekahi) SCFD. papahana. Ke piʻi mai nei ka pilikia kālā ma ka balota ma Manitou Springs, CO i kēia Nowemapa 2019, a inā kūleʻa ia hiki ke hana hou ʻia ma 20-30 mau ʻāpana CO ʻē aʻe ma 2020 a ma waho. Hoʻopuka kēia i kahi hihia hoihoi loa e pili ana i ke kālā kākoʻo a WESTAF, i hoʻonui ʻia i ka lobbying (ka hapa nui o ke kālā) ma o nā kau kānāwai. He mea maikaʻi kēia, akā pehea inā ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o kēia a i ʻole nā kumu waiwai ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina, akā me ka hopena o ka mokuʻāina? E like me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa aʻoaʻo ʻana ma kahi pae kūloko/kūʻai pū kekahi e komo pū me ka hoʻolimalima manawaleʻa, ka ʻōlelo balota a me ka hoʻomohala ʻōlelo. I kēia manawa, loaʻa kahi manawa o ka lehulehu ma Colorado. He ʻāpana kēia o ka nānā pono ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi no kā mākou mau mokuʻāina e komo ana a me ka hōʻoia ʻana he kūpono lākou e like me ka hiki ke like me ka ulu ʻana o ke kula a hoʻololi.
 
NA PALAPALA MA KA NUHOU
Makemake ʻo ia e hoʻōho i ko mākou kahu maikaʻi ʻo Nikiko Matsumoto, ʻo ia ka ʻohana a me ka mahiʻai ʻohana (he wahi kupua maoli) i hōʻike ʻia i kēia manawa ma kahi ʻatikala no New York Times noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka mahiʻai, ka ʻohana, ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me ke kūpaʻa.
 
LUNA HOOKO A ME KA PAPA HOU
He nūhou nui kēia, no laila e noʻonoʻo: hauʻoli mākou e hoʻolaha aku e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo Natalie Scherlong mai kahi kōkua ʻenehana hapa manawa i ka Luna Hoʻokele piha a me ka Luna Hoʻokele. E hana ʻo Natalie i ka hapa manawa ma ke ʻano he kōkua ʻenehana ma ka mahina o Kepakemapa a e aʻo pū me Samantha Ortega i kēia manawa. manawa. ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu no Natalie e lilo i manawa piha e like me 10/1, akā pili ia i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i kahi mea kōkua ʻenehana hapa manawa. Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nei no ke aha mākou e hoʻololi ai i ka mea kupanaha ʻo Samantha Ortega - e neʻe ana ʻo Sam i ke keʻena kūʻai ʻo Leah Horn akā e puka mai ana i ka Marketing & Communications ma 10/1 i kahi kūlana hoʻonohonoho. He laʻana maikaʻi kēia o ka hiki ke ʻike a hoʻomohala ʻoihana i nā WESTAF-ers no ka hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻana i nā mākau i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia, uku i ka kūpaʻa a me ke kuleana. ʻAe, ʻo Natalie lāua ʻo Sam!
 
NA MEA HOU O DAVID HOLLAND
Ua paʻa maoli ʻo David i ka honua mai kāna lā hoʻomaka ʻo ʻAukake 17. Ma mua o ka holo ʻana i kēia mau hoʻokō, eia kāna mau pahuhopu hoʻolālā a eia kāna ʻelua pule mua loa. ʻO ia ka manaʻo nui a me ka huahua, a ua hauʻoli ka hui holoʻokoʻa i ka ʻike ʻana iā ia.
 
NA HALAWAI HOOMANAPONO HANA HANA O KA POE ALAKAI (LRT)
I kēia mau pule i hala iho nei, ua hoʻomaka ka LRT i ka papahana mua loa o kā mākou Performance Management Plan, e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana i ka FY20 a ma mua aʻe. Ua loaʻa i kēlā me kēia lālā o ka hui WESTAF kahi hōʻike pilikino kikoʻī a me nā pōmaikaʻi e hoʻohālikelike ana i ka uku YOY (no ka kaʻana like ʻana ma waena o ka luna a me ka limahana, akā hauʻoli wau e kaʻana like i kahi laʻana inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike). Ma waho aʻe o kēia hōʻike, hele kēlā me kēia luna i ke kaʻina PMP a hana i nā memo e nānā hou i kēlā me kēia hapaha, hoʻolauna i ka manawa PMP a noi i kahi pūlima e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike o ka uku a me ke kaʻina PMP e neʻe nei i mua. Ma ke ʻano he manakia o ʻehiku mau hōʻike pololei (a he luna "laina kiko" ʻelua), ua hoʻopau wau i kaʻu ʻehā mua i kēia pule a hoʻopau i ke koena i kēia pule aʻe. He mea hauʻoli ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia kaʻina hana a mahalo nui iā Amy Hollrah a me kāna hui, nāna i loaʻa kēia ma ke ala.
 
KOMITE HOOKO A ME KA HALAWAI PAPA PAP
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei mākou no ka hālāwai kūkā o ke Kōmike Hoʻokō ma Sacramento mai 9/11-12 a laila ka hālāwai BOT ma Denver mai 10/23-24. Aia ka papa hana a me ka puke papa a hoʻolaha ʻia i ke Kōmike Hoʻokō. Ma waena o nā hana a ke komite, ke kakali nei mākou i ka kipa ʻana iā Sol Collective i Sacramento a me kahi pāʻina hana pū me Anne Bown-Crawford, Luna Hoʻokele, California Arts Council; ʻO Julie Baker, Luna Hoʻokele, Californians for the Arts (CFTA); ʻO Lucero Arellano ka lālā o ke Kōmike Kūkākūkā Nui o WESTAF; a me ka lobbyist Jason Schmelzer. Ua hoʻomohala a hoʻoponopono maikaʻi mākou i ka papahana no ka hālāwai BOT ʻOkakopa ma Denver. ʻO ka wahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia ka mōʻaukala a me ka leʻaleʻa ʻo Brown Palace Hotel a me Spa ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Denver. Eia kahi hiʻohiʻona sneak o ka papa hana ʻelua lā (ʻoiai aia i loko o ke kikoo). E ʻoluʻolu e kuhikuhi i kekahi nīnau a hopohopo paha e pili ana i kāu huakaʻi iā Samantha Ortega. Hauʻoli mākou i kēia!
 
PALAPALA
Ua hōʻike aku au ma mua iki o ka makahiki e pili ana i ke kaʻina hoʻopaʻa waihona e hana nei ma WESTAF mahalo i ka mālama a me ka nānā ʻana o Dinah Zeiger. ʻO ka papahana koʻikoʻi ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī kikoʻī o nā mea āpau i loko o kā mākou pepa kino a me nā waihona kiʻi kiʻi (aia ma ka haʻahaʻa o ko mākou hale keʻena ma 1888 Sherman St.). Hoʻokomo pū ʻia nā papahana waihona ʻē aʻe i ka palapala ʻāina o kēlā me kēia WESTAF e hui ana mai ka makahiki 1974 a me kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī o kēlā me kēia kahu mālama i lawelawe i ka hui. Ke hana nei mākou i ka ʻikepili leʻaleʻa i ka wā i hoʻolālā ʻia a hoʻopau ʻia e lilo ia i mea hana pono i ka haʻi maʻalahi a nani hoʻi i ka moʻolelo WESTAF a me kona hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke kiʻi a me ka moʻomeheu komohana i loko o ka pōʻaiapili o kahi papa hōʻike piha. E haʻi mai iaʻu inā he nīnau kāu e pili ana i kēia papahana. Hauʻoli wau i nā mea a pau i kekahi lā e hiki koke mai ana i nā mea kiʻi kiʻi, nā mea hoʻomanaʻo a me nā palapala kaulana no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana, ka mahalo a me ka ʻimi naʻauao.
 
HUAKAI e hiki mai ana
9/11 – 12 Sacramento, CA no ka Halawai Komite Hooko
9/18 - 21 Providence, RI no NASAA Leadership Institute
9/29 - 10/2 Anchorage, AK no ka hui ʻana o nā Komisina ASCA "nā ʻanuʻu aʻe"
10/31 - 11/11 (huakaʻi pilikino) Bhutan no ka hoʻomālamalama pilikino
11/14 – 16, Phoenix, AZ no ka National Creative Placemaking Summit
11/19 – 20, Wakinekona, DC no ka halawai RAO
11/21 - 22, Portland, OR no nā hālāwai, kaʻaʻaʻaʻa me Oregon Arts Commission
 
KAFE
Ua alakaʻi mākou i kekahi mau nīnauele no kahi mea hoʻoponopono hana CaFE hou e pani ai i ka limahana limahana ʻo Julia Alvarez i kona neʻe ʻana i ke kuleana hoʻonohonoho kūʻai. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻopau i kahi hoʻolimalima ma Sepatemaba 10 a lawe mai i kekahi i nā pule e hiki mai ana. 
 
CVSUITE
Ua hoʻomaka kā mākou ʻikepili hou ʻo Trevor McElhaney i ka lā 3 o Kepakemapa. Hauʻoli mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana iā ia ma ka hui a ke hana nei mākou e kau koke iā ia i nā mea āpau CVSuite!  
 
PALAPALA NUI LEHULEHU
Ua lanakila ka hui PAA ma luna o ka moku a ua hoʻonohonoho i kahi Pūnaehana Manaʻo Kohi no ka Mokuʻāina ʻo New Mexico, kahi hōʻiliʻili o kahi kokoke i 3,000 mau mea, a ke mākaukau nei e lawe mai i kā mākou mea kūʻai 10th, Metro Nashville a me Davidson County, TN. Ke holomua nei ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka papahana hoʻokele no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kā mākou hiʻohiʻona palapala hōʻiliʻili mua loa i ka ʻAha ʻAha o Lake Oswego ma mua o kā lākou hoʻolauleʻa kiʻi e hiki mai ana. Ke hoʻomākaukau pū nei ʻo PAA Manager Lori Goldstein e alakaʻi iā LYRASIS '(hoahana ʻenehana) mua pūnaewele Community Collections Spotlight ma ka waena o Kepakemapa.
 
KA LUNAPONO
Ua hoʻololi hou aku ʻelua mau mea kūʻai aku i CaFE, a ke hoʻomau nei mākou e kamaʻilio me nā mea hoʻohana e pili ana i ka pani ʻana o YJI. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia manawa i CaFE a me ZAPP.
 
ZAPP 
Ke hoʻopau nei ka hui ZAPP i ka hoʻāʻo hope loa. E hoʻolaha ʻia ka ʻaoʻao kiʻi kiʻi hou o ZAPP i ka lehulehu ma ka lā 12 o Kepakemapa, a e hoʻokomo ʻia i ka hoʻolālā hou, ka kikokikona, a me kekahi mau hana hou, me kahi kaʻina hana hōʻoia maʻalahi.
 
ʻO ia i kēia manawa! Mahalo iā ʻoe no kāu hana maikaʻi ma ke ʻano he kahu WESTAF. Manaʻo e ʻike hou iā ʻoukou a pau ma Denver i ʻOkakopa.
 
E like me ka manawa mau, me ka mahalo,
 
Keristiano