Ianuali 10, 2022

Aloha mai e nā kahu a me nā hoa hana o WESTAF:

No laila hauʻoli e launa pū me kā mākou ʻelua pule mua o ka makahiki. Eia kekahi, hou i ka makahiki 2022, ke hoʻohui nei mākou i kā mākou WESTAF equity and inclusion committee (EIC) mau lālā-ma ka nui o kēia manawa ʻelua i ka mahina i hala i nā nūhou āpau, nā hana a me nā hanana mai nā kihi āpau o ka WESTAF-iverse. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hui ʻana o Cynthia Chen lāua ʻo Rene Asanga i ke kaiāulu WESTAF! Hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo hou e pili ana iā lākou ma lalo nei. Hauʻoli loa iā ʻoe, e Cynthia lāua ʻo Rene! Nui nā ʻike koʻikoʻi e hahai ai, me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o kā mākou papa, nā nūhou nui e pili ana i kā mākou kūleʻa kūleʻa e alakaʻi i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻolālā hoʻokele waiwai no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona, nā nūhou e pili ana i kā mākou puka ʻana o South Arts ELC e hiki mai ana, nā kikoʻī ma ʻO kā mākou hui pū ʻana o ka Pacific Jurisdictions, a me nā nūhou hou aʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o CaFE a me ZAPP, ma waena o nā hanana nui ʻē aʻe.

Loaʻa nā haʻahaʻa e hoʻokō ai, no laila e lele pololei kākou:

KA ELELE NO KA MAKAHIKI HOU MAI KA LUNAHOOPONOPONO ANA I NA LIMAHANA WESTAF (CG)
(Ua hele kēia leka i nā limahana āpau ma Ianuali 4, 2022 a ua hoʻokomo pū ʻia ma ʻaneʻi no nā kahu mālama a me nā komite ma ke ʻano he "mood check.")
I kekahi o kaʻu mau kamaʻilio ʻana a hiki i kēia manawa, ʻike wau he ʻeke hui ʻia ka wā hoʻomaha no kekahi - maikaʻi ke hoʻomaha a noho pū me ka poʻe aloha, akā ʻo ka ʻano hou COVID a me nā maʻi hou i waena o ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha ua hoʻopilikia i ka pilikia. a me ka hopohopo, a ke kauo mau nei. Noʻu, hiki i ka manaʻolana a me ka manaʻolana ke loaʻa iaʻu i kēia manawa. I kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaumaha, ka huhū a me ka maopopo ʻole iaʻu. Akā, ke ho'āʻo nei au. Hoʻohui ʻia i kēia, ua loaʻa ka ʻāina ʻo Denver i kekahi trauma weliweli i ka wā hoʻomaha. ʻO ka mea mua, he pana naʻaupō ma Denver a me Lakewood i ka lā 28 o Dekemaba i waiho ai i ʻeono mau kānaka i make a ʻelua mau ʻeha. ʻO ka lua, ʻo ka holo wikiwiki ʻana o Marshall Fire ma Louisville a me Superior ma mua o ka makahiki hou i luku ai i kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi tausani mau hale a me nā ʻoihana, me ʻelua mau kānaka i nalowale.

Manaʻo wau ua pale ʻia kou mau hoaaloha a me kou ʻohana mai ka hoʻopilikia pono ʻia e kēia mau hanana. Akā, ʻo ka hoʻopilikia ʻole ʻia e hiki ke paʻakikī a me ka traumatic. No laila, makemake au e hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe i kēia mau mea a pau. Ma WESTAF, manaʻoʻiʻo mākou he mea nui kou olakino noʻonoʻo e like me kou olakino kino, no laila e hoʻolohe iā ʻoe iho. Inā pilikia ʻoe i kekahi o kēia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e hoʻomaha a mālama iā ʻoe iho. Ua ʻike kou luna i kēia a e hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia.

I nehinei, ua loaʻa iaʻu nā leka uila mai Michael Orlove mai ka National Endowment for the Arts, a me Eddie Torres mai Grantmakers In the Arts (GIA), e hāʻawi ana i nā loulou a me nā kumuwaiwai a me nā hāʻawi kōkua no Colorado. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hui ʻana o kā mākou ʻāpana, me ka ʻike he manawa paʻakikī kēia no mākou. ʻO ka mea nui, makemake au e kaʻana like aku iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo a Eddie e pili ana i ke ʻano o kā mākou hana i mua o ka pōʻino: "Manaʻo ʻo GIA he mea kū hoʻokahi ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu i nā pilikia kanaka, e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo mākou ʻaʻole pau ka hana e pale a pane aku i kekahi pōʻino a i ʻole pilikia akā pono e hoʻokō ʻia me nā hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke pane aku i nā pōʻino me ka ʻole o ka apo ʻana o ke kanaka piha o nā kānaka a pau, me ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kā lākou ʻano moʻomeheu i kekahi i kekahi a me ke kaiapuni. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo GIA ʻo ka waiwai o kā mākou kanaka piha ka mana o ka hana a me ka moʻomeheu.

Noʻu, he hoʻomanaʻo koʻikoʻi kēia ʻo ka hana a ʻoukou e hana ai i kēlā me kēia lā he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ia o kahi huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa a paʻa i ka hoʻōla, manaʻolana, a me ka pilina kanaka. Loaʻa iā ʻoe koʻu mahalo a me kaʻu mahalo no ka hōʻike ʻana a me ka "waiwai i ko mākou ʻano kanaka piha."

HOOLAHA HALAWAI PAPA (CGREEN)
Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Green i ʻelua mau kōmike hoʻolālā no nā hālāwai papa o Pepeluali (HI) a me Mei (WA) e hiki mai ana. Ua hui ke komite hoʻolālā Feberuari no ke kolu o ka manawa ma Ianuali 3, kahi i hāʻawi ai ʻo Kwinana i ka hōʻike ʻana o ka hui o ka ʻākoakoa kaulike, e hana ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papa i kā lākou mau komite. Ua ʻae ke komite i ka manaʻo a Kwinana e hoʻolimalima i luna papahana, he alumni LC ma Hawaiʻi, nāna e hoʻonohonoho a mālama i ka ʻaha. Ma hope o ka pule, ua hui ʻo Green lāua ʻo Horn me ka hui o Under My Umbrella no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka logistics a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻaina ahiahi o ka papa o nā kahu mālama ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Noi Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi. Ua hui pū ʻo Green a me ka hui MarComm i ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā kamaʻilio lehulehu e pili ana i ka hālāwai papa i nā pule ʻelua i hala. Ua hui ke komite hoʻolālā o Mei no ka manawa mua ma mua o nā lā hoʻomaha. Ua hoʻoholo ka hui ʻo ke kumumanaʻo no ka hālāwai Mei BOT a me ED forum ʻo ia ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ua koho pū lākou i nā wahi hālāwai nui ma ka ʻāpana nui o Seattle a ua hoʻomaka lākou e noʻonoʻo i nā mea hoʻokele forum kūpono a me nā ala kūpono no nā kahu mālama a me nā ED e hui ai i nā ala kūpono. Ua hui ʻo Green a me Holland i ka lā 4 o Ianuali e hoʻomaka ai e hoʻolālā i ka hui kōmike hoʻokō o Kepakemapa a me ka hui ʻana o WAAN. ʻAʻole i hoʻoholo ʻia kahi o kēia hālāwai a me ka ʻākoakoa ʻana. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻoholo lāua ʻelua i ʻehā mau kumuhana hoihoi: kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina, kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi, mālama moʻomeheu, a me nā hui kumu no ka hana noʻeau. ʻO kēia mau kumuhana āpau e kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kahua no nā kahu mālama, ʻo ALAS, a me WAAN e ʻākoakoa pū ma Wakinekona DC i Pepeluali 2023. Eia hou, ke hana ikaika nei lākou i ke kūkulu ʻana i komite hoʻolālā.

WESTAF PLANS GATHERING EQUITY GATHERING Alakaʻi ʻia e nā alakaʻi e puka mai ana o nā ALUMNI WAIʻI-BASED (AK)
Ma ka hui pū ʻana me nā hālāwai o ke Kōmike Kaulike a me ka Hoʻohui e hoʻomaka i nā hālāwai o ka Papa Kahu ma Hawaiʻi, ke hoʻolālā nei ka Social Responsibility and Inclusion Team i kahi Equity Gathering me ka hui pū ʻana me nā lālā o ka Alumni ELC ma Hawaiʻi a me nā limahana o ka Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture & the Arts (SFCA). E hui pū ana ka hui i nā mea i kono ʻia mai Hawaiʻi mai, ke Kōmike Kaulike a me ka Hoʻohui, ka Equity Cohort a me ka Social Responsibility and Inclusion Team no ke kamaʻilio paʻa ʻana e pili ana i ke kūlana lāhui a me ke kaulike ma Hawaiʻi nei. E hoʻokumu ʻia nā kau ma ke kūkulu kaiāulu a e ʻimi e kūkulu i kahi papahana ākea a me nā hana hou e alakaʻi ʻia e ka poʻe kokoke loa iā lākou. Aia ma laila nā hale kaulike WESTAF e komo, aʻo a noʻonoʻo. E mālama ʻia nā kau mai Pepeluali 22-23.

CYNTHIA CHEN HOʻOPIʻI WESTAF I MANAʻO NO KA PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY A UA kono ʻia ʻo ia e hui pū me ka CULTURAL ADVOCACY GROUP a me nā hui hana FEDERAL CULTURAL POLICY (CC)
Ua hui pū ʻo Cynthia Chen iā WESTAF ma Ianuali 3 ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻomaka o WESTAF no ka Public Policy and Advocacy. Aia i loko o ka waihona a Cynthia: ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā Waihona Advocacy State; ka lawelawe ʻana i ka lawelawe leka kūkākūkā visa artist a WESTAF; lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea noiʻi kulekele ma ka papahana ʻo ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Washington Creative Economy Strategic Plan; e lawelawe ana ma ka hui papahana no ka Bay Area Arts Advocacy and Policy Seminar i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Hewlett Foundation; e hōʻike ana i ka WESTAF ma nā hui hana kulekele noʻeau federal; a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina a me nā hui kākoʻo noʻeau mokuʻāina i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻolālā a me nā papahana WESTAF i kā lākou mokuʻāina. Ua kono ʻia ʻo Cynthia e hui pū me ʻekolu hui kulekele ʻoihana federal, ka Cultural Advocacy Group, ka Performing Arts Visa Working Group, a me ka Arts Education Working Group ma kēlā me kēia ʻōlelo a David. E hele ʻo Cynthia i kāna hālāwai CAG mua ma Ianuali 12.

Hoʻopili ʻo RENE ASANGA iā WESTAF ma ke ʻano he DEVOPS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (PN)
Hauʻoli nō hoʻi mākou e hoʻolaha i kekahi lālā hou o kā mākou hui! E hui pū ana ʻo Rene Asanga iā WESTAF ma ke ʻano he DevOps System Administrator me 7+ mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka hoʻokele Linux ma waena o kahi ākea o nā ʻoihana i IT, olakino, hoʻomohala polokalamu, a me ke kamaʻilio. I kāna mau hana ma mua, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻo ia i nā hui mai ka hale a i ke ao a kōkua i ka mālama, nānā, a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā ʻōnaehana. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono AWS i hōʻoia ʻia a me ka luna hoʻomalu SysOps, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Rene i kā mākou kaʻina hana hoʻomohala, hoʻonui i ko mākou ʻike kūloko a hoʻoikaika i ko mākou palekana. Ke hoʻomaka maikaʻi nei mākou i ka Q2 a ke kakali nei mākou e hana i loko o kēia hui hou, e ʻimi ana i ka waiwai o kahi loko data centralized, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka Single Sign-On (SSO) a me ka multi-factor authentication (MFA) ma nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi.

Koho ʻia ʻo WESTAF ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaha kūleʻa maikaʻi no ka mokuʻāina ʻo WASHINGTON CREATIVE ECONOMY STRATEGIC PLAN a aia i loko o nā kūkākūkā ʻana me ke keʻena ʻoihana (DH/CV)
Ua koho ʻia ʻo WESTAF ma ke ʻano he Apparent Successful Contractor for the State of Washington Creative Economy Strategic Plan project, he ʻelua makahiki i kākoʻo ʻia e ke kānāwai e hana i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻomohala ʻāpana no ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka mokuʻāina o Wakinekona. Ua hui ʻo Christina Villa lāua ʻo David me ka Washington Office of Economic Development & Competitiveness e kūkākūkā i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻaelike ma ka Pōʻalima, Ianuali 7. Ma hope o ka ʻaelike, nona ka waiwai kālā ma kahi o $500,000, ua hoʻopau ʻia, ua hoʻopau ʻia nā ʻaelike me nā subcontractors, Cultural Planning Group. , ʻEkolu Way Creative, a me Crazy Horse Consulting e hoʻopau ʻia.

KE HOOMANAO ANA I KA PALAHANA SEMINAR KULA A ME KA MOU KAUKAU ME KA POE KALIFORNIA NO KA MEA NUI (DH/MH/CC)
I nā pule ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ua hui ʻo David me ka Hewlett Foundation, Californians for the Arts, a me WESTAF Board Chair Tamara Alvarado e hoʻomaka e hoʻolālā no ka Bay Area Arts Advocacy and Policy Seminar. Ke kūkulu nei ʻo Cynthia, Moana, a me David i kahi papa inoa o nā poʻe e hele mai ana a me nā hui hoaloha/hoʻokipa ma ka ʻĀina Bay. Ua pūlima ʻo Californians for the Arts i kahi MOU me WESTAF e hoʻonohonoho ana i nā ʻōlelo o kā mākou hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma ka papahana, a e hoʻolaha lākou i kēia hui ʻana i nā Kūkākūkā ʻĀpana e hiki mai ana e hoʻolālā ʻia ana ma ka Bay Area.

HUI ANA O WESTAF ME KE KOMITE HANA O COLORADO NO KA MEA I KOKO ANA I KA Lunamakaainana o ka Mokuaina, LESLIE HEROD NO KA WAI ANA I KE KOI $50 MILIONA NO KE KOKUA HOU O KA KOMUNIANA REVITALISATION GRANT PROGRAM (DH)
Ma hope o ka hui pū ʻana me Colorado State Representative Leslie Herod, Meredith Badler, hope luna hoʻomalu, CBCA, Megan Wagner, lobbyist, BBMK, a me David i hui pū ʻia i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi palapala hoʻouna ʻana i ke kulekele hoʻihoʻi ʻana a me ke kōkua ʻana (ERRTF) e noi ana i $50 miliona i ke kālā hou no ka Ka Papahana Hoolaola Kaiaulu i waiho mai ai ka Lunamakaainana Herode. Na nā kālā hou e hoʻonui i kēia hana kūleʻa i alakaʻi ʻia e Colorado Creative Industries i hāʻawi mua i ka $59 miliona ma ke kālā kālā i nā papahana 30 a puni ka mokuʻāina, me ka FreshLo Hub ma Montbello. ʻO ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Herod, ka mua LGBTQ ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i ka General Assembly, ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i ka 2021 Public Leadership in the Arts Award a me ka noho o ke Kōmike Waiwai o ka Hale ma ka Hale Ahaolelo Nui o Colorado.

HOPE LUNA HOOPONOPONO WESTAF e hoike aku ma ka Ahaolelo CULTURAL WASHINGTON (DH)
E hōʻike ana ʻo David i nā ʻano hoʻolaha noʻeau a me ka ʻāina ma ka Washington Cultural Congress, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka lālā WAAN Inspire Washington, ma ka Poalua, Ianuali 11.

HALAWAI O WESTAF ME KE KOMISINA O ARIZONA NO KA MEA E KOKUA ANA I KA ELELE NO KA AGENCY REAUTHORIZATION (DH/MH)
Ua hui ʻo Moana Palelei HoChing lāua ʻo David me Alex Nelson, ka luna hoʻokō manawaleʻa, a me Stephen Wilcox, ka luna hoʻomalu o ke Kōmike ʻAmelika ʻo Arizona ma ka lā 21 Dekemaba, 2021 e kūkākūkā i nā hoʻolālā no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kahi hālāwai kau kānāwai e hiki mai ana no ka ʻae hou ʻana.

NASAA A ME WESTAF I KĀKĀKĀʻANA E pili ana i ka hoʻopololei ʻana no ka FY22 (DH)
Ua hui ʻo David me Kelly Barsdate, Luna Nui a me ka Luna Hoʻolālā ma ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies e kūkākūkā i ka hui pū ʻana i ka papahana ma FY22. E hana pū ana mākou e hoʻomohala i nā ʻike no ka WESTAF Executive Director Forum i Mei a me ka NASAA Assembly i Kepakemapa, a e noʻonoʻo i nā ala e hoʻohālikelike ai i kā mākou lawelawe no nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina i mea e hoʻonui ai i ke kākoʻo i nā mokuʻāina o ke Komohana.

Hoʻolaha ka CREATIVE STTES COALITION i nā hoʻolālā manaʻo no 2022 (DH)
ʻO Ernesto Balderas, Claire Rice, a me David, ʻo ia nā Co-Chair i koho hou ʻia o ka Creative States Coalition, ke hoʻoikaika nei lākou i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻoihana a me kahi hoʻolālā hana no kēia hui ʻoihana noʻeau e pili ana i nā kulekele kūloko a mokuʻāina. Aia ka papahana hana no kēia hapaha:

Ke hoʻokumu ʻana i ke kākoʻo kālā no ka CSC - i ka hoʻomaka o Ianuali
Hoʻopau a hoʻoponopono i ka Co-Chair a hoʻonui i ka hoʻolālā alakaʻi.
Hoʻonohonoho i kēlā me kēia mahina Federal Advocacy Update kelepona me nā kumuhana hoihoi.
E wehewehe hou aʻe i ke ʻano o kā mākou pilina me nā hui kākoʻo kūloko, kūloko, a me ka ʻāina.
Ke wehe nei i ka CSC ma nā wahi nūhou, ka pūnaewele, a me nā ala pāpaho.
Hāʻawi i kahi palapala alanui 2022 no nā hana a me nā papahana CSC.
Hoʻonohonoho i nā komite CSC a hoʻomaka i ka hana.
Ka noʻonoʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke ʻano o kahi noiʻi hopena hoʻokele waiwai hou.
Hoʻonohonoho i ka Hōʻike/Hana a CSC ma NASAA Assembly i Kepakemapa.

Hookumu 'o WESTAF i KOMITE AD HOC NO KA HAAWINA KUKULU (AK)
Ke hana nei ka Social Responsibility and Inclusion Team me kahi hui o nā Trustees e hoʻokomo iā lākou i nā kūkākūkā kūlana kiʻekiʻe e loaʻa ai ka manaʻo o kā mākou papahana no kā mākou ulu ʻana i ka waihona hāʻawi kālā a e kūkākūkā i nā ʻano a lākou e ʻike nei ma ko lākou mau mokuʻāina a me ke kahua holoʻokoʻa i ka wā e hiki mai ana. hāʻawi kālā kaulike, e kōkua i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā kaʻina hana a WESTAF. Ma hope o ʻelua mau papa noʻonoʻo i hana ʻia ma Nowemapa a me Kekemapa 2021, e hele hou ka hui SRI i ke komite no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā hana kūikawā a me nā hoʻolālā e pili ana i nā papahana hāʻawi hou a/a i manaʻo hou ʻia. E mālama ʻia nā hālāwai ma hope e like me ka mea e pono ai ma waena o Pepeluali a me Kepakemapa.

Hoʻopau i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o WESTAF a me SOUTH ARTS no ka lua o nā alakaʻi e puka mai ana o ka papahana kala (AK/JEC)
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻo WESTAF, me ka South Arts, no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka lua o ka hui ELC me ka ʻāina Hema. ʻO nā lālā kula kipa ʻo Salvador Acevedo, Margie Reese a me Madalena Salazar, me nā limahana WESTAF ʻo Jade Elyssa Cariaga, David Holland, Anika Kwinana a me Ashanti McGee, a me nā limahana o South Arts ʻo Ethan Messere lāua ʻo Joy Young i hui e hoʻopau i ka papa kuhikuhi kumu i hoʻoponopono ʻia. e hoʻolālā i nā mea hou o nā kau a hana ma o ka logistic. Aia ka papahana ma ke ala e hoʻokō ʻia e nā lā i hoʻonohonoho ʻia o Ianuali 31 - Pepeluali 2, a me Pepeluali 4.

KANAWA ʻia ʻo WESTAF i ka poʻe NASAA o ka hui alakaʻi o ka hui kala kala (JEC)
E komo ʻo Jade Elyssa Cariaga o WESTAF i ka hui alakaʻi o ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka makahiki 2022 People of Color Affinity Group (PoCAG). I ka hui pū ʻana me nā alakaʻi noʻeau mai NASAA a ma waena o ka lāhui, e ʻākoakoa ka hui ma Ianuali 12. ʻO ka PoCAG, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia a kākoʻo ʻia e NASAA, he hui alakaʻi ʻia e nā lālā NASAA i wehe ʻia i nā limahana a me nā lālā ʻaha kūkā o ka mokuʻāina a me ka ʻāina. e hoʻomaopopo he mau kānaka kala. Hōʻike ʻia kona kūpaʻa i ka ʻokoʻa, kaulike a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i loko o kāna ʻōlelo kulekele, e hōʻoia ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka noʻonoʻo mau ʻana, ke kamaʻilio a me ke aʻo ʻana e hoʻokō i kēia hana me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina.

HALAWAI WESTAF ME KA KANAKA ARTS CALIFORNIA ACCESS AND EQUITY STAFF (AM/JEC)
Ma muli o nā hālāwai alakaʻi hui like ʻana ma waena o ka California Arts Council a me ka Social Responsibility and Inclusion Team, ua hui nā lālā o ka hui SRI me ka loaʻa ʻana a me ke kaulike o nā limahana mai ka California Arts Council. E hoʻomau ʻia nā kamaʻilio ʻana ma waena o kēia mau lālā o ka papahana i kēlā me kēia mahina e ʻimi i nā ala e kākoʻo like ai i ke komo ʻana a me ka hana kaulike. E hoʻohālike ʻia kēia hana ma nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina i ka manawa.

E KOMO ANA I NĀ LĀKAI KĀNUI O WESTAF I NĀ NĀ KĀNĀ HOʻOʻI AʻO NĀ NĀ KĀLĀ (AM/JEC) NASAA
Ma ka papa ʻelua o nā hui hoʻomaʻamaʻa anti-bias a NASAA no nā keʻena hana noʻeau mokuʻāina (SAA) a me nā hui ʻoihana kūloko (RAO), ua komo nā luna SRI i nā papa hana limahana limahana. No ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka laulā o ka poʻe i hui pū ʻia e nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina, ua hana ʻo Team Dynamics, kahi hui hoʻolālā aupuni i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Minnesota, i kahi ala i manaʻo ʻia e hōʻoia i ka ʻike o ka ʻike ola, ka ʻike a me nā wahi kūpono i ka papahana.

Hoʻomākaukau ʻo WESTAF no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka huakaʻi (AK/AM)
I ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka noʻonoʻo hou ʻana o TourWest e hōʻoia i ka hopena nui o ka papahana ma ka ʻāina, e hoʻomaka ʻo WESTAF i kahi noiʻi i hāʻawi ʻia i hala, nā hui e pili ana i nā mea pili a me nā kamaʻilio me ka Endowment. Ke hoʻokokoke mai nei ka huakaʻi TourWest 2022, hoʻolālā hou ʻo Ashanti McGee, Anika Kwinana, a me David Holland i ka pōʻaiapuni o kēia manawa e hōʻoia i kahi kaʻina noi hiki ke komo a loaʻa iā ia ka ʻae mua mai ka Endowment e holo i ka pōʻaiapuni o kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he papahana kākoʻo hana maʻamau. Ke nānā nei ʻo SRI a me ka GO Smart Team i nā kikoʻī o ka hāʻawi a hana i nā loli ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana. ʻO nā kikoʻī no ka huakaʻi TourWest e hiki mai ana a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka noiʻi hāʻawi i hala, e hana ʻia i ka hopena o Ianuali.

KO WESTAF KOMO I KA LEAD® (LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE IN ARTS AND DISABILITY) CONFERENCE BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS (AK/AM)
I Kekemapa 2021, ua hele ka SRI Team i nā hālāwai kūkākūkā me nā alakaʻi hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka ʻaha alakaʻi alakaʻi i nā Arts and Disability (LEAD) i kēia ʻAukake ma Raleigh, North Carolina i mālama ʻia e ka John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Ua alakaʻi ʻia nā kamaʻilio ʻana e Charles G. Baldwin, ka Luna Hoʻokele a me ka Inclusion Program ma ka Mass Cultural Council, a me Sarah, Arts Grant Luna no ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Raleigh- Office of the Arts. ʻO nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ke kūlana o ka hiki ke komo i loko o nā hui noʻeau, nā kumuhana manawa kūpono no nā mana hoʻokele hou a i kēia manawa, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā haʻawina no ka ʻaha kūkā e hiki mai ana a ma waho. I ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka ʻaha kūkā, e hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā manawa kūpono no ke kālā no ka hālāwai kūkā LEAD a me nā haʻawina liʻiliʻi e hoʻolako kālā i nā hana hiki ke komo ma ke Komohana e ka Arts Endowment. E hoʻomau ka Pūʻulu SRI me DisArt i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kau kūpono no nā mea hoʻonohonoho hiki ke komo i nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina. E hoʻolaha ʻia kēia mau mea ma hope aku.

WESTAF e hoʻonui i ka hōʻea ʻana i ka mana o ka Pākīpika ma o ka hui pū ʻana me US TERRITORIES ma OCEANIA (MPH)
I Kepakemapa 2019, ua hele ʻo WESTAF i ka hālāwai Regional Arts Representation for Island Territories i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). Ua pahū kēia hui i ka ʻoliʻoli e ʻimi a hana i ala e hoʻohui ai i nā Teritori o ka Mokupuni Pākīpika a me WESTAF, a ua hui pū ʻo WESTAF me nā alakaʻi o kēia mau panalāʻau mai ia manawa mai. I kēia lā, ke hoʻokumu nei ʻo WESTAF i ka hui pū ʻana me nā Teritori Pākīpika - ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a me Guam - e hoʻoikaika i nā ʻoihana a hui pū i nā hui like ʻole a me nā mea pena kiʻi ma ka ʻāina komohana. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia kēia mau hana e ko mākou mau hoalauna a me nā mokuʻāina o ka Pākīpika ma ka ʻāina WESTAF. I kēia manawa, ʻo kā mākou hui ʻana i nā Teritori Pākīpika ua hopena i kēia mau mea:

He MOU me CNMI Arts Council no ka hāʻawi pū ʻana i ke kālā kōkua CARES mai ka National Endowment of the Arts; Ma muli o ka holomua o ka papahana CARES, ua hāʻawi ka Arts Endowment i nā kālā WESTAF no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi American Rescue Plan (ARP) me ka CNMI Arts Council. E hoʻomaka ana ka papahana i kēia hapaha
Ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā pilina me nā alakaʻi noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu o Guam a me ʻAmelika Samoa e hoʻomohala i nā MOU no ka launa pū ʻana a me ka kamaʻilio pae ʻāina.
He hui pū me ka National Pacific American Leadership Institute (NAPALI), nāna e hoʻopukapuka kālā i nā alakaʻi e puka mai ana ma ka ʻāina WESTAF ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa alakaʻi ʻana i ke kula alakaʻi kau wela o NAPALI (e hiki mai ana i Iulai 14-22)
He hui NEA hou. Ua komo ʻo WESTAF i nā kamaʻilio hoʻomaka me ka National Endowment for the Arts e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana o WESTAF i ke kōkua ʻenehana i nā hui federal i nā mana o ka Pākīpika me ke kākoʻo NEA. Hoʻokumu kēia i ka holomua o ka hui pū ʻana o WESTAF me ka Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kālā CARES. Ke hoʻomau nei nā kikoʻī a me nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke ʻano o kēia hui ʻana a e hāʻawi ʻia nā mea hou ma ka Hui Papa WESTAF o Pepeluali 2022.

KA HOʻOPIʻI HOU O NA AHAHUI AINA AINA (CG)
Ke hui nei nā USRAO no ka manawa mua i ka Makahiki Hou i kēia lā, 1/10. Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau mea e kali nei ma ka papahana, me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā MOU ʻokoʻa me ka Wallace Foundation e hoʻomaka i kā mākou papahana hoʻonaʻauao kaiaulu 3 makahiki me nā hui BIPOC kālā haʻahaʻa ma ko mākou mau wahi. Ke kali nei nō hoʻi, kā mākou papahana hoʻolālā noʻeau i hoʻolālā ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana me ka Arts Endowment. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia papahana a hiki i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo kālā, a hala i kahi kālā FY2022. Hoʻopuka pū nā RAO i kahi RFP no ka hoʻolālā hou ʻana i ka pūnaewele RAO, a e hoʻoholo hoʻi lākou i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi papahana Emerging Leaders of Color ma hope o kahi hōʻike nani e pili ana i ka papahana mai Anika a me Salvador, ma mua o nā lā hoʻomaha. .

HANA HANA (CV)
E like me kā Lori i ʻōlelo ai i lalo, ke hana nei ʻo Christina i kahi RFQ no ka hoʻonui ʻana a me nā mea hou i PAA. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hana pū me Leah i ka wā e hiki mai ana e kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hoʻohālike RFP a me RFQ maʻamau no ka hoʻohana ʻana o WESTAF ākea. Ua hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou Q1 recap hālāwai ma ka ʻoihana e kūkākūkā i ka holomua o kā mākou hui ma kā mākou FY22 OKRs, a mākou e hāʻawi i kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī no ka Q1 Quarterly Business Recap (QBR) e hiki mai ana. Ua hana pū ʻo Christina me nā hui SRI a me nā hui kālā e hana i kahi kahe hana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Formstack e hōʻiliʻili paʻa i ka ʻike panakō no nā mea hāʻawi e loaʻa i kā lākou mau makana ma o ACH/EFT, a ke hoʻohana ʻia nei kēia kaʻina hana. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo Blair lāua ʻo Natalie i leka uila hou no ka hui MarComm e kōkua i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā hoʻolālā kamaʻilio no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o nā hiʻohiʻona hou a kūʻai aku.

KAFE (RV)
Aia ʻo CaFE i ka helu 36% hou i kēia makahiki, a ua hana mākou i nā hana hou 165 i ka Q1, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 63 mau hana hou i ka makahiki i hala. Ke hana nei ka hui i ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi koho kumukūʻai E-blast Multi-show no nā hui i ʻoi aku i hoʻokahi kelepona no ke komo ʻana i wehe ʻia i ka manawa like (e like me ka koho ZAPP Promoter e-blast). E ʻae ka multi-show e-blast i 10 mau papa inoa e hoʻolaha ʻia i loko o hoʻokahi leka uila ma kahi o 10 mau leka uila kaʻawale. E ʻae kēia iā mākou e hoʻolako i nā lā hou aku no nā hui hoihoi ʻē aʻe e makemake ana e kūʻai i kahi e-blast. Ua ʻike mākou i ʻeono mau pōpoki liʻiliʻi i ka mahina i hala, ʻelua o ia mau mea e pili ana i nā pahu kikokikona ʻaoʻao i ka wā e kākau ai nā mea hoʻohana i nā huaʻōlelo a i ʻole nā apostrophe i kā lākou pane. Aia kēia ma ka laina e hoʻoponopono. ʻO nā pahu ʻehā ʻē aʻe he mau pilikia backend koʻikoʻi kahi i loaʻa ai kahi workaround. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia mau mea i ka pōʻai aʻe no ka mea ʻaʻole pili lākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lawelawe.

CVSUITE (KE)
Ua hoʻopau wale ʻia ʻo CVSuite me ka hālāwai hoʻomaikaʻi holomua i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua hōʻano hou ka hui i nā hoʻokō no Q1 a hoʻomaka e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻolālā Q2 a hōʻike i ka hapa nui o ka hana. Ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻo CVSuite i kekahi o kā mākou mau hana OKR o Dekemaba e hana i ka manawa no ka hui pū ʻana me Cultural Planning Group ma kahi RFP no ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā hou no ka Washington State Creative Economy. Ua lanakila ʻo WESTAF i ke koho a e hana pū ka hui CVSuite me David ma kēia papahana. Ma nā nūhou ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻolaha maikaʻi ʻo CVSuite i ka hōʻano hou o ka ʻikepili me ka maʻalahi. Ke hana nei ka hui, me ke kūʻai aku a me nā kamaʻilio, i nā mea e wehewehe i ka ʻikepili 2020 a hoʻoulu i ka hauʻoli e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻikepili.

E hele akamai (JG)
Ua hiki i ka hui ke hāʻawi i ka tikiki hoʻonui i nā pōʻaiapuni me ka lā hoʻokuʻu o 1/13/21. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Chattanooga Tourism i kā lākou aʻo ʻana ma luna. Ke manaʻolana nei kahi keʻena hou ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Miami Beach (he mea kūʻai aku i kēia manawa) e hoʻohana iā GO Smart no kā lākou palapala noi hāʻawi waiwai hōʻino. Nui nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hana ʻana i ka makahiki hou a ua pili ʻo Jessica me nā mea he nui, e kōkua ana i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa hōʻoluʻolu, nā loiloi o kā lākou kūkulu ʻana, a me nā kōkua ʻē aʻe.

PUBLIC ART ARCHIVE (LG)
Ua hauʻoli ʻo PAA i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ua loaʻa iā mākou ma mua o 100 mau noi no ke kūlana hoʻonohonoho hou. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Lori, Christina, a me Becca i nā nīnauele ma Ianuali 5 a e hoʻomau ʻia me nā nīnauele a hiki i Ianuali 14. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka papa o nā moho koʻikoʻi loa a ke kakali nei mākou e hoʻolaha koke i ka hoʻolimalima hou. Ke hana nei ka hui PAA, me ke alakaʻi o Christina, i kahi RFQ no kahi hui hoʻomohala ʻenehana hou a hoʻolālā e puʻunaue i kēia ma ka hopena o ka mahina. I kēia manawa, ke hana nei ka hui ʻenehana kūloko i nā hana e pili ana i nā hōʻike, a ke hana nei ʻo Lori me ka hui CollectionSpace e hao i nā kikoʻī hou no nā kahua e kākau ai i nā ʻāina ʻōiwi, nā pāpaho manawa, a me ka ʻike ʻike i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hana. Ua hoʻohui pū ʻo Lori i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka papahana Art of Recovery o Santa Monica a hoʻomaka e hana ma kahi ʻaoʻao hōʻikeʻike Monument Lab e hui pū me Mural Arts Philadelphia.

ZAPP (MB)
Ua hoʻopau ʻo Ken i ka Q1 me 11 mau kūʻai hou, e kau ana i kā mākou helu hoʻololi alakaʻi ma 46%, he mea kupanaha! ʻO kekahi o nā kūʻai hou, ʻo Art in the Park ma Plymouth, MI, he ʻaelike maʻamau (e hōʻiliʻili ka hui i 500+ mau noi), he lanakila nui hou no Ken a me ka hui! Ua paʻa ʻo Tim i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana no nā mea kūʻai aku hou i kau inoa pono i ka hopena o ka makahiki hou a me ka poʻe e kau inoa ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2022. Ua ʻike mākou i ka emi ʻana o ka poʻe e hoʻohana ana i kā mākou ʻōnaehana jury kanaka, Jury Buddy. ʻEhā mau mea kūʻai i hoʻohana i kēia ʻōnaehana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ma kahi o 20 i nā makahiki i hala aku nei no nā jure e hana ana i Ianuali a ʻApelila. Me mākou e hana mamao ana, pono mākou e hoʻololi i kekahi mau hana hana e loaʻa ai kekahi ma ka Alliance Center, a pono mākou e hana i kekahi mau kikoʻī hou aʻe i kēia kaʻina hana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻolako ʻana i kahi huahana maikaʻi.

NA HANA HOOLAHA KUAI (CGREEN)
Ua hui nā alakaʻi cohort ma mua o nā lā hoʻomaha e kūkākūkā i nā pahuhopu a me nā hoʻolālā e komo ai i ka makahiki hou. Ua hoʻoholo ka hui i mea e hoʻopili maikaʻi ai i nā kahu mālama, e hele aku kēlā me kēia alakaʻi pūʻulu i kā lākou mau kākāʻōlelo kahu a hāʻawi iā lākou i kono ākea e hele i kā lākou hui hui ma ka makemake; ma mua o ke kono wale ʻana i nā kahu i nā hālāwai no ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi huahana i hoʻopau ʻia. ʻO ka pahuhopu ma hope o kēia hana, ʻo ia ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā manaʻo a me ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka poʻe kākāʻōlelo kahu me ko lākou ʻike ma ke kaʻina hana. Ua hui ka hui kulekele i ka hopena o Dekemaba. Ua kaʻana like ʻo Holland me nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka hui AAP division recap no FY21 a me ka hoʻolālā pāʻani FY22 i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi aʻe i nā mea i mālama ʻia no ka ʻoihana i kēia makahiki aʻe. Ua hoʻomau ka cohort i ka hana ʻana i kahi puke lima hoa pili kūloko, a ma kahi o nā kaohi o ka manawa, manaʻo lākou e mākaukau i kahi outline i kēia hapaha e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻomaka e kaʻana like me kā lākou mau kākāʻōlelo kahu a me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka pūnaewele mokuʻāina komohana no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā manaʻo mua. Ua hoʻolālā nā hui ʻoihana, kamaʻilio, a me nā hui kaulike i nā hālāwai ma hope o ka mahina.

MAKEMAKE (LH)
Ua paʻa ka hui MarComm i ka hana ʻana i nā hōʻike holomua o Q1 OKR no nā pae ʻenehana āpau, e hoʻopaʻa i nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha pūnaewele, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hoʻolālā papahana like ʻole. E hoʻomaka koke mākou i kahi loiloi SEO o nā pou blog CaFÉ i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai mākou e hoʻokō i nā hoʻolālā SEO hou no kēlā papahana. I kēia pule, e mālama ka hui i kāna hālāwai hoʻolālā pūnaewele WESTAF mua loa me kahi Kōmike Hui me nā ʻelele mai kēlā me kēia hui a me nā keʻena/mahele ma WESTAF.

KA HOIKE (LH)
Ua hauʻoli ka hui e kaʻana like i kahi hoʻolaha hoʻokipa e pili ana i kā mākou Luna hou o ka Public Policy and Advocacy, Cynthia Chen. Ua paʻa pū mākou i ka hana ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kamaʻilio like ʻole no ka hālāwai papa ʻo Pepeluali e hiki mai ana a ke hoʻopau nei mākou i ka RFP no ka rebrand, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma o ka media media a hoʻouna pololei ʻia ma o ka leka uila i kahi papa inoa o nā mea kūʻai aku he 20 / ʻoihana i loaʻa iā mākou nā manaʻo no - mahalo no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu mau manaʻo no nā mea kūʻai aku no kēia papahana!

KULA a me ka hooponopono (AH)
Ke hana nei ʻo Amy me Anika i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i ke kūlana loea a me ke kālā. Pono kēia mana hoʻohui i ka ulu nui o ka hana hāʻawi e hoʻomau nei i kēia makahiki kālā. E lilo kēia kūlana i ʻāpana o ka Waiwai & Admin dept a e hoʻokele i ka ʻikepili paʻakikī no nā haʻawina federal a me nā haʻawina pilikino ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi, e lilo kēia kūlana i mea loea ʻike e pili ana i nā lula hāʻawi federal. Ke hana nei ʻo Amy lāua ʻo Becky i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike palapala ʻauhau 990 i kā mākou hui loiloi. E hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ke kikoo i ka hopena o Ianuali. Ma waho aʻe o ke kālā kālā, e hoʻomaka pū ʻo Amy e kaʻana like i nā kālā accrual i kēlā me kēia mahina me ke komite hoʻokō, ka papa a me nā limahana piha. Mahalo iā ʻoe no ke komo ʻana mai iā mākou i kēia manawa aʻo! Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Amy lāua ʻo Christian e hana pū me kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma ka hoʻopukapuka kālā no ka wā lōʻihi a me nā pale hoʻopukapuka pili pili pili. Ke hana nei ʻo Lauren lāua ʻo Amy me kā mākou mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kālā e hoʻonui i ka automation a hōʻemi i ka hana hoʻokomo ʻikepili manual. ʻEkolu mau mea hana hou i ʻike ʻia a ke ʻimi ʻia nei no ka hoʻokō ʻana:

He hōʻike no ka huki ʻana i nā hōkeo ʻole i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ka papahana.
He hoʻohui e hoʻohou hou i ka ʻike EFT panakō hou no nā mea kūʻai aku.
ʻO kahi mea hana e hiki ai i ke kālā kālā ke huki ʻokoʻa me ka ʻōnaehana manual o kēia manawa (NUI loa!).

Ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ke keʻena kahiko ʻo Sherman a ua hoʻopau ʻia kā mākou hoʻolimalima ma ka lā 21 o Dekemaba, 2021. Mahalo nui iā Becca Dominguez, nāna i hana i nā hola he nui i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i nā lā hoʻomaha e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kēlā wahi.

HAAWINA KANAKA (AH, RD)
Ua hoʻopuka ʻia ka wehewehe ʻana o ka hana a me ka ʻoihana loea i ka Pōʻakolu. Ke hana nei ʻo Becca e kākau inoa i nā ʻauhau uku ma nā mokuʻāina hou ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻolimalima ʻāina. Ke hana pū nei ʻo ia me Lori ma ke kaʻina hana hoʻolimalima PAA Coordinator. ʻElua mau limahana hou i hoʻomaka i ka hana i kēia pule, a ke hana nei ʻo Becca me ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā luna e pili ana i ke kau ʻana no Cynthia Chen lāua ʻo Rene Asanga. ʻO ka hui kūkākūkā i hōʻike i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa anti-bias no nā hui NASAA a me RAO i kēia hoʻoilo, ʻo Team Dynamics, ua hāʻawi i kahi ʻōlelo i WESTAF no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa like ʻana no nā limahana. E komo nā hui Equity Cohort a me SRI i kēia kūkākūkā. Ua kokoke mākaukau kahi puke lima limahana WESTAF hou a e kaʻana like ʻia me nā limahana i Ianuali. Hāʻawi ʻia i nā loli he nui i ke kānāwai hana CO a me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā limahana ma ke kalana, makemake nui ʻia kahi mea hou!

Waihoia me ka mahalo.

Keristiano