Nowemapa 15, 2021<\/b><\/p>\n
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Aloha mai n\u0101 kahu a me n\u0101 limahana o WESTAF:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some really significant advances in all corners of WESTAF World over the past few weeks! Look immediately below for some great news about a confirmed new partnership with <\/span>\u02bbO ka Wallace Foundation<\/span><\/a>. This is a huge step forward for WESTAF and our RAO partners and we\u2019re all extremely excited about this project! This week, we also responded to an RFP issued by the state of Washington\u2014more on this below, as well. Fingers crossed! Also, check out Creative Vitality Suite\u2019s new <\/span>DataEd project<\/span><\/a>\u2014a really crisp and elegant way to make some complex ideas more understandable for those with a growing interest in evaluating their own creative economies. Last but not least, ZAPP is off to a strong start just 45 days into the new fiscal year. Thanks and gratitude to the team for taking WESTAF programs, fundraising and technology businesses to new heights! Read on for more.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Loa\u02bba i\u0101 WESTAF ke k\u0101l\u0101 mai ka WALLACE FOUNDATION E REGRANT I n\u0101 hui no\u02bbeau o ke kala (AK\/CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n H\u0100WAI \u02bbo WESTAF i ka mana\u02bbo no ka ho\u02bbomohala \u02bbana i kahi ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 CREATIVE ECONOMY STRATEGIC AME ME RANDY ENGSTROM (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF AME RAOS NO KA HELE I KA HUI AUPUNI AUPUNI CREATIVE STATE (CG\/DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF Hope Luna Ho\u02bbokele e lawelawe ma ke \u02bbano he kumu a\u02bboa\u02bbo ma ka MEXICO WOMEN OF COLOR NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF E HA\u02bbA\u02bbE I N\u0100 K\u0100N\u0100 K\u0100WAI KAHIKI MA KE K\u0100N\u0100 HO\u02bbOLU\u02bbANA HO\u02bbO\u02bbOMA\u02bbI HOU MEXICO (DH) e hiki mai ana.<\/b> <\/p>\n HOPE AUPUNI WESTAF I KO COLORADO CREATIVE DISTRICTS PANEL MAKA\u02bbI WAHI I AURORA CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n \u02bbenehana (PN)<\/b> <\/p>\n Ho\u02bbopau n\u0101 kau a\u02bbo anti-BIAS NASAA (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n HANA MANA\u02bbO MAIKAI (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n KUMUMANA'O ANA O AMERICS CULTURAL SUMMIT (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n
\n\u02bbO ka Wallace Foundation, nona ka misionari e ho\u02bboulu i ka kaulike a me ka ho\u02bbomaika\u02bbi \u02bbana i ke a\u02bbo \u02bbana a me ka ho\u02bbonui \u02bbana i ka po\u02bbe \u02bb\u014dpio a me ka \u02bboihana no k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia kanaka, ua ho\u02bbokumu i kahi hana e k\u0101ko\u02bbo i n\u0101 hui \u02bboihana o ka waiho\u02bbolu\u02bbu a a\u02bbo i ke \u02bbano a pehea e hiki ai i k\u0101 l\u0101kou hui kaiaulu ke k\u014dkua i ka ho\u02bboikaika \u02bbana i ko l\u0101kou ikaika k\u0101l\u0101. a me ka hoomau ana. Ua koho \u02bbia \u02bbo WESTAF e ho\u02bbokumu i kahi papahana ho\u02bbiho\u02bbi no ka hui \u02bbelua o n\u0101 hui no\u02bbeau o Wallace, e k\u0101lele ana i ka po\u02bbe me n\u0101 p\u016bl\u0101wai ho\u02bbonohonoho \u02bboi a\u02bbe ma mua o $500,000. H\u0101\u02bbawi ka papahana i\u0101 WESTAF me $2 miliona i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia makahiki no \u02bbekolu makahiki no ka huina o $6 miliona e mihi ai i k\u0113ia mau hui ma ke Komohana. E loa\u02bba i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia o k\u0101 m\u0101kou hui \u02bboihana ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao k\u016bloko (RAO) a puni ka \u02bb\u0101ina ke k\u0101l\u0101 like no k\u0113ia hana ma ko l\u0101kou mau wahi.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nUa waiho \u02bbo WESTAF\/CVSuite i kahi mana\u02bbo i ka Moku\u02bb\u0101ina \u02bbo Wakinekona \u02bbOihana K\u0101lepa i pane i kahi RFP e ho\u02bbomohala i kahi ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 ho\u02bbokele waiwai me ka hui p\u016b \u02bbana me Cultural Planning Group a me Randy Engstrom o Third Way Creative, LLC, ka luna alaka\u02bbi o ka Creative Vitality Summit. \u02bbO ka hui papahana i mana\u02bbo \u02bbia he mau l\u0101l\u0101 o ka Alliances, Advocacy, and Public Policy, CVSuite, Business, and Leadership teams, a me \u02bbekolu mau mea a\u02bboa\u02bbo CPG, kahi loea ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao, a me Engstrom. In\u0101 k\u016ble\u02bba, ho\u02bbomaka ka papahana \u02bbelua makahiki i Dekemaba 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u02bbO ka pule a\u02bbe, e hele ana \u02bbo Christian l\u0101ua \u02bbo David i ka Hui Hui Hui P\u016b \u02bbIa \u02bbo Creative States mua, me David e hele kino ana ma Charleston, South Carolina. Ke mana\u02bbo nei ka Creative States Coalition e lawelawe ma ke \u02bbano he hui o n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi alaka\u02bbi no ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina a me n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi k\u0101ko\u02bbo mo\u02bbomeheu e ho\u02bbomaka, k\u0101ko\u02bbo, ho\u02bboikaika, a ho\u02bboki\u02bbeki\u02bbe i ka hana no ka ulu \u02bbana o ka \u02bboihana hana ma ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina a me ka pae k\u016bloko ma o ka hui p\u016b \u02bbana, ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao, k\u016bkulu hiki, a me n\u0101 kulekele aupuni. hooulu ana. Ke no\u02bbono\u02bbo nei n\u0101 RAO e hana i n\u0101 ho\u02bbopukapuka k\u0101l\u0101 i ka ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 e k\u0101ko\u02bbo i n\u0101 \u02bb\u014dnaehana ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi, a me Susie Surkamer, pelekikena a Luna Nui, South Arts a me ka noho o ka US RAOs; Torrie Allen, pelekikena a me Luna Nui, Arts Midwest; E hele p\u016b ana \u02bbo Margaret Keough, ka luna ho\u02bbomalu o ke k\u016b\u02bbai aku a me n\u0101 kama\u02bbilio, Mid-America Arts Alliance, a me Charles Phaneuf, hope pelekikena o ka ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101, South Arts, i ka \u02bbaha k\u016bk\u0101 e a\u02bbo hou e pili ana a k\u014dkua i n\u0101 ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 o ka hui. E hele p\u016b ana n\u014d ho\u02bbi \u02bbo WAAN Co-Chair Julie Baker o Kaleponi no ka Arts\/California Arts Advocates a me Crystal Young o Utah Cultural Alliance.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nUa koho \u02bbia \u02bbo ELC alumna a me ka hui WESTAF mua \u02bbo Madalena Salazar, ka luna ho\u02bbokele, Working Classroom, no ka cohort 2021 o ka New Mexico Women of Color Nonprofit Leadership Initiative, a ua kono \u02bbia \u02bbo David e lawelawe ma ke \u02bbano he kumu a\u02bboa\u02bbo ma ka papahana. Ua koho \u02bbia \u02bbo WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund a me American Rescue Plan Fund panelist Elena Higgins, ka luna ho\u02bbokele, Indigenous Ways no ka 2021 Cohort. \u02bbO ka New Mexico Women of Color Nonprofit Leadership Initiative he papahana ia o ka Santa Fe Community Foundation i ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 \u02bbia e 2019-2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz, Ed.D. no n\u0101 wahine i ho\u02bbokumu \u02bbia a e puka mai ana o ke kala e \u02bbimi ana e ho\u02bbonui i ko l\u0101kou mau m\u0101kau a hana i ke kai\u0101ulu \u02bboiai e ho\u02bbonui ana i k\u0101 l\u0101kou alaka\u02bbi \u02bbana i kahi kai\u0101ulu k\u0101ko\u02bbo. \u02bbO n\u0101 pahuhopu l\u014d\u02bbihi o ka Initiative \u02bbo ia ke k\u016bkulu \u02bbana i ka mana alaka\u02bbi a me n\u0101 m\u0101kau hana o n\u0101 po\u02bbe komo, a \u02bbo ka hopena, e \u02bbike i ka ho\u02bbonui mau \u02bbana i n\u0101 kuleana alaka\u02bbi \u02bbole i ho\u02bbopiha \u02bbia e n\u0101 wahine o ke kala.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nE h\u014d\u02bbike ana \u02bbo David i n\u0101 ho\u02bboma\u02bbama\u02bba ho\u02bboma\u02bbama\u02bba ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao k\u016bloko ma kahi papa Creative New Mexico e hiki mai ana a me ka hui constituent e ho\u02bbolako \u02bbia e New Mexico First, kahi hui k\u0101ko\u02bbo bipartisan nonprofit i kauoha \u02bbia e k\u0101ko\u02bbo i ka ho\u02bbonui \u02bbana i ka hiki no ka ho\u02bbolaha \u02bbana i n\u0101 hana hana ma ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina me ke k\u0101ko\u02bbo mai WESTAF. . \u02bbO Creative New Mexico n\u0101 l\u0101l\u0101 o ka Western Arts Advocacy Network a loa\u02bba i\u0101 WESTAF Advocacy Funds. Ma ka h\u0101l\u0101wai, e \u02bbike ana ka hui i n\u0101 mea nui e hiki ai i ka hui ke holomua i ka makahiki 2022. I ka makahiki i hala, ua k\u0101lele ka hui i ke kama\u02bbilio a me ka ho\u02bbolaha \u02bbana, e ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 hou i ka p\u016bnaewele i mea e komo ai, k\u016bpono, a me ka ho\u02bbomohala \u02bbana i kahi ho\u02bbolaha ho\u02bbolaha leka uila. i ho\u02bbopa\u02bba \u02bbia i n\u0101 luna k\u0101n\u0101wai NM a noi i\u0101 l\u0101kou e ho\u02bbokomo i ke k\u0101l\u0101 k\u016bpono o ka hana no\u02bbeau a me ka mo\u02bbomeheu i loko o ka waihona k\u0101l\u0101 moku\u02bb\u0101ina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMa ka P\u014d\u02bbalima, Nowemapa 5, ua komo \u02bbo David i kahi kipa p\u016bnaewele \u02bbo Aurora Cultural Arts District me Colorado Creative Industries Deputy Director Christy Costello a me Colorado Minority Business Office Director Antonio Soto. Ua ho\u02bbonohonoho ka po\u02bbe panelist i ka m\u0101ka\u02bbika\u02bbi p\u016bnaewele ma ke \u02bbano he \u02bb\u0101pana o ke ka\u02bbina hana h\u014d\u02bboia o ka \u02bb\u0101pana hana. Ua hui ka hui me n\u0101 \u02bbelele mai ke k\u016blanakauhale \u02bbo Aurora a me n\u0101 l\u0101l\u0101 o ka papa \u02bb\u0100pana Cultural Arts a kipa aku i ka WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund i h\u0101\u02bbawi \u02bbia i Downtown Aurora Visual Arts, The People's Building, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, The Aurora Fox Arts Center, a me Vintage Theatre as a me kekahi mau \u02bboihana ho\u02bbomohala k\u016bloko i loko o ka \u02bb\u0101pana. Ho\u02bbopau ka m\u0101ka\u02bbika\u02bbi p\u016bnaewele i ka lawelawe a David ma ka papa loiloi \u02bbo Colorado Creative Districts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe theme for technology in Q1 has been about learning. With Paul Nguyen taking the helm as Director of Technology, it has been a timely opportunity to take inventory of everything we do across technology, security, and our stakeholders with a fresh perspective. Here are some highlights from our recent learnings: the foundation for security across our products is sound. We are working closely with Brownrice to implement dashboards to detect and measure vulnerabilities in PCI compliance. Discussions with <\/span>Extrahop<\/span><\/a> will begin to actively monitor threats within our networks for the first time; the Public Art Archive has the least comprehensive knowledge about system administration and deployment, but every day we learn something new with the help of the PAA team and <\/span>Code & Care<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Each new learning builds our collective understanding of how the product works, and Trevor and Paul kicked off six internal interviews across the business to learn more about our data needs and goals. We are exploring the potential of a data lake to provide WESTAF with a central repository of data for business intelligence and an analytics engine for our customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nChristian and Anika attended the final <\/span>NASAA Anti-Bias Training Session, a 3-part<\/span><\/a> series meant primarily for state arts agency executive directors. The last session focused primarily on: Agent Identity and Target Identity, <\/span>how identity presents itself in varying situations<\/span><\/a> and also <\/span>the different types of power dynamics<\/span><\/a> and how different forms of power can be present in certain situations even if not being consciously exercised. Sometimes, people bring these dynamics into situations based on their own lived experiences. This session was particularly timely, as the concept of power dynamics provided a useful preface to the all-team feedback session this past week.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nVal Atkin provided a useful two-hour workshop on the giving and receiving of useful feedback\u2014a competency that WESTAF wants to deploy as part of its evaluation and development process with all WESTAFers. The session was a more complete and thorough presentation than the last one, held in May 2021 during that all-team meeting. The team responded positively to this session (<\/span>which was recorded in its entiret<\/span><\/a>y) and followed along closely with <\/span>this presentation deck<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 along with a few breakout sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSome team members dropped in and out of the <\/span>2021 Americas Cultural Summit<\/span><\/a> from November 1-4, an ongoing initiative of the<\/span> International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies<\/span><\/a> (IFACCA), which the IFACCA Secretariat delivers in partnership with a National Member of the Federation from the Americas. The Inaugural Americas Cultural Summit was hosted by the Canada Council for the Arts in Ottawa in 2018, with a program that explored the theme of Cultural Citizenship. The second summit was hosted by the Secretary of Culture of Argentina in Buenos Aires in 2019 under the theme Cultural Change in a Diverse Territory. A highlight for me was the presentation given by <\/span>Angelique Power, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation<\/span><\/a> in Detroit.<\/span><\/p>\n