{"id":4541,"date":"2015-07-02T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T17:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westaf.org\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2024-07-31T07:36:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T14:36:28","slug":"update-notes-81-december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.wearecreativewest.org\/haw\/update-notes-81-december-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho\u02bbohou i n\u0101 memo #81 | Kekemapa 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">WESTAF Update Notes #81 | December 2014<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">From Anthony Radich, Executive Director<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This is the 81st in a continuing series of updates about the work of WESTAF<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">WESTAF Convenes Emerging Arts Leaders of Color<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In early October, WESTAF hosted its fourth annual Emerging Leaders of Color Professional Development Seminar. The program brings together diverse cultural leaders recognized for their professional achievements and also their strong commitment to advancing the arts in the region. Coursework and activities are designed to strengthen competencies and prepare participants for leadership positions in the field. The coursework is also designed to deepen participants\u2019 \u00a0understanding of the arts in the United States and especially how public support for culture contributes to the vibrancy of the sector. Program faculty included long-time arts administrator Margie Johnson Reese; Salvador Acevedo, principal and president of the San Francisco-based consulting firm Contempor\u00e1nea; and WESTAF Trustee Tamara Alvarado, executive director of the School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose. This year\u2019s participants were:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Brian J. Carter, Manager of Exhibit Experiences, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Luis Escare\u00f1o, Membership Manager, Center for New Music, San Francisco, California<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Nurieh Glasgow, Program and Training Officer, ServeWyoming, Casper, Wyoming<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Joshua Heim, Arts Administrator, City of Redmond, Redmond, Washington<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Marla Lepe, Director\/Founder, ArtFirst Arte Primero, Salt Lake City, Utah<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Nikiko Masumoto, Farmer, Artist, Volunteer, Fresno Regional Foundation\/California State University, Fresno, Del Rey, California<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Ashanti McGee, Assistant Program Director\/Grant Writer, Metro Arts Council of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Yvonne Montoya, Director, Safos Dance Theatre, Tucson, Arizona<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Leta Neustaedter, Owner\/Instructor, Metamorphosis Performing Arts Studio, LLC, Boise, Idaho<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Brandy Reitter, Town Administrator, Town of Buena Vista, Buena Vista, Colorado<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Moriah Sallaffie, Executive Vice President, Bering Straits Foundation, Nome, Alaska<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Saniego Sanchez, Director, Dikeou Collection, Denver, Colorado<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Lehua Simon, Assistant Theatre Manager, Leeward Community College Theatre, Pearl City, Hawai\u2019i<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Regina Still Smoking, Founder\/President, Project Moving Talent Forward, Bozeman, Montana<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; color: #333333;\">Gabrielle Uballez, Executive Director, Working Classroom, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">For additional information about the Emerging Leaders of Color Seminar or to learn more about WESTAF&#8217;s multicultural initiatives, contact Chrissy Deal at<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:Chrissy.Deal@westaf.org\">Chrissy.Deal@westaf.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Chair and Executive Director Forum Takes Place in Santa Fe<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">On December 8 and 9, WESTAF brought the chairs and executive directors of the state arts agencies in the WESTAF region to Santa Fe for a forum centered on ways to advance those agencies. The meeting included a briefing on the current condition of state budgets presented by Erica Michel from the fiscal affairs office of the National Conference of State Legislatures. Howard Lavine, the former cultural policy advisor to Oregon\u2019s Governor Kulongoski, presented comments on ways to structure state arts agency initiatives and also ways to work effectively with governors. Matt Wilson, who heads the MASSCreative state advocacy group in Massachusetts, shared his experiences in organizing effective creative economy advocacy. Michael Bracy, Washington lobbyist and co-founder of the Future of Music Coalition, spoke about intellectual property and other subjects that are important for state arts agencies to be involved in. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dennis Mangers, Senior Advisor to Senate President Pro Tem, former lobbyist for the cable television industry, and former California state assemblyman, presented perspectives on ways to work effectively with state legislatures and governors\u2019 offices. Marian Orr, a political strategist from Wyoming who works with large corporate interests there but who also represents the arts community in Wyoming\u2019s legislature, discussed ways to be an effective communicator within the state system of elected officials. Also presenting to the group was Dale Erquiaga, who currently serves as Nevada\u2019s Superintendent of Public Instruction and was formerly a chair of WESTAF. Erquiaga shared his views regarding ways to successfully work with governors and their staffs&#8211;knowledge he obtained while working as Nevada Governor Sandoval\u2019s Senior Policy Advisor. 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