Iulai 26, 2021<\/p>\n
Talofa le WESTAF Community:<\/span><\/p>\n Wowza \u2014 already time for another biweekly! So much outstanding activity in all corners of the organization these past few weeks. This time of the year, we\u2019re deep in planning for FY22, and the Mackenzie Scott gift we received recently has added a wonderful, if complex, dimension to our thinking. In addition to the planning that we\u2019ll be doing in various upcoming meetings and retreats (see below),<\/span> this article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy<\/span><\/a> by Bianca Casanova Anderson has also kept us grounded and inspired. Additionally, we\u2019ve been thinking a lot about mission-aligned investing and what that means to our organizational values, and we have also drawn valuable direction from<\/span> this 2018 Grantmakers in the Arts blog post<\/span><\/a> about their investing journey. Some more comings-and-goings at WESTAF as well. We\u2019re thrilled to have some new WESTAFers to the SRI team (but we\u2019re holding off on the official welcome for now until they begin the week of August 2 \u2014 more below!). We\u2019re also excited to welcome Tim Carmichael to the ZAPP coordinator role, as well Raymond Wilson and Sara Graydon, who will start this week in part-time roles that provide customer support to CaFE and ZAPP customers. Welcome, Tim, Raymond, and Sara; we\u2019re so glad to have you! I\u2019m kicking off this biweekly, though, with news of a departure from the leadership team:<\/span><\/p>\n FAATONU O TEKONOLOSI MA FAIGA FA'AVAE O ADAM SESTOAKS TOFALO I WESTAF (CG)<\/b> FOFOGA FETALAI SUMMIT SUMMIT PAAGA MA FOFOGA FETALAI MA FAASILASILAGA LE resitaraina (DH)<\/b> E sefulufa valaaulia o failauga, laulau-a-fono, ma le aufaipisinisi o loo t\u0101lia. O le 57% o le au failauga, o le laulauafono, ma le aufaipisinisi o le BIPOC ma le 66% o tamaitai. E le o toe mamao, o le 'au a le Convenings, ta\u02bbita\u02bbia e Leah Horn, o le a fa\u02bbalauiloa le resitalaina o mea na tutupu e ala i le Aventri site na fausia e Natalie Scherlong. Ua saunia e Kelly Ernst se ta'iala mo le atina'eina o foliga vaaia o le fono. Ua fausia e Sam Ortega se fuafuaga fa\u02bbasalalau fa\u02bbasalalau mo le konafesi. Moana HoChing o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbatautaia su\u02bbesu\u02bbega fa\u02bbamatalaga mo le pepa a\u02bbo lei faia le konafesi ma fa\u02bbatulagaina punaoa ma aseta tusitusia mo le fonotaga. O lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbalauteleina e Tavita le lisi o mataupu o le konafesi, vala\u02bbaulia ma fa\u02bbamaonia failauga, fausia se lisi o valaaulia e ave i ai le faamuamua o taitai manatu, tusia o le pepa a\u02bbo lei faia le konafesi ma le fuafuaina o fonotaga ma paaga ma laulau ta\u02bbitasi i vaiaso a sau e galulue vavalalata ma le Summit Co-Director Randy Engstrom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n COLORADO CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SUMMIT SAUNIGA TAU TUSI I TUA FAAMAOINA (DH)<\/b> ARTS GREENSBORO CREATIVE ECONOMY SUMMIT KEYNOTONG VASEGA (DH)<\/b> O PAAGA I WESTAF, MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE, INSPIRE WASHINGTON, MA LE CULTURAL ADVOCACY COALITION OF OREGON, UA VALIINA I LE CULTURAL ADVOCACY GROUP (DH)<\/b> \u00a0<\/span>O LO'O FA'ATUNUU I SISIFO UA FA'AVAEINA LE $830,000,000 I LE STATE TO'OA'OGA MA FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE MO LE VAEGA FA'ATUNUU MA FA'ATUNUU E O'O MAI I LE ASO (DH)<\/b> PULE O FAIGA FA'AVAE MA LE SILI FA'AVAE (DH)<\/b> FUAFUAGA FA'ATAOGA: WESTAF AMERICAN LOLAFAGA FUAFUAGA (ARP) FA'AVAE MO FA'alapotopotoga (AK)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> FUAFUAGA A LE PANELIST: WESTAF AMERICAN LOLAFAGA FUAFUAGA (ARP) FA'AVAE MO FA'alapotopotoga (AK)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> MA'E SILI PULE SRI (AK)<\/b> LRT, RAO MA BOT CONVENINGS (CG) o lo'o sau.<\/b> FA'AVAE FA'AVAE (CG)<\/b> TUPE & PULE (AH)<\/b> FA'AMATIKA (LH)<\/b> FESOOTAIGA (LH)<\/b> FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA (CGREEN)<\/b> TEKNOLOSI (AS)<\/b> PISINISI LAUTELE (CV)<\/b>
\nWe\u2019re saddened to report that Adam Sestokas, director of technology and innovation, will be leaving WESTAF. Adam\u2019s last day will be Thursday, August 12. Since arriving at WESTAF in March 2013, Adam successfully migrated the organization to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and led the change to Atlassian\u2019s technology-management ecosystem. Adam completely transformed and stabilized the technology infrastructure of our business platforms and the IT infrastructure of the organization as a whole. We all have loved watching Adam and his partner Trish become such wonderful parents to their son Ryder (who is beyond adorable), and we\u2019re really going to miss the Sestokas family in our WESTAF community. Adam has big plans, and his wide range of technical competencies and experiences make him an extremely attractive and highly sought-after prospect within the technology sector, so watch out, world! Our search for Adam\u2019s successor has already begun, but in the meantime, please join me in wishing him all the very best in the next chapter of an illustrious career! Read more about Adam <\/span>iinei<\/span><\/a>, and see below for more updates from the Technology department. Thanks for everything you have done for WESTAF, Adam!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO paaga nei, failauga, fa\u02bbatautaia, ma laulau-a-fono ua fa\u02bbamaonia mo le Creative Vitality Summit:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nDavid will be moderating a case study workshop \u201cArts and the Rural West – Regional trends and Colorado leadership\u201d with Mandy Ritter, program manager of the Sterling Creative District, and Richard Saxton, founder and director of <\/span>M12 Studio<\/span><\/a> (an artists collective), at the Creative Industries Summit organized by Colorado Creative Industries in October. Both Ritter and Saxton are creative entrepreneurs who have gained local, statewide, and national recognition for their work to advance arts, culture, and creativity in rural communities. Ritter is an artist and creative entrepreneur who has designed and managed a downtown beautification grant learning the ins and outs of community projects. Ritter has also been a part of the Sterling Creatives Cooperative and the Creative District from their early planning stages. The M12 Collective founded by Saxton\u00a0 is an interdisciplinary group based on Colorado\u2019s American High Plains that creates context-based art works, research projects, and education programs. M12 is known for groundbreaking and award-winning creative projects that explore the aesthetics of rural cultures and landscapes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFollowing a conversation with Laura Way, executive director of Arts Greensboro and Nate McGaha, executive director, Arts North Carolina in May, David has been invited as a keynote speaker for a creative industries summit in October\/November being organized by this local arts agency and a number of university partners in North Carolina\u2019s Triad. Inspired by the NASAA Creative Economies and Economic Recovery report and conversations with WESTAF, Laura has developed <\/span>an advocacy platform for a $7.5 million arts and culture recovery investment in the Triad.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nO David ma CAG paaga a Heather Noonan ma Najean Lee o le Liki o American Orchestras ua valaaulia ma i luga o le WAAN Co-Chair Manny Cawaling ma le Mid-America Arts Alliance Director of Marketing and Communications Margaret Keough i totonu o le CAG. Na fa'aosofia e talanoaga na amataina e le WESTAF e uiga i le fa'alauteleina o le vaega e aofia ai le au fa'aupuga a le setete, ua tu'uina atu e le Americans for the Arts se vala'aulia i le State Arts Action Network mo isi vaega fa'aupufai a le setete e auai. Sue Hildick, faatonu sili, Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon; Nate McGaha, faatonu sili, Arts North Carolina; Quanice Floyd, faatonu sili, Arts Education i Maryland Schools; Anne Katz, faatonu sili, Arts Wisconsin; ma Matthew Henry, faatonu sili, Arts Council of Central Louisiana \/ Louisiana Citizens for Culture ua laa i luma. O Ann S Graham, faatonu sili, Texans for the Arts e auai foi i le vaega faatasi ma Claire Rice, faatonu sili, Arts Alliance Illinois ma Julie Baker, faatonu sili, California Arts Advocates, oe na valaaulia muamua e WESTAF. O lenei fa'alauteleina o le avea ma sui auai o le CAG e aofia ai fa'aupuga a le setete o lo'o fai ma sui o se ta'iala fou mo le kulupu ma o lo'o iai le folafolaga o le suia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFaatasi ai ma se pili tupe e tietie i le paketi na sainia talu ai nei e Kovana Newsom o Kalefonia lea e aofia ai le $600 miliona i tupe teufaafaigaluega i faatufugaga ma polokalame faaleaganuu e lagolago ai le toe faaleleia o le vaega, o le aofa\u02bbi o fesoasoani a le setete ma le toe fa\u02bbaleleia o tupe na fa\u02bbamaonia e le au faufautua faatufugaga i Sisifo ua fuafuaina nei i le. sili atu i le $830 miliona. (E le o aofia ai le $65 miliona polokalame fou fatuga fanua fa'asalalauina i Colorado.) O a matou paaga, Californians for the Arts and California Arts Advocates, sa fesoasoani i le tulaga le mafaatusalia o tupe teufaafaigaluega i Kalefonia o se vaega o se tuufaatasiga o faatufugaga ma aganuu lagolago. fa'alapotopotoga.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFollowing the announcement of the new Manager of Public Policy and Advocacy position on 7\/14, WESTAF has already received 72 applications for the position. The application deadline is 8\/20\/21. Please share <\/span>the job posting<\/span><\/a> with your networks if you know of people who may be interested in applying. This position is partially funded by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust over the next three years.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTalosaga mo le WESTARP tapunia i le Aso Tofi, Iulai 15. O nisi nei o mea moni e uiga i talosaga:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\nWESTAF has received more than 90 nominations for its upcoming review panels for the<\/span> Amerika Rescue Plan (ARP) Fund mo Faalapotopotoga<\/span><\/a>. Panels will take place on August 23 – 26, with a total of four panels and each panelist reviewing approximately 75 applications. Panelists will receive a stipend of $750 each, and WESTAF anticipates approximately 25 panelists.\u00a0 Invitations have gone out to 20+ nominees with a deadline of August 2 to confirm their participation.\u00a0 All 90+ nominees will be kept on a database for consideration in future panels and to broaden our networks.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nUa fa'afaigaluegaina e le WESTAF se Pule o Fesoasoani ma Avanoa ma se Pule Fa'ameaalofa ma Fa'asoa. O le a amata uma tagata faigaluega fou ia Aukuso 2. O le a tu\u02bbuina atu se fa\u02bbasalalauga fa\u02bbatasi ma tala fa\u02bbasolopito mo tagata faigaluega e to\u02bbalua i lena vaiaso. O le faagasologa na a'afia ai se faiga malosi, ono vaiaso e sili atu i le 40 sui tauva eseese mo tulaga ta'itasi mai le itulagi WESTAF atoa ma tua atu. O le su'esu'ega e lua ta'amilosaga o fa'atalanoaga ma le pu'eina o fa'amaumauga sa fa'atautaia e le aufaigaluega a le WESTAF mai matagaluega eseese. O le au fa'ai'uga e to'afa e aofia ai sui e to'atolu o le Ta'ita'i o Feso'ota'iga Lanu. Matou te tulimatai atu e fa\u02bbasoa atili fa\u02bbamatalaga pe a amata aloaia e le au faigaluega fou o latou tulaga.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO lo'o pisi a matou masina o lo'o o'o mai i fonotaga fa'apitoa (gasp!) a le au ta'ita'i, ta'ita'i o le RAO, le komiti fa'afoe a le WESTAF ma le komiti fa'afoe atoa ia Oketopa:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nNot a whole lot new to report on this fron<\/span><\/a>t, except to say that David, Anika and Christian are working on around four funding concepts for the Satterberg Foundation, following our great meeting with CC Gardner-Gleser. For FY22, we have put a placeholder of $300K (up from $200K) in the FY22 planning budget for new foundation funding. We\u2019re also monitoring closely the areas that can be funded through new fundraising sources, as opposed to areas currently restricted through other funding sources.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO le Tala Fa'atatau o le Tupe 1 ua mae'a tu'ufa'atasia ma o le vaega ta'ita'i ua toe fetuutuuna'i mo le version 2 e tatau ona fa'ai'u i le vaiaso fou. O se vaega o le faiga o le paketi, o le a fono supavaisa e talanoaina taiala mo i latou e fautua mo a latou 'au e uiga i fetuunaiga o taui i le faaiuga o le tausaga. E o'o mai i le Aso Faraile nei, o le to'atele o le 'aufaigaluega ua maimoaina le matou avanoa fou fa'asoa i le Alliance Center. Matou te fiafia e avea ma se vaega o lenei fa'alapotopotoga fou olaola: ua vala'aulia le matou aufaigaluega i ni fa'alavelave fa'aletagata e fa o lo'o faia ia Iulai, fa'atasi ai ma se lu'itau o le soifua maloloina lelei! Na talanoaina e Amy & Christian le aafiaga o tupe teufaafaigaluega ma le matou faioloa, Tim Schott, o le a tu\u02bbuina atu nisi fa\u02bbamatalaga i le komiti fa\u02bbafoe i lenei autu. Ua fa'asoa fa'atasi ma le ta'ita'i fa'atasi ai ma fuainumera FY20 e fai ma fa'amatalaga. E fa'aauau pea ona faia e Amy ma Becca le tele o a'oa'oga mo le faiga fou o fa'amatalaga HR, Paylocity. Becca o le a fa\u02bbaaogaina le faiga fou e fa\u02bbapipi\u02bbi ai le fesoasoani fou ma tagata fa\u02bbatau tomai fa\u02bbapitoa sui auai e amata ia Aukuso. E le gata i lea, o lo\u02bbo matou toe fa\u02bbafaigaluegaina mo le tulaga o le faamaopoopoina o mea tau tupe ina ua faamavae John Carpenter i le taimi o lana toleniga: o lenei matafaioi sa le fetaui mo ia, o lea ua matou toe fa\u02bbasalalau le avanoa! O lo'o fa'agasolo atu e Amy le fa'atatauga o aitalafu a le fale faigaluega ma o lo'o amataina le fa'auluina o le fa'amagaloga o le polokalame mo le puipuiga o siaki totogi #2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe MarComm team just launched a new <\/span>GO Smart Features page<\/span><\/a>, a paid social media campaign on Facebook, another Google Ads campaign, and its<\/span> newest blog<\/span><\/a> on arts, culture and the American Rescue Plan. We also sent out a Q4 Public Art Archive newsletter that highlighted PAA\u2019s newest features, functionality, and collection spotlights, and launched our first-ever Google Ads campaign for PAA, which got 459 clicks in its first week. We are also working towards launching a new paid social media campaign that will start at the beginning of August. The team continues to work on the Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit social media strategy and toolkit and is finalizing the main event pages on the Aventri site as we prepare to officially open summit registration on July 30!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe MarComm team has also been working on numerous communications for the Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit as well as other announcements. We are heavy into the build phase of the Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit website, with the team collaborating on final touches to be added throughout the site. The team <\/span>recently announced Adri Norris<\/span><\/a> as the artist for the Women\u2019s Suffrage Mural Project, a collaborative project between the Social Responsibility & Inclusion team and Public Art Archive. We are also in the process of compiling a list of items to be included in next month\u2019s NEA newsletter. The team also launched <\/span>a brand new News page<\/span><\/a> on <\/span>westaf.org<\/span><\/a> with a fresher, more modern layout and a new search feature so that our many audiences can easily get to the content that is most relevant to them. We are also finalizing a communications plan for a mailing address change, as along with our transition to a fully distributed workplace, we are shifting to a mail service that will open and scan our mail and deposit our checks.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe communications cohort has outlined the discovery report and worked out a timeline to finish the report before the October board meeting. They are moving into phase 2 of our brand analysis project and preparing for our July 29th meeting. The next steps are compiling the<\/span> Discovery Report<\/span><\/a> and all of the research we have been collecting<\/span> into one cohesive deck. The cohort has broken down into groups to complete outstanding action items and research to accomplish for the first draft of the report. The policy cohort met on July 22 to discuss the next steps for the Regional Partner Handbook project. Once they receive feedback from our survey to state art agencies and state art advocacy groups, they will begin outlining the handbook itself. Meanwhile, the cohort is embarking on a discovery phase by researching existing resources, compiling feedback about said resources, and brainstorming new ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nUa lata ina mae'a le poloketi a le CaFE, ma ua galulue malosi le 'au e fa'afaigofie le fa'alauiloaina o lenei taumafaiga. O le fa\u02bbamae\u02bbaina o laina fa\u02bbapipi\u02bbi fa\u02bbaauau mo le ZAPP ma le CaFE o le a fa\u02bbalauiloaina, fa\u02bbapea fo\u02bbi ma se fa\u02bbafouga ile PHP. O le vaiaso na tea nei na fa\u02bbaalia ai se fa\u02bbafitauli e ono a\u02bbafia ai le tele o sapalai i WESTAF; na toe fa'aleleia ma le 'au a le BRI i totonu o ni nai itula talu ona fa'asilasilaina i le vaega o le puipuiga. A\u02bbo tupu lenei mea, o lo\u02bbo sauni le au tekonolosi, au pisinisi ma tagata fa\u02bbatau tekonolosi mo le alu ese o Adam Sestokas. O a'oa'oga i fafo ma "fa'a'ai'ai" o lo'o fa'atinoina ma fa'atulaga ma sui eseese o le 'au a le BRI ma le WESTAF. O lo'o tusia fa'amaumauga ma galuega, o tiute o lo'o fa'aliliuina.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNa faia talu ai nei e Christina ni ta'iala fa'amalamalama atili mo pule o polokalame e fa'amae'a ai a latou fa'amaumauga fa'alekuata fa'apisinisi (QBRs), ma o lo'o matou galulue i le fa'amae'aina o le QBR mo le kuata lona tolu i le fa'ai'uga o le masina. I le alu ese atu o Atamu, sa auai Blair, Natalie, ma Christina i fonotaga ma fesoasoani i le faamuamuaina o galuega faatekinisi ma pisinisi e tatau ona faamaeaina ma\/pe toe tofia. Ua mae\u02bba fo\u02bbi le fa\u02bbafaigaluegaina o la matou 'au fa\u02bbapitoa fa\u02bbatau ma o le a fa\u02bbafeiloaia Sara Graydon ma Raymond Wilson amata i le vaiaso o Iulai 26. O lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbaauau pea ona taula\u02bbi Natalie ma Blair i su\u02bbega ma sauniuniga mo le fa\u02bbalauiloaina o le CaFE admin UI (mea e pei o le fesoasoani e fa\u02bbaopoopo ma fa\u02bbatulagaina fesoasoani fou. nofoaga autu i totonu o le WordPress) ma su\u02bbega mo se fa\u02bbaleleia PHP mo ZAPP, CaFE ma GO Smart e mana\u02bbomia mo le saogalemu ma le tausisia.<\/span><\/p>\n