Aokuso 23, 2021<\/p>\n
Talofa le afioaga o le WESTAF:<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s Sunday evening and I\u2019m vanning back to Denver, having just emerged from the woods (glorious weekend camping near <\/span>Cottonwood Lake<\/span><\/a> in Colorado’s <\/span>San Isabel National Forest<\/span><\/a>). That adventure was the perfect end to this past week’s energizing and inspiring retreat with the leadership team in Colorado Springs. The retreat gave us much to process, and generated some potent ideas and concepts to bring into our upcoming RAO retreat, September BOT executive committee meeting and October staff and trustees meeting \u2014 more to come there. As we barrel towards the end of FY21 WESTAF is busier than ever, with a super addition to the team, new guests and registrants for the Creative Vitality Summit, some final tinkering to the FY22 operating budget, and a whirlwind of other activity across all departments. Huge gratitude goes to our program directors and managers for keeping us abreast of everything in these informative updates! Read on:<\/span><\/p>\n WESTAF TALALELEI LE FUAFUAGA FOU MA LE PULE: JADE ELYSSA A. CARIAGA (AK)<\/b> O Jade Elyssa e auai i le WESTAF mai lo latou tulaga i Californians for the Arts, lea na latou fesoasoani i le fa\u02bbalauteleina o le fa\u02bbalapotopotoga e ala i le +118% yr\/yr tuputupu a\u02bbe i le taimi o le soifua maloloina o le lalolagi, soifua maloloina o le mafaufau ma le soifua maloloina lautele. O la latou fa'asoa e aofia ai le tu'ufa'atasia o tagata lautele, pulega fa'amaumauga ma au'ili'iliga, fa'aleleia o fa'agasologa, su'esu'ega ma iloiloga, ma le pulega fa'apitoa o polokalame uma ma auaunaga. Sa avea fo'i ma vaega taua o le fa'alapotopotoga tu'ufa'atasiga fa'ale-aganu'u fa'ale-aganu'u. E aofia ai le tusiaina o le Ta'iala Tulaga Tu'u ma Aganu'u a le CFTA, lea na fa'aaogaina e le Komiti Fa'atonu e fa'amautu ai le fa'atulagaina o fuafuaga fa'ata'atia a le fa'alapotopotoga i le 2021 i le tetee atu i fa'ailoga lanu; ma le fuafuaina o fesili mo su\u02bbesu\u02bbega a le fa\u02bbalapotopotoga a le setete atoa o le COVID-19, lea na maua ai fa\u02bbamatalaga anoa i le le tutusa o mea tau tupe ma a\u02bbafiaga a tagata i Kalefonia o Black, Indigenous ma tagata faigaluega fatufatua\u02bbi o lanu, fa\u02bbapea fo\u02bbi ma fa\u02bbalapotopotoga ta\u02bbita\u02bbia e Black, Indigenous ma tagata lanu.<\/span><\/p>\n O Jade Elyssa o se alum o The John F. Kennedy Center mo le Performing Arts ma Segerstrom Center mo le Arts Research & Evaluation and Education internship programs. I le 2019, i le avea ai ma Fa\u02bbatonu Fa\u02bbatonu o le Transfer Pride Admit Weekend i le UCLA, na latou maua le fa\u02bbamalo mai le Supervisor Kuehl o le Itumalo Lona Tolu a Los Angeles County mo lo latou taua fa\u02bbapitoa i le fausiaina o se siosiomaga fa\u02bbapitoa i le tele o Los Angeles eria. I le 2018, na fa\u02bbamaonia ai i latou e avea ma Undergraduate Affiliate o le American Educational Research Association, o le tele o su\u02bbesu\u02bbega fa\u02bbasalalauga a le atunu\u02bbu e tuuto atu i su\u02bbesu\u02bbega fa\u02bbasaienisi o a\u02bboa\u02bboga ma a\u02bboa\u02bboga, lea e tusa ma le 230 o latou 25,000+ tagata iloga o tamaiti a\u02bboga. Na amata la latou galuega i le 2015 o le Faatonu o Cesar Chavez Middle School Color Guard, lea na latou galulue ai ma tamaiti a\u02bboga Title I e ausia tulaga fa\u02bbaitulagi-e le\u02bbi tupu muamua o le manuia.<\/span><\/p>\n Na maua e Jade Elyssa le BA i le Siva mai le Matagaluega o Ata ma Aganu'u a le Lalolagi \/ Siva i le UCLA, lea na avea ai i laua ma se tasi o tagata e to'alua i le vasega fa'au'u a le latou kolisi na maua le Fa'ailoga Tautua a le Ao. O i latou o se tagatanuu o le Bay Area ma e nonofo i lena eria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n WESTAF AMERICAN LOLAFAGA FA'AVAE (ARP) FA'AVAE MO FA'AOPOPO VAEGA (AK)<\/b> FA'AOAOGA FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE E FA'AVAE AI VAEGA I RAOS (CG)<\/b> CREATIVE VITALITY SUMMIT SUMMIT REGISTRATION TOP 200 MA POLOKALAMA O LE A FAAALIA AI TUSI FAI Iunaite Setete O LE BERESFORD PRIZE WINNER LULANI ARQUETTE MA ROBERTO BEDOYA I LE TALANOAGA (DH)<\/b> Randy and David met with Roberto Bedoya and Lulani Arquette to plan their session, which is tentatively titled \u201cThe Creative Economies of Belonging.\u201d The pair of <\/span>Beresford Prize winners<\/span><\/a> plan to have a provocative conversation about the economics of social capital, stewardship, restorative healing, and cultural knowledge. There are now 34 speakers, panelists, and moderators confirmed for the session, and we anticipate as many as 40. 62% of speakers, panelists, and moderators are women and 62% are BIPOC at this stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n WESTAF TU'UINA FY21 FA'AALI'IGA I TU'UGA MO STATE O 8:1 (DH)<\/b> TULAFONO O LE TOE FA'ATO'EINA O LE TAMAOA'IGA FOFO'A'I FA'AALIUINA I LE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'ATUNUU FA'AVAE (DH)<\/b> WESTAF E AUAI I LE VAEGA FESOASOANI FA'AOGA I LE VAIASO FA'AMANATU SAN DIEGO (DH)<\/b> PULE O FAIGA FA'AVAE MA LE SILI FA'AVAE (DH)<\/b> TUPE MA PULEGA (AH)<\/b> FA'AMATIKA (LH)<\/b> FESOOTAIGA (LH)<\/b> FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA (CGREEN)<\/b> PISINISI LAUTELE (CV)<\/b> KAFE (RV)<\/b> CVSUITE (KE)<\/b> ALU LOTO (JG)<\/b> FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE (LG)<\/b> ZAPP (MB)<\/b> <\/p>\n Tuuina atu ma le faaaloalo.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kerisiano<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 23, 2021 Greetings WESTAF community: It\u2019s Sunday evening and I\u2019m vanning back to Denver, having just emerged from the woods (glorious weekend camping near Cottonwood Lake in Colorado’s San Isabel National Forest). 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\nO le Aso Faraile, Aukuso 20, na amata ai e Jade Elyssa Cariaga le latou matafaioi o le SRI Grants and Equity Manager. Jade Elyssa A. Cariaga (latou\/matou) ose fa'atonu fa'amaumauga, fa'alapotopotoga fa'alapotopotoga ma tagata fa'atino a'oa'oga tufuga. Malamalama lelei i auala e le mafai ai e atina\u02bbe lautele ona tautua le Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) ma tusiata, o lo latou vave fa\u02bbaalia i vasega le tonu e mafua ai la latou fa\u02bbasalalauga tetee. I fafo atu oa latou galuega i le fanua, latou te auauna atu o le Komiti Fa\u02bbatonu-Ta\u02bbita\u02bbifono o le UCLA Lambda (LGBTQ+) Alumni Association.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe WESTAF ARP panels will take place from August 23 – August 26. The 24 panelists have been divided into four panels and will review approximately 70 applications each. The panelists represent a diverse group of professionals from across the 13-state region. <\/span>Please click here to learn more about the panelists<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO le Regional Arts Organisations (RAOs) na fono i le vaiaso talu ai ma le National Endowment for the Arts Leadership, e talanoaina ai se polokalame fou e mafai ona fa\u02bbatatau i tupe fa\u02bbameaalofa e fa\u02bbaaoga ai tala na fa\u02bbatatauina e le Biden Administration mo lenei fa\u02bbamoemoe. O le fa'ameaalofa o le a tu'uina atu tala i le RAOs, lea o le a fa'atautaia polokalame fa'ameaalofa i totonu o latou itulagi, e galulue mai se va'aiga fa'asoa polokalame. O le isi mea e ono mafai ona fa'apea e tasi pe sili atu le RAO o le a fa'atautaia le polokalame fa'ameaalofa i le atunu'u, fa'atasi ai ma sao fa'aitulagi mai isi RAO ma fa'ameaalofa. I le taimi nei, matou te fa\u02bbamoemoe o le a fa\u02bbamaonia e le Fono a le Atunu\u02bbu le fautuaga a le polokalame fesoasoani i le faaiuga o Mati 2022, lea e mafai ai ona faia fa\u02bbailoga i le RAOs i le taimi o le tautotogo, ma le aso amata amata o le poloketi o Iulai 1, 2022. ma o le a galulue fa\u02bbatasi le RAO e fa\u02bbagasolo vave i le mamanu ma le fa\u02bbatinoina o polokalame ta\u02bbitasi a le RAO, matou te le fa\u02bbamoemoe e faia ni fa\u02bbailoga laiti i totonu. FY22. E tele mea o le a o'o mai i lenei avanoa mata'ina lata mai.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAs of 8\/19, over 200 people had registered to participate in the <\/span>Creative Vitality Summit<\/span><\/a>. New speakers and panelists confirmed since the last update include:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nAs part of our annual benefits of participation review for states, we have begun to calculate the direct monetary return on investment (ROI) for the states that invest in WESTAF. The FY21 aggregate ROI for the states in our region is 8:1. In addition, we have increased WESTAF direct funding in the 13 states by 288% and the monetary value of state benefits by 236% over the last two years. <\/span>This chart<\/span><\/a> shows the monetary increase in our funding and benefits across the region from FY19-FY21. If we were to consider the over $830 million in state relief funding appropriated across the region in ROI calculations (given both our direct and indirect engagement with advocacy efforts to secure these funds in the 13 states), ROI would be over 2600:1 in aggregate across the region. These results were made possible through increased investment from the National Endowment for the Arts through federal stimulus funding (which WESTAF actively advocated to secure), new investment from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and reallocation of WESTAF resources to support state level advocacy efforts. We recognize that the impact of state participation benefits extends far beyond their monetary value, but also know that this is an important metric in public sector decision making. Beyond a numerical value, our objective is truly to be of service to our state partners, and we hope to work more closely with these agencies in FY22.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWESTAF endorsed the <\/span>Creative Economy Revitalization Act<\/span><\/a>, a new piece of legislation sponsored by U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)\u00a0 <\/span>alongside 175 organizations nationally<\/span><\/a>. This legislation is co-sponsored by Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Ted Lieu (D-CA). The Senate bill will be co-sponsored by Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Alex Padilla (D-CA). We encourage our networks to <\/span>inform themselves<\/span><\/a> about this vital effort and support the measure with their members of Congress. The bill seeks funding through the Department of Labor and NEA to provide grants for various public-facing creative workforce projects across the country. WESTAF, the Western Arts Advocacy Network, and a range of organizations are also working with <\/span>Be an #ArtsHero\/Arts Workers United<\/span><\/a> on a joint advocacy strategy in support of the Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA). Be an #ArtsHero\/Arts Workers United is a 100% volunteer-run, intersectional grassroots campaign of Arts & Culture workers, Unions, and institutions in the United States pushing the Senate to allocate proportionate relief to the arts and culture sector of the American economy.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDavid has been invited to serve as a panelist for SD Design Week, which will convene hundreds of design professionals across creative industries from San Diego\/Tijuana and globally to exchange knowledge, connect with peers, and explore both how this work is being done and consider the future of the sector. The Creative Economy: <\/span>Moving Forward from Local to Global session<\/span><\/a> will provide insight into the impact of COVID-19 on the creative economy, the challenges and opportunities creative industry groups are facing in a post-pandemic world, and the inclusive growth potential for San Diego\u2019s creative future on both a local and global level that centers equity and humanity within these important sectors. Fellow panelists include former United Nations creative economy head Edna Dos Santos-Duisenberg; Mai Nguyen, faculty director of the University of California San Diego Design Lab; and Jason Schupbach, dean of the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design at Drexel University.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nE oo mai i le 8\/20, e 105 talosaga ua maua mo le Pule o le Public Policy and Advocacy position. A mae\u02bba se iloiloga o talosaga, fa\u02bbatalanoaga o le a amata ia Setema ma le fa\u02bbamoemoe e tofia le Pule ia Oketopa 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nBecca ma Amy o lo\u02bbo galulue fa\u02bbatasi ma le Employers Council e fa\u02bbafou le tusitaulima a tagata faigaluega mo le tufatufaina atu o fale faigaluega faatasi ai ma isi faiga fa\u02bbavae HR. O Amy sa alu i fafo i le tele o lenei vaiaso e auai i le ta'amilosaga muamua a le Leadership Resource Team na faia i Colorado Springs. Becca fa\u02bbaauau le fa\u02bbafaigaluegaina ma le fa\u02bbagasologa ma avanoa e lua e tatala ma le aufaigaluega fou e toafa o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbagasolo atu i luga o le fa\u02bbagasologa o luga. O lo'o aga'i i luma Jess ma Becca i le suia o le tuatusi meli a le WESTAF ina ia fa'atautaia uma meli e se fale meli e su'e ma teu ai siaki. O lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbaauau pea le galuega a Becca ma Paylocity a\u02bbo ia fa\u02bbamaopoopoina le fa\u02bbafouina o fa\u02bbamaumauga o tafaoga a le aufaigaluega ma isi fa\u02bbamaumauga a le aufaigaluega. Ua fa'afaigaluegaina e Lauren se Fa'atonu Fa'atupe fou e amata i le amataga o Setema. O lo'o fa'aauau pea ona lagolago e Becky ia Anika ma Tavita e uiga i tupe ma talosaga a le National Endowment for the Arts. O lo'o aga'i atu Amy i fa'atatauga e talosagaina ai le fa'atagaga o lafoga a le tagata faigaluega (ERTC) mo le lua kuata fa'atasi ai ma le tu'ufa'atasia o fa'amaumauga e talosagaina ai le fa'amagaloga o le nonogatupe lona lua o le Totogi Puipuia (PPP) na maua ia Fepuari.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO le vaega a le MarComm o lo'o fa'ataunu'uina fuafuaga fa'atau oloa fa'atekonolosi FY22 ma ua fa'atulaga le taimi e fa'amae'a ai a'o le'i faia fonotaga fa'alemasina ta'i masina ia Setema atoa. O lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbaauau pea ona matou va\u02bbai i ni gaioiga sili e ala i a matou ala o feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga fa\u02bbasalalau i luga o le Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit ma o lo\u02bbo galulue agai i le fa\u02bbalauiloaina o le tele o fa\u02bbasalalauga fa\u02bbasalalauga i vaiaso a sau. O lo\u02bbo matou pisi fo\u02bbi i le fa\u02bbatulagaina o se fuafuaga tau maketi ma fa\u02bbasalalauga fa\u02bbasalalau mo le poloketi CVSuite fou e uiga i a\u02bboa\u02bboga fa\u02bbamaumauga ma o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbaauau pea ona siaki a matou gaioiga i luga o fa\u02bbasalalauga fa\u02bbasalalau fa\u02bbasalalau totogi e lua na matou fa\u02bbalauiloaina i le amataga o Aukuso.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO le au a le MarComm na faia le latou uluai tafaoga faaletausaga faatasi ai ma le fesoasoani ma le faafaigofieina o Valerie Atkin. Aukuso WESTAF Now ua tuufaatasia ma faasoa atu i le Aso Lulu, Aokuso 18. I le taimi nei ua silia ma le 200 resitala i le Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit, o lo\u02bbo matou taula\u02bbi i le tusiaina o isi feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga i failauga ma tagata auai e ta\u02bbita\u02bbia ai le fa\u02bbamoemoe, fa\u02bbaopoopo i le fa\u02bbaauau faia fa\u02bbamatalaga i luga o le upega tafa\u02bbilagi Summit, fa\u02bbafetai i failauga fou fa\u02bbamaonia, panelists ma paaga, fa\u02bbapea fo\u02bbi ma se itulau punaoa fou o lo\u02bbo galue nei. A'o fa'amae'a vave le tausaga fa'aletupe a le WESTAF 2021, o lo'o fa'aauau pea ona taula'i atu le vaega a le MarComm i le fa'amae'aina o fuafuaga tau feso'ota'iga mo le FY22. O lo\u02bbo matou fa\u02bbateleina fo\u02bbi fuafuaga mo le fonotaga a le komiti faatonu ia Oketopa i Denver.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNa fono ta'ita'i o vaega i le Aso Gafua e fa'atalanoaina a'oa'oga fa'atasi mo le fonotaga fa'aletausaga ia Oketopa. Na talanoaina e le vaega ni auala e faaleleia atili ai le fuafuaga faataatitia o vaega, faia se talanoaga e fuafua ai sini o vaega e pei ona faavaeina muamua, ma talanoaina auala e faatupuina ai le faamaualuga i totonu o vaega.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNa fa'auma e Blair nisi o su'esu'ega otometi i le tafe mai o fa'amatalaga mai le PandaDoc, la matou auaunaga saini fa'akonekarate, i totonu o Google Sheets mo le fa'aleleia atili o tupe. O ia ma Natalie V. o lo'o fa'aauau pea ona galulue i le fa'aleleia o le CaFE admin UI i le taimi o la matou 45 aso fa'amaonia. O Christina o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbamae\u02bbaina fa\u02bbamatalaga i fa\u02bbamatalaga galuega a le matagaluega o pisinisi ma fa\u02bbamae\u02bbaina se feutagaiga konekarate mo le Aai o Los Altos, ma mafua ai ona latou sainia ma le CaFE. Sa ia feiloai foi ma le faatonu o le IT mo le American Craft Council, faatasi ai ma Mareike ma Ken, ma ua matou lagona le mautinoa o le a latou toe sainia i le ZAPP i se taimi lata mai.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nCaFE, along with other WESTAF programs, is working on adding multi-factor verification to offer clients an additional layer of security when signing-in. We expect this work to be completed at the start of the new year. The project management team is also wrapping up a few post-release UI issues that were reported since our release a couple of weeks ago. This month’s CaFE Spotlight blog post will feature <\/span>Artspace 111<\/span><\/a>–more to come on that!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO le CVSuite team o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbamae\u02bbaina le vitio muamua i la matou fa\u02bbasologa o DataEd. Na pueina e Brandon le leo, ua saunia e Keli ata, ma o le a fa\u02bbaalu e Natalie le taimi e fa\u02bbamae\u02bba ai le animation i lenei vaiaso mo se ata muamua. O la matou aso fa\u02bbalauiloa aloa\u02bbia o Setema 13. I le maketiina, CVSuite fa\u02bbalauiloa le fa\u02bbatauga fa\u02bbatau Q4 i Aukuso 11 ma o lo\u02bbo saunia le fuafuaga tau maketi mo DataEd. I tekinolosi, o le a matou fa\u02bbatuina atu la matou fa\u02bbaleleia fou i le aso 14 o Setema, lea o le a aofia ai le fa\u02bbaleleia o le tulaga masani o le toe fo\u02bbi mai o le pisinisi toso fa\u02bbapea fo\u02bbi ma le fa\u02bbaopoopoina o le lipoti fa\u02bbapipi\u02bbi. O lo\u02bbo sauniuni le 'au mo le Colorado Creative Industries conference ma Trevor o lo\u02bbo galulue fa\u02bbatasi ma Colorado Makerspace i luga o se fa'aaliga.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nGO Smart released a bug fix updating custom reports for admins. Previously, when an admin included the NEA template in their cycle and pulled a custom report including that page, the data skewed at the column “Populations Benefited by Race.” This release also included an enhancement to clear up confusion in naming on the custom narrative and calculation pages by changing the header from Questions to Question Title. Final Report building was completed for Miami Beach. Jessica began a rough draft for a DEI space on the Knowledge Base and will meet with David next week to flesh out some additional plans to showcase WESTAF\u2019s DEI\/SRI work to the GO Smart audience. Jessica continues to overhaul the <\/span>business rules document<\/span><\/a>. Natalie S. wrote a blog for the GO Smart site that showcases the Creative Vitality Summit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPAA finalized <\/span>Mural Arts Philadelphia\u2019s Collection Showcase page<\/span><\/a> after completing the first batch of mural migrations to PAA\u2019s publicly accessible database. Lori is preparing to present in LYRASIS\u2019<\/span> Community Collections Spotlight webinar series <\/span><\/a>on the topic of activating public art data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nUa amata e le ZAPP se la'asaga su'esu'e ina ia mafai ona matou tusia se pepa fa'alelei mo se fa'afanua o fale'oloa fegalegaleai. O se vaega lea o lo'o mana'omia e le to'atele ma e ui o le a le fa'atupuina i lenei tausaga fa'aletupe, ae matou te fa'amoemoe e fa'alauiloa a'o le'i mae'a le tausaga fa'alekalena. O lo'o matou galulue fo'i i le fa'aleleia o nai fa'aletonu na tula'i mai ma Onsite ma le JuryBuddy a'o le'i amata fa'aogaina e le au fa'atau na polokalame i nai masina o lumana'i. O lo\u02bbo matou galulue fo\u02bbi i le fa\u02bbatinoina o le MFA (fa\u02bbamaoniga tele-factor) mo fa\u02bbamaoniga uma o le pulega.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n