Oketopa 4, 2021<\/b><\/p>\n
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Pele WESTAF nu'u:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is always a very busy time of the year. The last few weeks seem to have especially borne that out, so I am ecstatic to be coming to you from the early October of our newly minted fiscal year \u2014 FY22! Wow. <\/span>Huge<\/span> thanks to all of the WESTAFers who have been building budgets, plans, goals and OKRs on top of all of the regular work. First off, I wanted to extend hearty congratulations to our colleagues Kelly Ernst, promoted to CVSuite manager, and to Trevor McElhaney, who has the new title of senior data analyst. Way to go, team! As you read on, you\u2019ll learn about trustees and staff who have masked up and hit the road to represent WESTAF across the West these past few weeks. As we turn our attention to the October annual board meeting, we\u2019re working hard to develop staff and trustee experiences in both the in-person and virtual worlds, so that you can attend productively and with peace of mind, wherever you are. We\u2019re looking forward to sharing more agenda details with you soon! Until then, here\u2019s the latest from WESTAF World:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WESTAF SUI ILE COLORADO CREATIVE INDUSTRIES CREATIVE DISTRICTS CERTIFICATION PANEL (DH)<\/b> \u00a0<\/span> <\/p>\n KAFE (RV)<\/b>
\nFONOTAGA A KOMITI FAIGALUEGA (CG)<\/b>
\nFrom September 22-23, the executive committee of the WESTAF board of trustees met for <\/span>their first in-person meeting<\/span><\/a> since September of 2019 in Sacramento, CA. The committee attended to several matters relating to the conclusion of the fiscal year, including a motion to bring the FY22 operating budget forward to the full board for a vote at the October annual meeting. In addition, the full agenda included a report from the development committee and the equity and inclusion committee. During day two of the meeting, the committee grouped their conversation into three primary areas: culture, goals and aspirations; investments, fundraising and grant making, and hazards, unknowns and existential threats. The conversation was rich and vibrant, and while we weren\u2019t able to get to everything in the agenda, the executive committee was able to carry out its oversight duties with diligence and gave Christian and Amy much to consider as the organization moves into FY22. Our evening dinner featured some fabulous Boise-based guests, including EIC committee member and former trustee Michael Faison, as well as ELC alumni Monique Michel, Leta Neustaeder and Dayo Ayodele. In addition to meetings, the committee was also treated with a visit to the remarkable <\/span>James Castle House<\/span><\/a>, home of the enigmatic 20th-century artist, as well as a visit to the <\/span>Global Lounge,<\/span><\/a> a multi-cultural arts, music and dance hub founded by Dayo, where we met with some amazing Boise-based arts leaders and performers. We were also lucky to be visiting Boise during <\/span>Treefort Music Festival<\/span><\/a>, a three-day showcase of emerging contemporary musical artists. Special thanks to treasurer Lange, who was able to provide wristbands for the event as a sponsor of the <\/span>Wyoming Music Showcase<\/span><\/a> (which was awesome). <\/span>Here are some pictures<\/span><\/a> from our time in Boise.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nRAO LEADERSHIP RETREAT (CG)<\/b>
\nFrom September 27 – 29, the executive directors, chairs, vice chairs and chair-elects of each of<\/span> the six regional arts organizations (RAOs)<\/span><\/a> met for<\/span> their first in-person retreat<\/span><\/a> since 2019 in Burlington, VT. In addition to Christian, WESTAF chair Alvarado and vice chair\/chair-elect Broughton were in attendance. Most attendees were there in-person, with four board members from other RAOs zooming into the meeting. The location was Fort Collins, CO \u2014 where we had been planning to hold our retreat, pre-pandemic. The facilitator was <\/span>Marc Vog<\/span><\/a>l, who guided the agenda very effectively and successfully. On Monday, the executive directors met in person to cover a variety of potential and in-flight projects. This was followed by an ice-breaking dinner for all the participants. All day Tuesday, we had a super-productive (but exhausting!) session, where together we landed on four core concepts that we agreed were a matter of priority and focus for the RAO collective \u2014 both in our individual and collaborative work \u2014 moving forward: serving BIPOC-focused\/serving organizations; serving individual artists; investing in regional and national advocacy efforts, and “modeling togetherness\u201d through our efforts to work co-creatively, to encourage collaboration and knowledge-sharing at all levels of our organizations and to focus on fair and positive work cultures. A variety of programs currently under consideration\/evaluation \u2014 involving partners like the NEA, the Wallace Foundation, or others \u2014 fit into some of these foci, with other initiatives still under review. The RAOs (including board members, and even those on zoom all day!) left the session feeling energized, holding even more mutual trust and collegiality, and gained a deeper understanding of their daily work together and apart.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFONOTAGA FAATONU a NASAA LIPOTI RAO (CG)<\/b>
\nNa talosagaina Christian e tuuina atu se lipoti talafeagai i le komiti faatonu o le NASAA i la latou fonotaga ia Setema 30 e fa\u02bbamaonia ai galuega a le RAO, ma ofoina atu se fa\u02bbamatalaga i la tatou galuega fa\u02bbatasi. O se fiafiaga le lipoti atu i le NASAA o le RAO e sili atu ona talitonuina, manino, fa\u02bbatasi ma galulue fa\u02bbatasi, ma sili atu le naunau e galulue fa\u02bbatasi ma atina\u02bbe faiga fa\u02bbapa\u02bbaga (e le o taimi uma, e foliga mai!) Ioe, matou te va\u02bbaia o se mea taua tele. E taua le matauina iinei o mea e ave i ai le faamuamua a le RAO ma le NASAA e vavalalata vavalalata ma fa\u02bbatasi a o tatou agai atu i le tausaga fou. Na mafai e Christian ona lipoti atu le tele o le galulue faatasi a le RAO o le tausaga talu ai (CARES, ARP, Mellon's Regional Arts Resilience Fund); pa'i atu i le tele o fuafuaga a le atunu'u NEA-paaga (Arts Midwest's The Big Read, Mid-America's Arts Creative Forces, WESTAF's Performing Arts Discovery ma isi), pa'i atu i nisi o fono (e aofia ai a tatou lava Creative Vitality Summit). Na fia iloa e le Komiti Fa'atonu le tala fou e uiga i le meaalofa fa'asolopito ma e le'i tupu muamua mai ia Mackenzie Scott ma Dan Jewett. Matou te faailoa atu ia i latou o le RAO o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbatotonugalemu o matou tulaga taua ma tautinoga i le tutusa, eseesega, fa\u02bbaofiina, ma avanoa a\u02bbo matou filifili pe fa\u02bbafefea ona fa\u02bbaoga lelei lenei meaalofa e le\u02bbi tupu muamua e a\u02bbafia ai nu\u02bbu matou te tautuaina. Na foliga mai na talisapaia e le komiti a le NASAA le fa\u02bbafouga.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDavid has been invited to serve as a panelist for the <\/span>Colorado Creative Districts program<\/span><\/a>. Six communities from across the state are reapplying for certification: Breckenridge Arts District, Carbondale Creative District, Crested Butte Creative District, Fort Collins Creative District, Golden Triangle Creative District and Mancos Creative District. The new communities applying for this period are: Aurora Cultural Arts District, Gunnison Creative District, La Veta Creative District and La Junta Creative District.\u00a0 As a panelist, David will participate in virtual panel meetings and at least one site visit this fall to review and select compelling communities for Creative District Certification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWESTAF TA'ITA'IA SAUNIGA I NU'U I NU'U, MATUTUA MA NUU I ALOFA MA FAIGA O FESOASOANI E FAI FAI TUSI, I LE COLORADO CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SUMMIT (DH)<\/b>
\nKelly, Trevor, and David attended the <\/span>Colorado Creative Industries Summit: Frontier of Imagination<\/span><\/a> September 29 – October 1, moderating and participating in five separate panels during the conference. David moderated a session on chambers of commerce as arts advocates in collaboration with Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN) member Christin Crampton Day, executive director, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts. He also moderated a session on arts and culture in rural, remote, and frontier communities in Colorado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWESTAF MA CREATIVE ECONOMY COALIFE FA'ATUNUA LE SAUNIGA FA'ATONUINA FA'AVAOEGA I LE FONOMAGA FA'AVAOAGA O ATINA'E ATINA'E FA'AVAOAGA (DH)<\/b>
\nDavid and fellow Creative Economy Coalition Executive Committee member Susan Soroko have arranged a session for the International Economic Development Council Annual Conference: <\/span>Creative Economy: Economic Development for a Sustainable Future.<\/span><\/a> Margaret Hunt, director, Colorado Creative Industries, and Jessica Stern, senior manager, Americans for the Arts, will join David on this panel on Monday, October 4 in Nashville, Tennessee to discuss the creative economy and economic recovery\/community revitalization and the creative economy and inclusive economic development.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWESTAF I LE TALANOAGA MA LE WILLIAM MA FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION E UIGA I LE VAEGA FAALAUAIGA MA FAIGA FAAVAE (DH)<\/b>
\nO lo'o fa'aauau pea le talanoaga a Tavita ma le 'au Fa'ata'ita'i i le Hewlett Foundation e uiga i se poloketi e mafai ona galulue fa'atasi, ma ua vala'aulia le WESTAF e tu'uina atu se talosaga mo se polokalame fa'avae fa'aleaganu'u ma fa'aupuga i le Bay Area.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMATAFAIOI FA'AAGAGOLOLE LAUTELE MA FA'A'OFIA'I (AK)<\/b>
\nO Anika, i le faiga moni a le WESTAF, sa i ai se asiosio o se aafiaga i luga o le vaa i le lua vaiaso talu ai lea na aofia ai le vaiaso atoa o fa\u02bbasalalauga i le matagaluega a le SRI ma ana polokalame ma fonotaga ma le WESTAF's Technology, Finance and Administration, Marketing and Communications. , ma le tele o a tatou 'au Pisinisi. Sa auai foi o ia i fonotaga ma South Arts e uiga i la tatou faiga faapaaga ELC, faatasi ai ma Kaisha Johnson o Women of Color in the Arts e uiga i le alualu i luma o galuega tutusa ma la tatou upega tafailagi faatufugaga faaitulagi, ma se aoaoga suetusi feterale ma le National Endowment for the Arts, faatasi ai ma isi. fonotaga.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFA'ATAU I LE WESTAF AMERICAN LOLA FUAFUAGA FA'AVAE MO FA'AIGA (AK\/JC)<\/b>
\nThe WESTAF executive committee has approved the 44 organizations recommended by the SRI team to receive WESTAF ARP awards.\u00a0 Originally planned to disburse grants at an average level of $50,000 each to 30+ awardees, these levels and awardees have been adjusted due to the demand from many impacted organizations. WESTAF will disburse grants at an average level of $35,000 each to the 44 awardees. The SRI team has sent out award letters and is receiving signed agreements and financial statements from these new grantees before funds can be transmitted.\u00a0 We expect to receive all documentation by October 15.\u00a0 For detailed information about the representation and spread of the organizations, <\/span>please review the graphs here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFONOTAGA I WESTAF MA TA'ITA'I FA'AVA'E O LE ALUMNI (JC)<\/b>
\nI le lua vaiaso talu ai, na feiloai ai Jade Elyssa ma le 10 alumni o le Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC) Program, e aofia i setete e ono ma tausaga fa\u02bbamae\u02bbaina polokalame i le amataga o le 2013 ma talu ai nei i le 2021. lu'itau e aumaia ai foliga i talanoaga faaleatunuu e uiga i le tutusa i faatufugaga. Na ta'uleleia e le au matutua uma o le ELC le galuega a le WESTAF ma le loloto o le a'afiaga o le polokalame a le ELC i le fa'atulagaina o latou galuega. E fa'afetai le 'au a le SRI i le fa'aputuina o vaega o latou poto masani ma manatu fa'aalia ma fa'avaeina talanoaga fa'apolokalame i mea ua tatou a'oa'oina mai nei talanoaga.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO TUSI FA'AVAE NA FILIFILIA MO LE LAVAE MUAMUA O FA'ATAIGA FA'AALIGA E FA'AALI'INA I LE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE MO LE FA'AVAOGA FA'AVAOEGA O LE FA'AFEAGAI FA'AVAONI MA LE FA'AVAE FA'AVANOA O FA'ATUNUU MA FA'AAGANUU AMERICAS SUMMIT (DH\/AK)<\/b>
\n10 artists, companies, and ensembles<\/span><\/a> were selected in the first phase of the Performing Arts Discovery program being managed by WESTAF and delivered by the Western Arts Alliance in collaboration with sister regional arts organizations. Versa-Style Dance Company, Ensemble Mik Nawooj, and acoustic picker Cary Morin were selected from the West in the first round. The ten artists and groups were showcased at the Western Arts Alliance Conference and at the <\/span>Arts Midwest Conference<\/span><\/a>. Northern Colorado-based Cary Morin and New York City-based Michaela\u2019s Love Movement were selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to be showcased virtually at the Americas Cultural Summit 2021 this fall.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTUPE MA PULEGA (AH)<\/b>
\nFa'afeiloa'i i le tausaga fa'aletupe fou 2022! Mo le isi lua masina, o lo\u02bbo pisi le vaega tupe e tapunia le tausaga tuai, fausia le tausaga fou ma sauni mo le su\u02bbega. O fa'asologa uma ma fa'amaumauga e tatau ona fa'atulaga e su'etusi i le aso 15 o Novema. Ua fa'am\u0101galoina le nonogatupe lona lua a le WESTAF mo le Puipuiga o Totogi (PPP): o nei tupe na maua ia Fepuari, o lea ua fa'amagaloina i lenei tausaga fa'aletupe e fesoasoani tele. O lo'o fa'aauau pea ona galulue fa'atasi Becky ma le 'au foa'i fou ile faiga ole talosaga ole totogiina ole NEA - aemaise ile Fuafuaga Fa'asao a Amerika, lea e ono fa'agasolo ma totogi ile fa'ai'uga o Oketopa. O le Tala Faatatau o le Tupe FY22 na pasia e le komiti faafoe i le fonotaga a Boise i le vaiaso na tea nei ma o le a agai atu nei i le komiti faafoe atoa i le fonotaga ia Oketopa i Denver.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFA'AMATIKA LH)<\/b>
\nMatou te fiafia ua mae\u02bba le 2021 Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit ma ua uma ona maua ni fa\u02bbamatalaga sili. E toe fa'afetai atu i failauga uma, sa auai, ma le aufaigaluega sa fa'amanuiaina le fa'amoemoe. O lo'o tu'ufa'atasia uma e le 'au a le MarComm ala fa'asalalau fa'aagafesootai ma e le o toe mamao ae faia se fonotaga e fa'atalanoa ai pe fa'apefea ona fa'aleleia mea e tutupu i le WESTAF i le lumana'i. O lo\u02bbo matou galulue fo\u02bbi i la matou Q4 OKR maketi fa\u02bbafouga mo le pisinisi pisinisi ma galulue fa\u02bbatasi ma le matagaluega fa\u02bbatau e fausia ni fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbiga fou fa\u02bbatau mo oloa tekonolosi uma. O lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbaauau pea ona matou mata\u02bbituina fa\u02bbasalalauga fa\u02bbasalalauga totogi uma i luga o Facebook, Google Ads, ma LinkedIn ma o lo\u02bbo galulue i fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbiga mulimuli o a matou fuafuaga tau maketi oloa FY22.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFESOOTAIGA (LH)<\/b>
\nWith the Creative Vitality\u2122 Summit now completed, the MarComm team is working on compiling metrics from the event, including attendance rates (the Summit had a total of 470 registered participants!). We will also be sending out an event survey soon to collect participant feedback to continue to build on and improve future convenings. The team is almost finished collecting staff updates to their bios and will have the <\/span>westaf.org<\/span><\/a> website up-to-date this week. Refinement of the FY22 communications plan drafts continues alongside the drafting of the first WESTAF Now of the new fiscal year and items for inclusion in the October National Endowment for the Arts newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA (CGREEN)<\/b>
\nO le vaega tutusa na amataina se fuafuaga fou e fa\u02bbamaumau ai galuega tetele uma a le WESTAF 'au na saofag\u0101 i le tutusa ma le aofia. I lea tulaga, na latou fa'atinoina se su'esu'ega ta'i kuata e fa'aputu ma fa'ailoa ai mea ua faia i polokalame uma a le WESTAF o lo'o aga'i atu i le fa'aopoopoina o tagata. O nisi o sui auai o faiga faavae na tuuina atu le lagolago tele i le Q&A vaega o sauniga e tolu o le Creative Vitality Summit na faia i le aso 20 ma le 21 o Setema. Na fono foi le vaega e talanoa e uiga ia latou sailiga ina ua uma ona iloiloina taiala lagolago o iai ma talanoaina manatu lautele mo foliga o se tusitaulima paaga faaitulagi. O le isi la'asaga o le su'esu'e lea i mea fa'apitoa ma filifili i elemene mautu o mea latou te manana'o e fa'aaofia.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPISINISI LAUTELE (CV)<\/b>
\nNa galulue le au pisinisi e fa\u02bbamae\u02bba le FY21 ma sauniuni i le taimi lava e tasi mo le FY22 e ala i le fa\u02bbafouina o fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbiga pisinisi, feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga lona tolu, galuega faatino a Asana, backlogs, ma isi. e faia e le matagaluega se toe faamanatu i le fuafuaga fou ma le paketi faalemasina mo le tausaga faaletupe 22. O lo'o matou galulue fo'i i fa'atauga fa'atau mo oloa ta'itasi SaaS o se vaega o la matou galuega fa'afouina fa'atauga.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO lo'o fa'auma e le 'au a le CaFE le su'ega muamua o le fa'amaoniga fa'aopoopo (MFA). Ua faaopoopo e le MFA se isi vaega taua o le saogalemu ma le tausisia o le auaunaga, lea ua amata ona mafaufau i ai le toatele o tagata faatau pe a iloiloina tulaga tau pulega. O le CaFE na tapunia le tausaga e sili atu nai lo le mea na fa'amoemoeina, e pei ona e va'ai i lipoti tau tupe talu ai nei mai tupe. O lo'o tulimatai atu le 'au e sili atu na i'uga i le FY22 ma le tele o isi galuega o lo'o lumana'i.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nCVSUITE (KE)<\/b>
\nO le CVSuite na fa\u02bbamae\u02bbaina ma le manuia le CVSummit fa\u02bbaletausaga muamua, ma na sili atu i fa\u02bbamoemoega i le fa\u02bbatinoga ma le auai. O le numera mulimuli o le lesitalaina o le fonotaga sa i le 470 tagata, ma, o se taunuuga, ua fa\u02bbatulagaina e le CVSuite fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbiga fa\u02bbatasi ma ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete o New Hampshire, Montana ma Idaho. O lo'o toe iloilo e Utah Arts Alliance le latou fa'afouga mo le tolu-tausaga ma o lo'o iai le pule fou a le latou polokalame fa'atasi, o lo'o fuafua e fa'amauina sui fou e to'alima. O Arts Cleveland, o se tagata ua pa'u i lalo, na fesili e uiga i le fa'afouina o la latou konekarate. O le isi i luga o le fogafale mo le CVSuite o le taulai atu lea i le aoina o lipoti o tausaga ma saunia ma fuafua mo lisi o le OKR mo le tausaga a sau.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n