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Fa'afeiloa'i WESTAF tausi mavaega ma le aufaigaluega:<\/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>Le 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 WESTAF NA MAUA FA\u2019AIGA MAI LE WALLACE FOUNDATION E TO\u2019A\u2019I I FA\u2019AIGA FA\u2019ATUNUU (AK\/CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF UA TUUINA LE FAATUATUA E ATINAE SE FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA LE TULAFONO A LE SETETE O USITONON MA FUAFUAGA FA'AAGANUU MA RANDY ENGSTROM (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF MA RAOS E AUAI A'OA'OINA CREATIVE STATES COALITION CONFERENCE (CG\/DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF SUI FAATONU E AVEA E FAI FAIAOGA I LE MEXICO FOU O TAMA'ITA'I LELEI O LE LOLOTOGA FA'ATA'ITA'I (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n WESTAF E FA'A'OA'O ATU I FAIGA FA'AVAE A LE FA'ATUNU'U FA'A'OA'OGA LELEI I LE FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA FA'ATUNUU A MEXICO FOU (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n O LE SUI FAATONU O WESTAF UA AUAI I LE COLORADO CREATIVE DISTRICTS SAMOA AIGA A LE VAEGA I LE AURORA CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT (DH)<\/b> <\/p>\n TEKNOLOSI (PN)<\/b> <\/p>\n NASAA ANTI-BIAS TOA'OGA FA'AI'U (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n FA'AALIGA LELEI A LE 'AU UMA (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n SUMMIT AGANUU A AMERIKA (CG)<\/b> <\/p>\n
\nO le Wallace Foundation, o lana misiona o le fa\u02bbaleleia o le tutusa ma le fa\u02bbaleleia atili o le a\u02bboa\u02bboina ma le fa\u02bbatamaoaigaina mo tupulaga talavou ma i faatufugaga mo tagata uma, ua fa\u02bbalauiloaina se taumafaiga e lagolago ai fa\u02bbalapotopotoga fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbi lanu ma a\u02bboa\u02bbo pe fa\u02bbafefea ma pe fa\u02bbafefea ona fesoasoani a latou fa\u02bbalapotopotoga i le fa\u02bbamalosia o latou malosi tau tupe. ma le gafataulimaina. Ua filifilia le WESTAF e fa'atuina se polokalame toe fa'afo'i mo le vaega lona lua a Wallace o fa'alapotopotoga tufuga lanu, e fa'atatau ia i latou o lo'o i ai paketi fa'alapotopotoga e itiiti ifo i le $500,000. O le polokalame o le a maua ai le WESTAF $2 miliona i le tausaga mo le tolu tausaga mo le aofa\u02bbi o le $6 miliona e fa\u02bbafeiloa\u02bbi i nei fa\u02bbalapotopotoga i Sisifo. O a tatou fa'alapotopotoga fa'aitulagi fa'aitulagi ta'itasi (RAOs) i le atunu'u o le a maua fa'atupe fa'apena mo lenei galuega i totonu o latou itulagi.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNa tu\u02bbuina atu e le WESTAF\/CVSuite se talosaga i le Setete o Uosigitone Matagaluega o Pisinisi e tali atu i se RFP e atia\u02bbe se fuafuaga fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbiga o le tamaoaiga o le tamaoaiga i le galulue fa\u02bbatasi ma le Cultural Planning Group ma Randy Engstrom o le Third Way Creative, LLC, le pule fa\u02bbatasi o le Creative Vitality Fonotaga. O le vaega o le poloketi fuafuaina e aofia ai sui o le Alliances, Advocacy, and Public Policy, CVSuite, Business, and Leadership teams, fa\u02bbapea fo\u02bbi ma faufautua CPG e to\u02bbatolu, o se tagata tomai fa\u02bbapitoa, ma Engstrom. Afai e manuia, e lua tausaga o le a amata ia Tesema 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO le vaiaso a sau, o le a auai atu ai Christian ma Tavita i le uluai Konafesi Coalition a le Creative States, faatasi ai ma Tavita e auai atu i Charleston, South Carolina. O le Creative States Coalition o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbamoemoe e avea o se so\u02bbotaga o ta\u02bbita\u02bbi o faatufugaga ma aganuu fa\u02bbaleaganu\u02bbu e amataina, lagolago, fa\u02bbamalosia, ma siitia le gaioiga mo le fa\u02bbatupulaia o vaega o faatufugaga i le setete ma le lotoifale e ala i le galulue fa\u02bbatasi, a\u02bboa\u02bboga, fa\u02bbaleleia gafatia, ma faiga fa\u02bbavae lautele. atinae. O lo'o mafaufau le RAO e faia ni tupe teufaafaigaluega i le fuafuaga e lagolago ai atina'e taua, ma Susie Surkamer, peresitene ma Pule Sili, South Arts ma le taitaifono o le US RAOs; Torrie Allen, peresitene ma Pule Sili, Arts Midwest; Margaret Keough, faatonu o maketi ma fesootaiga, Mid-America Arts Alliance, ma Charles Phaneuf, sui peresitene o fuafuaga, South Arts, o le a auai foi i le konafesi e aoao atili ai ma saofag\u0101 i fuafuaga a le vaega. O le a auai foi le Taitaifono Soofaatasi a WAAN Julie Baker o Californians mo le Arts\/California Arts Advocates ma Crystal Young o le Utah Cultural Alliance.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO le tama a'oga a le ELC ma sa avea muamua ma sui o le WESTAF o Madalena Salazar, o le faatonu sili, Working Classroom, ua filifilia mo le 2021 cohort o le New Mexico Women of Color Nonprofit Leadership Initiative, ma ua valaaulia Tavita e avea ma ana faufautua i le polokalame. O le WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund ma le American Rescue Plan Fund o Elena Higgins, o le pule sili, Indigenous Ways, ua filifilia foi mo le 2021 Cohort. O le New Mexico Women of Color Nonprofit Leadership Initiative o se polokalame a le Santa Fe Community Foundation na mamanuina e 2019-2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz, Ed.D. mo tama'ita'i fa'atumauina ma tula'i mai o lanu o lo'o va'ava'ai e fa'alautele o latou tomai ma fa'atupu fa'alapotopotoga a'o fa'alolotoina lo latou ta'ita'iga i se si'osi'omaga fa'avae a tupulaga, lagolago. O sini umi o le Initiative o le fausia lea o le ta'ita'iga ma tomai fa'atino o sui auai ma, mulimuli ane, ia va'aia le fa'atupula'ia fa'atuputeleina o matafaioi ta'ita'i e leai ni polofiti e fa'atumuina e tama'ita'i lanu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nO le a fa'aalia e Tavita le fa'atinoina o fa'ata'ita'iga sili ona lelei fa'aitulagi i le komiti fa'atonu a le Creative New Mexico ma le fono fa'avae o lo'o fa'atautaia e New Mexico First, o se fa'alapotopotoga lagolago e lua e le'i fa'atauva'a ua tofia e lagolago le fa'aleleia o agava'a mo le fa'aupuga fa'ata'ita'i i le setete atoa ma le lagolago a le WESTAF. . Creative New Mexico o sui o le Western Arts Advocacy Network ma e mauaina WESTAF Advocacy Funds. I le fonotaga, o le a fa\u02bbaalia e le vaega fa\u02bbamuamua fa\u02bbasalalauga faatufugaga e mafai e le fa\u02bbalapotopotoga ona agai i luma i le 2022. I le tausaga talu ai, na taula\u02bbi le fa\u02bbalapotopotoga i feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga ma fa\u02bbasalalauga, toe fa\u02bbaleleia le upega tafa\u02bbilagi ina ia sili atu le aofia, aoga, ma fa\u02bbamatalaga ma atina\u02bbe se fa\u02bbasalalauga fa\u02bbasalalauga imeli fa'atatau i faipule o le NM ma fai atu ia i latou e fa'aaofia fa'atupe 'anoa o faatufugaga ma aganu'u i totonu o le paketi a le setete.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI le Aso Faraile, Novema 5, na auai ai Tavita i se asiasiga a le Aurora Cultural Arts District ma Colorado Creative Industries Deputy Director Christy Costello ma Colorado Minority Business Office Director Antonio Soto. Na fa'atulaga e le au faipule le asiasiga i nofoaga o se vaega o le fa'agasologa o tusipasi a le itumalo foafoa. Na feiloai le vaega ma sui mai le Aai o Aurora ma le Cultural Arts District board board ma asiasi atu i le WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund na tuuina atu i le Downtown Aurora Visual Arts, The People's Building, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, The Aurora Fox Arts Center, ma le Vintage Theatre as fa'apea fo'i ma le tele o pisinisi fa'alotoifale i totonu o le itumalo. O le asiasiga i luga o le saite e faaiuina ai le auaunaga a Tavita i luga o le komiti iloiloga a 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