Talofa Trustees:<\/p>\n
E faigata ona fa'alogoina le fiafia po'o le "pisinisi e pei ona masani ai" oso i totonu o lenei lipoti ta'ilua vaiaso. Ua matua tigaina le lalolagi ma ua ou ita ma faanoanoa ma vaivai i le mea o tatou i ai. Ae e tatau ona manumalo le faamasinoga tonu, faatasi ai ma le faamutaina o faiga faailogalanu. E Taua le Ola Uuliuli. Ou te tumau pea le fa\u02bbamoemoe o le a tupu tele se lelei ona o lenei mea, ae o tatou uma lava e va\u02bbai i ai. Ou te faafetai mo lo tatou nuu o le WESTAF ma auina atu le malosi, maufetu ma le tuputupu a'e ia te outou taitoatasi a o tatou fetaomi atu i la tatou galuega. E ui ina tatou lagona le lofituina i nisi o taimi, ae ou te talitonu ma le naunautai o mea tatou te faia i le WESTAF e fesoasoani i le umi o le atulaulau amio mama e punou atu ai i le faamasinoga tonu (e toe faaupuina Martin Luther King, Jr.). O lea, se'i tatou maulu sa'o i totonu:<\/p>\n
Thank you to all of our trustees for attending our Zoom board of trustees meeting<\/a> on May 21 It was an action packed 2.5 hours and we got a lot of urgent WESTAF work done, so thank you, truly. I want to especially acknowledge our Chair Tamara Alvarado and Vice Chair Teniqua Broughton for leading us through this particularly challenging time, and also special recognition to Secretary Rossi, Treasurer Lange and Development Chair Hanan for putting in some really good and thoughtful work to get us ready for the meeting. I am glad to report that our two newest trustees \u2014 Megan Miller at Burning Man and Susan Garbett at Meow Wolf \u2014 have each received their formal invitation letters and will be receiving an orientation session prior to their first meeting in October. They both report that they are thrilled to be on the WESTAF board of trustees. They have been added to this bi-weekly recap and I hope it doesn\u2019t scare them off! We\u2019ll also be following up shortly to revise the new WESTAF Public Engagement and Advocacy Policy<\/a>, based on some really good feedback we received during the meeting. Especially given our packed agenda and our remote situations, I was impressed by the focused oversight from each of our trustees and very pleased that we saw our way through the whole agenda, right on time and in pretty good spirits. I felt so proud of our trustees!<\/p>\n You\u2019ll recall that we have developed a Return-to-the-Office 5-Phase Plan<\/a>. While we have seen some encouraging recent declines in new COVID-19 cases in the County of Denver in the last two weeks, there is still considerable trepidation and overarching concern about the possibility of a spike in new cases following more relaxed public behavior this past Memorial Day weekend and into the re-opening of some Denver businesses this week \u2014 as well as the George Floyd uprising here in Denver. Mustering a first wave of staffers to return to the office when this uncertainty and lack of confidence persists has been challenging and is not in the best interests of WESTAF. We\u2019re also in the fortunate position to be able to hold off and wait to see what the next 2-4 weeks will bring. We\u2019ll continue to monitor the situation closely. For this reason, we\u2019re delaying any attempt to re-populate the office at 1888 Sherman until at least Monday, July 6. If we continue to see an encouraging decline in new cases \u2014 and the collective confidence improves as we see our communities coming back to some acceptable definition of normal \u2014 we may elect to activate our plan at a later Phase 2 or 3 with more staffers returning to the office. If we\u2019re seeing a continuous positive trend, we will also be looking for volunteers in addition to those who\u2019ve already expressed a willingness to return to an office with health and safety precautions in place. On the whole, we believe it\u2019s better to have a plan that we are poised to implement at the appropriate time, rather than no plan at all, as it gives us a common frame of reference.<\/p>\n E pei ona lipotia muamua ma o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbalilolilo pea, fa\u02bbapipi\u02bbiina i se fesoasoani $10MM mai le Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, o lo\u02bbo fa\u02bbalauiloa e le US RAOs se Resilience Fund lea o le a tu\u02bbuina atu tupe fa\u02bbameaalofa e le tutusa i fa\u02bbalapotopotoga o faatufugaga ma aganuu i totonu o le US o lo\u02bbo feagai ma faigata tau tamaoaiga e mafua mai i le Koviti-19 pipisi i le lalolagi. O le fa'aputugatupe o le a fa'atatau i fa'alapotopotoga i nu'u ma taulaga e iai a'afiaga i le setete, fa'aitulagi po'o le atunu'u. Ua mafai nei ona ou lipoti atu ua maua e le WESTAF la matou fa'ameaalofa mai le Mellon Foundation i le aso 21 o Me mo le $1,970,000, e fai ma sui o le pasene o lenei fesoasoani o le a toe tufatufaina atu e le WESTAF i setete i sisifo. O lo\u02bbo matou galulue fa\u02bbatasi ma lo matou tuafafine RAOs ma le Mellon Foundation e atia\u02bbe se fa\u02bbasalalauga lautele e tatau ona fa\u02bbasalalau i le isi 2-3 vaiaso. E pei ona lipotia muamua, O lo\u02bbo fuafua le RAO e fa\u02bbaauau le sailiga tupe i luga o le tupe i le isi 1-2 tausaga.<\/p>\n O le WESTAF CARES Tupe Toomaga mo Faalapotopotoga<\/a> application officially closed on Monday, May 11. With over 400 applicants from all 13 states, the team determined it would be beneficial to extend the deadline for 3 states with a low number of applications – Alaska, Nevada and Wyoming. Chrissy and Madalena finalized the applications and are now preparing to move to the next phase of the process, which involves orienting and convening 4 separate panels of 16 volunteers from the 13 WESTAF-region states over three days \u2014 June 15-17. Final funding recommendations will be made the last week of June with an approval and announcement by the end of the month.<\/p>\n Results of the COVID-19 Arts Impact Survey will be announced this week. MarComms and Alliances, Advocacy, and Policy have worked together to develop a press release and resource pages on the WESTAF website based on the recently completed final report<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a piece entitled, \u201cWhat does COVID-19 mean for place-based development?,\u201d<\/a> Christa Wagner, an economic development consultant and researcher at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, cited CVSuite data for the state of North Carolina and quoted WESTAF in making a case for the role of the arts in economic development strategies during these challenging times.<\/p>\n WESTAF is developing and deepening its relationship with other grantmakers and thought leaders regionally and nationally. David recently spoke with the Performing Arts department at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California, per their request, about political and policy developments affecting the arts regionally and nationally. David was also recently asked to serve as a grant panelist for Arts in Society (AIS), a collaborative grant program supporting cross-sector work through the arts in Colorado, and recently served on a AIS grantee learning community panel with leaders from Colorado Creative Industries, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, and Denver Arts & Venues. WESTAF is also now represented on the executive committee of the National Creative Economy Coalition (CEC), a loose network of organizations with creative economy portfolios. David recently joined this national leadership team that includes Jonathon Glus, executive director of the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture; Jen Goulet, executive director, Wonderfool Productions; Christine Harris, chief connector, Christine Harris Connections; Susan Soroko, director, Creative Economy, Arlington Economic Development; George Tzougros, executive director, Wisconsin State Arts Board; and Matt Woolman, associate dean and director of the VCU Center for the Creative Economy. The CEC formerly produced \u201cAmerica\u2019s Creative Economy,\u201d<\/a> a comparative study of creative economy research across the nation conducted with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF, South Arts, Americans for the Arts, and others.<\/p>\n Ua mae'a e le WESTAF ni su'esu'ega vave tali vave\/fesoasoani fa'atekinisi mai ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete i le lua vaiaso ua tuana'i, tasi mo le California Arts Council (CAC) ma le isi mo le Vaega o Ata ma Fale Mataaga a Iuta. O le poloketi a le CAC na toe iloiloina le fa'asoaina o polokalame fa'ameaalofa a le tele o tala fa'atatau o tupe a le setete fa'ale-aganu'u i totonu o le atunu'u ma le itu i sisifo o le setete ma fa'atusatusa ia mea i le fa'asoa a le CAC. O le fa'ai'uga o fa'amatalaga na maua ai fo'i fautuaga i ta'ita'i o le Fono. O le poloketi o le Arts and Museums na fa'ailoa mai ai su'esu'ega ma fa'amaumauga e fa'amaonia ai le lelei o a'afiaga tau tamaoaiga o turisi fa'aleaganu'u ma measina i Iuta. O galuega uma nei e lua e fa'amoemoe e lagolago ai le aga'i i luma o nei lala sooupu.<\/p>\n I le Aso Lulu, Me 27, na logoina ai e Laurel ma Tavita ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete ma faalapotopotoga faufautua i le itulagi le maua o le pepa o lipoti faaiu mo le 2020 State Advocacy Funds. Ina ia maua a latou totogi mulimuli, e mana'omia e i latou o lo'o mauaina le WESTAF's State Advocacy Funds le tu'uina atu o se lipoti fa'ai'u e fa'amatala ai le fa'aogaina o tupe ma lona aoga i le ausiaina o sini fa'aletulafono o lo'o tu'uina atu e setete ta'itasi e agava'a ai mo le fa'atupeina. O le aso fa'atulagaina mo le pepa fa'ai'u o lenei tausaga na fa'aopopoina i le aso 1 o Setema e fa'aoga ai le tuai o tali a le au tali mai ona o fa'afitauli e afua mai i le fa'ama'i COVID-19. O setete uma e 13 i le itulagi WESTAF ua agava'a e maua le itiiti ifo i le $10,000 i le State Advocacy Funds i lenei tausaga. I le taimi nei, 60% o le aofa'iga $155,000 i le 2020 State Advocacy Funds ua mae'a fa'asoa. I tausaga ua tuana\u02bbi, o tupe na fa\u02bbaaogaina lelei e le setete e fa\u02bbatautaia ai taumafaiga tau feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga, fa\u02bbafaigaluegaina se tagata tomai fa\u02bbapolofesa e fesoasoani i le fa\u02bbamautuina o tupe faaopoopo mo le ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete, ma fa\u02bbavae faiga fa\u02bbapa\u02bbaga ma isi fa\u02bbalapotopotoga e fa\u02bbaogaina tupe mo faatufugaga i le setete.<\/p>\n I le amataga o le 2020, na amata ai e le WESTAF ona fa\u02bbata\u02bbita\u02bbiina le Federal Advocacy Funds, o se polokalame fou e ofoina atu tupe (fa\u02bbatupuina mai ana tupe maua) i ofisa faatufugaga a le setete i totonu o le itulagi e fa\u02bbatulaga ai le aumalaga i Uosigitone, DC e auai i galuega fa\u02bbale-malo ma fa\u02bbatulaga isi ituaiga o mafutaga ma sui o le Konekeresi. Mai ia Mati ia Me, o ta\u02bbiala mo le WESTAF Federal Advocacy Funds na fa\u02bbafouina ina ia mafai ai ona fa\u02bbaogaina atili le fa\u02bbaogaina o tupe ona o le fa\u02bbama\u02bbi COVID-19. O nei fa\u02bbafouga, o le mea aupito lata mai na fa\u02bbasalalau ia Me 14, e aofia ai le fa\u02bbaopoopoina o tupe fa\u02bbaalu e le o femalagaa\u02bbi, e pei o tupe fa\u02bbaalu mai le suiga o galuega faufautua i se ata fa\u02bbapitoa, ma totogifuapauina mo a\u02bboa\u02bboga numera ma virtual, semina, summit, po\u02bbo isi fa'alavelave fa'atatau. E le gata i lea, ua mafai nei e fa'alapotopotoga ona fa'asoa tupe i galuega o le a latou fa'atinoina mulimuli ane i le tausaga. I le taimi nei, 10% o le aofa\u02bbi $27,500 i le 2020 Federal Advocacy Funds ua uma ona fa\u02bbasoa. O lo\u02bbo faia e le WESTAF ni fetuunaiga i fa\u02bbailoga i nisi o setete e tali atu ai i fa\u02bbalavelave e le\u02bbi tupu muamua ma tulaga fa\u02bbapitoa tau tupe o lo\u02bbo feagai ma nisi setete e mafai ona va\u02bbaia le fa\u02bbaitiitia o tupe a latou ofisa faatufugaga a le setete.<\/p>\n I nai tausaga talu ai, na amata ai ona taloina e le WESTAF le SAA fa'atonu fa'ata'ita'iga (SAAPADs) fa'atasi ma ta'ita'i o le fa'aupuga a le setete o le itulagi. O le fonotaga e maua ai se avanoa taua mo le aufaigaluega a le ofisa ma sui o le au fa'asalalauga e galulue fa'atasi i mataupu talafeagai, lautele lautele e feso'ota'i ma ta'amilosaga ma fa'aaliga. O fonotaga e masani ona faia i Denver, Colorado ma WESTAF e aofia uma tau mo tagata auai. Na matou amataina le 2020 ma le fa\u02bbamoemoe e faia le fonotaga a le SAAPAD i le faaiuga o Iulai 2020. E tusa ai ma le fa\u02bbama\u02bbi, o le aufaigaluega o le polokalame, Chrissy Deal, fa\u02bbatonu o tiute fa\u02bbaagafesootai ma le aofia, ma Lani Morris, fa\u02bbamaopoopo tupe, na faia le naunautaiga e suia le SAAPAD i se fa'asologa fa'apitoa e mafai ona faia i le gasologa o nai a'oa'oga e fa'atulaga i le fa'ai'uga o le taumafanafana po'o le amataga o le tautoulu 2020. Chrissy ma Lani o le a feso'ota'i ma fa'atonu fa'atonu ma le aufaigaluega. e uiga i fa\u02bbamatalaga ma taimi o a\u02bboa\u02bboga 2020 i vaiaso a sau.<\/p>\n Ia Ianuari 2020, na su\u02bbesu\u02bbeina ai e le WESTAF ofisa o faatufugaga a le setete e fa\u02bbamautinoa ai le NEA o le NEA peer sessions e sili ona fiafia e auai i le 2020. Na palota le setete e fa\u02bbatonu tupe fa\u02bbapolofesa o lo\u02bbo avanoa i le WESTAF mai le Arts Endowment e auina atu ai fa\u02bbamaopoopo avanoa i le NASAA Assembly i San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oketopa 21-23. (O le Konafesi LEAD na fa\u02bbatulagaina mo Aukuso 2020, o le isi lea filifiliga, na tolopoina i le 2021). I le taimi nei, e le'i faia e le NASAA se fa'ai'uga e uiga i le fa'apotopotoga ia Oketopa 2020. E le o mautinoa e le Ofisa o Avanoa i le Arts Endowment pe o le a faia se vasega a le tupulaga ma o lo'o fa'atalanoaina nei se faiga fa'apitoa.<\/p>\n Chrissy o lo\u02bbo galulue vavalalata ma le ELC faculty - Salvador Acevedo, Tamara Alvarado, ma Margie Johnson Reese - e sui la matou taulaiga i se isi faatulagaga e le mana\u02bbomia ai se tagata e taloina. O la matou 'au o le tagata muamua e ta\u02bbutino atu o fa\u02bbatasiga a le tagata lava ia e le gata e fiafia i ai, ae maua ai le lagona sili o feso\u02bbota\u02bbiga ma a\u02bboa\u02bboga. O lena tala, ua ia i matou foi le tomai e mautinoa ai o le a'oa'oina i luga o le initaneti ma le atina'eina o tomai faapitoa o le a aoga ma aoga i le fausiaina o sootaga - o se elemene autu o le polokalame ELC. Ua uma ona matou amata fa'atalanoa manatu pe fa'afefea ona fetu'una'i la matou faiga ma fa'afeso'ota'i fa'amatalaga o le polokalame, e aofia ai ma le fa'afaigaluegaina o tagata talosaga, mulimuli ane i lenei taumafanafana.<\/p>\n I tausaga talu ai nei, na talimalo ai le WESTAF i sauniga fa\u02bbapitoa mo le atina\u02bbeina o tomai fa\u02bbapitoa mo le aufaigaluega a le setete e lua (e ese mai le pule fa\u02bbatonu) po\u02bbo sui o le komiti fa\u02bbatonu i le setete i Denver. O le fono e fa'atatau i le aufaigaluega o lo'o i ai le tele o tomai ma tulaga eseese o le poto masani i a latou lava ofisa, su'esu'eina le tele o autu fa'asolosolo, ma o nei sauniga ua mamanuina e tu'uina atu ai fa'amatalaga i aga fa'atupula'ia i le fanua mo le fusi o le setete. aufaigaluega a le ofisa faatufugaga. O sauniga talu ai nei na su'esu'eina ai le tele o mataupu, e aofia ai faatufugaga i nuu i tua, eseesega, fa'aofi ma tutusa, ma pisinisi fa'afiafiaga ua alia'e mai. O le WESTAF e aofia uma ai femalagaiga ma mea e nonofo ai e feso'ota'i ma lenei fonotaga. O David Holland, o le faatonu o faiga faavae a le malo, ua nafa ma le matafaioi mo lenei fono, lea ua fuafuaina mo le amataga o le 2021 e faavae i manatu faaalia mai faatonu sili o ofisa faatufugaga a le setete. E mafai e ofisa ona fa'amoemoe nisi fa'amatalaga e uiga i fuafuaga mo le fonotaga i le fa'ai'uga o le 2020.<\/p>\nTOE FOI I LE FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA (CG)<\/span><\/h1>\n
FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE (CG)<\/span><\/h1>\n
WESTAF CARES RELIEF FUND FOR ORGANISATION (CD)<\/span><\/h1>\n
COVID-19 FA'AALIGA FA'AALIGA FA'ALI'AGA I'UGA I'UGA (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n
WESTAF\/CVSUITE SI'AI E UNC CHARLOTTE URBAN INSTITUTE (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n
ATINA'E I WESTAF SO'OGA (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n
'AU'UNIGA FA'AVAVITI'I TALI I LE FA'AVAE FA'AVAE (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n
ATINA'E I LE WESTAF STATE ADVOCACY FOGRAM (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n
ATINA'E I LE WESTAF FEDERAL ADVOCACY FOUNDS PROGRAM (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n
FA'ATONU O FA'ATASI FA'ATASI (SAAPAD) (CD)<\/span><\/h1>\n
FA'AFEAGAI IA AUAGA I LE NASAA (CD)<\/span><\/h1>\n
TA'ITA'I FA'ATA'ITA'I O LE POLOKALAME VALUE (CD)<\/span><\/h1>\n
SAUNIGA A LE ATINAE FAIGALUEGA A LE STATE AGENCY (CD)<\/span><\/h1>\n
FUAFUAGA FUAFUAGA (NS)<\/span><\/h1>\n