{"id":10913,"date":"2021-06-01T16:02:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T22:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westaf.org\/?p=10913"},"modified":"2021-06-01T16:02:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T22:02:01","slug":"bi-weekly-recap-june-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.wearecreativewest.org\/vi\/bi-weekly-recap-june-1-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00f3m t\u1eaft hai tu\u1ea7n m\u1ed9t l\u1ea7n: Ng\u00e0y 1 th\u00e1ng 6 n\u0103m 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xin ch\u00e0o c\u00e1c \u1ee7y vi\u00ean v\u00e0 nh\u00e2n vi\u00ean c\u1ee7a WESTAF:<\/span><\/p>\n

Hope everyone had a relaxing long weekend and is ready to finally ease into summer. This weekend, I drove out to Naturita, CO where we camped, swam, inner tubed and checked out some <\/span>cool art<\/span><\/a> at <\/span>CampV<\/span><\/a>. Hope you found a way to relax, too! It was a great break after a busy few weeks. Hot off the press this morning, <\/span>this article in Governing Magazine<\/span><\/a> is by former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and NASAA CEO Pam Breaux, and uses the example of the rebound from Hurricane Katrina to show the arts sector’s contribution to community resilience. The <\/span>recent report<\/span><\/a> from the Western States Arts Federation in collaboration with NASAA and Indiana University is prominently mentioned in the article \u2014 really wonderful recognition! Here\u2019s a recap of the last few weeks at WESTAF…<\/span><\/p>\n

WESTAF SPRING TRUSTEES MEETING AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS (CG)<\/b><\/h2>\n

Committees and the full board met last week<\/span><\/a> to do the work of the organization, and much was accomplished! The development committee put forward two new trustee candidates <\/span>Candace Kita<\/span><\/a> (Oregon) and <\/span>Adrian San Miguel<\/span><\/a> (Idaho), both of whom were unanimously voted onto the board and will be attending their first WESTAF meeting in October \u2014 welcome to the WESTAF board of trustees, Candace and Adrian! (and welcome to your first biweekly!). The EIC met new WESTAFfers Anika Kwinana and Cameron Green, learned about new committee leadership plans and picked up their discussion around the <\/span>WESTAF Guiding Principles<\/span><\/a>. Trustees also received illuminating <\/span>Business<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>AAP\/SRI<\/span><\/a> presentations followed by some spirited and thoughtful discussion, as well as an update on WESTAF\u2019s foundation fundraising <\/span>status<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>strategy<\/span><\/a>. Speaking of fundraising…<\/span><\/p>\n

MURDOCK TRUST AWARDS GRANT TO WESTAF TO SUPPORT EXPANSION OF ALLIANCES, ADVOCACY, AND PUBLIC POLICY TEAM (DH)<\/b><\/h2>\n

At their board meeting on May 27, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust awarded WESTAF a multiyear grant of $146,850 to support a new manager position in the Alliances, Advocacy, and Public Policy (AAP) division over three years through their Strategic Project Grants Program. Christian and David engaged leaders at the Trust over many months, and the pair, alongside Amy Hollrah and board officers Tamara Alvarado, Teniqua Broughton, and Mike Lange, attended a virtual site visit with members of their Programs team in February. Please keep this confidential at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

OUR VICE CHAIR\/CHAIR ELECT TENIQUA BROUGHTON GETS A WELL-DESERVED ACCOLADE (CG)<\/b><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s no surprise to us, of course, but Teniqua Broughton of VerveSimone Consulting has received another award \u2014 this time, Teniqua has become a part of the <\/span>Phoenix Business Journal\u2019s Most Admired Leaders, class of 2021<\/span><\/a>. We are so proud \u2014 congratulations, Teniqua!<\/span><\/p>\n

TRUSTEE MEGAN MILLER HAS GRADUATE SCHOOL PLANS (CG)<\/b><\/h2>\n

WESTAF board member and director of communications at Burning Man Megan Miller was recently accepted to the <\/span>Executive Masters in Cities<\/span><\/a> program at the London School of Economics. It’s a relatively new program, both online and in person, that’s equal parts urban planning, public policy, and leadership training. Megan will be able to take what she\u2019s learned building a city in the Nevada desert each year into this innovative new LSE advanced program. Congratulations, Megan!<\/span><\/p>\n

WESTAF ALL-TEAM MEETING (CG)<\/b><\/h2>\n

Seems like a long way off now, but last Monday 5\/17, the WESTAF staff got together over Zoom for the second of our thrice-annual all-team meetings in the lead up to our board meeting. It was<\/span> a full agenda<\/span><\/a>, where we got to welcome new WESTAFers Anika Kwinana, Cameron Green, Blair Carpenter, Lily Gately and Paul Barrow, recruit for our strategic planning cohorts and organizational committees and get a sneak preview of the agenda for the upcoming board of trustees meeting, including a business presentation from Christina Villa and an overview of the American Rescue plan and the evolving staff structure of the AAP and SRI divisions. The last part of the meeting featured a \u201ccreating a feedback-rich environment\u201d discussion from coach Val Atkin, as we strive to become a more 360 feedback-centered work community utilizing the Insights evaluation tool.<\/span><\/p>\n

CREATIVITY LAB COLORADO TO LEAD FIRST SESSION OF WESTAF STATE ARTS AGENCY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES (DH)<\/b><\/h2>\n

Kevin Yoshida and Bill Marino of the Creativity Lab Colorado will lead the first session of a state arts agency professional development program series in early July titled \u201cBuilding Momentum: Storyboarding for Creative Communities.\u201d The session will \u201cshare a field tested framework to align stakeholders and help move community transformation forward\u201d that has shown particular success in communities who are forming creative districts. The group has worked with WESTAF\u2019s state arts agency partners Colorado Creative Industries and ArtsWA to provide support around the formation of creative districts and\/or provide resources for arts and culture constituents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NASAA TO PRESENT ON POLITICAL MESSAGING AT NEXT WESTERN ARTS ADVOCACY NETWORK MEETING (DH)\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Kelly Barsdate, Chief Program and Planning Officer at the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), and David met to plan an upcoming session with the Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN) in which she will discuss the new messaging framework <\/span>Arts and Creativity Strengthen our Nation<\/span><\/a> and effectively engaging elected officials across the political spectrum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WESTAF IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ADVOCACY TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER QUORUM ABOUT TOOLS TO BOLSTER OUR CAPACITY FOR GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT (DH)<\/b><\/h2>\n

Following months of discussion, Leah and David met with representatives from Quorum, a public affairs software company, to discuss their service offering and its use cases to support grassroots advocacy campaigns, the Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar in future years, and related activities. David is considering initial use of the tool as part of FY22 budget planning for AAP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

FY21 FEDERAL ADVOCACY FUNDS PROGRAM LAUNCHED (MH)<\/b><\/h2>\n

Moana and David have launched the FY21 Federal Advocacy Funds program and are currently working with partners across the 13 states to disburse awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WESTAF AND DISART ENGAGE IN A DEEPER EXPLORATION OF FUTURE SESSIONS FOR WESTAF BOARD AND STAFF ON DISABILITY CULTURE (AK\/DH)<\/b><\/h2>\n

Anika Kwinana and David Holland met with Chris Smit and Jill Vyn of DisArt to further plan upcoming training sessions for Board members, the Equity and Inclusion Committee and for WESTAF staff, respectively, on disability culture.\u00a0 With a goal of launching the sessions in early August, they will include an experience survey to gather more information on our collective knowledge and practice in the disability culture space.\u00a0 Training sessions will be designed for these specific audiences: board members and EIC as it relates to strategic direction and visioning; and, WESTAF staff for practical uses in business and programs.\u00a0 For WESTAF staff, the intention is to culminate the training with case studies that will help respective teams, led by the Leadership Resource Team, to consider practical uses for these new skills.\u00a0 Anika and David will engage with leadership to further plan for these sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n

WESTAF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MURAL PROJECT PANEL SELECTS AND INTERVIEWS TWO SHORTLISTED FINALISTS (LG\/LM\/AK\/DH)<\/b><\/h2>\n

To mark the centennial of the landmark legislation that granted women the right to vote, WESTAF will commission the creation of a mural related to Women\u2019s Suffrage in a highly trafficked site in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood. A mural or series of murals will be painted along the canals located within the median across from the Montbello Student Campus near the intersection of Crown Boulevard and 51st Avenue. The selected site is central to many of those who reside in District 11 and will generate a great deal of traffic among school students and those who live and work in Montbello. This project was made possible through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Federal Women\u2019s Suffrage Centennial Commission. Significant project goals include the engagement of BIPOC and women artists and collaborators that bring contemporary perspectives to the public realm; achieving a visually engaging design that becomes a platform for educational outreach; and involving the local creative economy in the development, fabrication, installation, and maintenance of the project. Led by Public Art Archive Program Manager Lori Goldstein, and supported by the SRI Team, the nine-member panel determined the top two submissions from 15 applicants for the W. On May 25, those two shortlisted applicants gave presentations and answered questions. The panel then submitted their final votes to be tabulated and announced in the first week of June.\u00a0 The panel\u2019s rubric included:<\/span><\/p>\n