Xin ch\u00e0o c\u00e1c \u1ee6y vi\u00ean:<\/p>\n
Th\u1eadt kh\u00f3 \u0111\u1ec3 c\u00f3 v\u1ebb l\u1ea1c quan hay "kinh doanh nh\u01b0 th\u01b0\u1eddng l\u1ec7" khi nh\u1ea3y v\u00e0o b\u00e1o c\u00e1o hai tu\u1ea7n m\u1ed9t l\u1ea7n n\u00e0y. Th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi \u0111ang \u0111au \u0111\u1edbn qu\u00e1 v\u00e0 t\u00f4i t\u1ee9c gi\u1eadn, bu\u1ed3n b\u00e3 v\u00e0 m\u1ec7t m\u1ecfi v\u1ec1 n\u01a1i ch\u00fang ta \u0111ang \u1edf. Tuy nhi\u00ean, c\u00f4ng l\u00fd ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c th\u1ef1c thi, c\u00f9ng v\u1edbi vi\u1ec7c ch\u1ea5m d\u1ee9t n\u1ea1n ph\u00e2n bi\u1ec7t ch\u1ee7ng t\u1ed9c c\u00f3 h\u1ec7 th\u1ed1ng. Black Lives Matter. T\u00f4i v\u1eabn hy v\u1ecdng r\u1eb1ng \u0111i\u1ec1u t\u1ed1t \u0111\u1eb9p to l\u1edbn s\u1ebd x\u1ea3y ra v\u00ec \u0111i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y, nh\u01b0ng t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 ch\u00fang ta ph\u1ea3i c\u00f9ng nhau th\u1ef1c hi\u1ec7n. T\u00f4i bi\u1ebft \u01a1n c\u1ed9ng \u0111\u1ed3ng WESTAF c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang ta v\u00e0 g\u1eedi s\u1ee9c m\u1ea1nh, kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng ph\u1ee5c h\u1ed3i v\u00e0 s\u1ef1 ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n \u0111\u1ebfn t\u1eebng ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong s\u1ed1 c\u00e1c b\u1ea1n khi ch\u00fang ta ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c c\u00f4ng vi\u1ec7c c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh. M\u1eb7c d\u00f9 \u0111\u00f4i khi ch\u00fang ta c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y qu\u00e1 s\u1ee9c, t\u00f4i v\u1eabn tin t\u01b0\u1edfng m\u1ed9t c\u00e1ch n\u1ed3ng nhi\u1ec7t r\u1eb1ng nh\u1eefng g\u00ec ch\u00fang ta l\u00e0m t\u1ea1i WESTAF gi\u00fap cho v\u00f2ng cung d\u00e0i c\u1ee7a v\u0169 tr\u1ee5 \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c h\u01b0\u1edbng t\u1edbi c\u00f4ng l\u00fd (\u0111\u1ec3 di\u1ec5n gi\u1ea3i l\u1ea1i Martin Luther King, Jr.). V\u00ec v\u1eady, ch\u00fang ta h\u00e3y c\u00f9ng b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u ngay:<\/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 Nh\u01b0 \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0a tin tr\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u00f3 v\u00e0 v\u1eabn c\u00f2n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c b\u1ea3o m\u1eadt, \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c t\u00e0i tr\u1ee3 $10MM t\u1eeb Qu\u1ef9 Andrew W. Mellon, c\u00e1c RAO Hoa K\u1ef3 \u0111ang kh\u1edfi \u0111\u1ed9ng Qu\u1ef9 ph\u1ee5c h\u1ed3i s\u1ebd cung c\u1ea5p c\u00e1c kho\u1ea3n t\u00e0i tr\u1ee3 kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ed1i \u1ee9ng cho c\u00e1c t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt v\u00e0 v\u0103n h\u00f3a tr\u00ean kh\u1eafp Hoa K\u1ef3 \u0111ang ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u1ed1i m\u1eb7t v\u1edbi kh\u00f3 kh\u0103n kinh t\u1ebf do \u0111\u1ea1i d\u1ecbch COVID-19 g\u00e2y ra. Qu\u1ef9 s\u1ebd nh\u1eafm m\u1ee5c ti\u00eau v\u00e0o c\u00e1c t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c n\u00f4ng th\u00f4n v\u00e0 th\u00e0nh th\u1ecb c\u00f3 t\u00e1c \u0111\u1ed9ng tr\u00ean to\u00e0n ti\u1ec3u bang, khu v\u1ef1c ho\u1eb7c qu\u1ed1c gia. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd t\u00f4i c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 b\u00e1o c\u00e1o r\u1eb1ng WESTAF \u0111\u00e3 nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c th\u00f4ng b\u00e1o t\u00e0i tr\u1ee3 t\u1eeb Qu\u1ef9 Mellon v\u00e0o ng\u00e0y 21 th\u00e1ng 5 cho $1.970.000, \u0111\u1ea1i di\u1ec7n cho t\u1ef7 l\u1ec7 ph\u1ea7n tr\u0103m kho\u1ea3n t\u00e0i tr\u1ee3 n\u00e0y m\u00e0 WESTAF s\u1ebd ph\u00e2n ph\u1ed1i l\u1ea1i cho c\u00e1c ti\u1ec3u bang ph\u00eda t\u00e2y. Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111ang trong qu\u00e1 tr\u00ecnh l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c v\u1edbi c\u00e1c RAO ch\u1ecb em c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh v\u00e0 Qu\u1ef9 Mellon \u0111\u1ec3 x\u00e2y d\u1ef1ng m\u1ed9t th\u00f4ng b\u00e1o c\u00f4ng khai d\u1ef1 ki\u1ebfn s\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111\u01b0a ra trong 2-3 tu\u1ea7n t\u1edbi. Nh\u01b0 \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0a tin tr\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u00f3, c\u00e1c RAO c\u00f3 k\u1ebf ho\u1ea1ch ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c g\u00e2y qu\u1ef9 xung quanh qu\u1ef9 trong 1-2 n\u0103m t\u1edbi.<\/p>\n C\u00e1c Qu\u1ef9 c\u1ee9u tr\u1ee3 WESTAF CARES d\u00e0nh cho c\u00e1c t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c<\/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>\nC\u1eacP NH\u1eacT K\u1ebe HO\u1ea0CH TR\u1ede L\u1ea0I V\u0102N PH\u00d2NG (CG)<\/span><\/h1>\n
QU\u1ef8 PH\u1ee4C H\u1ed2I NGH\u1ec6 THU\u1eacT KHU V\u1ef0C HOA K\u1ef2 (CG)<\/span><\/h1>\n
QU\u1ef8 C\u1ee8U TR\u1ee2 WESTAF CARES CHO C\u00c1C T\u1ed4 CH\u1ee8C (CD)<\/span><\/h1>\n
TH\u00d4NG B\u00c1O K\u1ebeT QU\u1ea2 KH\u1ea2O S\u00c1T T\u00c1C \u0110\u1ed8NG NGH\u1ec6 THU\u1eacT COVID-19 (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n
WESTAF\/CVSUITE \u0110\u01af\u1ee2C TR\u00cdCH D\u1eaaN B\u1edeI VI\u1ec6N \u0110\u00d4 TH\u1eca UNC CHARLOTTE (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n
S\u1ef0 PH\u00c1T TRI\u1ec2N TRONG LI\u00caN MINH WESTAF (DH)<\/span><\/h1>\n