PROFILES: Western States Arts Federation
www.westaf.org

Anthony Radich, Executive Director
Keith Colbo, Chair - Missoula, Montana

Member States
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming

Celebrating the Western Imagination Through the Arts

The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) is a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. Founded in 1974, the organization fulfills its mission to strengthen the financial, organizational, and policy infrastructure of the arts in the West by providing innovative programs and services. WESTAF's constituents include the state arts agencies of the West, as well as artists and arts organizations located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. WESTAF is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

WESTAF currently is engaged in arts-policy research, information-systems development, state arts agency development, and convening experts and leaders in the arts to address critical issues affecting arts and culture. In addition, the organization continues to be committed to supporting programs for artists and organizations in presenting, literature, visual arts and the folk arts. WESTAF is also engaged in an array of web-based projects designed to benefit the arts community of the West.

As a progressive and evolving organization, WESTAF initiates new programs and projects regularly and is proud to have artists and arts administrators on staff.

WESTAF is governed by a 22-member board of trustees drawn largely from arts leaders in the West. The state arts agencies of WESTAF's 13 member states are the principal beneficiaries of WESTAF's work and each state is represented on the board.

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