Announcing the 2017 Blanchan/Doubleday Writing Award Winners
Program News | Posted: December 14, 2016
The Wyoming Arts Council announces the winners of the 2017 Blanchan/Doubleday Writing Awards. Erin Jones of Laramie has won the Doubleday award for her entry, “The Conners.” Winner of the
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25 Wyoming Artists Selected for Inaugural IMTour Participation
Uncategorized | Posted: December 13, 2016
The Wyoming Arts Council is proud to announce 25 bands selected to represent Wyoming’s Independent Music in the inaugural year of the Western States Art Federation’s (WESTAF) program, IMTour. The Independent
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2016 Governor’s Arts Awards winners announced
Featured News, Program News | Posted: December 12, 2016
Governor Matt Mead has announced the recipients of the Wyoming Arts Council’s 2016 Governor’s Arts Awards. Recipients will be honored at a dinner and awards ceremony on February 3, in Cheyenne. The
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Wyoming’s Health & Wellness through the Arts Census
Featured News | Posted: December 1, 2016
The Wyoming Arts Council is taking a census of arts programming related to Health & Wellness. If you are based in Wyoming, and if you are in the Healthcare, Aging,
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The Every Student Succeeds Act & the Arts
Featured News, Program News | Posted: October 31, 2016
What is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)? The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015, reauthorizing the 50-year old Elementary and Secondary
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Wyoming Arts Council Board to meet in Torrington
Featured News | Posted: October 26, 2016
The Wyoming Arts Council Board will hold its next quarterly meeting Thursday, November 10 – Friday, November 11 at Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, Room T274. Beginning at 1:30 p.m. the board will
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The Arts Council & the Cultural Trust Fund
Featured News, Grant News | Posted: October 20, 2016
The Wyoming Arts Council enjoys a close relationship with the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund. We’re both granting organizations, we go to the same staff meetings here at State Parks &
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2017-18 NEA Big Read Guidelines Now Available
Featured News | Posted: October 13, 2016
Public webinar about the NEA Big Read on November 16, 2016 at 3pm ET Washington, DC— Today the National Endowment for the Arts released the application guidelines for 2017-2018 NEA Big
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Applications Open for 2017 Blanchan and Doubleday Creative Writing Awards
Featured News | Posted: October 5, 2016
The Wyoming Arts Council welcomes applications for the 2017 Blanchan and Doubleday writing awards. The Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award of $1,000, is given annually for the best poetry, fiction,
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Piatigorsky Foundation soprano Erika Wueschner and pianist Richard Dowling tour Wyoming in October
Featured News | Posted: October 3, 2016
For the 13th consecutive year, the Muriel & Seymour Thickman Family Charitable Trust in Sheridan is funding The Piatigorsky Foundation’s tour of Wyoming. The fall/winter 2016 tour will include public
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