Featured News | Posted: October 25, 2018
The Wyoming Arts Council board will hold its next quarterly meeting Thursday and Friday, Nov. 8 -9 at the Laramie Plains Civic Center. On Thursday the board will attend the Piatigorsky Foundation concert featuring cellist Evan Drachman at Rock River school at 2 p.m. and a Relative Theatrics performance at the Laramie Plains Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. Beginning
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, in 2014, there were 11,451 jobs devoted to our state’s creative sector, which is 30% above the national average and second only to New York.
The Arts contributed $763.6 billion to the U.S. economy in 2015, 4.2 percent of GDP and counted 4.9 million workers, who earned $372 billion in total compensation.
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.