Featured News | Posted: February 25, 2019
The Wyoming Arts Council hosts the Poetry Out Loud State Finals Competition on Mon., March 4 at 7 p.m. at the College Community Center Playhouse at Laramie County Community College, 1400 East College Drive in Cheyenne. Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Tues., March 5 at 10:30 a.m. in the lobby of the
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Featured News | Posted: February 12, 2019
The Wyoming Arts Council is offering grant writing workshops for arts organizations, fiscally-sponsored projects, nonprofits, school districts, or government entities that are interested in applying to the Arts Council’s Community Support Grant (CSG). Join the Arts Council at one of the application workshops listed below. Workshops are designed to help applicants prepare their grant applications.
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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.