Featured News | Posted: June 19, 2019
James F. Jackson, a leatherworker from Sheridan, has been awarded a National Heritage Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Jackson is recognized for his excellence in leather carving. He has spent the bulk of his career doing custom work for King’s Saddlery in downtown Sheridan, and now demonstrates his leather
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Featured News | Posted: June 11, 2019
The Wyoming Arts Council is pleased to announce the 2019 Wyoming Road Trip Playlist. Hours driving across vast plains must be accompanied by some seriously engaging tunes and this playlist offers summer road trippers the best soundtrack for their Wyoming adventures. Listen to the playlist on Spotify now by visiting: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/346os5qK8hYRLBz7hev3lw These musicians represent some of
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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.