The best air guitarist in the U.S.A. is from Casper. Justin Howard won the U.S. Air Guitar Championship Saturday in Chicago. Lest you think that air guitaring is a lower art form, check out Justin’s performance via this Casper-Star Trib article.
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.
ARTS COUNCIL FACT
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.