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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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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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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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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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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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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Featured News | Posted: September 28, 2016
A town hall reception at the Gryphon Theater in Laramie is set to welcome NEA Chairman Jane Chu to Wyoming on October 6. The reception celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the
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Featured News | Posted: September 21, 2016
The current Art Education undergraduate program at the University of Wyoming offers a concurrent major in both art education through the College of Education and art through the Art Department.
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Featured News | Posted: September 20, 2016
The Wyoming Arts Council is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s creative writing fellowships. They each will receive a $3,000 award plus a travel stipend to read their work
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Featured News | Posted: September 14, 2016
I have taken a number of professional artists into Jennifer’s classes for residencies. She is always open to such activities, planning well in advance to ensure her students are able to
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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.
