Creative Aging Project Grant

Grant Opens: May 11, 2026
Grant Closes: June 22, 2026
Grant Implementation Period: Projects must be complete by June 30, 2027

Supporting Arts Engagement for Older Adults

The Creative Aging Project Grant funds the development and delivery of arts programs that serve older adults (ages 55+) in Wyoming communities. These programs promote social connection, lifelong learning, and creative expression through sequential, skills-based arts instruction.

Creative Aging Project Grant Guidelines

The Creative Aging Project Grant is open to non-profit organizations and to individual teaching artists to develop Creative Aging programming in Wyoming communities. This is a competitive grant. Grants will be awarded to organizations and/or individual teaching artists in order to develop and implement between one and four separate 8-week creative aging programs. Grants will be awarded in increments of $2,500 for each 8 week creative aging program ($2,500 for one program, $5,000 for two programs, $7,500 for three programs, $10,000 for four programs).

• Both arts organizations and individual teaching artists are eligible to apply for this grant.
• For individual teaching artists this can be a useful professional development opportunity. Professional development in the arts is the purposeful process of continuous learning, growth and refinement of skills and knowledge. It includes the pursuit of opportunities that strengthen one’s craft and career. It allows artists and arts professionals to enhance their own portfolio or practice and/or develop career readiness skills.
• This application is for projects taking place before June 30 of the following year.
• The Creative Aging Project Grant distributes financial support based on scores assigned by a panel of experts and arts professionals.
• No cash match is required, and In-kind contributions will be reported on the final report.

Proposed projects should accomplish the following:

• Primarily serve older adults (55+). 
• Programs that are working with a residential aging community (residential nursing home, etc) should be open and advertised to the general public for attendance. 
• Programs should utilize the Lifetime Arts Model of Creative Aging programming of an 8 week long sequential skills-building program followed by a public culminating event. Similar, alternative models that prioritize social engagement and sequential learning will also be considered.

Before applying, all organizations must review the Wyoming Arts Council’s Grant Guidelines to ensure compliance and understand the application process.

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How to Apply

The application period for this grant is currently closed. The FY27 application will open on May 11, 2026.

Timeline (Dates are subject to change)

• Application opens: May 11, 2026
• Application deadline: June 22, 2026
• Panel review meeting: July 30, 2026
• Wyoming Arts Council board meeting: August 13, 2026
• Award notification: August 2026

Application Resources

Make sure to keep track attendance at your programs and the number of instructional hours as these are required for your final report.

Download a copy of the Creative Aging Project Grant Applicant Guidebook for assistance with the application.

Please review the full Creative Aging Project Grant Questions and Evaluation Criteria for application preparation.

Lifetime Arts Model Overview

Accessing Your Grant Application or Final Report

For a new grant application or to access your final report for projects taking place from 7/1/21 to the current fiscal year:

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2026/2027 Grant Recipients

• The Wyoming Arts Council has awarded $162,500 in Creative Aging Project Grants to Wyoming teaching artists and nonprofit organizations to develop and deliver a total of 65 eight-week arts programs for older adults across the state. Recipients included:
  
  Ammon Knighten, Rozet
• Arts Cheyenne
• Barrie Lynn Bryant Jr., Thermopolis
• Bodylines Dance Theatre Inc., Cheyenne
• Buffalo Senior Center, Inc. 
• Dancers’ Workshop of Jackson Hole
• Deborah Kassner, Laramie
• India Susan-Carol Hayford, Casper
• Jackson Hole Writers 
• Jennifer Greene, Buffalo
• Jennifer Glenn Wuerker, Buffalo
• Judith J. Gonet, Bedford
• Judy Kwong, Alpine
• Laramie Plains Civic Center, Inc. 
• Lincoln County Library Foundation Inc., Kemmerer
• Lynn Jones, Laramie
• Madeline Logan-Davis, Cheyenne
• Madison Pantuso, Star Valley Ranch
• Maker Space 307, Riverton
• Miga Rossetti, Wilson
• Natrona County Public Library Foundation, Casper
• Nickolas Gibson, Buffalo
• Riverton Senior Citizens Center, Inc. 
• Rocio Gomez Sandoval, Laramie
• Sadie Clarendon, Laramie
• Samuel Curtiss Humphrey, Buffalo
• Senior Citizens Council dba the Hub on Smith, Sheridan
• Sheridan County Library Foundation Inc., Sheridan
• Shirley Burke, Gillette
• Stanley F Dolega Jr., Laramie
• Story Community Library Inc., Story
• Teresa Welling, Laramie
• Teton Music School, Jackson
• The Library Foundation Inc., Gillette
• Theresa Kreuzer, Cheyenne
• Weston County Arts Council Inc., Newcastle
• WYO Theater Inc., Sheridan
  

2025/2026 Grant Recipients

• A total of $150,000 was awarded to support 60 eight-week Creative Aging programs across Wyoming. This year’s classes will include a variety of disciplines, including leatherworking, dance, and memoir writing. Recipients included:
  
• Amy Hollon, Laramie
• Arts Cheyenne
• Barrie Lynn Bryant Jr., Thermopolis
• Bodylines Dance Theatre Inc., Cheyenne
• Buffalo Senior Center Inc.
• Dancers’ Workshop of Jackson Hole
• Deborah Kassner, Laramie
• Denica Leigh Shell, Buffalo
• Desiree Brothe, Cheyenne
• Jackson Hole Writers
• Jaime Alejandro Cruz, Casper
• Janis Murphy, Laramie
• Jennifer Johnson, Casper
• Judith Gonet, Bedford
• Judy Kwong, Alpine
• Laramie Plains Civic Center Inc.
• Lincoln County Library Foundation, Kemmerer
• Lynn Jones, Laramie
• Lynne Simpson, Cody
• Maker Space 307, Riverton
• Michelle Visser, Laramie
• Miga Rossetti, Wilson
• Rocio Gomez Sandoval, Laramie
• Samuel Curtiss Humphrey, Buffalo
• Sandi Aberle, Gillette
• Senior Citizens Council dba The Hub on Smith, Sheridan
• Stanley F. Dolega Jr., Laramie
• Teton Music School, Jackson
• The Library Foundation Inc., Gillette
• Theresa Kreuzer, Cheyenne
• Uinta County Library Foundation, Evanston
• Uliana van Houten, Sheridan
• WYO Theater Inc., Sheridan

2024/2025 Grant Recipients

• A total of $122,500 was awarded to support 49 Creative Aging programs across Wyoming. Programs included memoir writing, dance, landscape photography, drawing, printmaking, ukulele classes, and more. Recipients included:
  
• Amy Hollon, Laramie
• Arts Cheyenne
• Barrie Lynn Bryant, Kirby
• Bodylines Dance Theatre, Cheyenne
• Buffalo Senior Center
• Campbell County Public Library, Gillette
• Carolyn Lampman Brubaker, Riverton
• Deborah Kassner, Laramie
• India Hayford, Casper
• Jackson Hole Writers
• Janis Murphy, Laramie
• Judith Gonet, Thayne
• Laramie Plains Civic Center
• Laramie Public Art Coalition
• Lynn Jones, Laramie
• Maker Space 307, Riverton
• Miga Rossetti, Wilson
• Riverton Senior Citizens Center
• The Hub on Smith, Sheridan
• Sheridan Fulmer Public Library
• Teton Music School, Jackson
• Theresa Kreuzer, Cheyenne
• Uinta County Library Foundation, Evanston
• WYO Theater, Sheridan
• Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne