Posted: June 7, 2018
The Wyoming Arts Council announces that a new call for entry for public art at Sheridan College is now open. Sheridan College in north-central Wyoming is currently building a new Technical Education Center. Through the State of Wyoming’s Art in Public Buildings program, the college is seeking artwork for both the interior and the exterior
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Posted: May 23, 2018
The Wyoming Arts Council board will hold its next quarterly meetingFriday, June 1 via teleconference. Beginning at 9 a.m. the board will convene to hear reports, plan for upcoming events, get updates on current Arts Council initiatives, and conduct business. An executive session may be called if necessary. The board invites individuals and organizational representatives
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Posted: May 8, 2018
Each year, the winners of the Poetry Out Loud state competitions descend on Washington D.C. where they compete for the top spot in the national poetry recitation contest, as well as the Poetry Ourselves original student-written poetry competition. This year, Wyoming’s State Champion Lauren Haiar of Sundance Secondary School won the latter contest. After claiming
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Featured News | Posted: June 7, 2018
The Wyoming Arts Council announces that a new call for entry for public art at Sheridan College is now open. Sheridan College in north-central Wyoming is currently building a new Technical Education Center. Through the State of Wyoming’s Art in Public Buildings program, the college is seeking artwork for both the interior and the exterior
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Featured News | Posted: May 23, 2018
The Wyoming Arts Council board will hold its next quarterly meetingFriday, June 1 via teleconference. Beginning at 9 a.m. the board will convene to hear reports, plan for upcoming events, get updates on current Arts Council initiatives, and conduct business. An executive session may be called if necessary. The board invites individuals and organizational representatives
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Featured News | Posted: May 8, 2018
Each year, the winners of the Poetry Out Loud state competitions descend on Washington D.C. where they compete for the top spot in the national poetry recitation contest, as well as the Poetry Ourselves original student-written poetry competition. This year, Wyoming’s State Champion Lauren Haiar of Sundance Secondary School won the latter contest. After claiming
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Featured News | Posted: April 27, 2018
Wyoming 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, government agencies and individual artists can still apply to the Wyoming Arts Council for two grant categories that have funds available for projects taking place by June 30, 2018. The Professional Development/Career Advancement Grant is designed to help grow the capacity of organizations and individuals that work in and support the arts. Examples
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Featured News | Posted: April 26, 2018
The Wyoming Arts Council is now accepting applications for fellowships in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Creative Writing. Fellowships are open to Wyoming residents, and are merit-based awards. Applications are juried by noted artists and professionals in the field and who are from outside the state. T̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶d̶l̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶l̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶e̶l̶l̶o̶w̶s̶h̶i̶p̶s̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶J̶u̶n̶e̶ ̶4̶.̶
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Featured News | Posted: April 25, 2018
The Wyoming Arts Council Community Support Grant applications will be panel reviewed on May 17 and 18. Applications requesting operating/project support will be reviewed in Casper, WY. The public is invited to call in and listen to the panel discussion of each application received. The panel will convene at 9:30 a.m. on May 17, and
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Featured News | Posted: April 3, 2018
Maria Lisa Eastman of Hyattville and Renée Carrier of Hulett are the recipients of the Wyoming Arts Council’s 2018 Blanchan and Doubleday writing awards. Eastman won the Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award for her entry, “Regarding the Others,” and Carrier received the Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Writing Award for her entry, “The Riven Country of
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Uncategorized | Posted: March 26, 2018
This opportunity comes courtesy of our friends at the Chugwater Chili Cookoff. Check out their letter to artists below, then download your entry form. We are gearing up for another successful year at Wyoming’s largest single-day event, the State Championship Chili Cook-Off held right here in Chugwater, Wyoming! We will feature again this year Red and Green
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Uncategorized | Posted: March 13, 2018
The Wyoming Arts Council is excited to invite you to participate in one of this year’s Creativity Connects round table/community discussions in Jackson. This community conversation is an opportunity for artists, community organizers, and professional creatives of all types to discuss issues that affect the arts. The event will take place on Monday, March 19
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Uncategorized | Posted: March 12, 2018
Bighorn Canyon is in its fifth year of the Artists in Residence program. Fourteen artists from around the country and locally, applied for the Bighorn Canyon AIR program. Five amazing artists were selected. “The samples the artists sent with their applications were amazing. We had a hard time picking our top five and would have
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