In the two photos above, Buffalo High School senior Caila Booth performs at the Poetry Out Loud semifinals April 28 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Leslie Liberato (left), program manager for National Initiatives at the National Endowment for the Arts, presents a plaque to Wyoming’s Caila Booth at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C. Caila traveled to D.C. as Wyoming’s state champion for POL.
Wyoming’s senior U.S. Senator, Mike Enzi (left) congratulates Caila Booth at the Congressional Luncheon April 29 on Capitol Hill. At right is Dana Gioia, chairman of the NEA. Photos by James Kegley.
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.