This issue of Artscapes features 10 Years of Edge Fest, Kelly Walsh High School’s Rodstock, the 2024 Wyoming Road Trip Playlist release, Underground Music Showcase, Pinedale High School’s Mural Project, this year’s Community Support Grant Recipients, a Creative Aging Program Update, 2024 Creative Writing Award Winners, the 2024 Poetry Out Loud Winner, and an introduction to our New Board Members.
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.
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.
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.