Featured News | July 7, 2015
The Wyoming Arts Council is holding Town Meetings in 11 communities across the state this summer. Please join us.
Worland: Monday, July 13, from noon-1:30 p.m. in the board room of the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center, 2200 Big Horn Ave. (Attendees are welcome to bring their own brown bag lunch.)
Cody: Monday, July 13, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Park County Public Library, 1500 Heart Mountain St.
Jackson: Tuesday, July 14, 3-4:30 p.m., in the conference room at the Center for the Arts, 241 S. Glenwood St.
Lander: Wednesday, July 15, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Lander Art Center, 224 Main St.
Gillette: Thursday, July 16, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the AVA Community Arts Center; 509 W. 2nd St.
Casper: Friday, July 17, noon-1:30, Casper College Gateway Building, Room 223. (Attendees are welcome to bring their own brown bag lunch.)
Future meetings will be held in Sheridan, Evanston, Saratoga, Cheyenne and Laramie.
WAC Executive Director Michael Lange urges people to attend and “bring your comments, suggestions and dreams of the future for the arts in Wyoming.”
The state agency conducts these meetings every five years in order to develop a long-range plan for the arts in Wyoming. Statewide meetings in 2010 led to a comprehensive communications plan, which included an identity campaign, a new web site, a revamped social media presence and a full-color print magazine.
The WAC also boosted the creative economy through its granting process, notably the Capacity Building Grants Program. The Folk and Traditional Arts Program planned the critically-acclaimed “Art of the Hunt” exhibit at the State Museum.
“The state’s art scene is expanding, in many ways, into avenues that were not thought of in 2010,” Lange said. “With this, the WAC needs to look different as well. We want to hear your comments to help shape what the next five years of the WAC will look like.”
For more information, contact Michael Shay at the WAC at 307-777-5234 or mike.shay@wyo.gov
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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.
