Featured News | June 23, 2014
From a Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources press release:
More than $165,000 has been awarded by the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund to cultural organizations throughout the state.
This grant round was extremely competitive with 42 excellent grant applications requesting more than $1.2 million to consider. A total of $165,590 has been awarded to 21 entities in nine different counties.
Awards were given to support a wide variety of projects, including historic preservation activities, archaeological research, museum planning, jazz and a cappella performances, arts education initiatives, archival work and organizational personnel support. Below is a complete listing of awards by county:
Albany County
George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Endowment Challenge, $15,000
Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist, Survey Division, Parker Peak Bivouac Site Reconnaissance Project, $5,000
U.W. College of Education, A Study of Wyoming History, Landscapes, People, Art and Ways of Life, $4,140
U.W. Fine Arts Outreach, Basix 2014 A Cappella Tour, $7,500
Wyoming Women’s Business Center, Wyoming Fiber Trails, $5,000
Big Horn County
The American Legion, Greybull Post 32, Legion Hall Rehabilitation, $10,000
Carbon County
Town of Medicine Bow, Historical Museum Restoration Project, $8,000
Fremont County
Fremont County School District #1/Promoting Arts in Lander Schools, Arts in the Classroom Program 2014-15, $5,000
Lander Art Center, Education Coordinator, $5,000
Laramie County
Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority/Main Street, ARTSPACE Market Survey, $5,000
Cheyenne Little Theatre Players, Historic Atlas Theater Renovations, Phase I, $12,500
Hands in Harmony, Performance Equipment, $2,950
Wyoming State Museum, Interim Concept Design, $15,000
Natrona County
Casper College, Kinser Jazz Festival, $10,000
Casper Elks Lodge #1353, Entryway and Accessibility Project, $10,500
Wyoming Archaeological Society, Shirley Basin Lodge Site Excavations, $6,500
Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, 2014-15 Community Access & Outreach Programs, $10,000
Sheridan County
North Main Neighborhood Association, 2014 First People’s Pow Wow, $4,000
Teton County
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Wild Science Festival, $8,000
The Murie Center, Murie Family Papers & Collection Preservation Project, $4,000
Uinta County
City of Evanston, Evanston Cultural Center Seating Project, $12,500
For more information about the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund and the grant application process, contact the WCTF Administrator, Renée Bovée, at 307-777-6312 or renee.bovee@wyo.gov.
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.
