The Wyoming Arts Council is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations and individual teaching artists for the Creative Aging Project Grant.

Grants will be awarded to organizations and/or individual teaching artists in order to develop and implement anywhere between one and four separate eight-week creative aging programs by June 30, 2025. 

Grants will be awarded in increments of $2,500 for each eight week creative aging program ($2,500 for one program, $5,000 for two programs, $7,500 for three programs, $10,000 for four programs). There is no match requirement. Additional eligibility and grant information, and the grant application, can be accessed on the Arts Council website at wyomingartscouncil.org. The deadline for applications is July 10. This is a competitive grant and applications will be reviewed by Arts Council staff and arts professionals from the field. This activity is made possible, in part, by a grant provided by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in partnership with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.

Wyoming has a growing community of older adults. One effective way to address adverse health effects associated with aging is with intentional arts engagement. This field is referred to as Creative Aging. As part of an ongoing effort from the Wyoming Arts Council to provide meaningful arts opportunities for older adults in Wyoming, these grant funds will support artists and organizations in developing arts education and social engagement opportunities for Wyoming’s older adults.  

For more information, contact Josh Chrysler at the Wyoming Arts Council at joshua.chrysler@wyo.gov or 307-256-2010.