Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund awards $337,684

Posted 12/5/24

The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board awarded $337,684.90 to 19 grant projects around Wyoming, including two in Park County, at its recent grant review meeting.

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Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund awards $337,684

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The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board awarded $337,684.90 to 19 grant projects around Wyoming, including two in Park County, at its recent grant review meeting.

Awards were given to a wide variety of projects, including historic preservation and artifact curation, public art conservation assessment, film production, endowment support, art education, art exhibitions, and art and theatrical equipment. Below is a complete listing of awards by county.

 

Johnson County

• University of Wyoming Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts, Neltje Innovation Workshop Endowment, $50,000

 

Laramie County

• Cheyenne Little Theatre Players, Mary Godfrey Playhouse Roof Repairs, $18,446.64

• Wyoming State Museum, Conservation Assessment of Outdoor Sculptures, $14,879.78

 

Lincoln County

• The Star Valley Arts Council, Circus arts with Bindlestiff, $6,750

 

Natrona County

• 5150 Tourism Development, Inc., dba Visit Casper, Casper International Film Festival, $5,000

• Natrona County Public Library Foundation, Outreach Vehicle Replacement, $25,000

 

Park County

• By Western Hands, Support for 60-minute PBS Documentary, $23,000

• Buffalo Bill Memorial Association, dba Buffalo Bill Center of the West, POP! Goes the West exhibit, $18,300

 

Sheridan County

• Sheridan Artists’ Guild Et al, 2025 SAGE Visual Art Exhibitions, $13,000

 

Teton County

Art Association of Jackson Hole, Digital Lab & Photography Studios Equipment Upgrade, $15,000

• Central Wyoming College Foundation, Native Voices: Honoring Indigenous Ways, $20,000

• Community Center for the Arts, Theater Lights Upgrade, $34,100

• Grand Teton Music Festival, 2025 StringFest and Tune Up Programs to Inspire Wyoming’s Future Musicians, $13,000

• Jackson Hole Community Radio, Inc., Support for Regional Musicians on “Intermountain Best,” $13,000

• Jackson Hole Writers, Wyoming Literary Map Development, $5,000

 

Uinta County

• Young Musicians, Inc., dba The Arts, Inc., Specialists in the Schools Returns to Evanston with Diamh, $7,550

• The Wyoming Historical Society dba Fort Bridger Historical Association, Fort Bridger Artifact Cataloging and Preservation of Archaeological Record, $22,870.48

 

Statewide

• The Wyoming Historical Society, WyoHistory.org: Contexts of Wyoming History, $24,500

• Wyoming Jazz Educators, 2025 Summer Student Jazz Camp and Professional Development Workshop, $8,279

 

For more information about the Cultural Trust Fund grant program, visit the website wyoculturaltrust.com or contact Renée Bovée, WCTF Program Coordinator, at 307-777-6312 or renee.bovee@wyo.gov.

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