The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board awarded a total of $123,630 to 24 projects around the state at their recent grant review meeting.
Awards were given to a wide variety of projects, from historic preservation and facility infrastructure, museum kiosks and conservation projects, community festivals celebrating diverse cultures, online art exhibitions, music festivals and young artist competitions, oral histories, public art and art education.
Fremont County received $14,400 for the following 3 projects: Lander Art Center, 2020 Art of Home Exhibition, $2,400, Lander Community Foundation, Lander Bike Racks for Beauty, $4,000, and Wyoming PBS Foundation, Home From School: Children of Carlisle Post Production, $8,000.
The other 21 projects receiving awards:
Albany County
Laramie Main Street Alliance, Wyo Theater Façade Pre-Development, $6,500
Wyoming Public Media, Wind River Reservation Reporter, $6,000
Wyoming Singer-Songwriters, Competition Years 2-3 Compilation Album, $3,000
Carbon County
City of Rawlins, Latino Heritage Celebration Event, $2,000
Old Pen Joint Powers Board, Finishing and Furnishing the Exhibit Space in the Historic Guard Quarters, $5,000
The Rawlins Lodge No. 4, I.O.O.F., Electrical System Rehab for the Rawlins Odd Fellow Lodge, $12,000
Hot Springs County
Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Interactive Display Project, $8,000
Laramie County
Boys and Girls Club of Cheyenne, Arts Education Program, $3,300
Downtown Development Authority, History Under Foot, $6,745
Wyoming State Museum, Wyoming First Battalion, Spanish American War flag conservation, $7,465
Natrona County
Casper Artist’s Guild/ART 321, Basement Expansion: Workshop, Conference and Co-Creating Space, $7,000
Stage III Community Theatre, Backstage/Greenroom Remodel, $5,000
Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Young Artists Competition, $5,000
Park County
City of Cody, Concerts in the Park 2020, $1,000
Rocky Mountain Dance Theatre, Wild West Spectacular The Musical, $2,000
Sublette County
Pinedale Fine Arts Council, 2020 Soundcheck Music Series, $3,000
Teton County
Conservation Ink, Kemmerer-Diamondville Coal Oral History Project, $8,960
The Jackson Hole Chorale, Electronic Keyboard, Expanding the Reach of the Jackson Hole Chorale Singers, $3,500
Washakie County
Town of Ten Sleep, Nowoodstock Ten Sleep Music Festival, $5,200
Washakie Museum, Indigenous People’s Day 2020, $6,000