Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund Awards $262,370
The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board awarded $262,370.47 to 24 grant projects around the state of their recent grant review meeting.
Awards were given to a wide variety of projects, including historic preservation, music programs, folk festivals, public art, art exhibits, and theatre equipment. Below is a complete listing of awards by county.
Albany County
Laramie Community Foundation, Inc., Touchstone Laramie 2023, $5,000
Big Horn County
Lovell-Kane Area Museum, Kane Depot Warehouse Restoration, $4,167
Fremont County
Wind River Valley Artists’ Guild, Dubois Chamber Museum 2023 Season, $5,000
Hot Springs County
Big Horn Basin Nature & Discovery Center Joint Powers Board, Wyoming Discovery Days Folk Festival, $10,000
Laramie County
Cheyenne Little Theatre Players, Historic Atlas Roof Repair, $10,633.83
Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County, Hope Mural, $5,000
Natrona County
Casper Civic Chorale, 2023-24 Concert Season, $4,000
Natrona County Public Library Foundation, Outreach Vehicle, $25,000
Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, WSO Pops in the Park Presents John Kirlin & the High Plains Drifters, $10,000
Park County
City of Cody Parks, Recreation & Public Facilities Department, 2023 Concerts in the Park, $2,500
Sublette County
Main Street Pinedale, Green River Rendezvous Street Dance, $2,800
Pinedale Fine Arts Council, Soundcheck Summer Music Series/Folk for Kids Program Additional Concert & Senior Outreach, $6,000
Sweetwater County
City of Rock Springs, The Rock Springs Chinese Massacre of 1885 Memorial Sculpture, $25,000
City of Rock Springs, Broadway Theatre Lighting Upgrade, $7,899.64
Teton County
Community Center for the Arts, Sister Cities Celebration, $11,250
Jackson Hole Chorale, Retention of Key Staff Members, $20,000
MusicLand, Increase Our Community’s Quality Classical Music Education and Instruction for Our Youth, $2,000
Old Wilson Schoolhouse Community Center, Marmoleum Restoration and Exterior Paint, $10,000
Uinta County
Union Presbyterian Church of Evanston, Wyoming, Stained Glass Restoration, $42,000
Washakie County
Town of Ten Sleep, Nowoodstock 2023 Music Festival, $15,000
Washakie Museum, GROUNDED Exhibit and Indigenous Peoples’ Month, $7,600
Statewide
Alliance for Historic Wyoming, Lemley Mill & Miner’s Delight Stabilization and Interpretation, $25,000
Wyoming SHEEP Foundation, Wyoming Sheep & Wool Festival, $3,520
Wyoming Historical Society, Women of Wyoming: Then and Now, $3,000
For more information about the Cultural Trust Fund grant program contact Renée Bovée, WCTF Program Coordinator, at 307-777-6312 or renee.bovee@wyo.gov.
Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund
A Division of Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources
2301 Central Avenue, 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY 82002
307-777-6312, wyospcr.state.
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