The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board awarded $337,684.90 to 19 grant projects around Wyoming at their 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
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.