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

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..