(Press release) — The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund recently awarded $195,678 to 30 cultural organizations around the state at their recent grant review board meeting held in Pinedale.
This grant round was very competitive with 45 excellent grant applications requesting essentially $1 million in grant support.
Awards were given to support a wide variety of projects, including historic preservation activities, community performances and marketing, exhibitions and museum equipment, folk arts programming, oral histories, and endowment challenges. Below is a completing listing of awards by county.
Albany County
City of Laramie, Edgar J. Lewis Bandshell Renovation, $10,000
Laramie Main Street Alliance, Alive in Laramie, $5,000
Wyoming Women’s Business Center, WyoFiber Live!, $3,000
Big Horn County
The American Legion, Greybull Post 32, Legion Hall Historic Renovation, 2015 Phase, $5,000
Carbon County
Carbon County Museum, 2015 High Plains Pow Wow, $2,000
Town of Medicine Bow, Historical Museum Security System, $2,500
Wyoming Frontier Prison, Gallery Upgrades, $5,518
Crook County
Crook County Museum District, Old Stoney Window Replacement Project, Phase II, $10,000
Fremont County
Lander Community Foundation, Lander Valley Ranching Oral History Project, $4,040
Central Wyoming College, Anthropology Department, Dinwoddy Glacier Archaeology, $1,760
Wind River Visitors Council, Native American Folkways and Horse Culture, Double D Wild Horse Sanctuary, $12,000
Johnson County
Johnson County Library Foundation, Zelestrina Urza in Outer Space, Author David Romtvedt Educational Tour in Wyoming; $5,000
Hot Springs County
Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation, Big Horn Basin Folk Festival, $8,000
Laramie County
Boulder Community Media, Virtual Art of the Hunt – Digital Convergence, $13,500
Cheyenne Arts Council, Wyoming: Landscapes, Soundscapes & Dancescapes Wyoming Tours, $8,000
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Focus on Parades’ Exhibit Interpretation Plan, $5,710
Cheyenne Greenway Foundation, Wildlife Landscapes for Holliday Park Greenway Underpass, $5,500
Cheyenne Historic Preservation Board, Warren Rest House Restoration Project, $10,000
Cheyenne Little Theatre Players, Inc., Mary Godfrey Playhouse Exterior Rehabilitation, Phase 1, $5,000
Natrona County
The Casper Artists’ Guild, Inc., ART 321: Building an Endowment for the Future, $15,000
Park County
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, Bring a Barrack Back to Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site, $10,000
Northwest College Foundation, Establishing a Steel Band Ensemble at Northwest College, $5,000
Sheridan County
Sheridan Artist Guild Et Al, Miss Indian American Invitational Art Show and Exhibit, $2,500
Teton County
Dancers’ Workshop, Outreach Residency Programs, $5,000
Grand Teton National Park Foundation, Historic Preservation Work on the T.A. Moulton Barn, $7,000
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, WILD Music Interactive Installation & WILD Festival, $4,000
Statewide
Division State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails, Camp Douglas Window Restoration Project, $10,000
George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Endowment, $5,000
Wyoming Chapter, American Institute of Architects, Computer Modeling for WY PBS, $2,000
Wyoming State Historical Society, Wyoming Oral History Online Database, $8,650
For more information about the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund and the grant application process, contact the WCTF Administrator, Renée Bovée, at (307) 777-6312 or renee.bovee@wyo.gov.