The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board awarded $256,760 to 21 projects around the state at their recent grant review meeting held in Laramie.
Awards were given to a wide variety of projects, from theatre equipment, building improvements, endowment challenge, summer music concerts, historic preservation and archaeological research, museum traveling exhibit, to saddle making podcasts and a documentary production.
Four places in Fremont County will receive a portion of the finances, including the Atlantic City Historical Society, Fremont County School District #1, the Wind River Development Fund, and Wyoming PBS.
Below is a breakdown of all 21 projects.
Albany County
Culture Conservation Corps, Custom Saddle Making Podcasts, $8,000
University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology, Hell Gap Site Investigations, $21,177
Campbell County
Rockpile Museum Association, 2019 Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums Conference Keynote Speaker, $5,000
Fremont County
Atlantic City Historical Society, Atlantic City Historical Tour Updates, $5,850
Fremont County School District #1/Promoting Arts in Lander Schools, Arts in Education programming, $5,451.24
Wind River Development Fund, Arapaho Historic Mansion Site Plan Development, $31,000
Johnson County
Hoofprints of the Past Museum, Historical Interviews Book, $3,162
Laramie County
City of Cheyenne Historic Preservation Board, Historic Airport Fountain, Restoration Phase 1, $17,395
LightsOn!, Cheyenne Arts Project, $8,000
Wyoming State Museum, Women’s Suffrage Traveling Exhibit, $6,000
Natrona County
Trinkle Brass Works, Inc., Casper Mountain Music Institute and Festival, $5,400
Sublette County
Sublette County Historical Society, Museum of the Mountain Man Structure Event Tent, $15,000
Town of Pinedale, American Legion Park Events Power Box Project, $8,375
Sweetwater County
Rock Springs Renewal Fund, Inc., 2019 Brown Bag Concert Series, $2,400
The Actors’ Mission, Theater Fire Suppression System, $20,000
Teton County
Jackson Hole Writers, 2019 Jackson Hole Writers Conference, $12,800
National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States, Somos de Aqui: The Enduring Wildlife of Puerto Rico, $5,000
Uinta County
City of Evanston, Urban Renewal Agency, Evanston Cultural Center Stage Curtains and Equipment Project, $11,250
Statewide
Alliance for Historic Wyoming, Endowment Fund Challenge, $25,000
Wyoming PBS Foundation, Wind River Art Documentary, $15,000
Wyoming Humanities Council, Creating Humanities Communities Along the Hemingway Highway, $25,500
For more information about the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, visitwww.wyoculturaltrust.com, or contact WCTF Program Coordinator, Renée Bovée at 307-777-6312 or renee.bovee@wyo.gov.