CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming Humanities, the state’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, recently granted nine different nonprofit organizations across the state a combined total of nearly $80,000.
The grants, called the Wyoming Crossroad Grants, are part of an initiative to “apply humanities perspectives locally, helping to realize growth through change,” according to a release from Wyoming Humanities.
Per the release, these grants are designed to support public humanities projects related to either digital media or preservation.
Grant amounts as well as the projects that they are designed to support are listed below:
Grant recipients
- American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming: $10,000 for “Voices of Pride,” an oral history project
- Casper Pride: $7,400 for “Save Casper’s Queer History,” a digital archive to help document diversity
- Jackson Hole Public Art: $4,000 for “Never Forget Our Language,” a Shoshone language short video made for mobile devices
- Laramie Public Art Coalition: $10,000 for “High Iron,” collecting and travelling stories of ancestors who built the Transcontinental Railroad
- Sinks Canyon State Park: $5,700 for “Recreating Respectfully,” helping to tell all stories of the Canyon, especially the overlooked Native American stories
- Wyoming PBS Foundation: $10,000 for “A Life Outside: The Legacy of American Mountaineering,” a documentary commemorating Wyoming mountaineering heritage
- Wyoming State Archives: $9,976 for archival photo nitrate negative work, helping to allow unlimited access to previously unavailable photos to preserve the images for the long-term
- Wyoming Symphony Orchestra: $10,000 for “75 Years of Harmony,” a documentary exploring the stories and histories of the organization
- Wyoming Wilderness Association: $10,000 for “Home for All,” an interactive mural project that weaves artwork, tribal stories and western science resources
According to the release, all grant applications were reviewed by a panel of humanities experts, including members of the group’s board of directors.
