CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Arts Council recently announced the recipients of the 2024 Creative Aging Project Grant.
The grants have been awarded to Wyoming-based teaching artists and nonprofit organizations in order to develop and implement multiple eight-week Creative Aging programs through June 2025. Programs are designed to provide arts education and social engagement opportunities for Wyoming’s older adults.
The following artists and nonprofit organizations have been awarded a total of $122,500 to develop a total of 49 eight-week-long Creative Aging programs:
- Amy Hollon, Laramie
- Arts Cheyenne
- Barrie Lynn Bryant, Kirby
- Bodylines Dance Theatre, Cheyenne
- Buffalo Senior Center
- Campbell County Public Library, Gillette
- Carolyn Lampman Brubaker, Riverton
- Deborah Kassner, Laramie
- India Hayford, Casper
- Jackson Hole Writers
- Janis Murphy, Laramie
- Judith Gonet, Thayne
- Laramie Plains Civic Center
- Laramie Public Art Coalition
- Lynn Jones, Laramie
- Maker Space 307, Riverton
- Miga Rossetti, Wilson
- Riverton Senior Citizens Center
- The Hub on Smith, Sheridan
- Sheridan Fulmer Public Library
- Teton Music School, Jackson
- Theresa Kreuzer, Cheyenne
- Uinta County Library Foundation, Evanston
- WYO Theater, Sheridan
- Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne
The grantees are developing programs in a wide variety of artistic mediums, including memoir writing, dance and landscape photography.
These grants are made possible in part by a grant provided by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in partnership with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, and additional support from the Wyoming State Legislature.
“We are grateful to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in partnership with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy for providing funding that allows us to make these grants to Wyoming artists and non-profits to implement Creative Aging programs across Wyoming” said Josh Chrysler of the Wyoming Arts Council. “The Creative Aging programs they will be developing are important arts learning programs specifically designed for Wyoming’s older adults, and we’re thrilled to see interest in these types of programs continue to grow across the state.”
