Artists prepare for emergencies using Studio Protector

The CERF Studio Protector Online Guide is the source for emergency preparedness and recovery information for artists. Small measures taken in advance of an emergency, and the right sequence of emergency response actions, can make a huge difference in reducing loss and in the time it takes to rebound from a setback.

WAC welcomes your response to its long-range plan

The Wyoming Arts Council’s Long Range Plan for 2011-2015 is now available for public comment through January 31, 2011.

Access the plan online from the WAC homepage at http://wyoarts.state.wy.us./

The WAC welcomes your input!

WAC town meeting tonight in Jackson

Residents of northwest Wyoming: Brave the rain and the flash flood watch to venture out for conversations with Wyoming Arts Council staffers Rita Basom, Camellia El-Antably and Mike Shay, and board chair Bruce Richardson. Town meeting from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Teton County Public Library.

The WAC is drafting its new five-year plan and needs your ideas about planning the future of the arts in the state.

Free and open to the public. Refreshments served.

FMI: 307-777-7742 or www.wyomingartscouncil.org

Wyoming Arts Council town meeting tonight at Natrona County Public Library in Casper

Upcoming Wyoming Arts Council "Arts in Economy, Education and Everyday Life" town meetings:

Converse, Natrona & Niobrara counties town meeting will be held on Wednesday (today), June 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Natrona County Public Library, Crawford Room, 307 E. 2nd St., Casper.

Free and open to the public.

Share your thoughts about the future of the arts in Wyoming.

FMI: 307-777-7742

Tonight's WAC town meeting is in Gillette

The Wyoming Arts Council is holding a series of "Arts in Economy, Education and Everyday Life Town Meetings" around the state. Sessions have already been held in Cheyenne, Lander and Sheridan. Tonight the meeting's in Gillette. It's free and open to the public.

Here are the details:

Crook, Campbell & Weston Counties/Town Meeting
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Cedar Room/George Amos Building
412 South Gillette Avenue, Gillette, WY

FMI: 307-777-7742.

REMINDER: Wyoming Arts Council holds town meetings in Sheridan and Gillette

The Wyoming Arts Council is holding a series of "Arts in Economy, Education and Everyday Life Town Meetings" around the state. Sessions have already been held in Cheyenne and Lander. Next week's sessions are in Sheridan and Gillette.

The meetings are free and open to the public.

Here are the details:

Johnson & Sheridan Counties/Town Meeting
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Inner Circle Room - Sheridan County Fulmer Public
Library, 335 W. Alger Street, Sheridan, WY

Crook, Campbell & Weston Counties/Town Meeting
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Cedar Room/George Amos Building
412 South Gillette Avenue, Gillette, WY

Schedule announced for remaining WAC town meetings -- next session in Sheridan April 19

The Wyoming Arts Council is holding a series of "Arts in Economy, Education and Everyday Life Town Meetings" around the state. Sessions have already been held in Cheyenne and Lander.

The meetings are free and open to the public.

Here's the rest of the schedule:

Johnson & Sheridan Counties/Town Meeting
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Inner Circle Room - Sheridan County Fulmer Public
Library, 335 W. Alger Street, Sheridan, WY

Crook, Campbell & Weston Counties/Town Meeting
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Cedar Room/George Amos Building
412 South Gillette Avenue, Gillette, WY

Carbon & Albany Counties/Town Meeting
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Historic Depot, 400 W. Front St., West End, Rawlins, WY

Big Horn, Park & Washakie Counties/Town Meeting
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Cody Club Room, 1240 Beck Street, Cody, WY

Albany & Laramie Counties/Town Meeting
Monday, May 24, 2010 – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Works of Wyoming, Civic Center, 710 East Garfield, Suite 271, Laramie, WY

Lincoln, Sweetwater & Uinta Counties/Town Meeting
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Burgoon Bldg Media Center 20 Adaville Dr. Diamondville, WY

Converse, Natrona & Niobrara Counties/Town Meeting
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Natrona County Public Library, Crawford Rm, 307 E 2nd St., Casper, WY

Lincoln, Sublette & Teton Counties/Town Meeting
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Teton County Library, Jackson, WY

WAC town meeting set for Lander April 1

The Wyoming Arts Council is holding a Town Meeting on Thursday, April 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Conference Rooms A&B at the Fremont County Library, 451 North Second Street in Lander.

The meeting is open to the public. The WAC is holding future meetings through mid-June in other communities around the state.

WAC Manager Rita Basom urges people to attend and “bring your comments, suggestions and dreams of the future for the arts in Wyoming.”

The state agency conducts these meetings every five years in order to develop a long-range plan for the arts in Wyoming. Statewide meetings conducted in 2005 led to a return of the WAC’s print newsletter, biennial arts summit gatherings in Casper and Cheyenne, professional development grants for individual artists, statewide meetings for artists and writers, increases in granting budgets and a revision of the matching requirements for the WAC’s smaller grant programs.

The agency also revamped staff responsibilities, hiring specialists for folk arts and community development and the arts.

“The Arts Council looks a lot different now than it did in 2005,” said Basom. “We listen to your comments and act on them.”

For more information, contact the WAC at 307-777-7742.

First two WAC town meetings set for Cheyenne and Lander

Bring your comments, suggestions, and dreams
for the future of the arts in Wyoming!

Southeast Region Town Meeting.
March 25, 2010
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Sunflower Room, 3rd Floor
Laramie County Library
2200 Pioneer, Cheyenne

Fremont/Hot Springs Region Town Meeting
Thursday, April 1, 2010
6:30 8:30 pm
Conference Rooms A&B, Second Floor
Lander Branch Library
200 Amoretti St, Lander

Details announced for Wyoming Arts Council's town meeting in Cheyenne

The Wyoming Arts Council is holding its Southeast Region Town Meeting on Thursday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., in the Sunflower Room on the third floor of the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer, Cheyenne.

The meeting is open to residents of Laramie, Albany, Platte and Goshen counties. The WAC is holding future meetings through mid-June in other communities around the state.

WAC Manager Rita Basom urges people to attend and “bring your comments, suggestions and dreams of the future for the arts in Wyoming.”

The state agency conducts these meetings every five years in order to develop a long-range plan for the arts in Wyoming. Statewide meetings conducted in 2005 led to a return of the WAC’s print newsletter, biennial arts summit gatherings in Casper and Cheyenne, professional development grants for individual artists, statewide meetings for artists and writers, increases in granting budgets and a revision of the matching requirements for the WAC’s smaller grant programs.

The agency also revamped staff responsibilities, hiring specialists for folk arts and community development and the arts.

“The Arts Council looks a lot different now than it did in 2005,” said Basom. “We listen to your comments and act on them.”

For more information, contact the WAC at 307-777-7742.

WAC holds town meeting 3/25 in Cheyenne

The Wyoming Arts Council is holding its Southeast Region Town Meeting on Thursday, March 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m., in the Sunflower Room on the third floor of the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer, Cheyenne.

More info later...

State of the Arts Survey

Got an opinion? We’re collecting them!

WAC invites the public to give their opinion on the state of the arts in Wyoming via an online survey (paper copies are available on request). The information collected will inform the long range plan currently being developed for 2011-2016 by the Council board and staff. This long range planning process, mandated by the National Endowment for the Arts, guides the work and philosophy of the Council, so if you have thoughts on what we should be doing, or about the arts in the state in general, please share them!

Click Here to take survey

There is also a link on the front page of the Council’s website, wyoarts.state.wy.us.