The Youth Arts Council offers Wyoming high school students a chance to grow leadership skills and make a meaningful community impact through the arts.

The POP! Goes the West exhibition at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West opens on May 24. Holland-born artist Willem Volkersz shares his early impressions of the West and humorous takes on Yellowstone tourism in his art, using paint-by-number images, neon and found objects.

The donation comes as Trump’s 2026 budget proposal outlines a plan to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities and other federal agencies that support culture and the arts.

All winners and honorable mentions will go on display at the agency’s headquarters in Cheyenne.

A nonprofit that says the arts are almost as big of an industry as agriculture in Wyoming is gathering community feedback on how to build the state’s arts economy.

The money would have gone to compensating tribal representatives for their work to better tell the story of Indigenous people in the area.

Wildlife art and history museums will seek other funding avenues for Native art show and Latino history.

The Smithsonian staff helps rural museums build their own local exhibit telling their unique story with its Many Voices, One Nation program. It’s now in a holding pattern.

Since your life depends on them as part of the sport, ropes eventually need to be retired. But that doesn’t mean they have to go to a landfill.

The funding went towards fixing a leaky roof and installing solar panels. While the roof is complete, the solar project is still in progress.