Wyoming is known for its wild landscapes, cowboy culture, and natural resources. Some are hoping to add the arts to that list. When ranked by the value that arts and cultural production added to state economies in 2022, Wyoming comes in low - at 48th. .
The Wind River Water and Buffalo Alliance is looking for a graphic artist to develop a logo. Before Europeans arrived, some 60 million buffalo roamed North America. After the animal was slaughtered, in part to extinguish tribes that lived alongside buffalo for centuries, just 23 remained by 1900. .
A Minnesota man known for his fiddle building skills lost his home, workshop, and dozens of instruments in a recent fire. Bud Larsen plans to rebuild and continue teaching others to make Norwegian hardanger fiddles.