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A Casper-based nonprofit, ART 321, is holding its first statewide conference aimed at addressing the health concerns of Wyoming residents through the arts. Wyoming has the highest youth incarceration rate and one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.
But ART 321 plans to fight against those things using the arts.
The conference is scheduled for May 20 to 22 in Casper. And Wyoming Public Radio s Naina Rao talked with the nonprofit s executive director, Tyler Cessor, about the need for a conference like this right now.
Tyler Cessor: Everything that was a concern before the pandemic is only exacerbated now, right? So this is the first statewide effort to bring together a coalition of artists, health care providers, community service providers, anyone that is interested in improving the health outcomes of Wyoming residents through the arts.