Wyoming Arts Council Artist Roster FY 2016

The Wyoming Arts Council (WAC) Artist Roster seeks to identify and endorse skilled Wyoming artists representing artistic excellence across all disciplines. Selected roster artists become ambassadors for the WAC and serve as a resource for Wyoming communities, libraries, art centers, museums, organizations, schools, and festival presenters seeking talented artists for festivals, performances, workshops, studio tours, talks, demonstrations and programs. A roster directory is created annually and posted online at http://www.wyomingartscouncil.org.

Artists in all disciplines are eligible to apply, including visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, craft, graphic design, printmaking, installation and media), literary arts (prose, poetry, theatrical scripts and screenplays), performing arts (music, theatre and dance), and folk and traditional arts. Work samples must be submitted digitally through CaFÉ and should be current, no more than three years old. Visual artists submit up to six digital images; performing artists submit two to four performances showing three to five minute segments with audience response; literary artists submit up to 25 pages of prose or playwriting, or up to ten pages of poetry; composers submit two scores with recordings; designers submit up to six images of no more than three productions; choreographers and theatrical directors submit two compositions or plays showing five minute sections. Applicants who upload visual or audio work samples must also upload two recommendation letters addressing presentation and programming.

Applicants must live in Wyoming as their permanent residence 10 months out of the year. WAC staff will verify that all requirements are met, and incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A panel of peers will score artists on artistic expression, subject matter, professionalism and presentation. Panel recommendations will be forwarded to the WAC Board for final approval in February 2015. All applicants will be notified of the final decision in March 2015. The new WAC Artist Roster will be effective July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. Once accepted onto the roster, artists are carried forward for five years, after which they are asked to reapply.