02/10/2026
🎨🎶✍️ The 2026 Wyoming State Parks Artist in Residencies Application Window is Now Open!
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, Wyoming State Parks and the Wyoming Arts Council are selecting 18 Wyoming artists for paid residencies in state parks during summer and fall 2026.
Artists will spend four days immersed in a park and share their work through a public program inspired by Wyoming’s official semiquincentennial theme:
• Honoring our past
• Examining our present
• Imagining our future
Details:
• Open to Wyoming residents age 18+
• Emerging & established artists welcome
• Native artists and folk & traditional artists strongly encouraged
• $1,400 stipend + lodging provided
• Residencies run Wednesday–Saturday
đź—“ Apply by March 23, 2026 (11:59 p.m.)
đź”— Apply via Submittable (link in bio)
Residency Dates, Locations & Disciplines
• June 3–6: Glendo State Park, visual art
• June 3–6: Curt Gowdy State Park, music
• June 10–13: Medicine Lodge State Park, visual art
• June 17–20: Hot Springs State Park, dance
• June 24–27: Sinks Canyon State Park, visual art
• July 8–11: Edness K. Wilkins State Park, music
• July 15–18: Buffalo Bill State Park, dance
• July 22–25: Medicine Lodge State Park, visual art
• July 29–Aug. 1: Edness K. Wilkins State Park, visual art
• Aug. 5–8: Guernsey State Park, creative writing
• Aug. 12–15: Curt Gowdy State Park, visual art
• Aug. 19–22: Buffalo Bill State Park, music
• Aug. 26–29: Glendo State Park, music
• Sept. 2–5: Keyhole State Park, dance
• Sept. 2–5: Guernsey State Park, visual art
• Sept. 9–12: Hot Springs State Park, creative writing
• Sept. 16–19: Sinks Canyon State Park, creative writing
• Sept. 23–26: Keyhole State Park, creative writing
✨ Learn more at wyoarts.state.wy.us/wyoming-state-parks-artist-in-residence