New Manager for WY Arts Council Our Wyoming Arts Council colleague Michael Lange has been named the new WAC manager. Lange replaces Rita Basom, who recently retired. For the past two years, Lange, a native of Riverton, has been working as the Community Development and the Arts Specialist with the Wyoming Arts Council. Prior to this position, he was employed by the Campus Activities Center at the University of Wyoming, overseeing co-curricular programs and services to build student engagement and leadership. Lange, who began playing bass in high school, attended Northwest College in Powell and then the University of Wyoming, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Music with an emphasis in bass performance. He later completed a master’s of Public Administration in Political Science from the University of Wyoming, focusing his studies on public policy, public/non-profit organizational and personnel management, and art administration. Lange is also an artist in his own right, with experience as a successful arranger, performer and concert producer. “I am very excited to be given the opportunity to lead the Wyoming Arts Council,” Lange said. “The arts play a significant role in Wyoming and in society at large, adding to education, economics, community development, preservation of our cultural heritage, and everything in between. State Parks and Cultural Resources Director Milward Simpson said that this is an exciting time for the arts in Wyoming. “Michael’s expertise, management experience and training combined with his Wyoming roots and his passion for the arts will serve the Arts Council well moving forward. Michael knows the Arts Council and the artists and arts organizations it serves and has already established himself as a trusted and respected voice for the arts both in Wyoming and in the larger arts world. I am looking forward to see how Michael, his talented staff and the dedicated Board will work to make an already strong agency even stronger.” Apply now for Blanchan and Doubleday writing awards The Wyoming Arts Council is accepting applications for the 2015 Blanchan and Doubleday writing awards. Deadline is Nov. 17. The Neltje Blanchan Award of $1,000 is given for the best poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or script which is informed by a relationship with the natural world. The Frank Nelson Doubleday Award of $1,000 is given for the best poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or script written by a woman author. This year’s judge is nature writer Kurt Caswell, who teaches creative writing and literature at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. See complete guidelines and apply online by going to the Submittable site at https://wyomingartscouncil.submittable/submit For more information, contact Michael Shay at the WAC, 307-777-5234 or [email protected]. Artist Roster Applications Now Open Apply on CaFE, callforentry.org if you are interested in becoming a dynamic form of public art! Roster artists do school residencies, assemblies, concerts and projects at Senior Centers and other community based centers, and much more! If you are interested in sharing your work with the greater community, consider the Roster. More information at: wyoarts.state.wy.us/wac-program/wyoming-arts-council-artist-roster/ Save the Date! Governors Arts Awards will be February 27, 2015 at Little America in Cheyenne CLICK! A Weekend for Visual Artists, will be March 27-28 in Cody Wyoming Arts Council Biennial, summer, UW Art Museum in Laramie Ongoing: Art of the Hunt exhibition, Wyoming State Museum, until June 30, 2015
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:28:10 +0000
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