Articles written by Sue Blakey

Sue Blakey, Guest Writer|Apr 16, 2015

Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation has received a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help create a folk festival in Hot Springs State Park this summer. This will be the first folk festival in the state since 1990, according to Annie Hatch, Wyoming Arts Council folklore specialist. “Wyoming does not get many of these grants,” said Hatch, “and it’s really an honor for Thermopolis to receive one. They usually go to large institutions, like the University.” NEA defines a folk festival as a ‘celebration of and by the...