The Grand Teton Music Festival (formerly the Jackson Hole Fine Arts Festival) was established in 1962 and has continued to present an annual program of symphonic and chamber music performed by some of the nation's top artists. The Cheyenne Civic Center serves as a venue for a variety of musical and theatrical groups, including the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. Theater Wyoming offers summer performances in Cheyenne, Cody, and Jackson.
The Wyoming Council on the Arts, consisting of 10 members appointed by the governor to three-year terms, funds local activities and organizations in the visual and performing arts, including painting, music, theater, and dance. In 2003, the Wyoming Arts Council and other Wyoming arts organizations received grants totaling $612,100 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The Wyoming Council for the Humanities has an active speaker's bureau and ongoing history programs, as well as sponsoring a Native American Language Preservation program. In 2000, the National Endowment for the Humanities contributed $478,127 for nine state programs. Contributions to the arts also came from state and private sources. The state of Wyoming offers arts education programs to approximately 33,000 schoolchildren.