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Wyoming is known for its wild landscapes, cowboy culture, and natural resources. Some are hoping to add the arts to that list. When ranked by the value that arts and cultural production added to state economies in 2022, Wyoming comes in low - at 48th. ...

The Wind River Water and Buffalo Alliance is looking for a graphic artist to develop a logo. Before Europeans arrived, some 60 million buffalo roamed North America. After the animal was slaughtered, in part to extinguish tribes that lived alongside buffalo for centuries, just 23 remained by 1900. ...

It can take several hundred hours to build a fiddle, but Brainerd's Bud Larsen believes anyone can build one with enough patience and will.

It can take several hundred hours to build a fiddle, but Brainerd's Bud Larsen believes anyone can build one with enough patience and will.

It can take several hundred hours to build a fiddle, but Brainerd's Bud Larsen believes anyone can build one with enough patience and will.

It can take several hundred hours to build a fiddle, but Brainerd's Bud Larsen believes anyone can build one with enough patience and will.

Master fiddle builder Bud Larsen is passing on his knowledge of the Hardanger fiddle to apprentices in the Fargo-Moorhead area. His work is creating a new generation of fiddle makers and players.