• Continue to grow and evolve to better serve the mission.

A BRIEF HISTORY
Way back in 1976, Pinedale school teacher Arlinda McLaughlin approached Spike Jorgensen about bringing in performing artists for the schools. In May of that year the Utah Symphony, conducted by Maestro Maurice Abravanel, performed a one-hour concert in the high school for the students and community members. From this first performance, programs and residencies were scheduled into the schools, first in Pinedale and later Big Piney and, thus, The Pinedale Fine Arts Council was born. Almost a year later, in 1983, PFAC received The Governor’s Arts Award for the Outstanding Arts Organization in the state. Co-Founder Jo Crandall would later receive the same award in 2003. In our 2005-2006 season, PFAC presented our first Broadway touring company performing "Gentleman Prefer Blondes." And in our 2006-2007 season, PFAC celebrated its 30th anniversary season.

SPONSORS
The Pinedale Fine Arts Council is supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Arts Council, through funding from the Wyoming State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, which beleives a great nation deserves great art. PFAC is also supported through your donations as well as grant from Sublette BOCES, Western/Sublette No. 9 BOCES, the Town of Pinedale, Sublette County School Districts No. 1 and No. 9, Sublette County Recreation Board, VSA Arts of Wyoming and the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF).

NOT JUST A PRESENTING ORGANIZATION
Since 1976, the Pinedale Fine Arts Council has been presenting high quality arts programs to the people of Sublette County. In addition to our programming, we also provide a number of community outreach programs and highly intensive school residencies to both school districts in our county. It is our goal to offer everyone in our community a truly artistic experience regardless of age.

SCHOOL RESIDENCIES
Each year, the Pinedale Fine Arts Council works closely with Sublette County school teachers and administators to present highly educational, hands-on learning experience via our artist-in-residency program. These programs may consist of a simple one-day writing exercise featuring a prominent Wyoming writer, a band workshop or itmay involve a multi-week long poetry residency capped off by an entire school grade reading poetry aloud to one-another. It is also our goal to present different artists and mediums each school year.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
We also offer a number of community outreach programs aimed at providing an arts experience to those members of our community who reside in county senor centers and nursing phacilities. When presenting an artist for our season ticket events we almost always present that same artist to residents of both the Big Piney and Pinedale senor centers. This allows us to reach our mission of reaching out to our entire community and also generates interest to our season ticket events. We also present artists to other small facets of our community such as our county preschools and "mancamps" (temporary living facilities for gas field employees).

MILLENIUM ARTS AWARD
Each year, PFAC awards one student in the Pinedale High School with a $100 college scholarship as part of our Millenium Arts Award. The winner of the award creates a small sculpture which is caste in aluminum and attached to the Millenium Arts Sculpture in front of the Pinedale High School. Designs are based on students applications which ask for a paragraph on "why art is important to me" as well as a drawing which illustrates this answer. The Millenium Arts Award is now in its 8th year.