WELCOME TO THE FIRST ANNUAL WYLDER FESTIVAL IN CASPER, WYOMING!
How can we work together toward healthy communities and greater landscape integrity? Join us for the WYlder Festival to exchange ideas, tales, goods, and art dedicated to the future of Wyoming’s open spaces.
This one-of-a-kind event from May 30 to June 1 in Casper, Wyoming will gather our statewide community —including citizens, Tribal members, businesses, organizations, and artists — to explore our collective role in caring for Wyoming’s landscapes and people.
FEATURED ARTIST
We are proud to announce Bria Hammock as the featured artist of the first WYlder Festival. Bria’s work often centers Wyoming’s wildlife and landscapes through a contemporary execution that fuses traditional art form with details of digital design. Bria’s iconic style can be seen highlighted in the WYlder Festival 2025 materials.
Bria believes that appreciating nature is the first step to conserving it, and she views her art as a call to action, a reminder that we all have a responsibility to steward our planet and the creatures that call it home, now and for future generations. She is the principal artist and owner of Westward. In 2023, Bria was selected as the first Artist-in-Residence for Wyoming State Parks that culminated in an exhibit at the Wyoming State Museum. In 2022, Bria was awarded Best in Show for Plein Air in the Parks and the Purchase Award at the Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition. She currently calls Cheyenne home.
Join us at the WYlder Market on Friday, May 30 to purchase raffle tickets for a chance to take home your very own Bria Hammock original.
PRESS
Inaugural Wyoming State Parks’ Artist in Residence program gives Cheyenne artist a new perspective (Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
New Cheyenne art gallery merges contemporary art with western tradition (Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
EVENT SCHEDULE
MAY 30
WYlder Market | 5–8 p.m.
David Street Station, Downtown Casper
MAY 31
WYlder Sessions | 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
Ramkota Conference Center, Downtown Casper
Keynote Panel | Working Together in the Equality State ∣ 5–7 p.m.
Frontier Brewing, Downtown Casper
JUNE 1
Bird Watching with Audubon Rockies | 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Location TBD
Stewardship Project: Scotch Thistle Removal with City of Casper | 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Location TBD
Are you an artist, business, nonprofit, or student working at the nexus of community and ecosystem stewardship?
If so, apply to host a booth at the WYlder Market!
Application period extended!
Open until 5 p.m. on May 16.
AGENDA
Agenda subject to change!
REGISTRATION
All sessions are free and open to the community. Please register below so we can make sure there is enough coffee and seats to go around.
LODGING
A room block is available for WYlder Festival participants at the Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center. Rooms ($129/night) will be held until April 30 so make your reservation today!
Ramkota Hotel
800 North Poplar
Casper, WY 82601
307.266.6000
Camping (tent or RV) is also available for a fee at Fort Caspar Campground. Please call to reserve your spot today.
Fort Caspar Campground
4205 Fort Caspar Rd
Casper, WY 82604
307.247.9399