Resounds: Arts And Culture On The High Plains

Jennifer Corning, Corby Skinner
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Resounds: Arts and Culture on the High Plains features interviews with individuals and organizations creating art in its myriad forms throughout our listening area. Hosts and Corby Skinner and Jennifer Corning bring listeners access to the creators who live in our communities and who tell our stories through their art.

  1. MAR 9

    Resounds: Art Under the Big Sky

    The Yellowstone Art Museum has assisted the Billings Logan Airport art program, Art Under the Big Sky, with the selection and rotation of art exhibits in Concourse B.

    29 min

  2. FEB 23

    Resounds: Jan Dietrich

    A community leader, volunteer, and Executive Director of the largest performing arts center in a five-state region, Jan Dietrich has an impressive career in the nonprofit world. In the summer of 2026, Dietrich retires after ten years at the helm of the Alberta Bair Theater (ABT) in Billings.

    29 min

  3. FEB 9

    Resounds: Darren Hackey

    Born and raised in Billings, Darren Hackey left his hometown to pursue a passion for music. After living across the country, coming home to Montana reignited his passion for the West. His love for western hats started in Texas, and he pursued the craft upon his return to his home state.

    29 min

  4. JAN 12

    Resounds: Montana Performing Arts Consortium

    The Montana Performing Arts Consortium (MPAC) formed in 1981. Since then, the nonprofit has connected the arts to communities across Montana.

    29 min

  5. 12/22/2025

    Resounds: C.M. Russell Museum

    The C.M. Russell Museum contains more than 3,000 pieces of Western art in a complex that covers an entire city block. The Western art complex, a National Historic Landmark, includes Charlie Russell’s fully restored home and studio, where he lived and created for 24 years alongside wife and business partner Nancy Cooper Russell.

    29 min

  6. 12/08/2025

    Resounds: Shann Ray

    Czech-American writer and American Book Award winner Shann Ray teaches at Gonzaga University and poetry at Stanford University. He is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and group Fulbright recipient to South Africa.

    29 min

  7. 11/24/2025

    Resounds: Russell Rowland and Gordon McConnell

    Fourth-generation Montanan Russell Rowland is a critically acclaimed author of eight books. For over thirty years, Billings-based artist Gordon McConnell has created works derived from Western film stills and informed by his sustained study of the history of the American West and its representations in literature, art, film, and photography.

    29 min

  8. 11/10/2025

    Resounds: Elk River Arts and Lectures

    Yetta Rose Stein is the Executive Director of Elk River Arts & Lectures based in Livingston. She also serves as the Board Vice President for Opera Montana. Previously, she served as the Managing Editor for Hunger Mountain Review. Stein is a graduate of Hellgate High School and has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

    29 min
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Resounds: Arts and Culture on the High Plains features interviews with individuals and organizations creating art in its myriad forms throughout our listening area. Hosts and Corby Skinner and Jennifer Corning bring listeners access to the creators who live in our communities and who tell our stories through their art.

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