Jennifer Corning

Betsy Gaines Quammen is the author of American Zion and True West, which won the 2024 Reading the West Book Award.

Juni Clark is the owner of Aunt Dofe’s Gallery in Willow Creek, Montana. She is a prominent businessperson in Billings, in addition to serving on the Yellowstone Art Museum Board of Trustees.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida, Mario Lopez is currently the CEO of the Billings Symphony.

The mission of Montana Chamber Music is to advance chamber music by delivering the highest quality performances in the Big Sky country, and to expand ongoing cultural relevance for all by engaging a diverse public.

Museum of the Rockies hosts a mix of primary and traveling exhibitions, including one of the most extensive and significant collections of dinosaur fossils in North America.

ZooMontana is a zoological/botanical garden, accredited arboretum and educational facility in Billings. It is dedicated to the conservation of wildlife throughout Montana and the 45th parallel of earth.

Incorporated over 55 years ago, the Western Heritage Center (WHC) began as a community center displaying a private collection of western artifacts in a historic building. Today, the center also provides outreach programs and walking tours, changing interactive exhibits, traveling displays, and a collection of over 400 oral histories and 40,000 historic items and photographs. Becky Jeter is the Executive Director of the WHC.

Chase DeForest creates collaged and stitched leather artworks exploring themes related to the environment and the American West.

This House of Books was established in 2016 as an independent, full-service bookstore serving the region around Billings, MT.The bookstore was established as a cooperative with members buying shares to become co-owners with voting rights.

Montana legend Jonnie Jonckowski is the focus of Jonnie, an upcoming Montana PBS documentary. Her outsized accomplishments and challenges both in and out of the rodeo arena centers this new film.