Corby Skinner

About Corby Skinner

Corby Skinner is an independent marketing professional with an enormous capacity for assessing issues and creating positive, effective messages. His work is evident in all aspects of performing, visual and literary arts. He led the marketing and programming for the Alberta Bair Theater for 18 years, and served as Arts and Humanities Field Coordinator for the National YMCA of the USA for eight years. In March 2022, Skinner returned to the Alberta Bair Theater to serve as interim programming director. Skinner has been the Director of The Writer\'s Voice since its beginning in 1991. Skinner has coordinated seven Big Read programs for the National Endowment for the Arts and 17 consecutive High Plains Book Festivals featuring 40-60 authors from a seven state region and three Canadian provinces. He was the state coordinator for the Western States Arts Federation program, “TumbleWords.” Skinner is currently on the board of the Alberta Bair Theater, Art House Cinema, Montana Chamber Music Society, and Billings Cultural Partners. He served as the chair of the Yellowstone Art Museum’s annual art auction in 2019 and 2020. He is cohost of the arts and culture radio program, ”Resounds,” which airs on Yellowstone Public Radio. In 2009, Corby Skinner was awarded the Montana Governor’s Humanities Award. In 2015, Skinner received the Philip M. Fortin Humanitarian Award. In 2020, Skinner was appointed by Governor Steve Bullock to serve a three year term on the Montana Arts Council.

Experience

1. Program Director

   Alberta Bair Theater

   Mar 2022 — Present · Billings, MT, US

Education

• The University of Montana

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Fine and Studio Arts

  1972 — 1976

• Claremont Graduate School

  MFA, Art

  1978 — 1980