Mrs. Tasia Magill, Head of Department
The Cistercian Fine Arts Department is dedicated to awaking and inspiring each student’s innate creativity and fostering an aesthetic appreciation of our world. The goal of the Cistercian Fine Arts Department is to give the student the means, in one art form or several, to express his vision as well as to appreciate the expressions of others.
In the first Forms of Middle School students delve into the study of visual art and music. Before they advance to Upper School they have the opportunity to expand this study by adding Drama and Art History.
The Upper School art electives offer a more rigorous and prolonged concentration in specific disciplines, such as Theater History, Film Studies, Technical Theater, Drawing, Painting, Screen Printing, and Photography. Students are required to devote four of their six high school electives to Arts classes so they are able to graduate with a full arts accreditation. Colleges and beyond are looking for students who are able to use creative problem solving and out of the box thinking that the arts exercise. We are proud to continue develop our arts programing to inspire and drive our well-rounded scholars.
Fine Arts Department Faculty
Mrs. Breianna Bairrington
Faculty, Fine Arts
Phone: (469) 499-5412
BA, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
Theater Tech Elective;
Theater Design Elective.
Fr. Anthony Bigney , O. Cist.
Form Master, Faculty, Fine Arts, Social Studies
Phone: (469) 499-5448
MTh University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
MA Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX.
BA Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
Form Master (Form V);
Social Studies (Form I);
Journalism Elective;
Informer Sponsor.
Ms. Clare Frank
Faculty, Fine Arts
Phone: (972) 554-2322
MFA, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
BA, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Art (Forms I-II);
Visual Art (Form IV);
Art Electives;
Art Club Sponsor.
Fr. Augustine Hoelke , O.Cist.
Alumnus, Class of 2000
Form Master, Faculty, Fine Arts, Social Studies, World Languages
Phone: (469) 499-5443
MTh, BA University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
MA University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
Director of Campus Ministry/Liturgy;
Form Master (Form I);
Latin (Form I);
History (Form III);
Film Elective.
Mrs. Tasia Magill
Faculty, Fine Arts
Phone: (469) 499-5412
BA University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Head of Fine Arts Department;
Fine Arts (Form IV);
Drama Electives;
Senior Theater Elective.
Mr. James Reisch
Faculty, Fine Arts
Phone: (469) 499-5400
BA University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
Director of Photography/Video for External Media;
Photography and Filmmaking Electives.
Mr. Peter J Saliga
Faculty, Fine Arts, Social Studies
Phone: (469) 499-5414
MAS, MA University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
BA Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH.
Field Studies Coordinator;
World History (Form VI);
History Elective;
Arts Senior Seminar
Junior Patrons' Guild Sponsor.
Fr. Raphael Schaner , O.Cist.
Form Master, Faculty, Fine Arts, Theology
Phone: (972) 554-2331
MTh, MH, BA University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Form Master (Form VI);
Theology (Form V);
Art (Form III);
Art Elective;
Exodus Sponsor.
Fr. Gregory Schweers , O. Cist.
Faculty, Fine Arts
Phone: (469) 499-5426
MA, BA University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
MA University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
Art History, London, England.
Art History, New York, NY.
Art History (Form IV).
Ms. Kristen Williams
Faculty, Fine Arts
MA University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
Music (Forms I-II);
Music Appreciation (Form IV);
Music Electives.