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

Ms. Breianna Bairrington

Ms. Breianna Bairrington

Phone: (469) 499-5412

BA, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

Theater Tech Elective (Form V).

Ms. Clare Frank

Ms. Clare Frank

Phone: (972) 554-2322

MFA, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL.
BA, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.


Art (Forms I-II)
Art Electives
Art Club Sponsor.

Mr. Eric Lewis

Mr. Eric Lewis

Phone: (469) 499-5415

MMSM, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
BA, University of Dallas, Irving, TX


Music (Forms I-II) Music Appreciation (Form IV);
Music Electives;
Arts Senior Seminar.

Mrs. Tasia Magill

Mrs. Tasia Magill

Phone: (469) 499-5412

BA University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Head of Fine Arts Department;
Fine Arts (Form IV);
Drama Electives.

Fr. Ignatius Peacher , O.Cist.

Fr. Ignatius Peacher , O.Cist.

Phone: (972) 438-2044-5265

JCL Catholic University of America, Washington DC
MArch University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
MA University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
BA St. John's University, Collegeville, MN.


Visual Arts (Form IV);
Art Elective.

Mr. James Reisch

Mr. James Reisch

Phone: (469) 499-5400

BA University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.

Director of Photography/Video for External Media;
Photography and Filmmaking Electives.

Fr. Raphael Schaner , O.Cist.

Fr. Raphael Schaner , O.Cist.

Phone: (469) 499-5400

MTh, MH, BA University of Dallas, Irving, TX.

Theology (Form V);
Art Elective;
Exodus Sponsor.

Fr. Gregory Schweers , O.Cist.

Fr. Gregory Schweers , O.Cist.

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.


Renaissance Senior Seminar;
Art History (Form IV).