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
Phone: (469) 499-5412
BA, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
Theater Tech Elective (Form V).
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
Phone: (469) 499-5400
MTh, MH, BA University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Theology (Form V);
Art Elective;
Exodus Sponsor.
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).