
Artistic Advisory Panels
Oklahoma’s Leading Arts Professionals
The Artistic Advisory Panels guide the Oklahoma Arts Institute’s programs. Composed of leading arts professionals from across Oklahoma, the panels assess program needs, determine curricula, judge auditions, and recommend faculty artists.
CHORUS ADVISORY PANEL
Daniel Farris, Associate Professor, SWOSU
Jan Hanson, Professor, USAO
Lauren Fogarty, Middle and Upper School Vocal Music Director, Holland Hall
Joshua Hawkins Nannestad, OSAI Alum & Associate Professor, SEOSU
Karsten Longhurst, Director of Choral Studies, NWOSU
Karl Nelson, Director of Choral Studies, UCO
Pam Mowry, Executive Director, Canterbury Voices
Holly Sisk, Music Educator, Tahlequah High School
Z. Randall Stroope, Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, OSU
J. Steven Walker, Director of Choral Activities, ECU
Richard Zielinski, Director of Choral Activities, OU
Creative Writing Advisory Panel
Joshua Grasso, Associate Professor, ECU
Shawn Holliday, Professor, NWOSU
Matt Hollrah, Associate Professor, UCO
Michelle Johnson, Managing Editor, World Literature Today
Benjamin Myers, OSAI Alum and Professor, OBU
Jonathan Stalling, Professor, OU
Jason Stephenson, Director of Secondary English Language Arts, Oklahoma State Department of Education
E. Ann D. Stone, Poetry Editor, NIMROD
Harbour Winn, Professor Emeritus, OCU
Dance Advisory Panel
Marcello Angelini, Artistic Director, Tulsa Ballet
Penny Askew, OSAI Alum and School Director, Oklahoma City Ballet
Tiffany Barber, OSAI Alum and Educator, Philadelphia, PA
John Bedford, Ann Lacy Dean, School of American Dance and Entertainment, OCU
Candace Dragg, OSAI Alum and Educator, Norman High School
Mary Margaret Holt, Dean, College of Fine Arts, OU
Stacey Jenkins, General Manager, Tulsa Ballet
Tonya Kilburn, Artistic Director, Prairie Dance Theatre
Robert Mills, Artistic Director, Oklahoma City Ballet
Hui Cha Poos, Dance Education Coordinator, UCO
Jo Rowan, Chair, Department of Dance, OCU
FILM & VIDEO ADVISORY PANEL
Bryan Cardinale-Powell, Chair, Film Department, OCU
Gray Frederickson, Oklahoma City Community College
Kim Haywood, Executive Director, Rodeo Cinema
Andrew Horton, Professor Emeritus, OU
Beau Leland, Motion Group Editor, VI Marketing and Branding, Oklahoma City
Rick Allen Lippert, Owner, Lippert Media
Lance McDaniel, Executive Director, deadCenter Film Festival
Alan Novey, Independent Cinematographer and Producer, Oklahoma City
Clifton Raphael, Film & Television Educator, Jenks High School
Amy Smith, Digital Video Production Instructor, Moore Norman Technology Center
Clark Wiens, President & Co-Founder, Circle Cinema
Harbour Winn, Professor Emeritus, OCU
ORCHESTRA ADVISORY PANEL
Rod Ackmann, Professor, OU
Chris Barber, Fine Arts Coordinator, Owasso Public Schools
Meredith Blecha-Wells, Professor, OSU
John Clinton, Conductor, Edmond Chamber Orchestra
Eugene Enrico, Professor, OU
Jeffrey Grogan, Artistic Director, Oklahoma Youth Orchestras
Jose Luis Hernandez, Director, Sistema Tulsa
Jim Lambert, Chair, Department of Music, Cameron University
Hsuan-Yu Alex Lee, Assistant Professor, SWOSU
Mark Parker, Dean, Wanda L. Bass School of Music, OCU
Ron Wheeler, Conductor, Tulsa Youth Symphony Orchestra
Photography Advisory Panel
Konrad Eek, Photographer and Owner, Maxwell Eek Design Photography
Stacy Johnson, Educator, Epic Charter School
Julia Kirt, Oklahoma State Senator
Ben Long, OSAI Alum & Freelance Photographer and Consultant, San Francisco, CA
Andy Mattern, Assistant Professor, OSU
David McNeese, OSAI Alum & Photographer and Owner, McNeese Stills+Motion
Joy Reed Belt, Owner/Director, JRB Art at the Elms
Cynthia Rodriguez, Art Educator, Classen School of Advanced Studies
Liz Roth, Professor, OSU
John Seward, Painter & Photographer, Oklahoma City
Todd Stewart, Associate Professor, OU
Theatre Advisory Panel
Paul Austin, Writer, Actor, and Director, Norman
Michael Baron, Artistic Director, Lyric Theatre
Machele Miller Dill, Musical Theatre Director, TU
David Fennema, Emeritus Faculty, Cameron University
Daisy Folsom, Professor, UCO
Amber Harrington, Chair, Fine Arts Department, Thomas Edison High School
Alissa Mortimer, OSAI Alum & Assistant Professor, OU
Steve Strickler, Director of Theatre, SWOSU
Kimberly Weast, Professor, NWOSU
VISUAL ARTS ADVISORY PANEL
Marwin Begaye, Professor, OU
Jim Bruce, Painter, Oklahoma City
Julia Kirt, Oklahoma State Senator
Katherine Liontas-Warren, Professor, Cameron University
Michelle Martin, Associate Professor, TU
Andrew Phelan, Retired Professor, OU
Joy Reed Belt, Owner/Director, JRB Art at the Elms
Cynthia Rodriguez, Art Educator, Classen School of Advanced Studies
Liz Roth, Professor, OSU
Audrey Schmitz, Professor, Northern Oklahoma College
Sara Scribner, Owner & Artist, Scribners Gallery
John Seward, Painter & Photographer, Oklahoma City
Laura Warriner, Founder, [Artspace] at Untitled