
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.
* Denotes Emeritus Members
CHORUS ADVISORY PANEL
Lauren Fogarty, Middle and Upper School Vocal Music Director, Holland Hall
Jan Hanson*, Retired Professor, USAO
Karsten Longhurst, Director of Choral Studies, NWOSU
Pam Mowry, Executive Director, Canterbury Voices
Karl Nelson, Director of Choral Studies, UCO
Alex Rivera, Choir Director, Bartlesville High School
Holly Sisk, Music Educator, Tahlequah High School
Sohailah Stout, Head of Choirs, Mustang High School
J. Steven Walker, Director of Choral Activities, ECU
Richard Zielinski, Director of Choral Activities, OU
Creative Writing Advisory Panel
Joshua Grasso, Associate Professor, ECU
Michelle Johnson, Managing Editor, World Literature Today
Janine Joseph, Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University
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
John Bedford*, Ann Lacy Founding Dean, School of American Dance and Entertainment, OCU
CeCe Farha, Owner & Director, Range of Motion Dance Studio
Mary Margaret Holt*, Dean, College of Fine Arts, OU
Tonya Kilburn, Artistic Director, Prairie Dance Theatre
Jenna LaViolette, Director of Dance, Dance Maker Academy
Racheal Nye, School Director, Oklahoma City Ballet
Hui Cha Poos, Dance Education Coordinator, UCO
Jo Rowan*, Founding Dance Chair, Department of Dance, OCU
Tyne Shillingford, Chair, Upper School Fine Arts Department, Holland Hall
FILM & VIDEO ADVISORY PANEL
Bryan Cardinale-Powell, Chair, Film Department, OCU
Andrew Horton*, Professor Emeritus, OU
Beau Leland, Motion Group Editor, VI Marketing and Branding, Oklahoma City
Rick Allen Lippert*, Owner, Lippert Media
Alan Novey, Independent Cinematographer and Producer, Oklahoma City
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
Chris Barber, Director of Fine Arts, 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
Min-Jeong Koh, Faculty, The Royal Conservatory
Hsuan-Yu Alex Lee, Assistant Professor, SWOSU
Mark Parker*, Dean, Wanda L. Bass School of Music, OCU
Maya Stone, Educator & Freelance Musician, Nashville, TN
Photography Advisory Panel
David Emitt Adams, Freelance Photographer, Phoenix, AZ
Joy Reed Belt, Owner/Director, JRB Art at the Elms
Cheyenne Butcher, Fine Arts Head of House, Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences
Konrad Eek*, Photographer and Owner, Maxwell Eek Design Photography
Stacy Johnson, Educator, Epic Charter School
Julia Kirt*, Oklahoma State Senator
Andy Mattern, Assistant Professor, OSU
Cynthia Rodriguez, Art Educator, Classen School of Advanced Studies
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
Alissa Branch, OSAI Alum & Assistant Professor, OU
Machele Miller Dill, Musical Theatre Director, TU
Amber Harrington, Chair, Fine Arts Department, Thomas Edison High School
D. Lance Marsh, Professor, OCU
Carly O'Brien, Director of Theatre, East Central University
Steve Strickler, Director of Theatre, SWOSU
Kimberly Weast, Professor, NWOSU
VISUAL ARTS ADVISORY PANEL
Narciso Arguelles, Art Educator, Crossings Christian School
Joy Reed Belt, Owner/Director, JRB Art at the Elms
Yatika Fields, OSAI Alum & Artist, Tulsa, OK
Nicole Harrington, Art Educator, Weatherford High School
Julia Kirt*, Oklahoma State Senator
Andrew Phelan*, Director Emeritus, School of Art & Art History, OU
Cynthia Rodriguez, Art Educator, Classen School of Advanced Studies
Lars Roeder, Assistant Professor, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
John Seward*, Painter & Photographer, Oklahoma City
Laura Warriner*, Founder, [Artspace] at Untitled