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Fine Arts Department Faculty

School of Arts & Sciences

Fine Arts Faculty

 

Kimberly Weast

Kimberly WeastKimberly Weast, M.F.A.
Fine Arts Department Chair
Director of Theatre Arts
Professor of Theatre

Office: Ryerson Hall 330   
580-327-8462
kkweast@nwosu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  • M.F.A.  Lindenwood University
  • M.A. COMM.  Southwest Baptist Theological Seminar
  • B.S.  Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Licensure:

  • Oklahoma Teaching Certificate

Research and Scholarly Interests:

  • Leadership in the arts
  • X and Y Generation
  • Theatre for Young Adults

Hobbies:

  • Traveling
  • Reading
  • Attending live theatrical productions
  • ​Working out in the summer

Favorite Quote:

"Spectacular success in life is always and only preceded by unspectacular preperation"

-Dr. Kenneth Mcfarland

Favorite Motto:

"Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated"

Favorite Thing to do Outside of Work:

Spend time with family and friends and volunteer with Samaritian's Purse Disaster Relief.

Courses Typically Taught:

  • Acting I
  • Acting II
  • Lighting Design
  • Scenic Design
  • Senior Capstone
  • Stage Makeup
  • Theatre Appreciation
  • Theatre Practicum
  • Theatre Practicum II
  • Theatre Production I
  • Theatre Production II
  • Theatrical Directing I
  • Theatrical Directing II

Kane Bradley

James Kane Bradley headshotKane Bradley, A.B.D.
Instructor of Music
Director of Choral Studies

Office: Ryerson Hall 323 
580-327-8692
jkbradley@nwosu.edu 

Education

  • A.B.D. | The University of Memphis | Conducting; Cognate - Vocal Pedagogy
  • M.M. | Arkansas State University | Choral Conducting
  • B.M.E. | Arkansas Tech University | Vocal Music Education

Licensure:

  • Arkansas Educator License; K-12 Vocal and Instrumental Music

Research and Scholarly Interests:

  • The Tenor/Bass Changing Voice
  • Sight Reading Pedagogy
  • The Choral Music of George Butterworth

Hobbies:

  • Travel
  • Composition/Arranging
  • Watching Films

Courses Typically Taught:

  • University Singers
  • University Chorale
  • Concert Choir
  • Choral Arranging
  • Music History I
  • Principles of Conducting
  • Music Methods and Materials for Elementary Schools
  • Music History II
  • Choral Conducting

Thomas Cornell

Thomas CornellThomas Cornell
Assistant Professor of Visual Art
Director of the Museum of Natural History

Office: Jesse Dunn 326 
580-327-8111
tacornell@nwosu.edu 

Education

  • M.F.A. The University of Notre Dame
  • B.F.A. The Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • B.S.B.A. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Research Interests

  • Phenomenology and perception
  • Invasive species
  • Lapidary Techniques
  • Fluxus and Correspondence Art of the Americas

Favorite Quote

"Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things" 

-Terry Pratchett

Motto

"Blessed is he who has found his work"

-Thomas Carlyle 

Courses Typically Taught
  • Sculpture I & II
  • Painting I & II
  • Fundamentals of Drawing
  • Fundamentals of Two Dimensional Design
  • Fundamentals of Three Dimensional Design
  • Figure Drawing
  • Natural History Drawing
  • Advanced Studio (and Senior Exhibition)
  • Professional Practices and Gallery Administration
  • Visual Arts Major Seminar

Mary Hill

Mary Hill, adjunct instructor of musicAdjunct Instructor of Music

mghill@nwosu.edu

Mickey Jordan

Mickey JordanInstructor of Technical Theatre
Herod Hall Facilities Manager

Office: Ryerson Hall 302 
580-327-8458
mojordan@nwosu.edu

Education:

  • M.A. in American Studies with an emphasis in Theatre
  • B.A.  Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
  • Associates in Arts Vernon College

Research and Scholarly Interests:

  • Development of technical theatre
  • Frank Lloyd Wright architecture
  • Museum preservation and studies

Hobbies:

  • Travel
  • Studio art
  • Visiting museums

Favorite Quote:

“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

Favorite Motto:

“Do good, and good will happen.” – LaDell Jordan

Favorite Thing to do Outside of Work:

Visit thrift and antique stores searching for my next "best find."

Courses Typically Taught:

  • Theatre Production II
  • Theatre Participation I
  • Co-teaching Scenic Design
  • Co-teaching of Lighting Design 
  • Theatre History II

Ken Kelsey

Ken KelseyKen Kelsey, M.A.
Instructor of History and Fine Arts

Office: Jesse Dunn 319A
580-327-8523
kdkelsey@nwosu.edu

Education:

  • M.A.  Oklahoma State University
  • B.A.  Oklahoma State University

Eduardo Moreira

Eduardo MoreiraEduardo Moreira, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Music
Director of Piano Studies

Office: Ryerson Hall 314
580-327-8192
emartinsmoreira@nwosu.edu

Education:

  • D.M.A. University of Oregon (Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano)
  • M.M. University of Strasbourg (France)
  • B.M. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
  • Artist Diploma (Diplôme de spécialisation) Conservatoire de Strasbourg (France)

Research and Scholarly Interests

  • 20th and 21st Century piano music
  • Piano Pedagogy
  • Chamber music with piano
  • Music by women composers
  • Olivier Messiaen’s piano music

Favorite Quote

“What I have in my heart and soul must find a way out. That’s the reason for music.” ~ Ludwig van Beethoven

Courses Typically Taught:

  • Applied Piano
  • Class Piano I-IV
  • Keyboard Pedagogy
  • Keyboard Literature
  • Accompanying

Victoria Moreira

Victoria MoreiraVictoria Moreira
Adjunct Instructor of Music

 

Department of Fine Arts
Northwestern - Alva
vccalderonemoreira@nwosu.edu

Lawana Newell

Lawana NewellLawana Newell, M.M.
Director of Vocal Studies
Instructor of Music

Office: Fine Arts 315
580-327-8689
linewell@nwosu.edu 

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  • M.M.  New England Conversatory of Music
  • B.A.  Pfeiffer College

Scholarly interests:

  • Art Song
  • Lieder
  • Mélodie

Career highlights:

Solo performances with orchestras; numerous performances with the Enid Symphony Orchestra including the soprano solos in Brahms, A German Requiem, Mendelssohn, Elijah, Mozart, Exsultate jubilate, Mahler, Symphony No. 2,Ressurection; with the Charlotte (NC) Symphony Orchestra, Bernstein, Chichester Psalms; with the New England Conservatory Orchestra, Menotti, Steal me, sweet thief. Choral highlights: singing soprano solos in Mozart, Vesperae solemnes de confessore with the Pfeiffer Choir in Europe (three-week tour); choral performance with Boston Symphony Orchestra, under Claudio Abbado in performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, soloists Jesse Norman and Barbara Hendricks. 

Family information:

Married to Douglas Newell; four children – Lauren, Lindsey, Leslie, and Christian; three grandchildren – Dane, Kyra and James.

Motto I live by:

Do all the good you can, in every way you can, for everyone you can, for as long as you can. 

Favorite thing to do outside of work:

Relax and watch “The Big Bang Theory” 

Courses Typically Taught:

  • Applied Voice
  • Language Diction
  • Vocal Pedagogy
  • Vocal Literature
  • Music Form & Analysis
  • Music in Life 

Alexander (Xan) Perkins

Alexander (Xan) PerkinsAlexander (Xan) Perkins
Instructor of Instrumental Music
Director of Bands

Office: Ryerson Hall 304
(580) 327-8191
agperkins@nwosu.edu

David Poindexter

David PoindexterDavid Poindexter
Associate Professor of Visual Arts

Office: Jesse Dunn Annex 326B
580-327-8108
dapoindexter@nwosu.edu

 

Max Ridgway

Max Ridgway, M.E.Max Ridgway
Guitar and Strings Instructor
Adjunct Instructor of Music

maridgway@nwosu.edu

Education:

  • M.E.  Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
  • B.M.  Berklee College of Music

Research and Scholarly Interests:

  • Modernism and music
  • World music
  • Jazz improvisation
  • Musical traditions in western culture

Hobbies:

  • Painting
  • Recording music

Favorite Quote:

“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.” – Woody Allen

Favorite Motto:

"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." - Lao Tzu

Favorite Thing to do Outside of Work:

Performance with Jazz Trio

Courses Typically Taught:

  • Music in Life
  • World Music
  • Applied Guitar
  • Stringed Instruments
  • Music Composition
  • Choral Arranging

 

Office: Fine Arts 304
580-327-8191
 

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