Department of Fine Arts

Mr. Gary Moeller
Department Head and Professor

Downs Hall
Room 206

918-343-7744
gmoeller@rsu.edu
Teaching Philosophy

Education

M.F.A., Painting, Drawing and Art History
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
1979

B.F.A., Painting, Drawing and Art History
Southwest Missouri State College
1971

Professional Experience

2007-Present
Interim Department Head, Department of Fine Arts
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

2001-2006
Professor of Art, Department of Fine Arts
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

1999-2001
Department Head, Department of Communications & Fine Arts
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

1996-1998
Program Coordinator, Art Department, Liberal Arts Division
Rogers University, Claremore, OK

1981-1995
Instructor, Arts and Humanities Division
Director, Art Department
Director, Fine Arts Division
Claremore College, Claremore, OK

• Accomplishments and responsibilities include: instructor of 12-15-credit hours per semester, management of personnel, budget and daily operations, development of curriculum and scheduling of semester courses, community relations with art groups, civic organizations and schools. (Dependent on the needs of institution.)
  

1979-1981 
Instructor of Art, Art Department
Claremore College, Claremore, OK

1979-1980
Adjunct Professor of Art
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

1979-1981
Art Instructor, Special Programs
Tulsa Junior College, Tulsa, OK

1975-1981
Drawing and Painting Instructor
Community Schools, Tulsa Parks Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK

1973-1975
Painting Instructor
Community Schools, Broward County, Florida

Professional Accomplishments

• Served as juror National Scholastic Art Competition (OK), 2006
• Member of the Green Country Arts and Humanities Association, 2005-Present
• Tulsa Artists’ Coalition Gallery, Art Submission Panel (judge), 2005-2006
• Designed a 128- credit BFA in Visual Art (recently approved), 2003-2006
• North Central Association Self-Study Coordinator, Rogers State University (As a result RSU was approved for accreditation for the maximum time period of 10-years) Continuous Service: Various institutional and departmental search committees, 2002-2004
• Oklahoma Outstanding Educators Academy, 2000-2001
• North Central Association Self-Study Steering Committee, 1999
• Nominated by Rogers State University’s Liberal Studies Division, 1999, Oklahoma Medal for Excellence in Teaching and Administration, 1998
• Vice Chairman, Faculty Association, Rogers University, 1998
• Served as Facilitator and Drawing Instructor for the University of Tulsa, Summer Art Program, Montone, Italy, 1996-2001
• Recipient, Herrington Excellence in Teaching Award, Rogers University, 1997
• Chairman, Faculty Association, Rogers University , 1997
• Recipient, Library Patron of the Year, Rogers State College, 1996
• Served on the Provost Search Committee for Rogers University, 1996
• Reorganized the Native American Studies curriculum at Rogers State College, 1994-1995
• Produced and narrated “Native American Prehistoric Art (Rock Art)” telecourse, 18-20 thirty-minute videos, KRSC-TV, 1993-1995
• Recipient, Community Service Award, Rogers State College, KRSC-TV, 1992
• Oklahoma State Arts Council Project, paintings of Oklahoma rock art and catalog, 1992
• Scholarship to Quartz Mountain Oklahoma Arts Institute, 1992
• Participant in a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities faculty study/workshop on ethics and curriculum, 1992
• Participant, National Endowment for the Humanities grant on myth, religion and culture on the Rogers State College campus, 1990
• Consultant for on-going grant proposals for the production of a video series on American Art History, 1990
• Nominated for the Oklahoma Gold Medal of Excellence in Teaching, 1989
• Nominated for the Oklahoma Gold Medal for Excellence in Teaching, 1988-1989
• Crew chief and participant in the New Mexico Archaeological Society, Rock Art Field Schools in Capitan, Three Rivers, and Taos, New Mexico, 1986-1994
• Project Director, National Endowment for the Humanities, Youth Projects
  Grant on youth involvement in the study and preservation of rock art in Northeastern Oklahoma video project, 1984-1985

Courses Taught

• Freehand Drawing I & II
• Watercolor I & II
• Rock Art
• Fundamentals of Art
• Color & Design
• Life Drawing
• Art Theory
• Rock Art Research
• Painting
• Art Theory
• Airbrush Illustration
• Native American Art/Crafts
• American Art History
• Cinema
• Art History to 1850
• Western Art History 1400-1850
• Honors Art Appreciation
• Women in the Literary and Visual Arts

Professional Affiliations

• Green Country Arts and Humanities Association
• RSU New Classroom Building Planning Committee
• Chairman, Missions & Planning Committee, Rogers State University
• Chairman, North Central Accreditation Committee, Rogers State University
• Vice Chairman, Faculty Association, Rogers University
• Chairman, Faculty Association, Rogers University
• Provost Search Committee Member, Rogers University
• Member of Oklahoma Society of Impressionist Painters
• Project Advisor, Oologah Historical Museum
• Chairman, Library Committee, Rogers State College
• Council Member, Faculty/Staff Association, Rogers State College
• OEA (Oklahoma Education Association)
• Served as crew chief and documenter of the Rock Art of Southern New Mexico
• Former Member of American Rock Art Research Association, Oklahoma Rock Art Research Group, Tulsa Archaeological Society, Three Rivers Art Association and New Mexico Archaeological Society, and Review Panelist, State Arts Council of Oklahoma
• Participated in art exhibits in the Oklahoma area, one-man and collaborative shows, faculty exhibits and graduate student competitions

Publications and Research Activity

Current Work, Sequential development of Figure Ground series of paintings and      drawings.

Illustrator for the novel, K’atsina, by Lana Harrigan, 1999

Illustrator for the novel, Acoma, by Lana Harrigan, 1997

Publication review of James D. Keyser’s book, Indian Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau, 1995

Produced and narrated, “Native American Prehistoric (Rock) Art” telecourse, 18 thirty-minute videos, KRSC-TV, 1993-1995

Project Director, ‘Conquest of Surrealism’ a State Arts Council of Oklahoma funded project that included an exhibit of Salvador Dali works and works of local artists influenced by Surrealism, 1989-90

Project Director, “Original American Art: Rock Art of Northeastern Oklahoma,” an Oklahoma Humanities Committee and Rogers State College, 1982-83

Shows

Colloquia presentation of still animation oil painting, NW10kW, to RSU faculty, 2006

Presentations to community art groups in the Tulsa/Claremore area, 2004-2005

One Man Show, Kevin Gillentine Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 1999

Rogers State University, Faculty Art Exhibits, 1990-Present

Lectures on my interior Illustrations for the Lana Harrigan novels, Acoma and K’atsina, Thunderbird Library, Claremore Regional Library, and several commercial bookstores and art galleries in Oklahoma and New Mexico, 1997-1998

Montone, Italy, Art Show, University of Tulsa, 1996-2001

Mayfest Invitational International, F & M Bank, Tulsa, OK, Tulsa Flower Garden Center, 1994

1993

• Cowboy Hall of Fame, OKC (OSI)
• Palmer Gallery, Hot Springs, AR (OSI)
• Fort Smith Arts Center, Fort Smith, AR (OSI)
• Oologah Historical Museum, Painting/Print Signing (GEM)
• Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK (OSI)

1992 

• Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK (OSI)
• Spiva Museum, Joplin, MO (OSI)
• OK Mozart, Bartlesville, OK (OSI)
• Oklahoma Legislative Invitational Art Show, OK State Capitol

1991

• Claremore, Foundations Gallery (painting & poems)
• Tulsa, Philbrook Art Museum (OSI)
• Tulsa, Performing Art Center (OSI)
• Oklahoma City, Governor’s Gallery, State Capitol
• F & M Bank, Tulsa (OSI)

1990

• Ardmore OSI Jan./Feb., Charles Goodard Center
• Ada OSI March, Cultural Center
• Tulsa-April, Corporate Art, Inc.
• Tulsa-May, F & M and Utica Banks