Tennille Davis Schuster, M.F.A., faculty in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) displayed two of her works at the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book as part of the 2015 Florida Artists’ Books Prize. This is a state-wide juried exhibition. Schuster’s works were titled, “Behind Closed Doors” and “Bound Together.”
In addition, Schuster’s two works are a part of “Vessel: Guild of Book Workers 2015-2017,” a traveling juried exhibition. The exhibition features 50 selected works focused on the book as vessel. It opens in Ohio this month and will travel to various locations before concluding in 2017.
Schuster, faculty in the Department of Performing and Visual Arts, was also a coordinator with Veronique Cote, M.F.A.., of “Frenzy: The 8th Annual Faculty Art Exhibition.” Her teaching and research interests include graphic design, letterpress printing, hand-rendered and digital illustration, and artists’ books as a vehicle for graphic authorship. Schuster’s book art resides in public and private collections including the Iraq National Library and Duke University’s Rare Book, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Library.