ROWEN SCHUSSHEIM-ANDERSON Augustana College Department of Art and Art History Rock Island, IL. 61201 309.794.7490 e-mail: rowensa@aol.com EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts, 1980 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1974 School for American Craftsmen     Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, N.Y. TEACHING POSITIONS 1982-Present Augustana College, Professor 1980-82 Arizona State University. Faculty Associate Mesa Community College. Visiting Lecturer GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 1998-99, 1986 Augustana Research Foundation: Faculty Research 1998,94 Quad City Arts Dollar$: Individual Artist's Grant African Textiles in Context 1991 Augustana Research Foundation: Faculty Research Quad City Arts Dollar$: Individual Artist's Grant 1980-81 Arizona Commission on the Arts. Year's residency/fellowship in Artists-in-Education program SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2002 Quad City International Airport, Moline, IL. Rowen Schussheim-Anderson and Steve Sinner 2002 Voted 2nd Best Exhibition of the Year, QC Online/Dispatch Reader’s Poll 1998 Bettendorf Public Library and Information Center, Bettendorf, IA. Evolution of a Design 1993 Performing Arts Gallery, Davenport, IA. Common Threads Rowen Schussheim-Anderson Tapestries: Peruvian Impressions 1992 Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL. 1984 Quad City Arts Council, Rock Island, IL. Rowen Schussheim: Tapestries Project Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Rowen Schussheim: Tapestries 1982 Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ. The Artist and Me 1981 Western New Mexico University, Silver City, N.M. Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ. Tapestries in Two and Three Dimensions 1980 Harry Wood Art Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Landspace SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2003 Augustana Art Museum, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. Augustana College Studio Art Faculty Exhibition 2002 Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Quad Cities Ceramicists and Sculptors Invitational 2002 Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA. American Crafts: A Local Approach Invitational 2002 Family Museum of Arts and Science, Bettendorf, IA. PIGcasso Invitational 2002 Rock Island Art Guild, Augustana Art Gallery, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. 2002 Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition Juried 2001 51st Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL. Juried Exhibition MERIT AWARD Art Show 2001: The Final Curtain, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA. Juried Exhibition 2000 McHenry County College, McHenry, IL. Juried Exhibition Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL. Chain Reaction. Invitational 1999 The Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Ia. Clay Fiber Paper Glass Metal and Clay EXHIBITION 1999 Juried BEST OF SHOW Geneseo Art League, Geneseo, IL. Maplecrest Art Show JUDGE'S RECOGNITION Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo. Fiber Focus '99 Juried Zoller Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa. Crafts National 33 Juried 1998 St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA. Liturgical Arts Festival Invitational 1997 Gallery of Fine Arts, Topeka, KS. Topeka Competition 21 Juried 1996 Augustana Art Gallery, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. CollAboRaTions Across Seventh Avenue 1995 Gallery of Fine Arts, Topeka, KS. Topeka Competition 19 Juried Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL. Africa Inspires Artists Invitational 1994 Chain Link Crochet Conference, Chicago, IL. Ancient Roots, New Beginnings Juried Augustana Art Gallery, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition Juried 1993 Gallery of Fine Arts, Topeka, KS. Topeka Competition 17 CASH AWARD The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA. Paper Fiber XVI MERIT AWARD Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA. Imaging Women Artists Invitational Collaboration with Davenport Art Museum 1992 Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. IOWA ARTISTS 1992 Juried Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA. Showcase: Bi-State Juried 1991 Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX. Materials Hard and Soft Juried Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL. Artists Who Teach Invitational PUBLICATIONS 1998 Lifework: Portraits of Iowa Women Artists. Lifework Arts Press. Fiberarts. November/December. Tapestry Commission featured 1996 The Button and Ornamentation Book. Lark Publications. 1995 A Century of Art at Augustana College. Augustana Historical Society and Augustana Art Gallery. 1995 Iowa Woman. Spring/Summer. 1993 Fiberarts. April/May. Article/Exhibitions: Peruvian Impressions--A New Weaving Voice 1992 American Craft. February/March. Gallery Section. 1989 Augustana College Magazine. Summer. 1984 Fiberarts. July/August Fiber Sculptors. 1983 Michigan Academician. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. Featured artist Fiber Arts Design Book II. Lark Publications. Arizona Arts and Lifestyle. Summer. Women Artists in Arizona 1982 Architectural Crafts: A Handbook and A Catalog. Bridgit McCarthy, Western States Arts Foundation. 1981 Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot. Summer. Fiberscope. Featured artist 1979 Photo-Art Processes. Nancy J. Howell-Koehler, Davis Publication. PERMANENT COLLECTIONS Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. Augustana College Library, Rock Island, IL. Augustana College Student Activities Building, Rock Island, IL. Bettendorf Public Library and Information Center, Bettendorf, IA. Davenport Cement Company, Davenport, IA. Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Washington, D.C. Harper College, Palatine, IL. IBM Corporation, Tucson, AZ. Legal Associates, Phoenix, AZ. Ramada Inn Corporation, Atlantic City, N.J. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y. Rock Island Public Library, Rock Island, IL. Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ. Security State Bank, Independence, IA. The Department of State, Washington, D.C. Trinity Hospital, Moline, IL. Triumph Consultants, Bettendorf, IA. LECTURES PRESENTED 2002 Design, Embroiderers Guild, Rock Island, IL. 2001 African Artmaking: Cultural Expression and Design, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA. 2000 Creative Crochet, Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL. 1999 African Textiles, Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf, IA. 1998 Native American Textiles St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA. 1997, 1994 Peruvian Textiles St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA. 1992 What I Did on My Sabbatical, My Summer Vacation, and Seven Years Ago Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 1994 Peruvian Impressions Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL. 1990 Textiles of the Andes Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA. WORKSHOPS AND PANELS PRESENTED 2002 Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA. Sequined Art, Banners and Flags 2002 Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA. African Textiles 2001 Phoenix Arts Commission, Phoenix, AZ. Exploring African Art Techniques 2000 Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL. Creative Crochet Methods 1998 Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL. African Textile Techniques 1997 Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL. Weaving in the Bettendorf Library 1994 Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL. Quad City Arts Advisory Panel Panelist 1992 Communiversity, Davenport, IA. Exploring Non-Western Art: Pattern and Expression 1991 Mid-America College Art Association, University of Wisconsin-Madison Traditional Arts as Sources Panelist 1987 Iowa Art Education Association, Batik for the Classroom Teacher 1985-87 Illinois Arts Council. Program Grant Panelist and Partners-in-Purchase Panelist 1985 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Feltmaking and Peruvian Textiles 1984 Weavers' Guild of Minneapolis, MN. Feltmaking Weaving Workshop, Chicago, IL. Feltmaking 1983 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Fabric Painting