Veda Rives Aukerman
Director, Normal Editions Workshop
Wonsook Kim School of Art
Office
CVA Center For The Visual Arts 129a
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Biography
Aukerman teaches student interns and supervises graduate students in the professional collaborative print workshop, Normal Editions. With over 25 years of master printer experience leading team projects with visiting artists and the Normal Editions Team of students and faculty, she also serves as principle investigator on numerous grants. Aukerman is an artist and printmaker active in her own studio pursuing interests in printmaking, handmade paper, artists’ books, and large installations of BookEnvirons which are collaborative works with her identical twin sister, Meda Rives Smith.
Current Courses
351Special Projects: Lithography-Printshop
Research Interests & Areas
lithography, letterpress, book arts, papermaking, and collaborative projects
MA Printmaking
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
BFA Printmaking and Drawing
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois
AA Art
Lincoln Land Community College
Springfield, Illinois
Distinguished Service Award
2014
Book, Edited
Finch, R., & Rives, V. Marks from the Matrix:Normal Editions Workshop Collaborative Limited Edition Prints 1976-2006. Normal Editions Workshop (2007): 196.
Presentations
Collaborative Printmaking at Normal Editions. 2020 Art Festival. Heart of Illinois Conference (HOIC). (2020)
"BookEnviron: Niche". "Book as Art: Flight Edition" exhibition. Decatur Book Arts Association, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, Georgia. (2019)
Gallery Talk: "BookEnviron: Herron, Insights and Creative Process". "Alchemy of Paper" exhibition. Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. (2019)
Lecture and Exhibition: "BookEnvirons". Short-term Visiting Artist Residency. Judson University, Elgin, Illinois. (2017)
Workshop: "Three-Color Monotype". Short-term Visiting Artist Residency. Judson University, Elgin, Illinois. (2017)
Gallery Talk: "Twofold Path". "Turning the Page" exhibition. Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana. (2014)
Lecture and Exhibition "BookEnviron". Short-term Visiting Artist Residency. Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky. (2012)
"BookEnvirons: Romancing the Rhythms of Nature". "Green, Greener, Greenest: Romancing Nature Again" 24th Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists. School of Visual Arts, New York, New York. (2010)
Grants & Contracts
General Operating Support for Normal Editions Workshop program grant FY2024. Illinois Arts Council Agency. State. (2023)
General Operating Support for Normal Editions Workshop program grant FY2023. Illinois Arts Council Agency. State. (2022)
General Operating Support for Normal Editions Workshop program grant FY2022. Illinois Arts Council Agency. State. (2021)
General Operating Support for Normal Editions Workshop program grant FY2021. Illinois Arts Council Agency. State. (2020)
General Operating Support for Normal Editions Workshop program grant FY2020. Illinois Arts Council Agency. State. (2019)