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Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

Veda Rives Aukerman

Director, Normal Editions Workshop
Wonsook Kim School of Art
Office
CVA Center For The Visual Arts 129a
Office Phone
(309) 438-7530office
phone
Email
vrives@ilstu.eduemail
Website
http://mirrorimagepress.com/website
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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

351.001Special Projects: Lithography-Printshop

351.001Special Projects: Lithography-Printshop

351.003Special Projects: Printmaking

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)