Awards

Chancellor and Provost Medallion - 2018

IUPUI Chancellor's Medallion

Indianapolis, Indiana

Presenter: Nasser H. Paydar

About Valerie Eickmeier

Valerie Eickmeier completed a B.F.A from Kansas City Art Institute and an M.F.A. from Washington University.

She served as dean of the Herron School of Art and Design at IUPUI from 1999 to 2018 after a series of steady promotions through the academic ranks, including positions as acting dean, associate dean, division coordinator of 3-D fine arts, and two terms as faculty president. Professor Eickmeier's career encompasses more than two decades of visiting artist lectures, private and corporate commissions, and more than 50 local, regional, national, and international museum and gallery exhibitions. She was presented with awards which included two National Endowment for the Arts Special Project Grants and the Individual Artist Fellowship and a Creative Renewal Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission. In 2005 Professor Eickmeier was identified by Dialogue Magazine as one of the Midwest's "Top 25 Most Influential People in the Arts."