About

Valerie Eickmeier served as dean of the Herron School of Art and Design from 1999 – 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 25 years of visiting artist lectures, private and corporate commissions, and more than 50 local, regional, national, and international museum and gallery exhibitions. She is the recipient of awards including 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, Eickmeier was identified by Dialogue Magazine as one of the Midwest’s “Top 25 Most Influential People in the Arts.”