Awards
Announced February 24, 2021
Grand Purchase Prize
If We Could Make It Out Alive by Jonathan Dewanto, BFA, EFS 2024
Laurie Whitehill Purchase Prize
Waiting for Democracy by Naya Lee Chang, BRDD, Furniture Design 2024
American Printing History Association - New England Chapter Purchase Prize
A Book of Happiness by Shuyan Chen, BFA, Illustration 2023
Librarian's Choice
The Woman's Way by Yukti Vishal Agarwal, BRDD, Textiles 2024
Honorable Mentions
It's all "now" by Mario Fernandez-Moreno, BFA, Apparel Design 2022, How to be a CaNniBal in the 21st Century? by Vidhi Nayyar, BFA, EFS 2024, Ramen with White Privilege by Sarah Park, BFA, Apparel Design 2022, Secret Communication System by Jocelyn Salim, BFA, Illustration 2023.
JUROR
We are very happy to announce that Nafis White is this year's juror. Nafis White works in sculpture, photography, video, collage, sound and performance exploring issues of identity, equality, politics and landscape, using personal narratives to facilitate and build conversations with the viewer. Her approach is one that is heavily influenced by conceptualism, aesthetics and climate, both political and social, with much of her work inspired by the current Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Nafis employs many different strategies in the way that she visualizes and creates work, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to her art making. White received her BFA in Sculpture with a Concentration in Art History from the Rhode Island School of Design before embarking on a year-long program at the University of London, Goldsmiths in the UK. Nafis returned to RISD in 2016 to study Digital Media and Printmaking and graduated with her MFA in 2018. You can see more of Nafis White's artwork at nafiswhite.com.
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The Woman's Way
Yukti Vishal Agarwal, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
LIBRARIAN'S CHOICE AWARD
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Waiting for Democracy
Naya Lee Chang, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
LAURIE WHITEHILL PURCHASE PRIZE | Purchase prize winners receive a cash reward and the books are added to the Fleet Library at RISD Special Collections' Artists' Book collection.
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A Book of Happiness
Shuyan Chen, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
American Printing History Association - New England Chapter Purchase Prize | Purchase prize winners receive a cash reward and the books are added to the Fleet Library at RISD Special Collections' Artists' Book collection.
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7th Annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021 Poster
Special Collections and Fleet Library
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7th Annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021 Virtual Reception
Special Collections and Fleet Library
Slides presented in the recording of the 7th Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest Virtual Reception, held via zoom Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at 6:30pm. Hosted by RISD Dean of Libraries Margot Nishimura, Special Collections Librarian Claudia Covert, guest juror Nafis White, MFA '18 PR + DM, President of the New England Chapter of the American Printing History Association (APHA) Alice Beckwith, Special Collections Associate Ariel Bordeaux, and RISD Libraries Administrative Coordinator Amy Doyle. Honorable mentions and award winning entries announced.
Grand Purchase Prize If We Could Make It Out Alive by Jonathan Dewanto, BFA, EFS 2024, Laurie Whitehill Purchase Prize Waiting for Democracy by Naya Lee Chang, BRDD, Furniture Design 2024, American Printing History Association - New England Chapter Purchase Prize A Book of Happiness by Shuyan Chen, BFA, Illustration 2023, Librarian's Choice The Woman's Way by Yukti Vishal Agarwal, BRDD, Textiles 2024
Honorable Mentions It's all "now" by Mario Fernandez-Moreno, BFA, Apparel Design 2022, How to be a CaNniBal in the 21st Century? by Vidhi Nayyar, BFA, EFS 2024, Ramen with White Privilege by Sarah Park, BFA, Apparel Design 2022, Secret Communication System by Jocelyn Salim, BFA, Illustration 2023.
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7th Annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2021 Virtual Reception Presentation
Special Collections and Fleet Library
Slides presented in the recording of the 7th Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest Virtual Reception, held via zoom Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at 6:30pm. Hosted by RISD Dean of Libraries Margot Nishimura, Special Collections Librarian Claudia Covert, guest juror Nafis White, MFA '18 PR + DM, President of the New England Chapter of the American Printing History Association (APHA) Alice Beckwith, Special Collections Associate Ariel Bordeaux, and RISD Libraries Administrative Coordinator Amy Doyle. Honorable mentions and award winning entries announced.
Grand Purchase Prize If We Could Make It Out Alive by Jonathan Dewanto, BFA, EFS 2024, Laurie Whitehill Purchase Prize Waiting for Democracy by Naya Lee Chang, BRDD, Furniture Design 2024, American Printing History Association - New England Chapter Purchase Prize A Book of Happiness by Shuyan Chen, BFA, Illustration 2023, Librarian's Choice The Woman's Way by Yukti Vishal Agarwal, BRDD, Textiles 2024
Honorable Mentions It's all "now" by Mario Fernandez-Moreno, BFA, Apparel Design 2022, How to be a CaNniBal in the 21st Century? by Vidhi Nayyar, BFA, EFS 2024, Ramen with White Privilege by Sarah Park, BFA, Apparel Design 2022, Secret Communication System by Jocelyn Salim, BFA, Illustration 2023.
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If We Could Make It Out Alive
Jonathan Dewanto, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
GRAND PURCHASE PRIZE | Purchase prize winners receive a cash reward and the books are added to the Fleet Library at RISD Special Collections' Artists' Book collection.
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through my window; between my walls; under my roof
Nicole Klein, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
