AWARDS
Grand Purchase Prize | $500
My Grandmother by Jinghong Chen 2023 Illustration
Laurie Whitehill Purchase Prize | $375
Clocks in Space by Pei-Jung Hsieh 2025 EFS
American Printing History Association - New England Chapter Purchase Prize | $375
Ghost Bikes by Elizabeth Long 2024 Illustration
Librarian's Choice | $250
A Modern Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood by Robbie Li MADE 2022 + Kennice Pan 2023 Illustration
HONORABLE MENTIONS | $100
How does it feel to have clouds swoop in your face by Zimu Fang 2025 EFS
Zone: Apollinaire, Simpson, Chang by Naya Lee Chang BRDD 2024 Furniture, History
February 14, 2018 by Yadelis Gomez 2025 EFS.
JUROR
We are very happy to announce that Lois Harada is this year's juror. Lois Harada is an artist and printmaker working in Providence. She studied traditional printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and settled in Rhode Island after graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010. She works at DWRI Letterpress, a commercial letterpress printshop where she also prints her own work. Harada utilizes text and the medium of the poster to tell her family’s story of incarceration — her paternal grandmother was interned in Poston, Arizona from 1942 -1945. She takes inspiration from propaganda printed and distributed by the United States government and prints with type and equipment similar to that which would have created the original works.
Harada has exhibited her work across the United States and internationally. Her work is included in private collections as well as the RISD Museum. Her practice is bolstered by residencies and she is preparing for a five-week residency at Anderson Ranch in Colorado in the spring of 2022. She recently finished a seven year term on the board of New Urban Arts, a nationally recognized free, arts drop-in program and a term as a city commissioner on the Art in City Life Commission serving the city of Providence.
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Zone: Apollinaire, Simpson, Chang
Naya Chang, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
HONORABLE MENTION | $100
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My Grandmother
Jinghong Chen, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
GRAND PURCHASE PRIZE | $500 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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8th Annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2022 Poster
Special Collections and Fleet Library
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8th Annual Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2022 Virtual Reception
Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Lois Harada
Recording of the 8th Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest Virtual Reception, held via zoom Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 at 6:30pm. Hosted by RISD Dean of Libraries Margot Nishimura, Special Collections Librarian Claudia Covert, guest juror Lois Harada, President of the New England Chapter of the American Printing History Association (APHA) Alice Beckwith and Special Collections Associate Ariel Bordeaux. Honorable mentions and award winning entries announced.
Grand Purchase Prize | $500 My Grandmother by Jinghong Chen 2023 Illustration, Laurie Whitehill Purchase Prize | $375 Clocks in Space by Pei-Jung Hsieh 2025 EFS, American Printing History Association - New England Chapter Purchase Prize | $375 Ghost Bikes by Elizabeth Long 2024 Illustration, Librarian's Choice | $250 A Modern Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood by Robbie Li MADE 2022 + Kennice Pan 2023 Illustration
Honorable Mentions | $100 How does it feel to have clouds swoop in your face by Zimu Fang 2025 EFS, Zone: Apollinaire, Simpson, Chang by Naya Lee Chang BRDD 2024 Furniture, Histor, February 14, 2018 by Yadelis Gomez 2025 EFS.
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How does it feel to have clouds swoop in your face
Zimu Fang, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
HONORABLE MENTION | $100
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Clocks in Space
Pei-Jung Hsieh, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
LAURIE WHITEHILL PURCHASE PRIZE | $375 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 Modern Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood
Robbie Li, Kennice Pan, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
LIBRARIAN'S CHOICE | $250 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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Ghost Bikes
Elizabeth Long, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION - New England Chapter Purchase Prize | $375 Purchase prize winners receive a cash reward and the books are added to the Fleet Library at RISD Special Collections' Artists' Book collection.
