Lois Harada is an artist and printmaker working in Providence. She studied printmaking at RISD and settled in Rhode Island after graduating with a BFA 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, AZ from 1942–45. She takes inspiration from propaganda printed and distributed by the US government and prints with type and equipment similar to that which would have created the original works.
Harada has exhibited her work across the US and internationally. Her work is included in private collections as well as at the RISD Museum. Her practice is bolstered by residencies, and she is currently preparing for a five-week residency at Anderson Ranch in Colorado in spring 2023. She recently finished a seven-year term on the board of New Urban Arts, Providence’s nationally recognized, free arts drop-in program, and now serves as chair of the Art in City Life Commission serving the city of Providence.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
PAINT 4519-03 - DRAWING I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPainting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
PAINT 4519-03
DRAWING I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPainting
Subject Painting
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: TH | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Lois HaradaLocation(s): College Building, Room 521Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
An introductory level course for Painting majors. Students will develop drawing skills and insights and consider basic visual language issues. Syllabus is coordinated with Painting I.
Open to Sophomore Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
GRAPH 3178-01 - WKSHP: LETTERPRESS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 1
FormatWorkshop
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
GRAPH 3178-01
WKSHP: LETTERPRESS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits1
FormatWorkshop
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-06 to 2024-09-27
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Lois HaradaLocation(s): Design Center, Room 301Enrolled / Capacity: 10Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This workshop is a four week introduction to letterpress printing. We will work with handset foundry type, wood type and photopolymer plates tocreate finely printed specimens of type and image. We will learn Pantone color mixing and matching and discuss papers and substrates suitable for the process.
Participants will learn to design for the letterpress printing process and prepress techniques for creating successful photopolymer plates. The course will also cover proper Vandercook Proof Press setup, inking, cleaning and troubleshooting.
Elective
GRAPH 3178-02 - WKSHP: LETTERPRESS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 1
FormatWorkshop
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
GRAPH 3178-02
WKSHP: LETTERPRESS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits1
FormatWorkshop
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-10-04 to 2024-10-25
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Lois HaradaLocation(s): Design Center, Room 301Enrolled / Capacity: 10Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This workshop is a four week introduction to letterpress printing. We will work with handset foundry type, wood type and photopolymer plates tocreate finely printed specimens of type and image. We will learn Pantone color mixing and matching and discuss papers and substrates suitable for the process.
Participants will learn to design for the letterpress printing process and prepress techniques for creating successful photopolymer plates. The course will also cover proper Vandercook Proof Press setup, inking, cleaning and troubleshooting.
Elective
GRAPH 3178-03 - WKSHP: LETTERPRESS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 1
FormatWorkshop
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
GRAPH 3178-03
WKSHP: LETTERPRESS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits1
FormatWorkshop
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-11-01 to 2024-11-22
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Lois HaradaLocation(s): Design Center, Room 301Enrolled / Capacity: 10Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This workshop is a four week introduction to letterpress printing. We will work with handset foundry type, wood type and photopolymer plates tocreate finely printed specimens of type and image. We will learn Pantone color mixing and matching and discuss papers and substrates suitable for the process.
Participants will learn to design for the letterpress printing process and prepress techniques for creating successful photopolymer plates. The course will also cover proper Vandercook Proof Press setup, inking, cleaning and troubleshooting.
Elective
Spring 2025 Courses
GRAPH 2355-01 - INTRODUCTION TO BOOK ARTS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
GRAPH 2355-01
INTRODUCTION TO BOOK ARTS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
PeriodSpring 2025
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Lois HaradaLocation(s): Design Center, Room 501Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In this Graphic Design studio, students will learn the building blocks of book construction. In addition to handwork and bindery skills, students will work to set type, manually and digitally, to match their conceptual vision and learn to plan, execute and create well crafted book projects. The course will cover the history of the book from codexes and manuscripts all the way through modern zines to give us context for our technical work. We will study the medium of the artists’ book which, though rooted in traditional book forms, take on any shape and design that the artist can imagine. This medium has a rich history—we’ll study exemplars in the Special Collections archive and visit with contemporary artists in the field.
Craft is essential to creating effective forms that tell the story of our design practice. How can the technical skills learned in traditional book binding be adapted to your vision and voice?
