Articles and Reviews
2024
It’s All about That Art, Judith Fertig, IN Kansas City, Aug 2024, pp 78-85
Linda Lighton, Ode to the Tallgrass Prairie, 2022, ART CITY, 2024, pp 26
KCAI Airport Article Series, Kansas City Art Institute.
2023
Winter Whiteout, Spencer Museum of Art.
2022
Pyscho Ceramics Linda Lighton doesn’t care if you’re uncomfortable, Elizabeth Kirsch, Artillery, May/June 2022, pp 36-38
SIVA Woodfire Ceramics Festival by Marc Leuthold, New Ceramics Magazine.
2019
Taking Aim Power, Gender and Firearms, Tanya Hartman, Ceramics Ireland, 2019, pp 44-47
2018
Ceramics That Kill, Quilts That Admonish: Linda Lighton and Jessica Wohl, by Blair Schulman.
"In New Show, Kansas City Artists Hope To Provoke More Than Thoughts And Prayers," by Anne Kniggendorf, KCUR.
2017
Article on gun violence and women, in "Of Note Magazine" by MacKenzie Leighton, The Gun Issue, Summer 2017.
2016
Gallery of Kansas City Ceramics, Alice Thorson, KC Studio, March/April 2016, pp 56-64
Flora and Fauna, Brinton Museum, Big Horn, Wyoming, Nancy M. Servis, January/February 2016, NEW CERAMICS magazine.
Ceramics (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) Catherine Futter, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KC MO
2015
Removal of art in Overland Park exhibit generates discussion about hate, Mary Sanchez, The Kansas City Star, February 10, 2015
American Gun Show Exhibition Explores a National Obsession, Dj Pangburn, The Creators Project, November 9, 2015
2014
St. Louis Galleries Put On an Art-Show Memorial for Michael Brown, Hugh Ryan, Vice, November 25, 2014
Kemper at the Crossroads exhibit highlights Kansas City artists' vigor and invention. June 6, 2014 article in The Kansas City Star. Excerpt: "Among the experiments are a set of collaborative sculptures by Mark Southerland and Linda Lighton, fusing his brass instruments with her organic porcelain forms. Dziedzic relates them to the entwined histories of jazz and the visual arts, but these disparate conjoinings also hark to the famous surrealist line about the 'chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella'."
Meditations from the Middle, Alicia Eller, Hyperallergic, May 2, 2014
2013
Linda Lighton, Taking Aim, Tanya Hartman, Ceramics Art and Perception, 2013 Pg 12-15
2012
Gun Art: Linda Lighton’s “Taking Aim” Huffington Post Arts and Culture, December 12th, 2012
Linda Lighton and Taking Aim are suddenly on target, The Kansas City Pitch, by Tracy Abeln.
New Growth: Linda Lighton & Mark Southerland. Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS. March-April 2012. (program text)
2011
Impressions of Under/Overglaze Painting Symposium, Sibel Sevin, Ezgi Hakan, and V Martinez, Ceramics Technical, 2011, pp. 92-97
Lighton Program Makes Ambassadors of Artists, Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, July 1
Linda Lighton’s Luminous, Tanya Hartman, Ceramics Art and Perception, 2011, pp. 48-50
The Power of the Spiritual, Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, 2011, pp 20
"Celestial Terrestrial" group show, guest curated by Elizabeth Kirsch, Greenlease gallery at Rockhurst University, Kansas City MO. Read the review.
"Between Thee and Me," Kansas City Jewish Museum, Overland Park, Kansas (article)
Kansas City Clay, What’s Happening Now, Tara Polansky, Ceramic Art and Perception, 2011, pp 22-24
2010
Great Expectations, Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, 2010, pp F1-2
Earth and Sky, Elizabeth Kirsch, Kansas City Star, May 2010, pp. E1 & E8
What’s going on in Kansas City, Tara Polansky, International Art and Perception, 2010 #83
2009
Linda Lighton Boundless Joy, New Ceramics the European Ceramics Magazine, July/August 2009, pp.12-15
Linda Lighton:Flores Retoicas, Glen R. Brown, Revista International Ceramica, 2009 pp. 23-25
Artist Retreat, Kansas City Spaces, 2009 Annual Resource Guide, 2009, pp. 50-51
2008
Confrontational Ceramics, by Judith Schwartz, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008, pp.25
Tubers, Sea Sponges and Flowers, Boundless Joy in Ceramic Form, Andrea Norris, Review Magazine, April, pp. 40
Lighton Celebrates the 'S' Word, Sarah Mote, Kansas City Star, February 23, 2008 pp. E3
The Woman Flower, Linda' and her Ceramic Art, Bai Ming, Ceramic Science and Art, pp. 14-15
2007
Linda Lighton: New Work, Transition, Growth & Change, NCECA Journal, Volume XXVIII, 2007 pp. 24
"Linda Lighton: Ceramics," New Letters, A Magazine of Writing and Art, Vol. 74, No. 1, 2007-2008, cover and pp. 48-52
2006
"Ceramic Works Range From Elegant to Quirky." review by Camille Howell, The News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri
Dangerous Beauty, Elisabeth Kirsch, Review Magazine, August 2006, pp. 52-55.
2004
International Exchange Program Launched, Marcus Cain, Review, February 2004, pp. 42-43.
2003
Linda Lighton’s Predatory Petals, Glen Brown, Kerameiki Techni, 2003, pp. 72-75.
Safe Sex, Ceramics by Linda Lighton and David Furman,” Christopher Leitch, Ceramic Art & Perception, 2003, pp. 67-69
1980-1994
In the Garden of Art: Art and Senses, Robin Trafton, The Kansas City Star, April 2, 1999, pp. 32
Cik Karsti les Zvartava Sovasar, Ruta Muizniece, Diena, August 8, 1998, pp.10
Linda Lighton Working to Build Bridges, Joshua Rose, KC Jewish Life, Spring 1997, p.24-28
Sisters Are Doing Art for Themselves, Alice Thorson, The Kansas City Star, July 25, 1997, pp.18
Wild Woman Salon, Debra Peebles, Forum, Visual Arts Journal of Kansas City, Fall 1997, pp. 7
Flower Power, Zimmerman, Kansas City Home Design, October 1996, pp. 42-47, 50
Change of Season and Scenery, Alice Thorson, The Kansas City Star, March 17, 1995, pp.17
Designing Creativity for a Critical Cause, Laura Hockaday, The Kansas City Star, May 21, 1995, pp. H8
L.L. in Latvia, Rebekah Presson, Borderline, Sum. 1994, pp. 27-29
Lithuania Proves a Creative Challenge for This Sculptor, Laura Hockaday, The Kansas City Star, Sunday, Oct.26, 1994, p. H8
Gal Galician Pasiulyti Kavos is Voro Kavinuko? Lilvine Petrauskaite, Kaunas Diena, rugsejo 6, antradienis IVr208 (14321) 1994, p. 4
Be-Bop’ll do You, Doug Hitchcock, Boarder Line, Summer 1994, p. 26-29
Artists in Latvia Get by with Few Amenities, Meager Provisions,” Laura R Hockaday, The Kansas City Star, Nov. 28, 1993, pp. I4
Starptautisks Makslas Simpozijs Notiek Dzintaros, Aijas Seveles, Jurmala Nedelas Avize, 30 Sept.-6 Oct., No. 38 (1743), p. 7
Differences Make ‘Genesis Gender’ Lively Exhibit, Alice Thorson, The Kansas City Star, Sept. 5, 1993, pp. F3
Artist Mourns Stolen Sculpture, Lara Gold, The Kansas City Star, Jan. 5, 1992, pp. B3
Breaking Roles, Steve Walker, Kansas City Live, Dec. 1990, p.7
“Ceramist’s Work Takes On New Look, New Meaning, Rick Hellman, The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, March 23, 1990, pp. A23
Seeking Inner Connections, Laura Caruso, The Kansas City Star, Sept. 2, 1990, pp. F6
Ceramics, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, Mar. 19, 1989, pp. 5E
West Wyandotte, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, July 30,1989, pp. D4
Art Museum Plans Heady Birthday Celebration, San Angelo Standard Times, April 12, pp. 12H
Artist Makes Bold, Clever Statement in Ceramic Show, Jill Yates, Sun Newspaper, Nov. 13
Linda Lighton, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, Nov. 15, 1987 pp. H12
Potpourri, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, Dec. 21,
Profile, Karen Brookfield, The Independent, Nov. 1985, p.12
Works Exude Healthy, Fun Loving Look, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, July 7, 1985, p. F9
Ceramists Show Differing Styles at Two Local Gallery Exhibitions, Michael Deverey, The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, Nov. 8, 1985, pp. A14
K.C. Home, Fauk Real, The Kansas City Star Magazine, April 5, cover
Summer Things, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, July 29, pp. E6
Group Sculpture Show, Garry Noland, Forum, Sept. pp. 13
At L’Omega, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, Oct. 9, pp. 101
Linda Lighton, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, Oct. 17, pp. K3
Linda Lighton, Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, June 14, p. I5
1980 Graduate Woman, July/August cover
News & Retrospect, Ceramics Monthly, Vol. 28, #5, May 1980