20th Century CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1999 "Sensuality Is Its Own Reward," Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1999 "Objects of Humanity," Hermitage Gallery, Reno, Nevada
1999 Linda Lighton, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri
1998 "Contemporary Ceramics," Tre Arenz, Linda Lighton, Michael Magoto, Pamla Summers, William Campbell Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1996 Linda Lighton, Lynne Melcher, Olson Larson Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
1996 Linda Lighton, Lynne Melcher, Jewish Community Center, Overland Park, Kansas
1995 Linda Lighton and Brad Miler, Recent Works, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1995 Linda Lighton, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri
1994 Linda Lighton, Wyandotte County Library, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Linda Lighton, Galerie Zopf, Rheinsberg Castle, Rheinsberg, Germany
1994 Clay Exhibition, Wyndey Morehead Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1993 Paseo Performing and Visual Arts Academy, Kansas City, Missouri
1993, 1989, 1987 Wyandotte County Library, Kansas City, Kansas
1995 Linda Lighton, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1990 "By Invitation Only," Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
1989 Linda Lighton, Dorry Gates Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1987 "And she did not live happily ever after. . . but she did live." Batz-Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1986 Linda Lighton, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri
1985 "Beyond Ourselves," Batz Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1985 "New Work," Barstow School, Kansas City, Missouri
1983 Cooke Gallery, Sunset Hill School, Kansas City, Missouri
1979 through 1983 L'Omega Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1982 Linda Lighton Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
1982 "Americana," Art Attack Gallery, Boise, Idaho
1981 University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
1979 202 Gallery, Moscow, Idaho
1978 Nica Gallery, Pullman, Washington
1974 Gemini Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
Collections
Leo Lambiel Museum, Lopez Island, Washington
International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland
Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, Missouri
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
University of Ohio, Athens, Ohio
Daum Museum, Sedalia, Kansas
Spencer Museum, Lawrence, Kansas
International Workshop of Clay, Tokonome, Japan
International Ceramic Museum, Icheon, Korea
Latvian Artists Union, Riga, Latvia
International Ceramic Museum, Kecskemet, Hungary
Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas
Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, Kansas
Employees Reinsurance Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas
Kahn Steel, Kansas City, Missouri
Craft Fridkin Rhyme Law Offices, Kansas City, Missouri
Sonnescheim Law Offices, Kansas City, Missouri
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, Missouri
Shook Hardy Bacon Law Firm, Overland Park, Kansas
Jiesia Bone China Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
R. Crosby Kemper, Kansas City, Missouri
Mark and Elizabeth Wilson, Kansas City, Missouri
Selected Group Exhibitions
1999 "Ceramics 99," Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut
1999 "Greater Midwest International," Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri, Juror's Award
1999 "Updating Ceremonial Objects; A Cup for Miriam," Nathan D. Rosen Gallery, Adolf and Rose Leir Jewish Community Center, Boca Raton, Florida
1998 "Re: Members Exhibition," Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
1998 "Cultures Without Borders" Bisceglia Italian Cultural Center
1998 Regional Craft Bienniel, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
1998 International Artists' Symposium Exhibition, Zvartava Castle, Latvia
1998 International Artists' Symposium Exhibition, Latvian Artists Union, Riga, Latvia
1997 "Wild Woman Salon," Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, co-curator
1997 "Topeka Competition 21," Topeka and Shawnee Public Library, Topeka, Kansas
1996 Ten Ceramic Artists, University of Ohio, Athens, Ohio
1996 The Clay Cup V, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, Alpine Kiln Award
1996 "The White Show," Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri
1996 Tokoname Ceramic Festival, Tokoname, Japan
1996 "5th Birthday Celebration," Galerie Zopf, Rheinsberg, Germany
1996 "River Market Regional Exhibition," Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
1996 "Regional Craft Bienniel," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
1996 Cera Gallery, Tokoname, Japan
1995 "The Red Show," Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri
1995 "The Floral Show", Muse Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Summer Invitational, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 "9th Annual National Ceramic Competition," San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas, Merit Award
1994 "Ideas in Bone China Exhibition," Museum of Contemporary Art, Kaunas, Lithuania; Museum of Applied Art, Vilnius, Lithuania; Museum of Applied Art, Riga, Latvia.
1994 William Campbell Contemporary Art, Ft. Worth, Texas
1993 International Artists Symposium Art Show, Jurmala, Latvia
1993 "Genesis Gender," Fran Bull, Lynn Huber, Linda Lighton, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1993 "Architecture: Artists Interpretations," Braithewaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah Univ., Cedar City, Utah
1993 "Valentine Excitement," Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1993 "Kansas City Clay Guild Juried Competition," Avila College, Kansas City, Missouri
1992 "Beyond Bounds" Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
1996 "Summer Salon," Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1997, 1992, 1991, 1987 "Dimensions" Lenexa National, Lenexa, Kansas
1991 "Uptown Clay Downtown," Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
1991 "Directors," Kansas City Artists Coalition, Wyandotte County Library, Kansas City, Kansas
1991 Topeka Craft Exhibition, Topeka, Kansas
1991 Midwest Small Sculpture Show, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
1990 33rd Annual Delta Art Exposition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
1990 "Birdhouses Invitational Competition," C. Corcoran Gallery, Muskegon, Michigan
1990 Chicago International Art Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Kansas City Artist's Coalition Juried Show, Kansas City, Missouri
1990 Kaw Valley Juried Art Show, Kansas City, Kansas, 1st Prize
1989 "New Art Forms," Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Hidden Glen Art Show, Olathe, Kansas, 1st Prize, 3 Dimension
1989 Nine State Juried Art Show, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
1988 "Joy of Sacks," Mesa Cultural Center, Mesa, Arizona
1988, 1987 "Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition," San Angelo, Texas
1987 "Past Presence," Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
1986 "Clay Forte," Mesa Cultural Center, Mesa, Arizona, Jurors' Award
1984 "Wearable Art," Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1984 Invitational Sculpture Show, Columbia Art League, Columbia, Missouri
1984 "Collector's Market," Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
1984 "Currents '84," Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1984 "Intimate Images," Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
1983 16th Annual Prints, Drawings and Crafts Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
1983 "Women's Perspective," Mill Gallery, Guilford Handeraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut
1983 "Fourth Biennial Paper and Clay," Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee
1982 "What's New in Clay," Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
1982 "Cooking Pots," Craftsman's Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
1981 Marietta Sculpture National, Grover Herman Fine Arts Center, Marietta, Ohio
1981 "Women in Art," Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Ohio
1980 American Association of University Women Traveling Slide Show
1980 "Upper Midwest Crafts Invitational," Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1980 "Clay Fantasy," Craftsman's Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
1980 "Westwood Clay National," Otis Parsons Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1978 "Container Show," Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
Artist Residencies/Working Experience
1996 International Workshop for Ceramic Artist in Tokoname, Japan
1993 Jiesia Bone China Factory in Kaunas, Lithuania
1992, 1998 Latvian Artists Union
Awards and Honors
1999 Jurors' Award, Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University Art Center, Warrensburg, Missouri
1999 Grant for "China Painting and Lustres Workshop," Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, Missouri
1998 International Symposium for Ceramic Artists, U.S. Representative, Zvartava, Latvia
1996 International Workshop for Ceramic Arts at Tokoname, Tokoname, Japan
1995 Alpine Kiln Award, The Clay Cup V, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1994 Jurors' Award, 9th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas
1994 National Medal of Arts, Young Audiences, President Bill Clinton, National Endowment for the Arts
1994 Exhibition Honorarium, Amerika House, Berlin, Germany
1994 International Bone China Symposium/Seminar, Kaunas, Lithuania
1994 United States Representative, International Artists Symposium, Jurmala, Latvia, awarded by Lakeside Art and Culture International
1993 Honors Award, Architecture: Artist's Interpretations, Braithewaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
1991 Honorable Mention, Midwest Small Sculpture Competition, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
1990, 1985 Nominee for Award in the Visual Arts
1997-1990 Artist in Residence, Missouri Arts Council
1990 First Prize, Kaw Valley Juried Art Show, Kansas City, Kansas
1989 First Prize, Hidden Glen Art Show, Olathe, Kansas
1989 Honors Graduate, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1986 Juror's Award, Clay Forte, Mesa Cultural Center, Mesa, Arizona
1982 Honorable Mention, Annual Design Award for Homes, Metropolitan Home Magazine
1980 American Association of University Women Traveling Slide Show
1978 Mortar Board Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Positions, Workshops, Lectures
1999 Panel Discussion: New Uses of Materials, Drury University, Springfield, Missouri
1999 China Painting and Lustres Workshop, New York, New York
1999 China Painting and Lustres Workshop, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, Missouri
1999 Program Coordinator, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, Missouri
1998 Lecture, International Symposium for Ceramic Artists, Zvartava, Latvia
1998 Tour Leader: Art, Anthropology, and Archeology of Guatemala
1997 Critic, Final Projects, Architecture Department, Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas
1998-1990 Artist in Education Residency Program, Missouri Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts
1999-1990 Director, Board Member, Young Audiences of Kansas City
1999-1995 National Committee, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
1999-1983 Artists Residency Program ,Arts Partners of Kansas City
1997-1996 Board Member, Spencer Library, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
1997 Tour leader, Group Art Tour in Mexico, Art and Archeological Sites of Mexico
1997 Co-curator: Wild Woman Salon, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1996 Lecture, I.W.C.A.T., Tokoname, Japan
1996 Head Coordinator, "The Europeans Are Coming," Ceramic Workshop, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, Missouri
1996 Lecture: I.W.C.A.T. Workshop, Japanese Ceramics, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, Missouri
1995 Lecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
1995 "Cultural Geometries," Tile Mural Workshop with David Furman and Linda Lighton. Pitzer College, Claremont, California
1995 Lecture, Pitzer College, Claremont, California
1994 Lecture, Lithuanian Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Lecture, Kaunas Academy of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
1994 Tea Service Design, Rheinsberg Ceramic Factory, Rheinsberg, Germany
1994 Lecture, International Bone China Symposium, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Lecture, Maple Woods College, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Lecture, Latvian Ceramic Symposium, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Lecture and Demonstration, International Artists Symposium, Jurmala, Latvia
1994 & 1993 Board Member, Friends of Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
1993 Lecture and Slide Presentation, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, Missouri
1994-1985 Journalist for National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts Journal (NCECA)
1992 Juror, "Art in the Park," Columbia Art League, Columbia, Missouri
1992 Juror, "Art for the Health of It," Allied Arts Council, St. Joseph, Missouri
1992 Children's Workshop, Lenexa National Sculpture Show, Lenexa, Kansas
1992 "The Dead Sea in the Rain Forest" technical collaborator, Belem Brazil
1992-1991 Art Consultant to Board, Bruce Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, Kansas City, Missouri
1991 Design Consultant, Youth Movement Dance Company, Kansas City, Missouri
1990 Citizens Task Force for the Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
1990 Guest Lecturer, Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Missouri
1989-1987 Executive Board Member and Founder, Kansas City Contemporary Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri
1987 The Sketch Box, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1986-1984 Lecture, Sunset Hill School, Kansas City, Missouri
1984 Lecture, Shawnee Mission East High School, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
1984-1983 Introduction to Ceramics, Sunset Hill School Continuing Education Program, Kansas City, Missouri
1983 Lecture, Barstow School, Kansas City, Missouri
1979 The Pottery Place (cooperative pottery) Spokane, Washington
1979 Workshop, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Bibliography
1994 Lighton, Linda, "Looking at White Space," National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Journal, Vol.14, 1993-94, p. 95-97
1992 Lighton, Linda, "Just Fired: New Ceramic Work," NCECA Journal, Vol. 12, 1991-92, p. 51-53
1990 Lighton, Linda, "A Brief Interview with Angela Fina," NCECA Journal, Vol. 10, 1989-90, p. 14
1989 Lighton, Linda, "An Interview with Ted Cohen at the '88 NCECA Conference," NCECA Journal, Vol. 9.2, p. 5
1989 Lighton, Linda, "Let's Be Positive," The Kansas City Star, August 21, 1989, p. 3A
1987 Lighton, Linda, "A Meeting of Contemporary Ceramists of Latin America," NCECA Journal, Vol. 8.2, p. 7
1986 Lighton, Linda, "Spotlight on Tom Coleman," NCECA Journal, Vol. 7.2, 1986, p. 19
1986 Lighton, Linda, "Kirk Mangus Demonstration," NCECA Newsletter, 1986, Vol. 9.3, p. 15
Articles and Reviews
1999 Townley, Roderick, "The Winding Road to Her Creativity," Kansas City Home Design Magazine, p. 60-65, Sept. 1999
1999 Robin Trafton, "In the Garden of Art: Art and Senses," The Kansas City Star, Friday, April 2, 1999, p. 32
1998 Muizniece, Ruta, "Cik Karsti les Zvartava Sovasar" Diena, August 8, 1998, p.10
1997 Peterson, Paul, "Wild Woman Salon: Untrapped Spirit Expressions," The Independent, August 16, 1997, p.18-19
1997 Thorson, Alice, "Sisters Are Doing Art for Themselves," The Kansas City Star, July 25, 1997, p. 18
1997 Rose, Joshua, "Working to Build Bridges," Kansas City Jewish Life, Spring 1997, p. 24-28
1997 Peebles, Debra, "Wild Woman Salon," Forum, Visual Arts Journal of Kansas City, Fall 1997, Vol. 22.2, p. 7
1996 Zimmerman, "Flower Power," Kansas City Home Design, October 1996, p. 42-47, 50
1995 Thorson, Alice, "Change of Season and Scenery," The Kansas City Star, March 17, 1995, p.17
1995 Hockaday, Laura, "Designing Creativity for a Critical Cause," The Kansas City Star, Sunday, May 21, 1995, p. H8
1994 Presson, Rebekah, "L.L. in Latvia," Borderline, Summer 1994, p. 27-29
1994 Hockaday, Laura, "Lithuania Proves a Creative Challenge for This Sculptor," The Kansas City Star, Sunday, Oct. 16, 1994, p. H8
1994 Petrauskaite, Lilvine, "Gal Galician Pasiulyti Kavos is Voro Kavinuko?" Kauno Diena, rugsejo 6, antradienis IVr208 (14321) 1994, p. 4
1993 Hockaday, Laura R., "Artists in Latvia Get by with Few Amenities, Meager Provisions," The Kansas City Star, November 28, 1993, p. I4
1993 Seveles, Aijas, "Starptautisks Makslas Simpozijs Notiek Dzintaros," Jurmala Nedelas Avize, 30 Sept.-6 Oct., No. 38 (1743), p. 7
1993 Thorson, Alice, "Differences Make 'Genesis Gender' a Lively Exhibit," The Kansas City Star, September 5, 1993, p. F3
1992 Gold, Lara, "Artist Mourns Stolen Sculpture," The Kansas City Star, January 5, 1992, p. B3
1990 Walker, Steve, "Breaking Roles," Kansas City Live, December 1990, p.7
1990 Hellman, Rick, "Ceramist's Work Takes On New Look, New Meaning," The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, March 23, 1990, p. A23
1990 Caruso, Laura, "Seeking Inner Connections," The Kansas City Star, Sept. 2, 1990, p. F6
1990 Hoffman, Donald, "Ceramics," The Kansas City Star, March 19, 1989, p. 5E
1989 Hoffman, Donald, "West Wyandotte," The Kansas City Star, July 30,1989, p. D4
1987 "Art Museum Plans Heady Birthday Celebration," San Angelo Standard Times, April 12, p. 12H
1987 Yates, Jill, "Artist Makes Bold, Clever Statement in Ceramic Show," Sun Newspaper, Nov. 13
1987 Hoffman, Donald, "Linda Lighton," The Kansas City Star, November 15, 1987, p. H12
1986 Hoffman, Donald, "Potpourri," The Kansas City Star, December 21, 1986
1985 Hoffman, Donald, "Linda Lighton," The Kansas City Star, November 15, 1985, p. D12
1985 Brookfield, Karen, "Profile," The Independent, November 1985, p.12
1985 Hoffman, Donald, "Works Exude Healthy, Fun Loving Look," The Kansas City Star, July 7, 1985, p. F9
1985 Deverey, Michael, "Ceramists Show Differing Styles at Two Local Gallery Exhibitions," The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle,November 8, 1985, p. A14
1985 "K.C. Home, Fauk Real," The Kansas City Star Magazine, April 5, cover
1984 Hoffman, Donald, "Summer Things," The Kansas City Star, July 29, p. E6
1984 Noland, Garry, "Group Sculpture Show," Forum, September, p. 13
1983 Hoffman, Donald, "At L'Omega," The Kansas City Star, October 9, p. 101
1982 Hoffman, Donald, "Linda Lighton," The Kansas City Star, October 17, p. K3
1981 Hoffman, Donald, "Linda Lighton," The Kansas City Star, June 14, p. I5
1980 Graduate Woman, July/August cover
1980 "News & Retrospect," Ceramics Monthly, Vol. 28, #5, May
Education
1998-1997 Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Kansas City, Missouri
1989-1987 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors
1978-1976 University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
1976-1975 Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Washington
1974-1971 Factory of Visual Arts, Seattle, Washington
1967-1966 Centenary College, Hackettstown, New Jersey
Summer Programs
1990 John Perrault, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado
1982 Akio Takamori, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1977 Clary Illian, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1967 Fontainbleau School of Fine Arts, Fontainbleau, France
1966-1965 Monterrey Institute of Technology, Monterrey, Mexico
Tea Ceremony
1999 & 1998 Japanese Tea Ceremony, Bisceglia Italian Cultural Center, Kansas City, Missouri
1999 Japanese Tea Ceremony, Young Friends of Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City Missouri
1997 Tea Ceremony, Lecture and Demonstration, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
1997 Tea Ceremony Lecture and Demonstration, United States Department of Agriculture, Kansas City, Missouri
1995 Lecture and Demonstration, Tea Ceremony, Hallmark, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Lecture, Tea Ceremony, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Lecture, Tea Ceremony, Consul General of Japan, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Lecture, Tea Ceremony, Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Tea Service Design, Rheinsberg Ceramic Factory, Rheinsberg, Germany
1994 Tea Ceremony Lecture and Demonstration, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Tea Ceremony and Presentation, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
1993 Tea Ceremony Lecture and Presentation, Japanese Language Festival, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri
1992 "The Tea Ceremony," Lecture and presentation, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, Missouri