“I was excited to learn of NCECA’s feature exhibition, “The focus of Beacon is on the work of artists who “hold the light so that others may see or feel seen.” Lantin chose artists who, through their work, their activism, and advocacy, are ‘lights in the darkness’ for others as advocates and allies. When I virtually sat down with Lantin, she spoke to me about wishing to honor the risk people were taking in being vocal and vulnerable about their political and/or social justice beliefs. She was interested in spotlighting artists who are taking a stand, pulling on the ties of the straitjacket of political correctness in which many of us tend to abide.”
Originally appears in April 2026 issue of Ceramics Monthly.
Image: Julian Miholic’s We Have Always Survived, stoneware, underglaze, glaze, fired to cone 51/2, nichrome wire.