Drawing, Cooper Union, New York, NY
Art Criticism, the New School, New York, NY
Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Drawing, the Art Students League, New York, NY
BFA in Painting, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
BFA in Design and Illustration, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, and the Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Visiting Artist Grant, US Bank (awarded also in 2005 and 2006)
Governor’s Art Award for Individual Artist, Awarded by Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Topeka, KS
Phoenix Award for Exceptional Artistic Achievement by an Individual Artist. Awarded by the Lawrence Art Commission, Lawrence, KS
Caldecott Honor Award, American Library Association, New York, NY
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of The Year Award, New York, NY
Hallmark Student Scholarship Award, Department of Art and Design, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Best of Show Scholarship Award and Hallmark Traveling Scholarship, Department of Art and Design, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society Study Abroad Scholarship, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Selections from An Abstract Alphabet by Stephen Johnson, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
An Abstract Alphabet: New Work by Stephen Johnson, Spencer Museum of Art, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Interactive Art of Stephen Johnson, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Stephen Johnson, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Seeing is Believing, the Artwork of Stephen Johnson, Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
The Art of Stephen Johnson, Art and Design Gallery, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Alphabet City and City by Numbers, Memorial Art Gallery, the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Alphabet City and City by Numbers, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
Alphabet City, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Drawings and Paintings by Stephen Johnson, Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
Dreams & Portals, Spencer Museum of Art, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Process, Hayden Art Center, Lincoln, NE
Public Art, Denver International Airport, Denver, C
Water, 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Ten Years, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Delicious, 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Kansas Invitational Masters Art Exhibition, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Thresholds, 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Group Exhibition, Fields Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Person to Person, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Recent Acquisitions, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Celebrating 20 years of Public Art, UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY
Figures: Paintings and Drawings, Lawrence Art Center, Curator: Robert Brawley, Lawrence, KS
The Alphabet as Art, Lowell Gallery, University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Beyond Oz, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Once Upon a Picture: Caldecott Medal and Honor Books, 1996-2000, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Imagination Highway, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Faculty Exhibition, Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Manhattan, New York, NY
Exhibited annually at the Pastel Society of America and at the Museum of American Illustration at 1992 the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Selections from the 27th Annual Exhibition from the Pastel Society of America, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA
25 Years of Museum Acquisitions, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Art From The NYC Transit Poster Series, Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York at Bank Street College, New York, NY
Morphed Out, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings from Life: Drawings and Paintings by Ted and Stephen Johnson, Raymond Eastwood Gallery at the Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Winter Fantasy, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
The Art of Enchantment, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Traveled to the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, and the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Seeing is Reading, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY
Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (exhibited also in 1993 and 1994)
Annual Juried Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
Three Generations of Johnson’s, Locust Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Annual Art Guild Juried Exhibition, R. Eastwood Gallery, the Lawrence Art Center Lawrence, KS
Annual Student Scholarship Competition, Art and Design Gallery at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Annual Student Scholarship Competition, Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Annual Student Scholarship Competition and Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Gold Medal, Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
PSA Board of Directors Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
Silver Medal, Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
PSA Board of Directors Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
Gold Medal, Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Silver Medal Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Sanford Corporation Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
Washington Square Outdoor Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Yarka Award, Audubon Society, New York, NY
Knickerbocker Artists Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
H.K. Holbein Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
Alice Melrose Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
David Humphrey’s Memorial Award, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
Philip Isenberg Memorial Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
Kirchoff/Wohlberg Student Scholarship Award, Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Best of Show Award, the Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Best of Show Award, Art and Design Gallery, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum, Clinton, KS
Universal City Metro Station, Los Angeles, CA
City of Lawrence, Lawrence, KS
The Lied Center for Performing Arts, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
School of Law, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS
DeKalb Avenue Subway Station, Brooklyn, NY
Metropolitan Transit Authority, Poster Art Series, New York, NY
Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (forthcoming)
Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
Eaton Collection, University of California, Riverside, CA
Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Museum of American Illustration, at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Arts for Transit, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY
Boston Beer Company, Inc., Boston, MA
Emprise Financial Corporation, Wichita, KS
Euro-Wine-Gate Inc., Cognac, France
Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, New York, NY
Metro Art, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA
Simon & Schuster, New York City, NY (forthcoming)
Paul Simon, Musician/Songwriter, New York, NY
Cherry Jones, Actress, New York, NY
Marty Diamond, CEO and Founder, Little Big Man Agency, New York, NY
Harold O. Levy, Former NYC School Chancellor, New York, NY
Mike Michaelis, CEO and Founder, Emprise Bank, Wichita, KS
Jean-Sebastien Robicquet, CEO and Founder, CIROC Vodka & G’vine Gin, Cognac, FRANCE
Daniel Weiss, Publisher, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, NY
Ann Willoughby, President & Creative Director, Willoughby Design Group, Kansas City, MO
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York, NY
Atheneum Books, New York, NY
CBS Records, New York, NY
Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL
Doubleday Books, New York, NY
Ear Magazine, New York, NY
Forbes Magazine, New York, NY
General Motors, Flint, MI
GQ Magazine, New York, NY
Harper Collins, New York, NY
Holiday House, Inc., New York, NY
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
H.W. Wilson Publishing, Bronx, NY
Jewish Television Networks Productions, Los Angeles, CA
The Kansas City Star Magazine, Kansas City, MO
Lindt & Sprungli Company, Kilchberg, Switzerland
Macmillan Publishing, New York, NY
Manpower Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Missouri State Ballet, Kansas City, MO
Museum of Natural History, Lawrence, KS
The New Yorker Magazine, New York, NY
The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Peaceable Kingdom Press, San Francisco, CA
Penguin Putnam Inc., New York, NY
Petrarch Press, New York, NY
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Philomel Books, New York, NY
Random House, Inc., New York, NY
RCA/BMG Records, New York, NY
Sony Classical Records, New York, NY
St. Martins Press, New York, NY
Steven Spielberg & Starbright Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Tiffany’s Inc., New York, NY
Time Magazine, New York, NY
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
U.S. Postal Service, Washington D.C.
Vanity Fair Magazine, New York, NY
A Is For Art: An Abstract Alphabet, Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY (forthcoming)
My Little Yellow Taxi, Red Wagon Books/Harcourt Inc. New York, NY
An Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Winner, A New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, featured reviews in Parenting Magazine, Child Magazine, New York Family Magazine and Roam Magazine, a Nick Jr. Magazine’s Best Book of the Year, and a 2007 Kansas Notable Book
As The City Sleeps, Viking Penguin Putnam, New York, NY
A Publishers Weekly Starred Review
My Little Blue Robot, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Inc., New York, NY
A Newsweek Magazine’s Holiday pick, A New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
My Little Red Toolbox, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Inc., New York, NY
A Publishers Weekly Best Seller, Parent’s Guide Children’s Media Award, Nick Jr. Magazine’s Best Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly Cuffie Award, Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award
City By Numbers, Viking Penguin Putnam, New York, NY
Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Award, Parents Magazine’s Best Books of 1998
Alphabet City, Viking Penguin Putnam, New York, NY
A 1996 Caldecott Honor Book, ALA Notable Award, A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, A Horn Book Fanfare, Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Award, Parents Magazine’s Best Books of 1995, A New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, Starred Reviews from Publishers Weekly, Horn Book Magazine, and School Library Journal, A 1996 Children’s Book of Distinction by Hungry Mind Review, Children’s Book of the Year and marked for Outstanding Merit by The Bank Street Child Study Children’s Book Committee, Wisconsin Library Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Literature, A 1996 Children’s Books Mean Business ABA-CBC, featured in it entirety on ABC’s Good Morning America with Charlie Gibson and Joan Lunden, Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Tour America: A Journey Through Poems And Art, Poems by Diane Siebert, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA
ALA Book Links’ Magazine “Best Books of 2006” and “Lasting Title Award,” The Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature; a 2006 Oregon Book Award; Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book 2007; School Library Journal Starred Review; NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2007
Goal, Text by Robert Burleigh, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Inc., New York, NY
Kirkus, Starred Review
On A Wintry Morning, Text by Dori Chaconas Penguin Putnam, New York, NY
The 2001 Archer/Eckblad Award for Children’s Picture Book, Publishers Weekly Starred review
Love As Strong As Ginger, Text by Lenore Look, Anne Schwartz Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
International Reading Association Notable Books for a Global Society award, School Library Journal Starred review
Hoops, Text by Robert Burleigh, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Inc., New York, NY
ALA Notable, New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, Booklist’s Editors’ Choice and Starred Review, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and Starred Review, Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
The Girl Who Wanted A Song, Text by Steve Sanfield, Harcourt Brace, Orlando, FL
The Tie Man’s Miracle,Text by Steven Schnur, Morrow Junior Books, New York, NY
When Solomon Was King, Text by Sheila MacGill-Callahan, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
A Christmas Carol, Text by Charles Dickens adapted by Donna Martin, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, MO
One of seven books recommended for the winter holidays by The Associated Press
The Snow Wife, Text by Robert D. San Souci, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
The Nutcracker Ballet, Text by Melissa Hayden, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, MO
A Book of the Month Club Main Selection
The Samurai’s Daughter, Text by Robert D. San Souci, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists, IRA Teacher’s Choice, NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the field of Social Studies
American Library Association, Anaheim, CA
Franklin County Literature Festival, Ottawa, KS
Kansas City Literary Festival, Kansas City, M
Keynote Speaker, KSU Children’s Literature Conference in conjunction with the Beach
Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum, Clinton, KS
Brigham Young University Literature Conference, Provo, UT
Kansas Book Festival, Koch Arena, Wichita, KS
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Midway Reads Festival, Waco, TX
River City Reading Festival, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Art History Department, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Featured Artist Lecture, the Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Spencer Museum of Art, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
DNA Literature Festival, Kansas City, MO
School of Engineering, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The American Institute of Architects Conference, Kansas City, MO
The Lied Center for Performing Arts, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Oregon Trail Reading Council, Marysville, KS
Writers Conference, Mapple Woods Community College, Kansas City, MO
Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
Commencement Speaker, Central Junior High School, Lawrence, KS
School of Law, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Spencer Museum of Art, Guest Artist Lecture Series, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Spencer Museum of Art, Hallmark Symposium Series, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Museum of American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
The Drawing Center, New York, NY
American Library Association, San Francisco, CA
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
Spencer Museum of Art, Hallmark Symposium Series, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Spencer Museum of Art, Hallmark Symposium Series, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Syracuse University, Independent Graduate Study Program, Syracuse, NY
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Syracuse University, Independent Graduate Study Program, Syracuse, NY
Fashion Institute of Technology, Mentor Program, New York, NY
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Fashion Institute of Technology, Mentor Program, New York, NY
Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Hurd, Greg. “Interview with Stephen Johnson regarding his new work “An Abstract Alphabet” and his Exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art, July 25th, River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS
Anthony, Brett. Interview with Stephen Johnson, December 21st, Kansas City Live, KSHB-TV, NBC Television
Anthony, Brett. Special showcase of “My Little Yellow Taxi,” by Stephen Johnson, October 2nd, Kansas City Live, KSHB-TV, NBC Television
Hurd, Greg. “Interview with Stephen Johnson,” March 29th, River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS
Reid, Janet. “Stephen Johnson & The Sesquicentennial Sculpture,” July 21st, 6 News Lawrence, Sunflower Broadband Cablevision
JTN Productions in association with PBS Television. “Chanukah Stories,” Actress Jamie Gertz narrator, “The Tie Man’s Miracle” with 3D animation of Stephen Johnson’s illustrations. November – December. Released on DVD in 2007.
Wehner, Brooke “Stephen Johnson’s Sculpture unveiled at Lied Center,” April 1st, 6 News Lawrence, Sunflower Broadband Cablevision
Hiland, Susan. “Interview with Stephen Johnson,” Fox Evening News, September 21st, WDAF-TV FOX4, Kansas City, MO
Hurd, Greg. “Interview with Stephen Johnson,” January 3rd, River City Weekly, Sunflower Cablevision, Lawrence, KS
Long, Melissa. Interview regarding the exhibition “Alphabet City and City by Numbers by Stephen Johnson” at the Memorial Art Gallery, April 5th, Sunrise, WROC-TV, Rochester, NY
Gibson, Charlie and Lunden, Joan. Discussion of images and book Alphabet City by Stephen Johnson, March 6th, Good Morning America, ABC Television
Castaneda, Erin. ”Museum Sculpture Design Unveiled,” Sunday, June 22nd, Lawrence Journal-World
Rombeck, Terry. ”Guiding Light: Sculpture aims to attract visitors to museum,” Sunday, May 25th, Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World
Nel, Philip. “The Fall and Rise of Children’s Literature.” American Art: Smithsonian American Art Museum, The University of Chicago Press, Spring 2008, Volume 22, Number 1
Kumar, Lisa. Something About The Author, Vol. 175, Gale Group Publishers, Farmington Hills, MI
Hoag, Andrea. “More than a footnote.” Fall issue, Lawrence Magazine
Stokstad, Marilyn. “Ingenuity enlivens KU gallery.” July 26th, 2007, Lawrence Journal-World
Helm, Megan. “Adult Art Aficionado’s Appreciate Alliteration Stephen Johnson’s Abstract Alphabet at the Spencer Museum of Art.” June issue, Present Magazine
Rombeck, Terry. “A is for Artist - Abstract Alphabet spells new direction for Lawrence creator,” Saturday, May 19th, Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World
Sanner, Jennifer Jackson. “Class Credit,” No.2 issue, Kansas Alumni Magazine
Ayres, Bill and Bloodworth, Sandra. “Along the Way MTA Arts for Transit,” The Monacelli Press
Luening, Bill. “Top of the Week,” Sunday, December 24th, The Kansas City Star
Rombeck, Terry. “Fun fare for kids,” Lawrence Journal-World, October 16th
Woodward, Bill. Register, Volume VII, Nos. 4, 5, 6 & 7 July 1, 2001 - June 30, Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas
McMahon, Regan. “Tour America,” June 25th, San Francisco Chronicle
Zerkin, Rebecca. “Tour America,” June 4th, The New York Times Book Review
Sawyers, June. “Tour America,” June 4th, Chicago Tribune
Bock, Lee. “Tour America,” June issue, School Library Journal
Paget, Mindie. ”For Art’s Sake; Stephen Johnson Honored,” March 29th, Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World
Mitchell, Rick. “Stephen T. Johnson Featured Artist Lawrence Art Auction,” February 26-April 8th, issue, The Arts In Action
Engelfried, Stephen. “Artful Alphabets,” January issue School Library Journal
Barland, Aly. “Stephen Johnson: An arrangement in creativity, passion and courage,” September 21st, KUJH Online
Rombeck, Terry. “Fresh Faces - Spencer Museum shows off newest members of its collection,” August 1st, Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World
Lawhorn, Chad. “Sculpture celebrating freedom unveiled in downtown Lawrence,” July 22nd, Lawrence Journal-World
Paget, Mindie. ”Freeform,” Sunday, July 17th, Pulse, Lawrence Journal-World
Schmitt, Chris. ”Michelangelos To Go,” Thursday, March 3rd, The New York Sun
Eckel, Sara. “Common Touch,” No. 6, Kansas Alumni Magazine
Paget, Mindie. ”High Art: Phoenix Award recipients rise to top of creative community,” Sunday, November 7th, Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World
Rombeck, Terry. “Free’ sculpture selected to commemorate sesquicentennial,” October 12th, Lawrence Journal-World
Paget, Mindie. ”Four artists competing in Percent for Art contest,” Sunday, August 22nd, Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World
Paget, Mindie. “Lied Center marks 10th year with a special ‘Arrangement,” April 2nd, Lawrence Journal-World
Eglinski, Georgann. “Happy Birthday, KU Law!,” Spring Issue, KU Law Magazine
Lazzarino, Chris. “Uncle Jimmy’s home at last,” Issue No. 1, Kansas Alumni Magazine
Paget, Mindie. “Visions of grandeur; Area designers reveal their visions for World Trade Center Memorial,” Sunday, December 14th, Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World
Paget, Mindie. “Lawrence artist chosen to craft anniversary sculpture,” Sunday, August 3rd, Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World
Bookshelf Section. “As The City Sleeps,” The New York Times Book Review, March 9th
Kohl, MaryAnn F. “Storybook Art: hands-on art for children in the styles of 100 great picture book illustrators,” Quality Books, Inc.
Schlageck, Kathrine Walker. Beyond Oz: Children’s Book Illustrations from the Region, Catalog of Exhibition. Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Walker, Leita. “LHS inducts 4 into Hall of Honor,” September 23rd, Lawrence Journal-World
Hearne, Christopher Jr. “Robo Alert,” April 25th, FYI Section, The Kansas City Star
Tip Sheet Section, “My Little Blue Robot”, December 2nd, Newsweek Magazine
Court, Ayesha. “My Little Blue Robot,” December 5th, USA Today
Paget, Mindie. “Project would add art to hospital,” December 15th, Lawrence Journal-World
Galvin, Jennifer. “Read and Play; Children score with soccer fun,” September 16th, Boston Herald
Mikinski, Rod. “Children’s Artist” September 6th, The Manhattan Mercury
Aid, Gator. “Moving On Up,” February 26th, Publishers Weekly
Lazzarino, Chris. “Visitor Illustrating Man,” KS Alumni Magazine, Volume 99, No. 6
Price, Anne and Yaakov, Juliette. Children’s Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, The H.W. Wilson Company, New York
Marcus, Leonard. “Reading Magic Awards,” January/December issue, Parenting Magazine
Blair, Alex. “Books to Gladden the Hearts,” November 25th, New York Post
Gowen, Heather. “Interactive Stories,” November issue, Parents Magazine
Hummels, Jill. “Johnson Builds a Unique Children’s Book,” Sunday, August 6th, Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World
Carpenter, Tim. “Author Sparks Youths’ Imagination,” March 8th, Lawrence Journal-World
Soppelsa, Robert T. “Recent Acquisitions,” catalog. The Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University Publications
Bookshelf Section. “City By Numbers,” January 17th, The New York Times Book Review
Marcus, Leonard. “City By Numbers,” December/January, Parenting Magazine
Cummins, Julie. Children’s Book Illustration and Design Volume II, PBC/Rizzoli International, Inc.
Estes, Sally. “Top 10 Youth Sports Books,” September 1st, Booklist
Mitchell, Rick. “Drawings From Life, Drawings, Paintings and Illustrations by Ted and Stephen Johnson,” December/February issue, The Arts In Action
Aria, Barbara. “Dinosaur Sculpture and Alphabet Art: Original Children’s Book Art,” December 10th issue, Time Out Magazine, NYC
Biles, Jan. “Drawing From Life,” January 8th, The Mag, Lawrence Journal-World
Willard, Christopher. “Combining Materials,” January issue, American Artist Magazine
Montgomery, Paula. “Hooked on Seeing in a Different Way to Make Picture Books; Stephen T. Johnson,” April issue, School Library Media Activities Monthly
Book Editor. “Hoops,” October 6th, Publishers Weekly
Veeder, Mary Harris. “Hoops,” Sunday, October 12th, Chicago Tribune
Rockman, Connie C. “Hoops,” November issue, School Library Journal
Phelan, Carolyn. “Hoops,” November 15th, Booklist
Book Editor. “Hoops,” December 7th, The Boston Globe
Woodward, Bill. “Man of Letters,” May issue, Kansas Alumni Magazine
Beck, Martha Davis. “1996 Award Finalists,” Spring issue, No. 37, Hungry Mind Review
Kandler, Sara. “Colorful Characters,” February issue, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine
Morrison, Sarah. “For KU Graduate Stephen Johnson, writing an award-winning alphabet book for children was as easy as ABC,” January 29th, The University Kansan
McCormick, Patricia. “Parents Picks; The Best of 1995,” December issue, Parents Magazine
Goldberger, Paul. “Alphabet City” Nov. 12th, The New York Times Book Review
Hall, Linda. “The Letterman,” October 30th, New York Magazine
Biles, Jan. “One man’s city, is another man’s ART,” November 26th, Sunday, Arts & Living Section, Lawrence Journal-World
Bookshelf Section. “When Solomon was King,” June 18th, The New York Times Book Review
San Souci, Robert D. “Out of Misty Dreams; The Enchanted Art of Stephen T. Johnson” October issue, Realms of Fantasy Magazine
Krogius, Henrik. “Stephen Johnson’s Pastels,” April 21st, Brooklyn Heights Press, NY
DeWees, Gayle. “Paintings on Display,” April 22nd, The Daily News, NYC
Addington, Brad. “Central alum returns,” February 6th, Lawrence Journal-World
Associated Press. “Books Remain as the Best Holiday Choice for Children,” December 2nd, Connecticut Post
DeWitt, Barbara. “Kids Having a Dickens of a Christmas,” Sunday, December 12th, Los Angeles Daily News
Philbrook, John. “Charming Folktales of Japan,” December 27th, The San Francisco Chronicle
McMaster, Carolyn. “An Eye for Illustration,” January 25th, Lawrence Journal-World
Sanner, Jennifer Jackson. “Illustrious Beginning; Artist Stephen Johnson Draws Upon Family Tradition,” June issue, Kansas Alumni Magazine