American Craft Magazine, ‘Field of Dreams,’ Ben Marks, June/July, 1990
Landscape Architecture, ‘Playing with Public Art,’ Deborah E. Ryan, May, 1990
La Revue de Céramique et du Verre, ‘Ginny Ruffner,’ Carole Andrearin, Spring, 1990 (cover)
Seattle Times, ‘Glass art features many dimensions,’ Deloris Tarzan Ament, 3/14/90
Sculpture, 'Profile: Ginny Ruffner,' Jan Castro, March, 1990
New York Post, ‘Major Patron,’ 2/6/90
Fame, ‘The New: Ginny Ruffner,’ February, 1990
The Rock Hill Herald, ‘Outrageous,’ 1/18/90
The Charlotte Observer, ‘Giving Meaning To Glass,’ Richard A. Oppel Jr., 1/6/90
Pacific Northwest Magazine, ‘Absolute-ly Ruffner,’ Julia Coffey, January, 1990
1989
Better Homes and Gardens, ‘Ginny Ruffner: A Glass Menagerie,’ Mike Butler, Winter, 1989
Detroit Free Press, ‘Ruffner's Sculptures are Funky and Personal,’ Marsha Miro, 12/15/89
Apartment Life, ‘Torch Bearer,’ Mike Butler, November,
Blick für die Frau, ‘Lebenslustige Glas-Objekte,’ 10/27/89
Seattle Times, ‘By the People, For the People,’ Terry Lawhead, 9/29/89
Glass Line, ‘Ginny Ruffner,’ June, 1989
Washington, ‘Laughing Glass: The Work of Ginny Ruffner,’ Susan Biskeborn, May/June, 1989
The World and I, ‘Ginny Ruffner, Provocative Glass Sculptor,’ Bonnie J. Miller, May, 1989
New York Times, ‘Delicate and Bold Glasswork Designs,’ 1/5/89
The Atlanta Journal, ‘High Museum's Craft Exhibition,’ Laura C. Lieberman, 1/3/89
Neues Glas, ‘New Glass Review 10,’ 1989
1988
Art Today, ‘Craft Art 1989,’ Barbara Mayer, Winter, 1988/1989
Glass Art, ‘This is Lampworking?’ Shawn Waggoner, December, 1988 (cover)
Pacific Northwest Magazine, ‘Taking Care of Business,’ October, 1988
New York Times, ‘Art, Fine and Applied,’ Ruth J. Katz, 9/15/88
American Craft, ‘Public Domain,’ Jenny Dixon, August/September, 1988
New Work, "Ruffner," Jessica Maxwell, July 1988
Atlanta Journal, "Studio Glass Poses Novel Possibilities," Virginia Warren Smith, 5/28/88
Seattle Times, "Ruffner's Lampworks Will Turn You On," Deloris Tarzan Ament, 3/18/88
U.S. News and World Report, "Handcrafted Investments," Miriam Horn, 1/18/88
1987
Sculpture, "Events," July/August, 1987
American Craft, "Portfolio: Ginny Ruffner," June/July, 1987
Arts and Antiques, "Sketchbook," May, 1987
Reflex, "Ginny Ruffner," Randy Gragg, January, 1987
Neues Glas, "New Glass Review 8," 1987
1986
American Craft, "NEA Visual Artists Fellowships 1986," December, 1986
Art in America, "Report from Seattle," Bill Berkson, September, 1986
Vogue, "New Trends in Glass," Barbara Plumb, Summer, 1986
Neues Glas, "Standards of Excellence," C. Edward Wall, Spring, 1986
1985
New Work, "Sculptural Glass," Karen Chambers, Fall, 1985
New Glass Review 6, Corning Museum of Glass, 1985
1981
Studio, "Glass South," Summer, 1981
New Glass Review 2, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981
Books
Ruffner's work is included in the following books.
(Note: all exhibition catalogues are listed under Solo and Group Exhibitions)
Return to the Viewer; Selected Art Reviews, Matthew Kangas, 2011
Secrets of Self-Starters, 48 Amazing Stories to Ignite the Self-Starter in You, Dr. Julie Miller, 2011
Outside the Ordinary–2009, Contemporary Art in Glass, Wood and Ceramics from the Wolf Collection, Amy Miller Dehan, 2009
Penland Book of Glass, Lark Books, 2009
Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2007
Contemporary Glass Art, Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts, 2006
500 Glass Objects, Lark Books, 2006
25 Years of New Glass Review, Tina Oldknow, 2005
Sculpture, Glass and American Museums, Martha Drexler Lynn, 2005
American Studio Glass, Martha Drexler Lynn, 2004
Artful Jesters, Nicholas Roukes, Ten Speed Press, 2004
Through American Eyes, Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art, 2003
International Glass Art, by Richard Yelle, 2003
Formed by Fire, B.S. Dunham, 2003
Women in Glass, Lucartha Kohler, 2003
The Sculpture Reference, Arthur Williams, 2002
Sculpture Beginnings, Arthur Williams, 2002
Contemporary lampworking: a Practical Guide to Shaping Glass, Scott Bandhu Dunham, 2002
Contemporary Glass: Color, Light, and Form, 2001
Object Lessons, Beauty and Meaning in Art, The Guild, 2001
Artists in Their Gardens, by Valerie Easton, Sasquatch Press Seattle, WA, 2001
Glass Art from Urban glass, Richard Yelle, NYC, 2000
Secrets of Aromatic Jewelry, by Annabelle Green, Flammerion, France, 1998
Koganezaki Glass Museum: Contemporary Glass Collection, with an introduction by Kyohei Fujita. Koganezaki Crystal Park, Komomura, Japan, 1997
Contemporary Lampworking, Bandhu Scott Dunham, Salusa Glassworks, Prescott, AZ, 1997
Neuropsychology: The Neural Bases of Mental Function, by Marie Banich. Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1997
Glass Art, Peter Layton, University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1996
Pilchuck: A Glass School, Tina Oldknow, Pilchuck Glass School in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1996
Why Not?: The Art of Ginny Ruffner, Bonnie J. Miller with an introduction by Arthur C. Danto. Tacoma Art Museum in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1995
Modernism and Beyond: Women Artists of the Pacific Northwest, MidMarch Arts Press, 1993
Material Vision: Image and Object, Matthew Kangas, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, 1993
Clearly Art: Pilchuck's Glass Legacy, Lloyd Herman, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA, 1992
A Field Guide to Seattle's Public Art, Seattle Art Commission, Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA, 1992
Out of the Fire: Contemporary Glass Artists and Their Work, Bonnie J. Miller, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1991
The Beauty of Contemporary Glass, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, Japan, 1990
Prism of Fantasy - From the Glass Collection of Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, 1990
Artists at Work, Susan Biskeborn, Alaska Northwest Books, 1990
Contemporary Glass, Dan Klein, Rizzoli Publishers Inc., New York, NY, 1989
Expressions en Verre, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989
Glass Fantasia from Art Nouveau to the Present Day, Kyoto-shoin Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1989
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from the Corning Museum of Glass, Susanne K. Frantz, Harry Abrams, New York, NY, 1988
Contemporary American Craft Art, Barbara Mayer, Peregrine Smith Books, New York, NY, 1987