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The International Museum of Dinnerware Design
Members Preview Party
524 Broadway, Kingston, NY
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 4:30 to 7:30 pm.
IMoDD is hosting a Members-Only Preview Party of our inaugural exhibitions before we officially open the doors of our new museum space in Kingston, New York. If you are not a member, please join now by following the link at the bottom of this page. If you aren’t certain if your membership is active, email our office and we’ll check on it and get back to you a.s.a.p. Or you can simply renew right now with the link below.
RSVP for the active members-only event is required. The deadline for RSVPing is October 20.
The first offering on view for the Preview Opening is a curated exhibition of Dining Grails. Included are more than 100 fabulously designed objects by leading designers for industry as well as masterpieces by contemporary artists in the tabletop genre such as Eva Zeisel, Russel Wright, Roy Lichtenstein and Eddie Dominguez. Pop-up book illustrator Robert Sabuda, whose 2003 novelty pop-up adaption of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is included in the exhibition, will be the guest of honor for the evening.
The second inaugural exhibition, Dining Memories offers a chance to remember cherished dining experiences through abbreviated, intimate vignettes such as picnics, innovative Mid-Century TV dinners, diner moments, tea aboard the Queen Mary, the art of high chair fine dining, and more.
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IMoDD’s Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom Lecture Series:
The Fall 2024 Unforgettable Dinnerware series began on September 11 with presentations on the second Wednesday of each month through December.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time
KleinReid: Clay Confidential
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Zoom lecture series
Presented by James Klein and David Reid
James Klein and David Reid invite you to join them as they discuss their work, their collections, and their 12 year collaboration with Eva Zeisel.
A pioneer in ceramic design and maker movements, KleinReid studio was founded by James Klein and David Reid in Brooklyn, NY, in 1993.
The influential workshop is renowned for its elegant shapes, translucent porcelain, artisanal glazes, design integrity and impeccable craftsmanship. All work is made “from scratch” — hand produced from proprietary porcelain and glazes.
KleinReid’s pieces have been extensively shown in gallery and museum exhibitions, are carried in design and home stores worldwide, and included in the collections of museums, collectors, celebrities and politicians, including presidents W. Bush and Obama. James and David have also designed collections for prestigious firms including Herman Miller, Dansk, West Elm and Room&Board and have been profiled in national and international shelter, fashion and design periodicals, and on television.
In 1999 the duo approached one of its heroes, design legend Eva Zeisel (then 93) with a proposal to collaborate. Their work together over the last twelve years of Ms. Zeisel’s life spawned a collection of over 20 designs, a treasured friendship, and helped bring her iconic work to a new generation.
You can register for the free virtual presentation HERE and we will send you a link the day of the event.
Image: KleinReid, Prime Painted Canyon, glazed porcelain and hand-turned walnut.
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What’s New:
IMoDD has moved!
We are very excited to announce that IMoDD has moved to its new location at 524 Broadway in Kingston, New York. We are getting settled into our new home and hope to be open to the public later this summer or early fall. For several years, it has been our goal to find a permanent home for IMoDD’s exhibitions and storage of our substantial collection. And now it has happened! Kingston is a thriving arts community and located in the beautiful Hudson Valley — not too far from the homes and studios of noted ceramic designers Russel Wright and Eva Zeisel.
Thank you to everyone for your generous support during our relocation!
We have moved to New York but we still need your help.
We have exciting news! After twelve years of pop-up exhibits, IMoDD has moved to a permanent home in Kingston, New York. And we need your help! Please take a look at our GoFundMe campaign that will help support this move.
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design was established in 2012 with the knowledge that dining is a shared experience that can bridge together different communities. We support all those standing up against the historic inequality and institutionalized racism experienced in the Black community. In solidarity, IMoDD, its board, and its staff continue to amplify equity, diversity, and inclusion and call our community to action with us in this commitment to change.
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design was established in 2012 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We are a charitable 501(c)(3) organization that recently moved into its first bricks-and-mortar facility in Kingston, New York after holding pop-up exhibitions for several years. The International Museum of Dinnerware Design has a curated collection of over 9000 objects.
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design celebrates a significant aspect of our daily lives. The permanent collection features international dinnerware from ancient to futuristic times; created from ceramic, glass, plastic, metal, lacquer, fiber, paper, wood and more.
The collection and related special exhibitions reveal a refreshing approach – featuring masterpieces of the tabletop genre created by contemporary artists, as well as notable historic dinnerware by the leading designers for industry, juxtaposed with an uncommon focus on non-functional fine art that references dining and a bit of kitsch thrown in for good measure.
Here’s the only museum in the world devoted exclusively to dinnerware, making new memories for every visitor. The Kingston-based IMoDD brings enough dinnerware to each special exhibition to whet your appetite.
IMoDD, through its collections, exhibitions and educational programming, provides a window on our material culture, norms and attitudes towards food and dining. A delight for collectors, foodies, and visitors worldwide, IMoDD has been described as creating a dream museum one place setting at a time.