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Upcoming Event:
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, October 9, 2024
The Celebration of the Dinner Party
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series
Presented by Eddie Dominguez
Eddie Dominguez will discuss the reasons he makes dinnerware and the approaches that guide his work. Why Dinnerware?
Eddie Dominguez was born in 1957 in Tucumcari, New Mexico and is one of the leaders in contemporary ceramic and multi-media art in the country today. Receiving his BFA from the Cleveland Art Institute in 1981, Dominguez continued his education at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, completing his MFA in 1983. For the past 30 years, Dominguez has explored cultural and social issues such as ethnicity, political tension and gender in his art. He is professor emeritus of ceramics at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.
You can register for the free virtual presentation HERE and we will send you a link the day of the event.
Image: Eddie Dominguez, 73-piece Rose Garden sculptural dinnerware set with 12 place settings, 1999, terra cotta (thrown, hand-built, carved, low-fired, underglazed and glazed). IMoDD 2021.81 Museum Purchase.
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.