The International Museum of Dinnerware Design

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

Save the Date! Mark your calendars for the "Anatomy of a Teapot" exhibition at the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, running from November 27, 2026, to March 28, 2027. Join us for the opening reception on December 5, 2026, from 1:00-4:00 pm, featuring a gallery talk by curator Margaret Carney at 1:30 pm. Explore over 100 unique teapots, including rare designs from leading artists.

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Email from The Dinnerware Museum Save the Date Anatomy of a Teapot Exhibition Dates: November 27, 2026 - March 28, 2027 Opening Reception: December 5, 2026, 1:00-4:00 pm Teapots seem ubiquitous but ho

10/02/2026

Upcoming "Unforgettable Dinnerware" on-line lecture: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 6:30 pm Eastern time
"For the Time Being"
presented by Beth Lipman,
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series, generously supported by Illiana van Meeteren.
Register for this free on-line event at https://forms.gle/GDys6ScrpicEN6rd6 and we will send you a Zoom link the day of the presentation.
Beth Lipman is an American artist whose sculptural practice generates from the Still Life genre, symbolically representing the splendor and excess of the Anthropocene and the stratigraphic layer humanity will leave on earth. Assemblages of inanimate objects and domestic interiors, inspired by private spaces and public collections, propose portraits of individuals, institutions, and societies. In this lecture, Lipman will discuss the vital role dinnerware, domestic objects and interiors play in her sculptural compositions.

Lipman also explores aspects of material culture and deep time through still lives, site-specific installations, and photographs. Ephemeral and intricate, the work addresses mortality, materiality, and temporality. Lipman is also known for site responsive installations that activate the specific history of objects, individuals and institutions. ReGift, a site specific installation investigating Florence Scott Libbey, is currently on view at the Toledo Museum of Art.

She has received numerous awards including a USA Berman Bloch Fellowship, Po***ck Krasner Grant, Virginia Groot Foundation Grant, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant. Recent works include Living History, a large-scale site-specific sculpture that explores the dual concepts of deep maps and deep time and Belonging(s) a sculptural response to the life of Abigail Levy Franks for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR).

Lipman has exhibited her work internationally at such institutions as the Ringling Museum of Art (FL), ICA/MECA (ME), RISD Museum (RI), Milwaukee Art Museum (WI), Gustavsbergs Konsthall(Sweden) and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC). Her work has been acquired by numerous museums including the North Carolina Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art (NY), Kemper Museum for Contemporary Art (MO), Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC), Jewish Museum (NY), Norton Museum of Art, (FL), and the Corning Museum of Glass (NY).

Lipman lives and works in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.

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Email from The Dinnerware Museum Wednesday, October 14, 2026 via Zoom Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 6:30 pm Eastern time For the Time Being presented by Beth Lipman part of the IMoDD Unforgettable

09/26/2026

See any resemblance between Andy Warhol’s May 1953 “Interiors” magazine cover and Eva Zeisel’s “Museum” dinnerware commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in the 1940s?

09/26/2026

09/24/2026

New IMoDD Video:
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Discover the influential careers of Eva Zeisel and Belle Kogan in this lecture presented by Scott Vermillion. This session highlights the remarkable contributions of these pioneering women to American industrial design, particularly their work with Red Wing Pottery. Join us to learn about their innovative designs and the impact they made in a male-dominated field. Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights from a seasoned expert in the field.

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Email from The Dinnerware Museum Part of IMoDD's "Unforgettable Dinnerware" lecture series New IMoDD Video: Red Wing and Beyond: The Designs of Eva Zeisel and Belle Kogan presented by Scott Vermillion

09/24/2026

Discover the artistic insights of Beth Lipman in our upcoming lecture "For the Time Being" on October 14, 2026, at 6:30 PM ET. Lipman, known for her intricate still life sculptures, will explore the role of dinnerware in her work, alongside themes of material culture and temporality. Register for this free event at https://forms.gle/GDys6ScrpicEN6rd6 to gain a deeper understanding of contemporary art's relationship with domestic objects.

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Email from The Dinnerware Museum Wednesday, October 14, 2026 via Zoom Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 6:30 pm Eastern time For the Time Being presented by Beth Lipman part of the IMoDD Unforgettable

09/10/2026