Bespoke Pottery for Restaurants, with David T. Kim

David T Kim talks about process, collaboration, and pottery to create unique bespoke dinnerware for some of the best chefs and restaurants in the country. This lecture is part of the International Museum of Dinnerware Design's Unforgettable Dinnerware Lecture Series.

This event is in partnership with the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.

Feeding Art Deco

A central aspect of the culture and lifestyle of the 1920s and 30s was the creation and consumption of food.  You could exist in an Art Deco world where everything from the soup to the nuts was inflected with this style. As a pervasive mode, Deco shaped a total environment and eating was an integral part of this. Tableware, of course, was a significant feature. The lecture will focus upon some of the more striking results of this encounter.

Glidden Pottery: Unique Stoneware for the Mid-Century Table

Glidden Pottery is a unique stoneware-bodied dinnerware and Artware that was produced in Alfred, New York from 1940 to 1957. This presentation by Margaret Carney will highlight the rich history and inspirational Glidden Pottery designs, glazes, and decorations. Part of the the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series.

This event is in partnership with the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.

Modernism in Action: The Russel & Mary Wright Design Gallery, with Allison Cross

Manitoga, located in Garrison, NY, is the former home and 75-acre woodland garden of American industrial designer Russel Wright and his wife Mary Einstein Wright. This tour, presented by executive director Allison Cross, will share how a creative and sensitive adaptive reuse of a modernist national historic landmark realized a long-time institutional goal to present the complete work of design and life-style visionaries Russel and Mary Wright to the public. This event is part of the International Museum of Dinnerware Design Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series.

Tour of Fishs Eddy's Museum of American-Made Restaurant-Ware with Julie Gaines

This tour will be a walk through of the collection of restaurant-ware dating back to the turn of the century. You'll see everything from corporate china used by a watch maker and dishes used by the United States military, to creamers, mugs, and butter pats made exclusively for famous restaurants all over the country. And, you'll get a sense of the heart and the soul that went into their production. This event is part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Series.

This event is in partnership with the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.

Insect Foods: Back to the Future?

From ants and beetles to termites and true bugs—such is the vast range of insects that people collected and farmed for food. In this talk, Dr. Hunter discusses the role of insects in human foodways past and present using examples from across the globe. She also assesses the potential of insects for sustainable food and feed into the future.

This event is in partnership with the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.

 

 

Degenerate Dinnerware: Shape and Decoration with Rolf Achilles

Rolf Achilles is an independent art and architecture historian who collects and researches German mass-produced airbrushed ceramics, textiles, and wallpapers created between 1928-1938. In 1936, they were classified by German law, along with paintings, sculpture, books, and music as degenerate and illegal. His presentation is part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series.

This event is in partnership with the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.

 

Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists with donald a clark and Chotsani Elaine Dean

With the goal of giving artists long-overdue recognition, donald a clark and Chotsani Elaine Dean will take us through their experience of creating their book Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists. This work includes compelling interviews with 38 of today's Black ceramists revealing a diversity of studio practices and ways of working with clay.

This event is in partnership with the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.

How “Dish Night” at the Movies Giveaways Saved Hollywood in the Great Depression with Kathy Fuller-Seeley

Movie attendance plummeted during the Hard Times of the 1930s. Savvy marketers at Salem China and other potteries sold theater managers on the idea of giving away free dishes to women to attract viewers. “Dish Night” promotions were wildly successful. Salem sold train cars full of their now-famous Tricorne pattern to theaters. “Free to each lady” offers brought colorful dinnerware into Depression era homes, controversy to the movie business, and even riots when too many gravy boats appeared.