'Eva Zeisel: The Playful Search For Beauty'

WASHINGTON, D.C.

:This is a big year for legendary designer Eva Zeisel as not only is her work currently the subject of an acclaimed exhibition in the nation's capital, but in October, the 98-year-old, Hungarian-born ceramicist will receive the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum's prestigious National Design Award for lifetime achievement.

The exhibition, "Eva Zeisel: The Playful Search for Beauty," is on view at the Hillwood Museum and Gardens through December 4. The title comes from Zeisel's comment that her career and designs are the product of her "playful search for beauty."

The wide-ranging exhibition, covering all phases of Zeisel's long career, is presented in Washington under the patronage of the Hungarian Ambassador and Mrs Andras Simonyi, and is curated by Dr Karen L. Kettering, Hillwood's curator of Russian art.