Unique Private Visits Mingle with Must-See Sites during Tours of Florence, Siena, Bologna, and Ravenna
Even Decorative Arts Trust members who have traveled to Tuscany were impressed and inspired by the sites we visited during the October 2024 Study Trip Abroad to Florence and Siena, with an Extension to Bologna and Ravenna. An itinerary filled with spectacular scenery...
A Tale of Two Samplers: New Research from MESDA Summer Institute
by Lea C. Lane In June 2024, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts welcomed eight fellows to Winston-Salem for the 47th annual Summer Institute program. The Decorative Arts Trust has long been a foundational supporter of this program, and through the...
Drayton Hall Awarded 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation
The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce that the 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation will be awarded to Drayton Hall Preservation Trust in Charleston, SC, for projects to include the conservation of the plaster ceiling in the house’s Great Hall, the...
Works on Paper, Works on Ivory: Looking Closely at the Materiality Used by 19th-Century Women Artists
by Lauren Lovings-Gomez A Marie Zimmermann Research Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust allowed me to travel to collections and archives in Washington, D.C.; Wilmington, DE; and Cleveland, OH, to conduct research for my dissertation, “Materiality, Innovation, and...
Preservation Long Island Awarded Curatorial Internship Grant
The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce that Preservation Long Island (PLI) is the recipient of the 2025–27 Curatorial Internship Grant. Headquartered in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, PLI was founded in 1948 as the Society for the Preservation of Long Island...
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Formerly known as the "blog,” the Bulletin features new research and scholarship, travelogues, book reviews, and museum and gallery exhibitions. The Bulletin complements The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust, our biannual members publication.