The Brilliant Quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective at BAMPFA
by Kate Burnett Budzyn One of the most relevant and sustaining decorative arts exhibitions of the COVID era has been Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)’s retrospective of the work of Rosie Lee Tompkins (1936-2006), whose prolific body...
Celebrating Kentucky Shaker Commonwealth at the Speed Art Museum
by Taryn Clary Equipped with a Master’s Degree from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, Scott Erbes joined the Speed Art Museum in 1999 as the museum’s first ever curator of decorative arts and design. In 2012 he became interim director...
A New American Art Gallery at the Brooklyn Museum
The Decorative Arts Trust shared a tour of a new American art gallery at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, January 28. Catherine Futter, PhD, Interim Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator, Decorative Arts, and Elizabeth St. George, Assistant...
5th-Annual Emerging Scholars Colloquium Goes Virtual
Even though we were not able to gather in person for this year's Emerging Scholars Colloquium, participants agreed that the new format of the virtual presentation was enlightening and effective. The 5th-annual Emerging Scholars Colloquium was presented...
Americana Week 2021 Features Six New York City Virtual Tours
On January 19, 20, and 21, 2021, the Decorative Arts Trust shared a whirlwind of tours for our Virtual Americana Week. We not only learned about wonderful collections in New York City but also about the trials and tribulations of live-streaming! Our...
About The Decorative Arts Trust Bulletin
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.