Expanding Collections of US Latinx and Latin American Design: A Virtual Dialogue with Christina De León and Jorge Rivas
Christina De León, Associate Curator of Latino Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, began her virtual dialogue by sharing the history of the Cooper Hewitt collection. The museum was founded in 1897 by Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt, the...
Black Craftspeople Digital Archive Awarded Prize for Excellence and Innovation
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive (BCDA) has been named the 2021 recipient of the Prize for Excellence and Innovation.Founded in 2019, the BCDA brings together scholars, students, museums, and...
Black Designers in American Fashion: Making Space for Dress History Across Disciplines
by Kate Burnett Budzyn Black Designers in American Fashion is, simply put, one of the most important recent publications in historic dress scholarship. Released this past summer by Bloomsbury and edited by Elizabeth Way, Assistant Curator of Costume at...
Long-time Trust Member Gregory Weidman Shares Hampton National Historic Site
Curator Gregory Weidman began her virtual tour stating, “95% of what Hampton National Historic Site exhibits in our period rooms is original to the house, the site, and Ridgley family.” Any history aficionado will recognize this percentage as a remarkably...
Failey Grants Awarded to Author Caitlin Meehye Beach, Historic Rock Ford, and New-York Historical Society
The Decorative Arts Trust’s Failey Grant program supports noteworthy research, exhibition, publication, and conservation projects through the Dean F. Failey Fund, named in honor of the Trust’s late Governor. Preference is given to projects that employ or...
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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.