NOMA Awarded Curatorial Internship Grant
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is the 2022–2024 Curatorial Internship Grant partner. Since its founding in 1910, NOMA has endeavored to become a nexus for the arts in New Orleans, an iconic...
Susan Hill Dolan Shares the Elegance of Castle Hill
On September 30, 2021, Susan Hill Dolan, Curator of Ipswich Properties for the Trustees of Reservations, led us through a fascinating tour of Castle Hill on the Crane Estate. Castle Hill is a National Historic Landmark that lies amidst 2,100 acres of...
Fall Symposium Delivers a Grand Tour of Salem and the North Shore
The "City of Peace" was a welcome respite for members of the Decorative Arts Trust, as we enjoyed reuniting in person for the Fall 2021 Symposium in Salem, MA.Members were eager to travel, gather, and study after a challenging year and a half of pandemic-related...
The Crane and the Nopal: Aztec Memory and Chinese Imagery in Talavera Poblana
by Juliana Fagua Arias In the mid-16th century, potters from Puebla, Mexico, developed a type of tin-glazed earthenware known today as Talavera Poblana. Various cultural developments, including the migration of Spanish ceramicists, the transpacific trade...
Bodily Things: Three Recent Books Underscore the Centrality of Bodies in Material Studies
by Kate Burnett Budzyn It is a fact “so obvious that some of us take it for granted,” writes the historian and anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot: “History begins with bodies and artifacts.”1 All material culture enthusiasts know that objects are...
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.