2024 Failey Grants Awarded to Six Notable Institutions
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to offer support through Dean F. Failey Grants to six exceptional projects in our field, a record number of grantees for this esteemed program. In fact, the Trust received almost double the number of proposals as usual...
The Art Gallery of Ontario Named 2024–26 Curatorial Internship Grant Partner
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto, Canada, will serve as our 2024–26 Curatorial Internship Grant partner. The Decorative Arts Trust underwrites curatorial internships for recent Masters or...
Providence and Newport Impress Members During Rhode Island Symposium
The Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall 2023 Symposium in Rhode Island was one for the books! Glorious weather coupled with autumn foliage provided the perfect backdrop for members to enjoy tours in Providence and Newport. The unseasonable warmth made the walking...
Haudenosaunee Craft at the Rochester Municipal Museum: A Paradoxical New Deal Project
by Julia Silverman Beginning in 1935, approximately 100 Haudenosaunee artists were hired by the Rochester Municipal Museum (now called the Rochester Museum & Science Center) to manufacture a new ethnographic collection. Led by Arthur C. Parker, the...
The Concord Museum Awarded Prize for Excellence and Innovation
The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce that the 2023 Prize for Excellence and Innovation was awarded to the Concord Museum in Concord, MA, for their exhibitions and publication commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in...
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.