2025 IDEAL Internship Grants Awarded to Six Institutions
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce the six institutions that will receive IDEAL Internship Grants in 2025: the Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, NC; Bard Graduate Center in New York, NY; The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA; Filoli in Woodside, CA; the...
Pauline Fortier’s Sampler: A Material Record of Early-19th-Century New Orleans
by Lily Higgins My dissertation, “Reading into Things: Articulate Objects in Colonial North America,” investigates the ways in which self-referential inscriptions and visual imagery, applied to or embedded within an object’s surface, altered the ways in which...
A Summer Immersed in American History and Decorative Arts
by Tanyi Tseung Supported by a Continuing Education Scholarship from the Decorative Arts Trust, I participated in Historic Deerfield’s Summer Fellowship Program in 2024. I forged valuable connections with mentors and peers and enriched my understanding of museum...
Nantucket’s Arts, Architecture, Cuisine, and Scenic Vistas Dazzle Members
This sold-out program kicked off on Wednesday, September 4, with welcoming remarks from furniture expert Brock Jobe, Trust Board President and Winterthur Professor of American Decorative Arts Emeritus, at the lovely Faraway Hotel, our headquarters for the weekend...
British Country Houses through the Lens of Egyptomania and Orientalism
by Lea C. Stephenson The Attingham Summer School was invaluable for object-based research and access to British country houses relevant to my dissertation on Egyptomania and late-19th-century Orientalism. Thanks to a Continuing Education Grant from the Decorative...
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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.