Concord Museum Awarded Curatorial Internship Grant
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce our partner for the 2020-2022 Curatorial Internship Grant: the Concord Museum in Concord, MA. About the Grant The Trust underwrites curatorial internships for recent Masters or PhD graduates in...
2019 Emerging Scholars Colloquium Lecture Recordings Now Available
The Emerging Scholars Colloquium is one of the Decorative Arts Trust’s most beloved annual events, as it is a wonderful chance to be inspired by new research in the field. The Colloquium takes place in New York City each January following the Trust’s New York Antiques...
Women’s Textile Crafts and their Construction of Political Identities
by Mariah Gruner Sitting in the Dewitt Wallace Collection and Conservation Building at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, I confronted the stitched, mostly woolen image of a kneeling, enslaved man, his wrists and ankles bound in chains. Here was a...
Watch Symposium Videos About Harriet Joor and Françoise Petit de Coulange
Thanks to the generosity of Anne and Wheeler Bryan of Atlanta, GA, the Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to bring you two informative presentations from our Fall 2018 Symposium in New Orleans, LA. Creole Comforts and French Connections: The Material World...
(Fall)ing in Love with the Berkshires: My Symposium Adventures
I embraced the majestic fall beauty of the Berkshires during the Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall 2019 Symposium. As a Georgia native who just moved to Massachusetts for my curatorial assistantship with the Worcester Art Museum, I had a limited understanding...
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.