by The Trust | Apr 12, 2016
EMERGING SCHOLARS > CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP GRANTS Report by Louisa Brouwer In early September 2011, I arrived in York, England to embark on what has proven to be a journey of new experiences. Walking through the cobbled streets of historic York on that first day, I...
by The Trust | Apr 12, 2016
Trust Grant Assists Field Work in the Gulf South EMERGING SCHOLARS > CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP GRANTS By Caryne EskridgeProject Director and Research Curator,Classical Institute of the South When planning a lengthy sojourn in the Gulf South, the summer is not usually...
by The Trust | Apr 12, 2016
EMERGING SCHOLARS > CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP GRANTS By Kate Swisher For the past three months and over the next nine, I have the privilege of working as the 2013–14 Old Sturbridge Village-Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow. This is in large part due to the...
by The Trust | Mar 30, 2016
EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS by Elizabeth McGoey, doctoral candidate at Indiana University in the Department of the History of Art Elizabeth McGoey’s dissertation examines the interwar period when designers, critics, and the public frequently...
by The Trust | Mar 30, 2016
EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS By Ann Marie Glasscock Through the generous support of the Decorative Arts Trust, I was able to participate in the Dresden Summer International Academy of the Arts. This intensive program has allowed me to formulate,...
by The Trust | Mar 30, 2016
EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS By Kati Schmidt “The outstanding value of ‘Lucknow’ is the handwork of nature; all the wealth and knowledge of man cannot create its equal.”1 Thomas Gustave Plant published this claim about his New Hampshire home in a...
by The Trust | Mar 30, 2016
EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS By Joseph H. Larnerd Winterthur’s collection offers an excellent introduction to scrimshaw. A pie crimper, engraved teeth, and other objects attest to the diversity of artifacts made with whale bone and ivory. My thesis on...
by The Trust | Mar 30, 2016
EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS By Dalila Huerta In 1933, the Simmons Company of Chicago, IL exhibited a steel bedroom ensemble at the Century of Progress World’s Fair. The ensemble, originally designed in 1929 by Norman Bel Geddes, featured a...
