by The Trust | Mar 5, 2021
Brittany Luberda Shares Virtual Tour of the Baltimore Museum of Art Brittany Luberda, Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Baltimore Museum of Art, hosted a virtual tour for the Decorative Arts Trust on February 26. Brittany shared the museum’s effort to expand...
by The Trust | Mar 3, 2021
Torren Gatson and Yao-Fen You Join Board of Governors The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to welcome Torren Gatson and Yao-Fen You to the Board of Governors.Torren GatsonTorren Gatson is an assistant professor in the department of history at the University of North...
by The Trust | Feb 26, 2021
Rebecca Jumper Matheson’s The Duster Coat: An Icon of American Women’s Fashion On February 19, 2021, at 1:00 pm ET, the Decorative Arts Trust hosted a virtual dialogue featuring Rebecca Jumper Matheson, PhD Candidate at Bard Graduate Center, who presented a...
by The Trust | Feb 25, 2021
Virtual 2021 Antiques Forum Features Three Young Scholar Lectures Colonial Williamsburg’s Antiques Forum looked a little different this year, as we traded in-person camaraderie and scrumptious teas for online lectures and whatever was in our fridges. The virtual Forum...
by The Trust | Feb 24, 2021
Celebrating Kentucky Shaker Commonwealth at the Speed Art Museum by Taryn Clary Equipped with a Master’s Degree from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, Scott Erbes joined the Speed Art Museum in 1999 as the museum’s first ever curator of decorative...
by The Trust | Feb 22, 2021
Recent Research: 15 Resources Extending Beyond Black History Month Needless to say, research into topics pertinent to Black history extends well beyond the month of February. In recent years, the Decorative arts Trust has had the privilege of sharing a variety of...
by The Trust | Feb 5, 2021
A New American Art Gallery at the Brooklyn Museum The Decorative Arts Trust shared a tour of a new American art gallery at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, January 28. Catherine Futter, PhD, Interim Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator, Decorative Arts,...
by The Trust | Feb 2, 2021
5th-Annual Emerging Scholars Colloquium Goes Virtual Even though we were not able to gather in person for this year’s Emerging Scholars Colloquium, participants agreed that the new format of the virtual presentation was enlightening and effective. The 5th-annual...
