by The Trust | Jul 1, 2025
Five Recipients Receive 2025 Publishing Grants by Emily Serpico The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce the five recipients of our 2025 Publishing Grants. The Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, AL; the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT; The...
by The Trust | Jun 2, 2025
2025 Research Grant Recipients In 2025, the Decorative Arts Trust celebrates another record-breaking year for our Research Grants program, with 16 recipients receiving travel funding to study objects and archival records. The Trust congratulates the 2025 Research...
by The Trust | Apr 17, 2025
Collecting250 Commemorates the Semiquincentennial Through Objects The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to share Collecting250, an interactive online resource that celebrates the importance of objects in narrating the history and evolution of the United States and the...
by The Trust | Apr 11, 2025
Kelly Pedigo and Emily Serpico Join Decorative Arts Trust Staff The Decorative Arts Trust welcomes Kelly C. Pedigo as the Educational Programs Assistant and Emily R. Serpico as the Membership and Grants Coordinator. Both positions were newly created to support the...
by The Trust | Feb 3, 2025
Read Winter 2024–25 Magazine Articles Online Select articles from the December 2024 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust are now available as webpages. We hope you enjoy reading these articles on your computer, phone, or tablet. “Written in Stone” by...
by The Trust | Jan 2, 2025
Laura Pass Barry and Dennis Carr Join Board of Governors The Decorative Arts Trust welcomes Laura Pass Barry and Dennis Carr to the Board of Governors. Laura Pass Barry is the Juli Grainger Senior Curator of paintings, drawings and sculpture at Colonial Williamsburg...
by The Trust | Dec 17, 2024
2025 Failey Grants Awarded to Seven Notable Institutions The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to offer support through Dean F. Failey Grants to seven outstanding projects in the material culture field, a record number of grantees (and amount of funding) for this...
by The Trust | Nov 25, 2024
Drayton Hall Awarded 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce that the 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation will be awarded to Drayton Hall Preservation Trust in Charleston, SC, for projects to include the...
