by The Trust | May 31, 2022
Catherine Carlisle Named New Manager of Educational Programs The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to welcome Catherine Carlisle to our team. In her role as Manager of Educational Programs, Catherine will conceptualize, coordinate, and facilitate Study Trips Abroad,...
by The Trust | May 27, 2022
Community Centered Cultural Heritage Care: The Conservation Treatment of a Platinum Print from the Tuskegee University Archives by Tammy Hong The art conservation field’s growing emphasis on increasing the visibility of underrepresented communities and histories,...
by The Trust | Apr 27, 2022
Kentucky 3.0: Symposium Explores Lexington, Louisville, Frankfort, Paris, and Georgetown The Decorative Arts Trust was thrilled to finally make it to Kentucky for our Spring Symposium! Planning for the Decorative Arts Trust’s Symposium in Kentucky began in February...
by The Trust | Apr 25, 2022
In the Mold of Clodion: Sèvres’s “Vases Clodion” and the Sculptor’s Legacy by Elizabeth Saari Browne, PhD Despite the delays occasioned by the pandemic, I was finally able to travel to France in September 2021 to fulfill my research trip dedicated to...
by The Trust | Apr 22, 2022
Discovering Seville, Córdoba, Granada, Madrid, and More in Southern Spain The Decorative Arts Trust hosted the Andalucía: Discovering Southern Spain Study Trip Abroad from March 4 through 13, 2022. This trip examined southern Spain’s fascinating blend of...
by The Trust | Mar 28, 2022
Deconstructing the Highboy with Ellie Richards When Ellie Richards read Ta-Nehisi Coates’s fictional novel The Water Dancer, she was particularly inspired by this quote: “My father had taken note of the restored highboy. And so it came down from Roscoe that my task...
by The Trust | Mar 23, 2022
Prize Celebration and Young Lecturers at 2022 Antiques Forum For us, as for many of our colleagues, the last pre-pandemic hurrah we remember was Colonial Williamsburg’s Antiques Forum in late February 2020. After participating in a virtual Forum in 2021, we were...
by The Trust | Mar 21, 2022
Corporate Elegance: George Nelson’s Visual Vocabulary of Versatility by Robert Gordon-Fogelson With the generous support of a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I visited Syracuse University’s Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) to conduct research on the...
