by The Trust | Jan 7, 2022
Salem Emerging Scholar Lectures Available Online During the Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall 2021 Symposium in Salem, we were pleased to welcome two emerging scholars to lecture about their research. Sybil F. Johnson, a PhD Candidate at Boston University, presented the...
by The Trust | Jan 3, 2022
Guillen and Howell Join Board, Jobe Succeeds Akre as President The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to welcome new Governors on our Board and to announce some updates to our roster of Officers.Nalleli Guillen will join the Trust’s Board in 2022. Nalleli is the...
by The Trust | Dec 29, 2021
Exploring The Huntington, Inside and Out The Trust spent the first weekend of December enjoying the warmth of Southern California with a special program at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Huntington is a well-visited site, but, as...
by The Trust | Dec 22, 2021
2022 IDEAL Internship Grants Awarded to Four Institutions The Decorative Arts Trust announces that four organizations will receive IDEAL Internship Grants for 2022: Drexel’s Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships/Atwater Kent Collection, the Hermann-Grima + Gallier...
by The Trust | Dec 20, 2021
Expanding Collections of US Latinx and Latin American Design: A Virtual Dialogue with Christina De León and Jorge Rivas Christina De León, Associate Curator of Latino Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, began her virtual dialogue by sharing the history...
by The Trust | Dec 14, 2021
Black Craftspeople Digital Archive Awarded Prize for Excellence and Innovation The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive (BCDA) has been named the 2021 recipient of the Prize for Excellence and Innovation.Founded in...
by The Trust | Dec 8, 2021
Black Designers in American Fashion: Making Space for Dress History Across Disciplines by Kate Burnett Budzyn Black Designers in American Fashion is, simply put, one of the most important recent publications in historic dress scholarship. Released this past summer...
by The Trust | Dec 7, 2021
Long-time Trust Member Gregory Weidman Shares Hampton National Historic Site Curator Gregory Weidman began her virtual tour stating, “95% of what Hampton National Historic Site exhibits in our period rooms is original to the house, the site, and Ridgley family.” Any...
