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...
by The Trust | Dec 1, 2021
Failey Grants Awarded to Author Caitlin Meehye Beach, Historic Rock Ford, and New-York Historical Society The Decorative Arts Trust’s Failey Grant program supports noteworthy research, exhibition, publication, and conservation projects through the Dean F. Failey Fund,...
by The Trust | Nov 24, 2021
Rose Valley Conference Delves into the Arts & Crafts Movement On November 6 and 7, 2021, the Decorative Arts Trust sponsored a one-of-a-kind two-day conference organized by the Rose Valley Museum. “The Arts & Crafts Movement from John Ruskin to William...
