by The Trust | May 31, 2024
Singing the Praises of Nashville’s Decorative Arts: An Enjoyable Symposium in the Music City Nashville may be known for its long-standing influence in the music industry, but did you know that Middle Tennessee also boasts a deep and varied history of decorative art...
by The Trust | May 30, 2024
2024 Research Grant Recipients After celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Research Grants program in 2023, the Decorative Arts Trust was able to increase the range of grant amounts from $1,000 up to $2,000 and the total budget from $15,000 to $20,000 in 2024. The...
by The Trust | May 22, 2024
Calabrian Silk: Tradition and Tenacity by Tracy Meserve A Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant supported my travels from Palermo, Sicily, to the Cantanzaro region of Calabria in order to research the history of silk in the region. Calabria’s role in the history of...
by The Trust | Apr 29, 2024
Study Trip Explores Magical Sites in Portugal and the Azores Magical, breathtaking, welcoming…these are just a few of the words that participants used to describe their experience in Portugal during our March Study Trip Abroad. Our two tours took us to Porto, Sintra,...
by The Trust | Apr 23, 2024
Ancient Greek Mirrors from the Attic Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia by Elliot Camarra With the help of a generous Research Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust, I was able to spend a week in Greece studying ancient bronze mirrors, the subject of my thesis for the...
by The Trust | Apr 12, 2024
A Room with a View: Researching a Miniature Portrait at Winterthur by Ann Hewitt In the Winterthur Museum collection, there is an intriguing miniature watercolor portrait painted on ivory that was acquired by Henry Francis du Pont in 1957 from an art dealer in...
by The Trust | Mar 29, 2024
Not Everything Is at the Surface: Queer Craft and Jerome Caja by Graham Feyl Situating oneself at the intersection of craft and queerness opens many possibilities to reconceive queer art histories. With the generous support of a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant...
by The Trust | Mar 27, 2024
The Visual Language of the Mahadol: Examining a Grand Palanquin in India by Krishna Shekhawat My dissertation research in the Department of History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley, focuses on early modern South Asian art and architecture,...
