by The Trust | Oct 9, 2020
Peeking Inside a Philadelphia Gem: Private Tour of Curt Chinnici and Troy Bianchi’s Fishtown Victorian Curt Chinnici began leading the October Trust Tour by saying, “This house is 1865. I bought it in the mid-90’s and it was dirt cheap because nobody wanted to live...
by The Trust | Oct 6, 2020
Who Built the City on the Severn? McGlyn and Momon Share Research About Enslaved Craftspeople Bethany J. McGlyn, Sewell C. Biggs Curatorial Fellow at Winterthur Museum, presented Who Built the City on the Severn? Slavery and Craft in Early Annapolis for the Decorative...
by The Trust | Sep 22, 2020
Alexandra Kirtley Shares Decorative Arts Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art On September 15, 2020, the Trust had the honor of sharing the last tour of the current installation of American decorative arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA). Alexandra...
by The Trust | Aug 31, 2020
Daniel Sousa and Amanda Lange Discuss Stories of Rebellion and Revolution in Historic Deerfield’s Ceramics Collection by Carrie Greif For the first event in the Decorative Arts Trust’s new Trust Talks series, we were thrilled to present Historic Deerfield’s Assistant...
by The Trust | Aug 21, 2020
Expanding Narratives of European Decorative Arts at The Met with Iris Moon by Taryn Clary Iris Moon is an assistant curator in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she specializes in ceramics. With an...
by The Trust | Aug 5, 2020
Modern in the Mountains: Mid-Century Design in the Berkshires Rebecca Migdal, an independent museum consultant based in the Boston region, presented the Marie Zimmermann Emerging Scholar Lecture at the Decorative Arts Trust Fall 2019 Symposium Inspired by the...
by The Trust | Aug 3, 2020
Summer 2020 Magazine Articles on Website The summer 2020 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust has garnered much praise, and the Trust is pleased to offer this benefit to members. At over 40 pages, the issue is one of our longest yet, an accomplishment...
by The Trust | Jun 24, 2020
Annapolis’s Landscape of Craft: The Roles Enslaved Men and Women Played by Bethany McGlyn With support from a Decorative Arts Trust Summer Research Grant, I devoted last summer to research for my Winterthur Program in American Material Culture Masters thesis, “Who...
