by The Trust | Jun 15, 2020
Doll Paintings in American Design: A Window into Racial Ideologies by Allison L. W. Robinson When I first laid eyes on the watercolor, the scarf wrapped tightly around her black satin head immediately caught my attention. My eyes danced between its tomato red hue,...
by The Trust | May 27, 2020
Categories:NewsScholarshipTravelBooksExhibits 2020 Summer Research Grant Recipients The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce the 13 recipients of the annual Summer Research Grants. Each year the Trust awards research grants to graduate students working on a...
by The Trust | May 22, 2020
Ellie Richards Named Winterthur-Decorative Arts Trust Maker-Creator Fellow The Decorative Arts Trust and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library are pleased to announce that Ellie Richards has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Winterthur-Decorative Arts...
by The Trust | May 20, 2020
Theosophical Art in Southern California by Grace Converse With the support of a Marie Zimmermann Summer Research Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust, I visited several sites throughout Southern California for my dissertation on creative production in two Theosophical...
by The Trust | Apr 30, 2020
The Furniture of Daniel Clay, 1795–1829 Daniel Sousa, Assistant Curator at Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, MA, was a Carolyn and Michael McNamara Young Scholar Lecturer at Colonial Williamsburg’s 72nd Annual Antiques Forum in February 2020, a series sponsored by the...
by The Trust | Apr 16, 2020
Lecture Videos About New Orleans Decorative Arts, Fine Arts, and Architecture The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to bring you recordings of our excellent lectures from the Fall 2018 Symposium in New Orleans, LA, thanks to the generosity of Anne and Wheeler Bryan....
by The Trust | Apr 15, 2020
Bluegrass Elegance: The Kentucky Collection of Sharon and Mack Cox At the Decorative Arts Trust, visits to exclusive private collections add a special touch to our educational programs. With the postponement of the Spring 2020 Symposium in Lexington and Louisville,...
by The Trust | Apr 10, 2020
Falconet’s Sculpture in Marble, Porcelain, and Sugar by Alicia Caticha My research on 18th-century French sculptor Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791) traces the emulation, replication, and commercialization of his work in marble, porcelain, and sugar. With the...
