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...
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...
