by The Trust | Nov 22, 2024
Works on Paper, Works on Ivory: Looking Closely at the Materiality Used by 19th-Century Women Artists by Lauren Lovings-Gomez A Marie Zimmermann Research Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust allowed me to travel to collections and archives in Washington, D.C.;...
by The Trust | Nov 18, 2024
Preservation Long Island Awarded Curatorial Internship Grant The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce that Preservation Long Island (PLI) is the recipient of the 2025–27 Curatorial Internship Grant. Headquartered in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, PLI was founded in...
by The Trust | Nov 12, 2024
Young Scholar Lectures at 2024 Delaware Antiques Show The Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library’s 2024 Delaware Antiques Show opens this week, and the Decorative Arts Trust is proud to once again sponsor lectures by Lois F. McNeill Fellows in the University of...
by The Trust | Oct 18, 2024
Pauline Fortier’s Sampler: A Material Record of Early-19th-Century New Orleans by Lily Higgins My dissertation, “Reading into Things: Articulate Objects in Colonial North America,” investigates the ways in which self-referential inscriptions and visual imagery,...
by The Trust | Oct 2, 2024
A Summer Immersed in American History and Decorative Arts by Tanyi Tseung Supported by a Continuing Education Scholarship from the Decorative Arts Trust, I participated in Historic Deerfield’s Summer Fellowship Program in 2024. I forged valuable connections with...
by The Trust | Sep 27, 2024
British Country Houses through the Lens of Egyptomania and Orientalism by Lea C. Stephenson The Attingham Summer School was invaluable for object-based research and access to British country houses relevant to my dissertation on Egyptomania and late-19th-century...
by The Trust | Sep 20, 2024
Architecture, Art, and History in Chicago by Erin McGrath Attending the Victorian Society of America (VSA) Chicago Summer School was an engaging experience that allowed me to build upon my educational foundation within interior design and within my professional...
by The Trust | Sep 13, 2024
Displaying the “Americas”: Industry and Aesthetics at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition by Alida Jekabson San Francisco retains many vestiges of its involvement in world’s fairs, from landmarks such as the Embarcadero and the Palace of...
