by The Trust | Nov 22, 2023
Haudenosaunee Craft at the Rochester Municipal Museum: A Paradoxical New Deal Project by Julia Silverman Beginning in 1935, approximately 100 Haudenosaunee artists were hired by the Rochester Municipal Museum (now called the Rochester Museum & Science Center) to...
by The Trust | Nov 8, 2023
Becca Lo Presti and Taylor Rossini Lecture at Winterthur’s DE Antiques Show As the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library’s Delaware Antiques Show celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2023, the Decorative Arts Trust is proud to once again sponsor two young scholar...
by The Trust | Nov 3, 2023
Neoclassical Motifs: George Clarke’s Alabaster Portico Clock at Hyde Hall by Katherine Novko Research grant funding from the Decorative Arts Trust enabled me to spend one week with the Clarke Family Papers, part of the Cornell University Library’s Rare and...
by The Trust | Oct 19, 2023
Seeking Asia in British Country Houses: An Attingham Summer School Report by Susan Eberhard Many dear mentors have enthusiastically recommended the Attingham Summer School to me over the years. I am fortunate to have joined the program this summer as the recipient...
by The Trust | Oct 13, 2023
The Portraits of Zedekiah Belknap: Researching Folk Art at Historic Deerfield by Nicholas Wendell Thanks to the 2023 Historic Deerfield Summer Fellowship sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust, I found myself in an environment where I could simultaneously feed my...
by The Trust | Oct 6, 2023
The Seminole Doll: Crafting and Marketing by Amanda Thompson With the generous funding awarded through a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I traveled to South Florida to learn about the history, crafting, and marketing of dolls made by peoples of the Miccosukee...
by The Trust | Sep 29, 2023
A Note-Worthy Perspective: The Role of Young Women in Music Education by Ahmauri Williams-Alford As the recipient of the William C. and Susan S. Mariner Fellowship for Emerging Museum Professionals sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust, I had the monumental...
by The Trust | Sep 8, 2023
Arts and Crafts in Chicago: Exploring Stickley, Herter Brothers, and More by Carley C. Altenburger As a manuscripts archivist and decorative arts historian, I feel strongly that an understanding of architectural history—in addition to design history, cultural...
