by The Trust | Dec 2, 2019
2019 Emerging Scholars Colloquium Lecture Recordings Now Available The Emerging Scholars Colloquium is one of the Decorative Arts Trust’s most beloved annual events, as it is a wonderful chance to be inspired by new research in the field. The Colloquium takes place in...
by The Trust | Nov 12, 2019
Women’s Textile Crafts and their Construction of Political Identities by Mariah Gruner Sitting in the Dewitt Wallace Collection and Conservation Building at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, I confronted the stitched, mostly woolen image of a kneeling, enslaved...
by The Trust | Nov 11, 2019
Watch Symposium Videos About Harriet Joor and Françoise Petit de Coulange Thanks to the generosity of Anne and Wheeler Bryan of Atlanta, GA, the Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to bring you two informative presentations from our Fall 2018 Symposium in New Orleans,...
by The Trust | Oct 7, 2019
(Fall)ing in Love with the Berkshires: My Symposium Adventures I embraced the majestic fall beauty of the Berkshires during the Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall 2019 Symposium. As a Georgia native who just moved to Massachusetts for my curatorial assistantship with the...
by The Trust | Oct 2, 2019
Inspired by the Berkshires: Notes from the Fall 2019 Symposium in Western Massachusetts With the autumn leaves changing colors, members of the Decorative Arts Trust reveled in the cultural history of Western Massachusetts during the Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall...
by The Trust | Jun 6, 2018
Introducing Kate Hughes The Metropolitan Museum of Art has awarded Katherine ‘Kate’ Hughes the 2018-2020 Decorative Arts Trust Internship, American Wing Curatorial Research Scholarship. An alumna of The College of William and Mary and the Sotheby’s Institute of Art,...
by The Trust | Jan 11, 2018
Summer Research Report: Emily Anderson Many scholars of the decorative arts turn to books, manuscripts and drawings as source material for their studies. Emily Anderson, a 2017 Trust Summer Research Grant recipient, studies the printed material itself as an artistic...
by Alex Seigfried | Dec 28, 2017
Summer Research Report: Courtney Wilder While many Decorative Arts Trust Summer Research Grants focus on American topics or US-based collections, recipients occasionally venture further afield. Courtney Wilder, a PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan, is...
