by The Trust | Nov 9, 2016
Summer Research Report: Sarah Mills This past summer, the Trust was fortunate enough to award two Marie Zimmermann Summer Research Grants for the study of 20th-century American craftspeople and their handiwork. Sarah Mills, a doctoral candidate at the Graduate Center...
by The Trust | Oct 18, 2016
Summer Research Report: Sarah Grandin This past summer, the Trust received an unprecedented number of Summer Research Grant Applications, and had the opportunity to award eight grants—a new record for us! Our summer research scholars all had busy and fruitful summers,...
by The Trust | Sep 18, 2016
Meet the Field: Dana Melchar One of the special features of a Decorative Arts Trust event—domestic or foreign—is the chance to learn from top experts in a variety of fields related to the decorative arts. While historically the Trust’s lectures and guides come from...
by The Trust | Mar 3, 2016
Fit for a Virtuous Woman: A Neoclassical Lady’s Writing Desk from Baltimore Matthew A. Thurlow, Executive Director, Decorative Arts Trust N.B. The following post is abstracted from Matt’s lecture during the 2016 Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum. Prescriptive...
by The Trust | Feb 1, 2016
Introducing Maureen Marton The Trust is happy to announce that, in December 2015, Maureen Marton began a two-year tour as the Decorative Arts Trust Intern at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, NY. An alumna of Hood College and the Smithsonian-George...
by The Trust | Dec 16, 2015
Summer Research Report: Sarah Thomas Scholars of decorative arts and material culture frequently study furniture, but few actually build it for themselves. This just happens to be one of the many skills Sarah Thomas, the recipient of a 2015 Decorative Arts Trust...
by The Trust | Nov 13, 2015
Summer Research Report: Rosalie Hooper Graduate students have received Decorative Arts Trust summer research grants for a variety of projects, studying objects as varied knife boxes, schrimshaw, furniture (of course), and Tiffany stained glass. This year’s cohort of...
by The Trust | Oct 16, 2015
Primary Sources: New Research on Virginia Houses and Material Culture To complement the Emerging Scholars Program and to reach a wider audience, the Decorative Arts Trust is experimenting with new program formats. On October 10th, the Trust debut a new one-day special...
