Decorative Arts Trust awards Failey Grants to three recipients

Thomas Commeraw, Jug, 1797- 1819, New York, NY. Stoneware, cobalt oxide. Impressed on front: "COMMERAW'S/STONEWARE/ CORLEARS/HOOK/N. YORK". New-York Historical Society, purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937.820.
Thomas Commeraw, Jug, 1797- 1819, New York, NY. Stoneware, cobalt oxide. Impressed on front: "COMMERAW'S/STONEWARE/ CORLEARS/HOOK/N. YORK". New-York Historical Society, purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937.820.
Thomas Commeraw, Jug, 1797- 1819, New York, NY. Stoneware, cobalt oxide. Impressed on front: “COMMERAW’S/STONEWARE/CORLEARS/HOOK/N. YORK”. New-York Historical Society, purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937.820.

MEDIA, Pa. — The Decorative Arts Trust congratulates author Caitlin Meehye Beach, Historic Rock Ford, and the New-York Historical Society on receiving Failey Grants.

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Rose Valley Museum co-hosts Arts & Crafts conference

Exterior of the Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge. Photo credit Carl Finkbeiner
Exterior of the Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge. Photo credit Carl Finkbeiner
Exterior of the Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge. Photo credit Carl Finkbeiner

ROSE VALLEY, Pa. — The Rose Valley Museum and the Decorative Arts Trust are pleased to collaborate on a one-of-a-kind two-day conference celebrating the Arts and Crafts movement in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. The program begins on Saturday, November 6 at 11 am with the long-awaited public dedication of the William Lightfoot Price Historical Marker across from where Price built his groundbreaking Thunderbird Lodge.

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Decorative Arts Trust announces IDEAL Internship Grant Awards

Viktor Schreckengost, Jazz bowl, 1930-31. Glazed porcelain. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The John Axelrod Collection. Courtesy of the MFA
Viktor Schreckengost, Jazz bowl, 1930-31. Glazed porcelain. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The John Axelrod Collection. Courtesy of the MFA
Viktor Schreckengost, Jazz bowl, 1930-31. Glazed porcelain. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The John Axelrod Collection. Courtesy of the MFA

MEDIA, PA — The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University; The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Backstreet Cultural Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Newport Restoration Foundation are the inaugural recipients of IDEAL Internship Grants.Continue reading