Beyond Blue & White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic Drayton Hall in Collaboration with the Charleston Library Society On February 19, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., the Charleston Library Society will present, Beyond Blue & White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic --TBD- Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts. Genevieve began her career with Christie's in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie's Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie's Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie's Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003. While at Christie's, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg' by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft' Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow'. A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector's Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Genevieve currently advises several organizations including Dumbarton House , a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for The Winter Show as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon. Carter C. Hudgins Carter C. Hudgins, is the president and CEO of the Drayton Hall Preservation Trust, a 501c3 responsible for the operation and administration of Drayton Hall, a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Charleston, S.C., and one of the finest examples of American architecture to survive from the colonial period. Dr. Hudgins has worked in the fields of archaeology, history and historic preservation for more than 25 years. Prior to coming to Drayton Hall, he worked as a senior staff archaeologist for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Jamestown Rediscovery Project. He has completed archaeological field work throughout southeastern North America and the Caribbean, in addition to instructing undergraduate and graduate students. After graduating with a B.A. in history from Hampden-Sydney College, Hudgins received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history and material culture from Royal Holloway, University of London. He has lectured and published on the history, archaeology, and material culture of early America and post-medieval England with a particular focus on the seventieth and eighteenth centuries. Hudgins is an advisory board member of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), a board member Porter Gaud Alumni Association, an advisory member of the Charleston World Heritage Coalition, an advisory member of the American College of the Building Arts, an advisory member of The Mayor's Walled City Task Force in Charleston S.C., and a project member of the First Colony Foundation. Tickets can be purchased through The Charleston Library Society- linked below. Tickets