Join us for an exclusive panel discussion connecting craftsmanship, artistry, archaeological curation, and historical research. Moderated by Wilton House Museum Executive Director Amanda Keller, this event features three trailblazing voices in the decorative arts: Genevieve Wheeler Brown, an art world advisor and author of Beyond Blue & White; Merry Outlaw, Senior Curator for Jamestown Rediscovery and author of Following the Dragon; and world-renowned ceramics artist Michelle Erickson, whose work is exhibited in major museums like the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drawing on decades of combined experience handling masterpiece designs and historical artifacts, these experts will explore how women are shaping our understanding of material culture and how ceramics forge our global connections.

Throughout 2024 and 2025, the American Friends of Lafayette commemorated the Bicentennial of Lafayette's return to America as Guest of the Nation, hosting 350 events across 24 states. Learn about Lafayette's contributions during the American Revolution, his lifelong passion for human rights, and how his legacy spread across the United States in 1824-1825 and again in 2024-2025.

McGill’s nationwide journey of sleeping in former slave dwellings is documented in Sleeping with the Ancestors, co‑written with Herb Frazier. The two authors partnered again for Divided Loyalty. While Sleeping with the Ancestors centers on the antebellum era, the 250th anniversary of American independence inspired them to shift their lens in Divided Loyalty, the prequel, toward the colonial built environment and the world that shaped the nation’s earliest history.