Hello McFaddin-Ward friends!

Today I would like to share with you what I am working on as of late (I completed a "trunk show" last week which I'll share later). I'm working on an exhibition that I have the privelege to curate for the Vistor's Center. After spending a few hours with the reserve collection I fell in love with all the Blenko Glass (over 200 pieces!) and of course, the Tiffany Chandelier. Wanting to include these items, I decided on an exhibition of American Art Glass. Sadly, the chandelier cannot be included in the exhibition, but there will be plenty of other beautiful artifacts to look at (Blenko, Stueben, and Quezal to name a few).

I hope you'll come see it once it goes up!

-Aelish


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Welcome to the museum, Aelish!

The staff at the McFaddin-Ward House museum is excited to introduce our intern, Aelish Wilmot. She is a recent graduate of Baylor University, where she studied Art History with a concentration in late 19th and 20th century art. She has an interest in Fauvism, specifically Maurice de Vlaminck and Henri Matisse, and German Expressionism and has done extended research on Egon Schiele during her time at Baylor.

Aelish was born in Conroe, Texas and attended high school at the American School of Doha in Qatar, where her father works for ExxonMobil. She loves to travel and was able to combine this passion with her studies at Baylor when she traveled to Los Angeles, Venice, and Vienna with the Allbritton Art Institute to study and experience art firsthand.

Her ultimate goal is to own and operate an art gallery, so much so that she feels her next stop will be to attend graduate school to pursue a masters' degree in art business.

We are thrilled to have her here at McFaddin-Ward to teach her what we can about running a historic house museum, and look forward to what all we will learn from her. During the remainder of her time here in Beaumont, she will be updating this blog to share her experiences and give some insight on what it is like to intern at the museum.

Welcome to the museum, Aelish!