Page 14 www.lux-review.com LUX 2022 Travel & Tourism Awards Arts & Crafts Tours offers personalised, meticulously crafted small group tours to examine 19th and early 20th century British architecture, landscape, design, and fine arts. For over 25 years, the company has been offering tours that appeal to a range of interests and passions, focusing on the incredible objects and ideas of the Arts and Crafts movements, as well as the many men and women who were the movement’s makers and creators. Making each tour happen is company founder and president, Elaine Hirschl Ellis; Program Director, Gail Ettinger; and Associate Director, Peyton Skipwith, bringing decades of knowledge and industry relationships that are unparalleled to any other in this niche. Those who join an Arts & Crafts Tours trip get to enjoy unprecedented access to private homes, gardens, and collections rarely open to the public, each tour led by a wide range of experts – scholars, curators, historians, artists and writers – who take form as guides, lecturers, companions and dinner partners. At each property, you’ll find yourself getting to see beautiful objects rarely seen up close with your very own eyes. For the duration of your trip, you’ll receive personal attention and service, being catered to from the very moment you arrive in Britain until your return to the airport for your flight home, including luxury transportation, staying in lavish country manors, and enjoying delightful lunches, dinners and receptions. Many of the tours acknowledge anniversaries, such as one that was organised for the Ms. Ellis founded Arts & Crafts Tours in 1992 to examine the roots of the Arts and Crafts Movement where it all began: in Britain. Her international associations ensure that every tour – whether for an organisation, group of friends, or especially planned individual travel itinerary – is a unique, educational and fun experience, earning the company high praise in this specialised field. Dec21218 Arts & CraftsTours Best Bespoke Group Art Tours Operator - USA 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Court Barn museum which highlighted the work and ideals of Charles Ashbee and his Guild of Handicraft, along with the works by several other Cotswold designers. Also, there have been tours celebrating anniversaries of William Morris and John Ruskin. Additionally, Arts & Crafts Tours offers private tours for individuals and organisations. Most recently, it was delighted to have organized a weeklong private tour studying industrial and planned communities, garden cities and their patrons. The group travelled from New Lanark to Bedford Park in London and learned much about the variety of ways in which housing and communities developed. Meanwhile, it’s common knowledge that the travel and tourism industry took a hard hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation was much out of the company’s control, including travel restrictions and temporary or permanent closures of private homes and public buildings. However, the growing Arts and Crafts Movement community is dedicated and resilient. And Arts & Crafts Tours’ advantage was its focus on small group tours, and as such, it was able to launch a successful eight-day tour in July 2021, following safety guidelines and protocols in the US and UK. The company is now excitedly looking ahead, with three amazing tours planned for 2022, starting with its May tour, Art and Soul: The Soul of the Arts and Crafts Movement. This will be followed by The Women of the Arts and Crafts Movement in June, and then the Yorkshire and Lake District tour in October. Also, it is working on several tours for 2023 including Scotland’s Influence on John Ruskin, a tour of Arts and Crafts Gardens, and a tour of Ireland. For more information about upcoming tours, visit the below website and please get in touch with Arts & Crafts Tours if you are interested in arranging a private tour for you or your organisation. Company: Arts & Crafts Tours Contact: Elaine Hirschl Ellis Email: [email protected] Website: www.artsandcraftstours.com Works of Phoebe Anna Traquair at Mansfield Traquair Centre, Edinburgh Walter Brierley, Goddards,York Giggleswick School Chapel, NorthYorkshire Marchmont House, Greenlaw The White Rose and The Red Rose by Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh
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